Sumie Tanaka
Born 1908 (age 91) · Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Appears in 29 titles

Sumie Tanaka (田中澄江, Tanaka Sumie, 11 April 1908 — 1 March 2000) was a Japanese screenwriter and playwright. An outspoken feminist, her stories often focused on women struggling with familial and societal expectations. She was a long-time collaborator of film director Mikio Naruse and wrote screenplays for Japan's first major female director Kinuyo Tanaka.

Filmography

Repast
7.6
Repast
1951
Screenplay
Late Chrysanthemums
7.3
Late Chrysanthemums
1954
Adaptation
Flowing
7.2
Flowing
1956
Writer
Forever a Woman
7.7
Forever a Woman
1955
Screenplay
Lightning
7.3
Lightning
1952
Screenplay
Girls of the Night
6.5
Girls of the Night
1961
Screenplay
Little Peach
6.1
Little Peach
1958
Screenplay
Boyhood
6.9
Boyhood
1951
Screenplay
Undercurrent
6.2
Undercurrent
1956
Screenplay
A Wanderer's Notebook
7.2
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
Screenplay
The Orphan Brother
6.3
The Orphan Brother
1961
Writer
Home Sweet Home
6.8
Home Sweet Home
1951
Original Story
Home Sweet Home
6.8
Home Sweet Home
1951
Screenplay
Night Butterflies
6.5
Night Butterflies
1957
Screenplay
Women in Prison
4.0
Women in Prison
1956
Writer
Dispersed Clouds
7.0
Dispersed Clouds
1951
Screenplay
Woman Unveiled
8.0
Woman Unveiled
1958
Screenplay
Dancing Girl
8.0
Dancing Girl
1957
Screenplay
An Heir's Place
10.0
An Heir's Place
1953
Writer
Beauty the Enemy
9.0
Beauty the Enemy
1959
Screenplay