Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Known for
Acting
Born
May 21, 1911
Died
April 27, 2010 (aged 98)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan

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 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

2003
Yomigaeri poster

Yomigaeri

Movie · as Saki Naito

2002
Letter from the Mountain poster

Letter from the Mountain

Movie · as Oume

1991
Rainbow Kids poster

Rainbow Kids

Movie · as Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa

1989
Rikyu poster

Rikyu

Movie · as Mother

1988
My Neighbor Totoro poster

My Neighbor Totoro

Movie · as Granny (voice)

1988
Yamada Village Waltz poster

Yamada Village Waltz

Movie

1987
Twilight of the Cockroaches poster

Twilight of the Cockroaches

Movie · as Torah (voice)

1985
The Burmese Harp poster

The Burmese Harp

Movie · as Old Woman

1985
Love: Starting on a Journey poster

Love: Starting on a Journey

Movie

1985
Haze of Love

Haze of Love

Movie

1985
Dangerous Women poster

Dangerous Women

Movie · as Mrs. Kinumura

1983
White Snake Enchantment poster

White Snake Enchantment

Movie · as Tane

1983
Amagi Pass poster

Amagi Pass

Movie · as Tea house's old woman

1983
Our Teacher poster

Our Teacher

Movie

1983
Tora-san's Song of Love poster

Tora-san's Song of Love

Movie

1982
Suspicion poster

Suspicion

Movie · as Harue Shirakawa

1982
The Legend of Sayo poster

The Legend of Sayo

Movie

1981
Station poster

Station

Movie · as Masayo Mikami

1981
Call from Darkness poster

Call from Darkness

Movie · as Sukeno

1980
Writhing Tongue poster

Writhing Tongue

Movie · as Akira's mother

1980
Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul poster

Kanebo Human Special: Pediatric Ward - Her devoted love saved Taro's soul

Movie

1979
Gassan poster

Gassan

Movie

1979
Nomugi Pass poster

Nomugi Pass

Movie

1979
The Three Undelivered Letters poster

The Three Undelivered Letters

Movie

1978
Never Give Up poster

Never Give Up

Movie · as Kiyo Matsushita

1978
The Incident poster

The Incident

Movie · as Kane Shinozaki

1977
The Wild Daisy poster

The Wild Daisy

Movie · as Tamiko's Grandmother

1977
Proof of the Man poster

Proof of the Man

Movie

1976
The Possessed poster

The Possessed

Movie

1976
The Sea of Eden poster

The Sea of Eden

Movie

1974
Kobayashi Takiji poster

Kobayashi Takiji

Movie

1972
Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here poster

Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here

Movie

1972
Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte poster

Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte

Movie · as Moko's mother

1972
My Voiceless Friends poster

My Voiceless Friends

Movie

1972
Umarekawatta Tamegorō poster

Umarekawatta Tamegorō

Movie · as Uma Ōnuma

1971
A Woman Called En poster

A Woman Called En

Movie

1971
Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion poster

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion

Movie

1971
Patience Has An End poster

Patience Has An End

Movie

1971
Price of Life poster

Price of Life

Movie · as Tome

1971
Mayuko hitori poster

Mayuko hitori

TV · as 加野のぶ · 310 eps

1970
Apart from Life poster

Apart from Life

Movie · as Matsuko Fukuji

1970
River Without a Bridge Part 2 poster

River Without a Bridge Part 2

Movie

1970
Pure Land, Poisoned Sea poster

Pure Land, Poisoned Sea

Movie · as Goze / Narrator (voice)

1970
The Little Hero poster

The Little Hero

Movie

1970
Terror in the Streets poster

Terror in the Streets

Movie · as Shino

1970
Oh, My Comrade! poster

Oh, My Comrade!

Movie · as Harumi

1970
おくさまは18歳 poster

おくさまは18歳

TV · as Asuka's grandmother · 53 eps

1969
Heat Wave Island poster

Heat Wave Island

Movie

1969
River Without a Bridge poster

River Without a Bridge

Movie

1969
Thousand Cranes poster

Thousand Cranes

Movie · as Toyo

1968
The Human Bullet poster

The Human Bullet

Movie · as Bookstore Owner's Wife

1968
Slave Factory poster

Slave Factory

Movie

1968
The Sands of Kurobe poster

The Sands of Kurobe

Movie

1968
The Final Winner? poster

The Final Winner?

Movie

1967
The Greatest Challenge of All poster

The Greatest Challenge of All

Movie

1967
Journey to the North poster

Journey to the North

Movie · as Hana Kanai

1967
Song of Love poster

Song of Love

Movie · as Orin

1967
The Last Lady poster

The Last Lady

Movie · as Tsuru

1966
Wrath of Daimajin poster

Wrath of Daimajin

Movie · as Old Woman Kane

1966
A Windmill, Tulips and Love

A Windmill, Tulips and Love

Movie

1966
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum poster

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

Movie

1965
Blood and Sea poster

Blood and Sea

Movie

1965
Tale of Japanese Burglars poster

Tale of Japanese Burglars

Movie · as Hayashida's mother

1965
The Start of Life poster

The Start of Life

Movie · as Tomi Ishiguro

1965
A Chain of Islands poster

A Chain of Islands

Movie · as Kikuko Sasaki

1965
Ane to imôto poster

Ane to imôto

Movie · as Itoko

1965
Trigger Happy Romeo poster

Trigger Happy Romeo

Movie

1964
Only on Mondays poster

Only on Mondays

Movie · as Yuka's mother

1964
The Long Death poster

The Long Death

Movie

1964
A Story from Echigo poster

A Story from Echigo

Movie

1964
Welcome, My Baby poster

Welcome, My Baby

Movie · as Yuki Nishizaka

1964
Intentions of Murder poster

Intentions of Murder

Movie · as Kinu Takahashi

1964
Gazing at Love and Death poster

Gazing at Love and Death

Movie

1963
The Insect Woman poster

The Insect Woman

Movie · as Madam

1963
All My Children poster

All My Children

Movie · as Fusakichi's mother

1963
Beyond the Green Hills poster

Beyond the Green Hills

Movie · as Shiraki, Teacher

1963
Bad Girl poster

Bad Girl

Movie

1963
The Third Will poster

The Third Will

Movie · as Kimie

1963
Daybreak Chorus poster

Daybreak Chorus

Movie · as Old Woman

1962
Red Bud and White Flower poster

Red Bud and White Flower

Movie

1962
Dolls floating down the river poster

Dolls floating down the river

Movie · as Fuku

1962
Foundry Town poster

Foundry Town

Movie · as Ume

1962
Asu no hanayome poster

Asu no hanayome

Movie

1962
Ashita au hito poster

Ashita au hito

Movie

1962
Nippon no obaachan poster

Nippon no obaachan

Movie · as Kumi

1962
The Young and Bad poster

The Young and Bad

Movie

1962
Ningen Gari poster

Ningen Gari

Movie

1962
Children of Izu poster

Children of Izu

Movie

1961
Buddha poster

Buddha

Movie · as Sumi

1961
Enraptured

Enraptured

Movie

1961
Blind Devotion poster

Blind Devotion

Movie · as Saoko

1961
Marriageable Age poster

Marriageable Age

Movie

1961
A Good Man, A Good Day poster

A Good Man, A Good Day

Movie

1961
Shokei zen'ya poster

Shokei zen'ya

Movie

1961
The Famous Wanderer poster

The Famous Wanderer

Movie

1961
小父さんありがとう

小父さんありがとう

Movie

1961
Adorable Schemers poster

Adorable Schemers

Movie

1961
Yoru wa ijiwaru poster

Yoru wa ijiwaru

Movie

1960
Bonchi poster

Bonchi

Movie

1960
The Sun's Burial poster

The Sun's Burial

Movie · as Chika

1960
The Grave Tells All poster

The Grave Tells All

Movie

1960
Yakuza sensei poster

Yakuza sensei

Movie

1960
Genroku onna daimyō poster

Genroku onna daimyō

Movie

1959
Odd Obsession poster

Odd Obsession

Movie · as Hana

1959
The Human Wall poster

The Human Wall

Movie

1959
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan poster

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

Movie · as Grandma Shigeko

1959
My Second Brother poster

My Second Brother

Movie

1959
Paper Pigeon poster

Paper Pigeon

Movie · as Yuki Kashiwabara

1959
A Week in Hawaii poster

A Week in Hawaii

Movie

1958
Musume no boken poster

Musume no boken

Movie

1958
Conflagration poster

Conflagration

Movie · as Aki, Goichi's mother

1958
Stakeout poster

Stakeout

Movie

1958
Chance Meeting poster

Chance Meeting

Movie · as Tetsu Koyanagi

1958
Omoni to shounen

Omoni to shounen

Movie

1958
My Son's Revolt poster

My Son's Revolt

Movie

1957
Hole in One poster

Hole in One

Movie · as Suga Akabane

1957
But the Flesh is Weak poster

But the Flesh is Weak

Movie · as Doctor

1956
Saigo no sentō-ki poster

Saigo no sentō-ki

Movie

1956
How Sorrowful

How Sorrowful

Movie

1956
Our Town poster

Our Town

Movie · as Otaka

1956
Darkness at Noon poster

Darkness at Noon

Movie · as Satoe Miyazaki

1956
The Shadow of Fear poster

The Shadow of Fear

Movie

1956
Love is Lost poster

Love is Lost

Movie · as Nobuyo

1956
The Burmese Harp poster

The Burmese Harp

Movie

1956
Summer Storm poster

Summer Storm

Movie · as Mitsu Asai

1956
Shiawase wa doko ni poster

Shiawase wa doko ni

Movie · as Kane

1956
Jigoku no hatoba poster

Jigoku no hatoba

Movie

1956
Actress poster

Actress

Movie

1956
Hana no unga poster

Hana no unga

Movie

1955
The Heart poster

The Heart

Movie · as Hioki's mother

1955
The Dawn of Judo poster

The Dawn of Judo

Movie

1955
A Hole of My Own Making poster

A Hole of My Own Making

Movie

1955
The Motherless

The Motherless

Movie

1955
The Maid's Kid poster

The Maid's Kid

Movie

1955
The Wolves poster

The Wolves

Movie

1955
Policeman's Diary, Part 2 poster

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

Movie

1955
Ghost Story of Youth poster

Ghost Story of Youth

Movie · as Nanny at Okumura's

1955
Sisters poster

Sisters

Movie

1955
Youth poster

Youth

Movie

1955
A Girl Who Delivers Happiness poster

A Girl Who Delivers Happiness

Movie

1955
Dawn Chorus poster

Dawn Chorus

Movie

1955
Inhibited Love poster

Inhibited Love

Movie

1954
A Billionaire poster

A Billionaire

Movie

1954
The Street Without Sun poster

The Street Without Sun

Movie · as Aunt of Matsutaro

1954
Tomoshibi poster

Tomoshibi

Movie

1954
The Valley Between Love and Death poster

The Valley Between Love and Death

Movie · as Tetsu Ishida

1954
Victory or Defeat poster

Victory or Defeat

Movie

1954
Shinzōyaburi no oka poster

Shinzōyaburi no oka

Movie

1953
Jūdai no yūwaku poster

Jūdai no yūwaku

Movie

1953
A Japanese Tragedy poster

A Japanese Tragedy

Movie · as Ichizo's wife

1953
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land poster

A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

Movie · as Ohana

1953
Before the Dawn poster

Before the Dawn

Movie · as Ofuki

1953
Miniature poster

Miniature

Movie

1953
Desire poster

Desire

Movie

1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu poster

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

Movie

1953
Outlaw poster

Outlaw

Movie

1952
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu poster

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

Movie

1952
Beauty and the Thief poster

Beauty and the Thief

Movie · as Mrs. Inokuma

1952
Farewell to Spring poster

Farewell to Spring

Movie · as Old woman

1952
Children of Hiroshima poster

Children of Hiroshima

Movie · as Otoyo

1952
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to

Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to

Movie · as Aunt Otora

1952
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete poster

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

Movie · as Fusako Kawai

1952
Become a Mother, Become a Woman poster

Become a Mother, Become a Woman

Movie · as Hide

1951
Koibito poster

Koibito

Movie · as Mrs. Saeki

1951
男の哀愁 poster

男の哀愁

Movie

1951
限りなき情熱 poster

限りなき情熱

Movie

1951
The Bitch poster

The Bitch

Movie · as Tami

1950
White Beast poster

White Beast

Movie

1950
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil poster

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

Movie

1950
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom poster

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

Movie

1950
Scandal poster

Scandal

Movie · as Yasu Hiruta

1950
The Scarlet Bat poster

The Scarlet Bat

Movie

1949
Koga Manshion poster

Koga Manshion

Movie

1937
Learn from Experience, Part Two poster

Learn from Experience, Part Two

Movie