Tanie Kitabayashi
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Yomigaeri
2003
as Saki Naito
Letter from the Mountain
2002
as Oume
Rainbow Kids
1991
as Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
Rikyu
1989
as Mother
My Neighbor Totoro
1988
as Granny (voice)
Yamada Village Waltz
1988
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987
as Torah (voice)
The Burmese Harp
1985
as Old Woman
Love: Starting on a Journey
1985
Haze of Love
1985
Dangerous Women
1985
as Mrs. Kinumura
White Snake Enchantment
1983
as Tane
Amagi Pass
1983
as Tea house's old woman
Our Teacher
1983
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
Suspicion
1982
as Harue Shirakawa
The Legend of Sayo
1982
Station
1981
as Masayo Mikami
Call from Darkness
1981
as Sukeno
Writhing Tongue
1980
as Akira's mother
Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul
1980
Gassan
1979
Nomugi Pass
1979
The Three Undelivered Letters
1979
Never Give Up
1978
as Kiyo Matsushita
The Incident
1978
as Kane Shinozaki
The Wild Daisy
1977
as Tamiko's Grandmother
Proof of the Man
1977
The Possessed
1976
The Sea of Eden
1976
Kobayashi Takiji
1974
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here
1972
Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
1972
as Moko's mother
My Voiceless Friends
1972
Umarekawatta Tamegorō
1972
as Uma Ōnuma
A Woman Called En
1971
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion
1971
Patience Has An End
1971
Price of Life
1971
as Tome
Mayuko hitori
1971
as 加野のぶ
Apart from Life
1970
as Matsuko Fukuji
River Without a Bridge Part 2
1970
Pure Land, Poisoned Sea
1970
as Goze / Narrator (voice)
The Little Hero
1970
Terror in the Streets
1970
as Shino
Oh, My Comrade!
1970
as Harumi
おくさまは18歳
1970
as Asuka's grandmother
Heat Wave Island
1969
River Without a Bridge
1969
Thousand Cranes
1969
as Toyo
The Human Bullet
1968
as Bookstore Owner's Wife
Slave Factory
1968
The Sands of Kurobe
1968
The Final Winner?
1968
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
Journey to the North
1967
as Hana Kanai
Song of Love
1967
as Orin
The Last Lady
1967
as Tsuru
Wrath of Daimajin
1966
as Old Woman Kane
A Windmill, Tulips and Love
1966
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
1966
Blood and Sea
1965
Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965
as Hayashida's mother
The Start of Life
1965
as Tomi Ishiguro
A Chain of Islands
1965
as Kikuko Sasaki
Ane to imôto
1965
as Itoko
Trigger Happy Romeo
1965
Only on Mondays
1964
as Yuka's mother
The Long Death
1964
A Story from Echigo
1964
Welcome, My Baby
1964
as Yuki Nishizaka
Intentions of Murder
1964
as Kinu Takahashi
Gazing at Love and Death
1964
The Insect Woman
1963
as Madam
All My Children
1963
as Fusakichi's mother
Beyond the Green Hills
1963
as Shiraki, Teacher
Bad Girl
1963
The Third Will
1963
as Kimie
Daybreak Chorus
1963
as Old Woman
Red Bud and White Flower
1962
Dolls floating down the river
1962
as Fuku
Foundry Town
1962
as Ume
Asu no hanayome
1962
Ashita au hito
1962
Nippon no obaachan
1962
as Kumi
The Young and Bad
1962
Ningen Gari
1962
Children of Izu
1962
Buddha
1961
as Sumi
Enraptured
1961
Blind Devotion
1961
as Saoko
Marriageable Age
1961
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Shokei zen'ya
1961
The Famous Wanderer
1961
小父さんありがとう
1961
Bonchi
1960
The Sun's Burial
1960
as Chika
The Grave Tells All
1960
Yakuza sensei
1960
Odd Obsession
1959
as Hana
The Human Wall
1959
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
1959
as Grandma Shigeko
My Second Brother
1959
Paper Pigeon
1959
as Yuki Kashiwabara
Musume no boken
1958
Conflagration
1958
as Aki, Goichi's mother
Stakeout
1958
Chance Meeting
1958
as Tetsu Koyanagi
Omoni to shounen
1958
Hole in One
1957
as Suga Akabane
But the Flesh is Weak
1957
as Doctor
Saigo no sentō-ki
1956
How Sorrowful
1956
Our Town
1956
as Otaka
Darkness at Noon
1956
as Satoe Miyazaki
The Shadow of Fear
1956
Love is Lost
1956
as Nobuyo
The Burmese Harp
1956
Summer Storm
1956
as Mitsu Asai
Shiawase wa doko ni
1956
as Kane
Jigoku no hatoba
1956
Actress
1956
Hana no unga
1956
The Heart
1955
as Hioki's mother
The Dawn of Judo
1955
A Hole of My Own Making
1955
The Motherless
1955
The Maid's Kid
1955
The Wolves
1955
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
Ghost Story of Youth
1955
as Nanny at Okumura's
Sisters
1955
Youth
1955
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness
1955
Dawn Chorus
1955
Inhibited Love
1955
A Billionaire
1954
The Street Without Sun
1954
as Aunt of Matsutaro
Tomoshibi
1954
The Valley Between Love and Death
1954
as Tetsu Ishida
Victory or Defeat
1954
Shinzōyaburi no oka
1954
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
A Japanese Tragedy
1953
as Ichizo's wife
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953
as Ohana
Before the Dawn
1953
as Ofuki
Miniature
1953
Desire
1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
Outlaw
1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
Beauty and the Thief
1952
as Mrs. Inokuma
Farewell to Spring
1952
as Old woman
Children of Hiroshima
1952
as Otoyo
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
1952
as Aunt Otora
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
1952
as Fusako Kawai
Become a Mother, Become a Woman
1952
as Hide
Koibito
1951
as Mrs. Saeki
男の哀愁
1951
限りなき情熱
1951
The Bitch
1951
as Tami
White Beast
1950
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
Scandal
1950
as Yasu Hiruta
The Scarlet Bat
1950
Koga Manshion
1949
Learn from Experience, Part Two
1937