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Sumie Tanaka

Sumie Tanaka

Personal Info:

KNOWN FOR

Writing

GENDER

female

BIRTHDAY

1908-04-11

DAY OF DEATH

2000-03-01

PLACE OF BIRTH

Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

ALSO KNOWN AS

Sumie Tsujimura

BIOGRAPHY

Sumie Tanaka (田中澄江, Tanaka Sumie, 11 April 1908 — 1 March 2000) was a Japanese screenwriter and playwright with a feminist agenda. She was a long-time collaborator of film director Mikio Naruse and wrote screenplays for Japan's first major female director Kinuyo Tanaka.

writing