Love Under the Crucifix
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Love Under the Crucifix is a 1962 Japanese historical drama film directed by Kinuyo Tanaka, based on Tōkō Kon's novel Ogin-sama. It was the last film Tanaka directed.
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Kinuyo Tanaka
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Kinuyo Tanaka was a Japanese actress and film director. She had a career lasting over 50 years with more than 250 acting credits, but was best known for her 15 films with director Kenji Mizoguchi, suc
Love Under the Crucifix
…Love Under the Crucifix (Japanese: お吟さま, Hepburn: Ogin-sama; lit. "Lady Ogin") is a 1962 Japanese historical drama film directed by Kinuyo Tanaka, based on Tōkō Kon's novel Ogin-sama. It was the last film Tanaka directed. Set in late 16th century Japan, the film tells the tragic love story between…
Tanaka in Burden of Life (1935)
Screenwriter Yoshikata Yoda, Kinuyo Tanaka and Kenji Mizoguchi visit Paris, 1953
A museum in Tanaka's hometown is nicknamed the "Kinuyo Tanaka Cultural Museum" in her honor.