Yatsuko Kaneko Tanami (Japanese: 丹阿弥 谷津子, born 25 June 1924) is a Japanese actress, known for her performance during the Golden Age of Japanese film.
Early years Her real name is Yatsuko Kaneko. Her father, Tanami Iwakichi (1901-1992), was a painter from Tokyo who studied under Taikan Yokoyama. Her mother, Tomie, was a paulownia doll artist from Hikami-cho, Hyogo Prefecture (currently Tamba City). Her younger sister Tanami Niwako (1927-) became a copperplate engraver after entering Bunka Gakuin.Chigasaki City Museum of Art, May 2015.
Her family lived in Atelier Village in Nagasaki, Toshima Ward.
Education In 1937, she graduated from Tokyo Higher Normal School Attached Elementary School and from Tokyo Prefectural 10th High School for Girls. In 1942, she graduated from Bunka Gakuin Faculty of Literature.Yomiuri People Database In 1942 she became a research student at the Bungakuza.Nichigai Associates Modern Person Information. In the same year she made her debut in "Matsugoro Tomishima".Nichigai Associates Information on Modern People. In 1945, she gained attention for her role as Anya in the new theater joint performance "The Cherry Orchard", and since then she has been known as an actress with both her beauty and acting skills, such as Roxanne in "Cyrano" and Fanny in "Marius".
Career On 24 March 1954, she left for France to attend the Cannes Film Festival.
In 1964, she formed "Gekidan NLT" with Yukio Mishima, who had left Bungakuza due to the incident. She left the company in 1966 and formed a new group, New Theater Club Marui, with Kaneko. In 1967, she won the Encouragement Prize at the Arts Festival for "Love and Death of an Actress". In 2000, she won the 10th Japan Film Critics Award for Lifetime Achievement. She has made many appearances in TV dramas as the grandmother of her main character. She has appeared in commercials for Paramount Bed, Sawai Pharmaceutical, and others.
Personal life She was married to actor Nobuo Kaneko until his death in 1995.
She turned 100 in June 2024.
Filmography
Film YearTitleRoleDirectorNote1950Nanairo no HanaMadam TsubakiMasahisa Sunohara1952At War's EndTsuruko SasakiHideo Sekigawa1952IkiruBar HostessAkira Kurosawa1952Tokyo no EkuboNobuko KawakamiShūe Matsubayashi1952Koi no Ōen-danchōSanae KimuraUmetsugu Inoue1953An Inlet of Muddy WaterHarada SekiTadashi Imai1953Zoku Jūdai no SeitenMiss MatsushitaKozo Saeki1953WifeFusako SagaraMikio Naruse1953Gendai ShojoMoriko YoshimuraKozo Saeki1954Haha no HatsukoiTamikoSeiji Hisamatsu1954Sound of the MountainIkedaMikio Naruse1955Ejima and IkushimaIenobuHideo Ōba1956Through A Child's EyeJunkoYoshirō Kawazu1956Red and GreenToyoko MasuyamaNoboru Nakamura1957Untamed WomanMikio Naruse1958Symphoney of LoveShizue KanedaTeinosuke Kinugasa1958A Woman of OsakaOtaeTeinosuke Kinugasa1959The Most Valuable MadamYomoko MiharaYasuzo Masumura1959Onna GokoroTsukikoSeiji Maruyama1960When a Woman LovesYukikoHeinosuke Gosho1960Spring DreamsTamiko OkudairaKeisuke Kinoshita1961Adorable SchemersMamiKeigo Kimura1961Lost in the SunYaeko YashiroToshio Masuda1961Poignant StoryHanaeMikio Naruse1962AkikoKoji Shima1962Diary of a Mad Old ManMutsukoKeigo Kimura1962Sabakareru Echizen-no-kamiOnuiTokuzō Tanaka1962Stolen PleasureYukikoYasuzo Masumura1962A Woman's PlaceRanko IshikawaMikio Naruse1963Zoku ŌshoJunya Sato1963A House of ShameHisakoTomotaka Tasaka1963Utsukushii KoyomiYajima ChieKenjirō Morinaga1963Kekkonshiki KekkonshikiMitsukoNoboru Nakamura1964The World's Most Beautiful SwindlersKinuHiromichi Horikawa1964A Public BenefactorKaneko YokotaSatsuo Yamamoto1964Geisha GakkōKeigo Kimura1967The Wife of Seishu HanaokaSaheiji's WifeYasuzo Masumura1967Nani wa naku tomo zen'in shûgô!!Yūsuke Watanabe1968Amadera Maruhi MonogatariKiyoSadao Nakajima1968Lone Wolf IsazoKazuo Ikehiro1968Eternal LoveMitsuyo ShinjoKatsumi Nishikawa1979Demon PondNurseMasahiro Shinoda1979The Shogun AssassinsMochizuki ChiyomeSadao Nakajima1986Lost in the WildernessHatsu UemuraJunya Sato1987Guys Who Never LearnHaruyo AbeAzuma Morisaki1988Free and EasyHisae SuzukiTomio Kuriyama1989Free and Easy IIHisae SuzukiTomio Kuriyama1990Tsuribaka nisshi 3Hisae SuzukiTomio Kuriyama1991Tsuribaka Nisshi 4Hisae SuzukiTomio Kuriyama1993Tsuribaka Nisshi 6Hisae SuzukiTomio Kuriyama2006Three Year DeliveryAkiMiako Tadano
Television YearTitleRoleNote1961Hakai1961Green GekijōEpisode 18: Ore wa Shiranai1961Kiken na Shamen 1962Takasebune1965The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family1966Kawa no Hotori de1967Tokyo Story1974Submersion of JapanKayo Onodera the mother of Toshio1976Kaze to kumo to niji to1978Queen Mother of the WestQueen Mother of the West1 episode1980Ikenaka Genta 80 kilo Harue1980Hadaka no Taisho Horoki1981Haha taru koto wa jigoku no gotoku SawakoTV movie1984Aoi Hitomi no Seiraifu1981Kazunomiya sama otomeOshizuTV movie1988Kaseifu wa mita! 6 TV movie1989New Tokyo StoryTomi HirayamaTV movie1993EenyoboToki Asakura86 episodes2004Sakura SakumadeHana Wakabayashi2007Asakusa Fukumaru Ryokan1 episode2008Saigo no SenpanTV movie
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