Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Actor May 21 (died age 98) Tokyo, Japan 1937–2003 (66 year career)

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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 …

Known For

My Neighbor Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro

Granny (voice)

The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp

Scandal

Scandal

Yasu Hiruta

The Insect Woman

The Insect Woman

Madam

Intentions of Murder

Intentions of Murder

Kinu Takahashi

Children of Hiroshima

Children of Hiroshima

Otoyo

Rikyu

Rikyu

Mother

Conflagration

Conflagration

Aki, Goichi's mother

Filmography

Acting (151)

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Movies (149)

Resurrection

Resurrection

as Saki Naito

Letter from the Mountain

Letter from the Mountain

as Oume

Rainbow Kids

Rainbow Kids

as Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa

Rikyu

Rikyu

as Mother

My Neighbor Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro

as Granny (voice)

Yamada Village Waltz

Yamada Village Waltz

Twilight of the Cockroaches

Twilight of the Cockroaches

as Torah (voice)

Haze of Love

The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp

as Old Woman

Dangerous Women

Dangerous Women

as Mrs. Kinumura

Love: Starting on a Journey

Love: Starting on a Journey

White Snake Enchantment

White Snake Enchantment

as Tane

Our Teacher

Our Teacher

Tora-san's Song of Love

Tora-san's Song of Love

Amagi Pass

Amagi Pass

as Tea house's old woman

Suspicion

Suspicion

as Harue Shirakawa

Station

Station

as Masayo Mikami

Call from Darkness

Call from Darkness

as Sukeno

Writhing Tongue

Writhing Tongue

as Akira's mother

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

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

Nomugi Pass

Nomugi Pass

Gassan

Gassan

The Three Undelivered Letters

The Three Undelivered Letters

Never Give Up

Never Give Up

as Kiyo Matsushita

The Incident

The Incident

as Kane Shinozaki

Proof of the Man

Proof of the Man

The Wild Daisy

The Wild Daisy

as Tamiko's Grandmother

The Possessed

The Possessed

The Sea of Eden

The Sea of Eden

Kobayashi Takiji

Kobayashi Takiji

My Voiceless Friends

My Voiceless Friends

Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here

Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here

Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte

Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte

as Moko's mother

Price of Life

Price of Life

as Tome

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion

A Woman Called En

A Woman Called En

Patience Has An End

Patience Has An End

Pure Land, Poisoned Sea

Pure Land, Poisoned Sea

as Goze / Narrator (voice)

Oh, My Comrade!

Oh, My Comrade!

as Harumi

Terror in the Streets

Terror in the Streets

as Shino

Apart from Life

Apart from Life

as Matsuko Fukuji

The Little Hero

River Without a Bridge Part 2

River Without a Bridge Part 2

Heat Wave Island

Heat Wave Island

River Without a Bridge

River Without a Bridge

Thousand Cranes

Thousand Cranes

as Toyo

The Final Winner?

The Final Winner?

Slave Factory

Slave Factory

The Human Bullet

The Human Bullet

The Sands of Kurobe

The Sands of Kurobe

Journey to the North

Journey to the North

as Hana Kanai

Song of Love

Song of Love

as Orin

The Greatest Challenge of All

The Greatest Challenge of All

Wrath of Daimajin

Wrath of Daimajin

as Old Woman Kane

A Windmill, Tulips and Love

Tale of Japanese Burglars

Tale of Japanese Burglars

as Hayashida's mother

A Chain of Islands

A Chain of Islands

as Kikuko Sasaki

The Start of Life

The Start of Life

as Tomi Ishiguro

Blood and Sea

Blood and Sea

Intentions of Murder

Intentions of Murder

as Kinu Takahashi

Welcome, My Baby

Welcome, My Baby

as Yuki Nishizaka

Only on Mondays

Only on Mondays

as Yuka's mother

A Story from Echigo

A Story from Echigo

Gazing at Love and Death

Gazing at Love and Death

The Long Death

The Long Death

The Insect Woman

The Insect Woman

as Madam

Bad Girl

Bad Girl

All My Children

All My Children

as Fusakichi's mother

The Third Will

The Third Will

as Kimie

Beyond the Green Hills

Beyond the Green Hills

as Shiraki, Teacher

Daybreak Chorus

Daybreak Chorus

as Old Woman

Foundry Town

Foundry Town

as Ume

Ningen Gari

Ningen Gari

Children of Izu

Children of Izu

Ashita au hito

Ashita au hito

The Young and Bad

The Young and Bad

Asu no hanayome

Asu no hanayome

Nippon no obaachan

Nippon no obaachan

as Kumi

Red Bud and White Flower

Red Bud and White Flower

Dolls floating down the river

Dolls floating down the river

as Fuku

Buddha

Buddha

as Sumi

A Good Man, A Good Day

A Good Man, A Good Day

Marriageable Age

Marriageable Age

Enraptured

Shokei zen'ya

Shokei zen'ya

Blind Devotion

Blind Devotion

as Saoko

でかんしょ風来坊

でかんしょ風来坊

The Sun's Burial

The Sun's Burial

as Chika

Yakuza sensei

Yakuza sensei

Bonchi

Bonchi

The Grave Tells All

The Grave Tells All

Odd Obsession

Odd Obsession

as Hana

My Second Brother

My Second Brother

The Human Wall

The Human Wall

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

as Grandma Shigeko

Musume no boken

Musume no boken

Stakeout

Stakeout

Conflagration

Conflagration

as Aki, Goichi's mother

Chance Meeting

Chance Meeting

as Tetsu Koyanagi

Hole in One

Hole in One

as Suga Akabane

But the Flesh is Weak

But the Flesh is Weak

as Doctor

Saigo no sentō-ki

Saigo no sentō-ki

Shiawase wa doko ni

Shiawase wa doko ni

as Kane

Jigoku no hatoba

Jigoku no hatoba

Love is Lost

Love is Lost

as Nobuyo

Actress

Actress

The Burmese Harp

The Burmese Harp

How Sorrowful

The Shadow of Fear

The Shadow of Fear

Our Town

Our Town

as Otaka

Summer Storm

Summer Storm

as Mitsu Asai

Darkness at Noon

Darkness at Noon

as Satoe Miyazaki

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

The Heart

The Heart

as Hioki's mother

Ghost Story of Youth

Ghost Story of Youth

as Nanny at Okumura's

The Motherless

The Wolves

The Wolves

A Hole of My Own Making

A Hole of My Own Making

The Dawn of Judo

The Dawn of Judo

Sisters

Sisters

The Maid's Kid

The Maid's Kid

Tomoshibi

Tomoshibi

Victory or Defeat

Victory or Defeat

A Billionaire

A Billionaire

The Street Without Sun

The Street Without Sun

as Aunt of Matsutaro

The Valley Between Love and Death

The Valley Between Love and Death

as Tetsu Ishida

A Japanese Tragedy

A Japanese Tragedy

as Ichizo's wife

Yokubo

Yokubo

Jūdai no yūwaku

Jūdai no yūwaku

Miniature

Miniature

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

as Ohana

Before Dawn

Before Dawn

as Ofuki

Beauty and the Thief

Beauty and the Thief

as Mrs. Inokuma

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

Become a Mother, Become a Woman

Become a Mother, Become a Woman

as Hide

Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to

as Aunt Otora

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

as Fusako Kawai

Farewell to Spring

Farewell to Spring

as Old woman

Children of Hiroshima

Children of Hiroshima

as Otoyo

Koibito

Koibito

as Mrs. Saeki

限りなき情熱

限りなき情熱

The Bitch

The Bitch

as Tami

男の哀愁

男の哀愁

Scandal

Scandal

as Yasu Hiruta

White Beast

White Beast

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

Learn from Experience, Part Two

Learn from Experience, Part Two

Television (2)

Mayuko hitori

Mayuko hitori

as 加野のぶ

おくさまは18歳

おくさまは18歳

as Asuka's grandmother