1908 - 2000
Sumie Tanaka Japanese Playwright
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Details
| Birthday |
11th April, 1908
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| Died |
1st March, 2000
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aries
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| Nationality |
Japanese
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| Occupation Text |
playwright, screenwriter, essayist
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| Occupation |
Playwright
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| Year(s) Active |
1930-1984
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Sumie Tanaka (田中澄江; April 11, 1908—March 1, 2000) was a Japanese screenwriter and playwright born in Tokyo. She was most well known for her long collaboration with film director Mikio Naruse and for writing screenplays for Japan's first major female director Kinuyo Tanaka. Member of the Bungakuza theatre company, she was married to playwright and dramatist Chikao Tanaka. The screenplays she wrote for Repast (めし, Meshi; 1951), Home Sweet Home (我が家は楽し , Wa ga ya wa tanoshi; 1951), and A Record of Youth (少年期 , Shonenki; 1951) won her the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Screenplay in 1951.
