As Actor
Letter from the Mountain
2002
8.4
Tanie Kitabayashi
Acting
Birth Date
May 21, 1911
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Date of Death
April 27, 2010
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.
Complete Filmography
As Actor
Rainbow Kids
1991
6.4
As Actor
Rikyu
1989
7.5
As Actor
My Neighbor Totoro
1988
8.1
As Actor
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987
5.8
As Actor
The Burmese Harp
1985
5.2
As Actor
Love: Starting on a Journey
1985
2.5
As Actor
White Snake Enchantment
1983
4.7
As Actor
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
8.0
As Actor
Writhing Tongue
1980
6.2
As Actor
The Incident
1978
6.3
As Actor
Patience Has An End
1971
5.7
As Actor
Terror in the Streets
1970
7.5
As Actor
Apart from Life
1970
5.8
As Actor
Heat Wave Island
1969
6.0
As Actor
Thousand Cranes
1969
8.3
As Actor
The Human Bullet
1968
6.1
As Actor
Song of Love
1967
6.0
As Actor
Wrath of Daimajin
1966
6.4
As Actor
Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965
6.8