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    Tanie Kitabayashi

    1911-05-21 (113 years old) in Tokyo, Japan

    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.

    Movies

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    Resurrection
    56 %|Jan 18, 2003
    Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
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    Letter from the Mountain
    82 %|Oct 5, 2002
    Drama
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    Rainbow Kids
    63 %|Jan 15, 1991
    Drama, Comedy
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    Rikyu
    75 %|Sep 15, 1989
    Drama
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    My Neighbor Totoro
    80.69000000000001 %|Apr 16, 1988
    Fantasy, Animation, Family
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    Twilight of the Cockroaches
    61 %|Nov 21, 1987
    Fantasy, Drama, Science Fiction, Romance, Family, Animation
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    The Burmese Harp
    52 %|Jul 20, 1985
    Drama, War
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    Love: Starting on a Journey
    25 %|Jan 26, 1985
    Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
    actor
    Haze of Love
    0 %|Jan 3, 1985
    Fantasy, Mystery, Drama, Romance, Horror
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    Dangerous Women
    0 %|Jan 1, 1985
    Mystery, Thriller
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    White Snake Enchantment
    65 %|Nov 12, 1983
    Drama
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    Our Teacher
    0 %|Aug 24, 1983
    Drama
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    Tora-san's Song of Love
    80 %|Aug 6, 1983
    Comedy
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    Amagi Pass
    66 %|Feb 19, 1983
    Crime, Fantasy, Thriller
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    Suspicion
    67 %|Sep 11, 1982
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Station
    61 %|Nov 7, 1981
    Drama, Thriller, Romance
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    Call from Darkness
    57 %|Sep 26, 1981
    Thriller, Drama, Mystery
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    Writhing Tongue
    62 %|Nov 22, 1980
    Drama, Horror
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    Gassan
    0 %|Oct 20, 1979
    Drama
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    The Three Undelivered Letters
    60 %|Oct 6, 1979
    Drama, Mystery
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    Nomugi Pass
    63 %|Jun 30, 1979
    Drama, History
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    Never Give Up
    57 %|Oct 7, 1978
    Drama, Action, Thriller
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    Proof of the Man
    74 %|Oct 8, 1977
    Drama, Crime, Mystery
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    The Wild Daisy
    0 %|Jul 9, 1977
    Drama
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    The Possessed
    0 %|Oct 16, 1976
    Horror
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    The Sea of Eden
    0 %|Apr 24, 1976
    Romance, Drama
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    Kobayashi Takiji
    0 %|Feb 20, 1974
    History, Drama
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    The Golden Bat Shows Up
    0 %|May 13, 1972
    Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Horror
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    My Voiceless Friends
    0 %|Apr 29, 1972
    Drama
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    Price of Life
    0 %|Jul 24, 1971
    Comedy
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    Patience Has An End
    57 %|Jun 25, 1971
    Crime, Drama
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    A Woman Called En
    0 %|May 29, 1971
    Drama, History
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    Pure Land, Poisoned Sea
    0 %|Nov 14, 1970
    Documentary
    actor
    The Little Hero
    0 %|Sep 23, 1970
    Family
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    Oh, My Comrade!
    0 %|Sep 19, 1970
    Comedy
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    Terror in the Streets
    70 %|Jul 4, 1970
    Horror, Mystery
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    River Without a Bridge Part 2
    0 %|Apr 25, 1970
    Drama
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    Apart from Life
    58 %|Jan 30, 1970
    Drama
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    Heat Wave Island
    60 %|Oct 29, 1969
    Mystery, Drama
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    Thousand Cranes
    90 %|Apr 19, 1969
    Romance, Drama
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    River Without a Bridge
    50 %|Feb 1, 1969
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    The Human Bullet
    61 %|Oct 22, 1968
    Comedy, Drama, War
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    The Final Winner?
    0 %|Aug 28, 1968
    Romance
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    The Sands of Kurobe
    62 %|Mar 1, 1968
    Drama
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    Dorei kōjō
    0 %|Jan 25, 1968
    Drama
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    Song of Love
    60 %|Apr 29, 1967
    Comedy
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    Journey to the North
    0 %|Jan 3, 1967
    Drama, Romance
    poster
    Wrath of Daimajin
    64 %|Dec 10, 1966
    Fantasy, Horror, Adventure
    actor
    A Windmill, Tulips and Love
    0 %|Jun 25, 1966
    Romance
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    Blood and Sea
    0 %|Oct 1, 1965
    Drama, Romance
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    A Chain of Islands
    64 %|May 26, 1965
    Drama
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    Tale of Japanese Burglars
    68 %|May 1, 1965
    Crime, Comedy
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    The Start of Life
    0 %|Apr 29, 1965
    Drama
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    Gazing at Love and Death
    70 %|Sep 19, 1964
    Drama
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    Intentions of Murder
    71.25 %|Jun 28, 1964
    Drama
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    A Story from Echigo
    72 %|May 9, 1964
    Drama
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    The Long Death
    0 %|Apr 12, 1964
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    Only on Mondays
    62.5 %|Mar 4, 1964
    Drama
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    Welcome, My Baby
    0 %|Feb 23, 1964
    Comedy
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    The Insect Woman
    74 %|Nov 16, 1963
    Drama
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    The Third Will
    80 %|Mar 31, 1963
    Drama
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    Bad Girl
    78 %|Mar 16, 1963
    Drama, Romance
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    All My Children
    70 %|Feb 1, 1963
    Drama
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    Beyond the Green Hills
    0 %|Jan 3, 1963
    Romance, Drama
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    Children of Izu
    0 %|Nov 21, 1962
    Drama
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    Ashita au hito
    0 %|Sep 16, 1962
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    Asu no hanayome
    0 %|Sep 9, 1962
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    The Young and Bad
    0 %|Sep 9, 1962
    Thriller, Action
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    Red Bud and White Flower
    0 %|Jun 10, 1962
    poster
    Foundry Town
    76 %|Apr 8, 1962
    Drama
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    Dolls floating down the river
    0 %|Mar 3, 1962
    Drama
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    Ningen Gari
    0 %|Jan 23, 1962
    Crime
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    Nippon no obaachan
    0 %|Jan 3, 1962
    Comedy
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    Buddha
    0 %|Oct 31, 1961
    Drama
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    A Good Man, A Good Day
    0 %|Aug 13, 1961
    actor
    Enraptured
    0 %|Apr 18, 1961
    Drama
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    Blind Devotion
    0 %|Mar 8, 1961
    Romance, Drama
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    Marriageable Age
    0 %|Jan 14, 1961
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Sun's Burial
    65.42 %|Aug 9, 1960
    Drama
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    Bonchi
    70 %|Apr 14, 1960
    Drama
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    The Human Wall
    50 %|Oct 18, 1959
    Drama
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    Odd Obsession
    63.28 %|Jun 23, 1959
    Drama
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    Musume no boken
    0 %|Nov 1, 1958
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    Conflagration
    70.69 %|Sep 22, 1958
    Drama
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    Stakeout
    69 %|Jan 15, 1958
    Crime, Drama
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    Chance Meeting
    0 %|Jan 15, 1958
    Drama, Romance
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    The Flesh Is Weak
    60 %|Oct 29, 1957
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    Hole in One
    60 %|Sep 15, 1957
    Comedy, Mystery
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    Actress
    0 %|Nov 27, 1956
    Drama
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    Saigo no sentō-ki
    0 %|Oct 17, 1956
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    Summer Storm
    60 %|Oct 1, 1956
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    The Shadow of Fear
    0 %|Sep 11, 1956
    Thriller, Drama, Crime
    actor
    How Sorrowful
    0 %|Sep 7, 1956
    Drama
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    Our Town
    68 %|Aug 28, 1956
    Drama
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    Shiawase wa doko ni
    0 %|Jul 19, 1956
    Drama
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    Darkness at Noon
    66 %|Mar 26, 1956
    Crime
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    Jigoku no hatoba
    0 %|Mar 4, 1956
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    Love is Lost
    70 %|Feb 5, 1956
    Drama
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    The Burmese Harp
    79.08 %|Jan 21, 1956
    Drama, War
    actor
    The Motherless
    0 %|Dec 4, 1955
    Drama
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    Policeman's Diary, Part 2
    60 %|Nov 16, 1955
    Drama
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    The Dawn of Judo
    0 %|Sep 28, 1955
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    A Hole of My Own Making
    60 %|Sep 28, 1955
    Drama
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    The Heart
    68.46000000000001 %|Aug 31, 1955
    Drama
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    The Wolves
    68 %|Jul 3, 1955
    Drama
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    The Maid's Kid
    0 %|Jun 28, 1955
    Drama
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    Ghost Story of Youth
    0 %|Apr 19, 1955
    Drama
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    A Billionaire
    57 %|Nov 22, 1954
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Street Without Sun
    0 %|Jun 24, 1954
    Drama
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    Tomoshibi
    0 %|Jun 22, 1954
    Drama
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    Jūdai no yūwaku
    0 %|Dec 29, 1953
    poster
    Before Dawn
    0 %|Oct 13, 1953
    Drama
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    A Japanese Tragedy
    56.25 %|Jun 17, 1953
    Drama
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    Yokubo
    0 %|May 13, 1953
    Drama
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    Miniature
    80 %|Apr 1, 1953
    Drama
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    A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
    0 %|Feb 20, 1953
    Drama
    actor
    Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
    0 %|Nov 4, 1952
    Family, Drama
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    Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete
    0 %|Oct 9, 1952
    Drama
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    Beauty and the Thief
    0 %|Sep 22, 1952
    Adventure, Drama, History
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    Children of Hiroshima
    71 %|Aug 6, 1952
    Drama, War
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    Farewell to Spring
    0 %|Mar 28, 1952
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    Become a Mother, Become a Woman
    0 %|Jan 17, 1952
    Drama
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    The Bitch
    0 %|Aug 10, 1951
    Drama
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    限りなき情熱
    0 %|Jun 1, 1951
    Romance
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    男の哀愁
    0 %|Apr 13, 1951
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    Koibito
    54 %|Mar 10, 1951
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    Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
    0 %|Nov 14, 1950
    Drama, History
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    Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
    0 %|Nov 3, 1950
    Drama, History
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    White Beast
    60 %|Jun 3, 1950
    Drama
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    Scandal
    69.05 %|Apr 26, 1950
    Drama
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    Learn from Experience, Part Two
    62 %|Dec 18, 1937
    Drama

    Series

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    Mayuko hitori
    0 %|Apr 5, 1971
    Drama
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    おくさまは18歳
    0 %|Sep 29, 1970
    Comedy, Drama