Acting
Tanie Kitabayashi
JA cinema · 172 credits
Born
21 May 1911
Died
27 April 2010 (aged 98)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Also known as Таниэ Китабаяси · 北村谷栄 · 北林 谷栄
Tanie Kitabayashi (北林谷栄, Kitabayashi Tanie, May 21, 1911 – April 27, 2010) was a Japanese actress and voice actress. Born Reiko Ando in Tokyo, she began as a stage actress. Early in her career, she became well known for portraying older women. Kitabayashi was a founding member of the famed Mingei Theatre, founded in 1950. In 1960, she won best actress awards at the 10th Blue Ribbon Awards and at the Mainichi Film Awards for Kiku to Isamu. She also won the Japan Academy Prize for best actress in Rainbow Kids (1991), a film that also earned her honors from the Mainichi Film Awards and from Kinema Junpo. She died on April 27, 2010, of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. She was 98.
Known for
Filmography
Yomigaeri
as Saki Naito
Rainbow Kids
as Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
Rikyu
as Mother
My Neighbor Totoro
as Granny (voice)
Twilight of the Cockroaches
as Torah (voice)
The Burmese Harp
as Old Woman
Dangerous Women
as Mrs. Kinumura
Amagi Pass
as Tea house's old woman
Suspicion
as Harue Shirakawa
Station
as Masayo Mikami
Call from Darkness
as Sukeno
Writhing Tongue
as Akira's mother
Gassan
Actor
Never Give Up
as Kiyo Matsushita
The Incident
as Kane Shinozaki
The Wild Daisy
as Tamiko's Grandmother
Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
as Moko's mother
Umarekawatta Tamegorō
as Uma Ōnuma
Apart from Life
as Matsuko Fukuji
Pure Land, Poisoned Sea
as Goze / Narrator (voice)
Oh, My Comrade!
as Harumi
Thousand Cranes
as Toyo
The Human Bullet
as Bookstore Owner's Wife
Journey to the North
as Hana Kanai
Song of Love
as Orin
The Last Lady
as Tsuru
Wrath of Daimajin
as Old Woman Kane
Tale of Japanese Burglars
as Hayashida's mother
The Start of Life
as Tomi Ishiguro
A Chain of Islands
as Kikuko Sasaki
Ane to imôto
as Itoko
Only on Mondays
as Yuka's mother
Welcome, My Baby
as Yuki Nishizaka
Intentions of Murder
as Kinu Takahashi
The Insect Woman
as Madam
All My Children
as Fusakichi's mother
Beyond the Green Hills
as Shiraki, Teacher
Bad Girl
Actor
The Third Will
as Kimie
Daybreak Chorus
as Old Woman
Foundry Town
as Ume
Buddha
as Sumi
Blind Devotion
as Saoko
Bonchi
Actor
The Sun's Burial
as Chika
Odd Obsession
as Hana
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
as Grandma Shigeko
Paper Pigeon
as Yuki Kashiwabara
Conflagration
as Aki, Goichi's mother
Stakeout
Actor
Chance Meeting
as Tetsu Koyanagi
Hole in One
as Suga Akabane
But the Flesh is Weak
as Doctor
Our Town
as Otaka
Darkness at Noon
as Satoe Miyazaki
Love is Lost
as Nobuyo
Summer Storm
as Mitsu Asai
Actress
Actor
The Heart
as Hioki's mother
Ghost Story of Youth
as Nanny at Okumura's
Sisters
Actor
The Street Without Sun
as Aunt of Matsutaro
The Valley Between Love and Death
as Tetsu Ishida
A Japanese Tragedy
as Ichizo's wife
Before the Dawn
as Ofuki
Desire
Actor
Beauty and the Thief
as Mrs. Inokuma
Farewell to Spring
as Old woman
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
as Fusako Kawai
Koibito
as Mrs. Saeki
The Bitch
as Tami
Scandal
as Yasu Hiruta
