Tanie Kitabayashi

Acting

May 21, 1911 – April 27, 2010 (died at 98)

Tokyo, Japan

Female

157 Movies

2 TV Shows

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.

My Neighbor Totoro

1988 8.1

as Granny (voice)

Age 76 (now 98)

Rikyu

1989 7.5

as Mother

Age 78 (now 98)

Odd Obsession

1959 6.2

as Hana

Age 48 (now 98)

Intentions of Murder

1964 7.0

as Kinu Takahashi

Age 53 (now 98)

The Sun's Burial

1960 6.4

as Chika

Age 49 (now 98)

Scandal

1950 6.9

as Yasu Hiruta

Age 38 (now 98)

Rainbow Kids

1991 6.6

as Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa

Age 79 (now 98)

The Insect Woman

1963 7.2

as Madam

Age 52 (now 98)

Letter from the Mountain

2002 8.2

as Oume

Age 91 (now 98)

Conflagration

1958 7.1

as Aki, Goichi's mother

Age 47 (now 98)

Wrath of Daimajin

1966 6.4

as Old Woman Kane

Age 55 (now 98)

The Heart

1955 7.0

as Hioki's mother

Age 44 (now 98)

The Burmese Harp

1956 7.8

Age 44 (now 98)

Children of Hiroshima

1952 7.1

as Otoyo

Age 41 (now 98)

The Human Bullet

1968 5.9

Age 57 (now 98)

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

1959 5.9

as Grandma Shigeko

Age 47 (now 98)

Yomigaeri

2003 6.1

as Saki Naito

Age 91 (now 98)

Letter from the Mountain

2002 8.2

as Oume

Age 91 (now 98)

Rainbow Kids

1991 6.6

as Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa

Age 79 (now 98)

Rikyu

1989 7.5

as Mother

Age 78 (now 98)

My Neighbor Totoro

1988 8.1

as Granny (voice)

Age 76 (now 98)

Yamada Village Waltz

1988 10.0

Age 76 (now 98)

Twilight of the Cockroaches

1987 6.2

as Torah (voice)

Age 76 (now 98)

The Burmese Harp

1985 5.9

as Old Woman

Age 74 (now 98)

Love: Starting on a Journey

1985 4.7

Age 73 (now 98)

Haze of Love

1985

Age 73 (now 98)

Dangerous Women

1985

as Mrs. Kinumura

Age 73 (now 98)

White Snake Enchantment

1983 5.5

as Tane

Age 72 (now 98)

Our Teacher

1983 8.0

Age 72 (now 98)

Tora-san's Song of Love

1983 8.3

Age 72 (now 98)

Amagi Pass

1983 6.5

as Tea house's old woman

Age 71 (now 98)

Suspicion

1982 7.0

as Harue Shirakawa

Age 71 (now 98)

Station

1981 6.3

as Masayo Mikami

Age 70 (now 98)

Call from Darkness

1981 6.3

as Sukeno

Age 70 (now 98)

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

1980

Age 69 (now 98)

Writhing Tongue

1980 6.8

as Akira's mother

Age 69 (now 98)

Gassan

1979 7.0

Age 68 (now 98)

The Three Undelivered Letters

1979 6.6

Age 68 (now 98)

Nomugi Pass

1979 7.2

Age 68 (now 98)

Never Give Up

1978 6.2

as Kiyo Matsushita

Age 67 (now 98)

The Incident

1978 7.3

as Kane Shinozaki

Age 67 (now 98)

Proof of the Man

1977 7.8

Age 66 (now 98)

The Wild Daisy

1977 9.0

as Tamiko's Grandmother

Age 66 (now 98)

The Possessed

1976 7.0

Age 65 (now 98)

The Sea of Eden

1976 8.0

Age 64 (now 98)

Kobayashi Takiji

1974 8.0

Age 62 (now 98)

Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte

1972

as Moko's mother

Age 61 (now 98)

Kamishibai Showa History: The Golden Bat is Here

1972 8.0

Age 60 (now 98)

My Voiceless Friends

1972 9.0

Age 60 (now 98)

Umarekawatta Tamegorō

1972

as Uma Ōnuma

Age 60 (now 98)

Price of Life

1971

as Tome

Age 60 (now 98)

Mysterious Thirteen Nights: Chapter 3 - The Mysterious Haunted Mansion

1971

Age 60 (now 98)

Patience Has An End

1971 5.9

Age 60 (now 98)

A Woman Called En

1971

Age 60 (now 98)

Pure Land, Poisoned Sea

1970

as Goze / Narrator (voice)

Age 59 (now 98)

The Little Hero

1970 9.0

Age 59 (now 98)

Oh, My Comrade!

1970 10.0

as Harumi

Age 59 (now 98)

Terror in the Streets

1970 7.5

as Shino

Age 59 (now 98)

River Without a Bridge Part 2

1970

Age 58 (now 98)

Apart from Life

1970 6.2

as Matsuko Fukuji

Age 58 (now 98)

Heat Wave Island

1969 7.0

Age 58 (now 98)

Thousand Cranes

1969 8.3

as Toyo

Age 57 (now 98)

River Without a Bridge

1969 7.5

Age 57 (now 98)

The Human Bullet

1968 5.9

Age 57 (now 98)

The Final Winner?

1968 8.0

Age 57 (now 98)

The Sands of Kurobe

1968 7.0

Age 56 (now 98)

Slave Factory

1968 9.0

Age 56 (now 98)

The Last Lady

1967

as Tsuru

Age 56 (now 98)

The Greatest Challenge of All

1967 7.0

Age 56 (now 98)

Song of Love

1967 6.5

as Orin

Age 55 (now 98)

Journey to the North

1967

as Hana Kanai

Age 55 (now 98)

Wrath of Daimajin

1966 6.4

as Old Woman Kane

Age 55 (now 98)

A Windmill, Tulips and Love

1966

Age 55 (now 98)

She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

1966

Age 55 (now 98)

Blood and Sea

1965

Age 54 (now 98)

A Chain of Islands

1965 6.8

as Kikuko Sasaki

Age 54 (now 98)

Tale of Japanese Burglars

1965 7.0

as Hayashida's mother

Age 53 (now 98)

The Start of Life

1965

as Tomi Ishiguro

Age 53 (now 98)

Gazing at Love and Death

1964 7.0

Age 53 (now 98)

Intentions of Murder

1964 7.0

as Kinu Takahashi

Age 53 (now 98)

A Story from Echigo

1964 7.2

Age 52 (now 98)

The Long Death

1964 9.0

Age 52 (now 98)

Only on Mondays

1964 6.8

as Yuka's mother

Age 52 (now 98)

Welcome, My Baby

1964

as Yuki Nishizaka

Age 52 (now 98)

Daybreak Chorus

1963

as Old Woman

Age 52 (now 98)

The Insect Woman

1963 7.2

as Madam

Age 52 (now 98)

The Third Will

1963 7.7

as Kimie

Age 51 (now 98)

Bad Girl

1963 7.7

Age 51 (now 98)

All My Children

1963 7.3

as Fusakichi's mother

Age 51 (now 98)

Beyond the Green Hills

1963 7.0

as Shiraki, Teacher

Age 51 (now 98)

Children of Izu

1962

Age 51 (now 98)

Ashita au hito

1962

Age 51 (now 98)

Asu no hanayome

1962

Age 51 (now 98)

The Young and Bad

1962

Age 51 (now 98)

Red Bud and White Flower

1962 7.0

Age 51 (now 98)

Foundry Town

1962 7.8

as Ume

Age 50 (now 98)

Dolls floating down the river

1962

as Fuku

Age 50 (now 98)

Ningen Gari

1962

Age 50 (now 98)

Nippon no obaachan

1962 7.0

as Kumi

Age 50 (now 98)

Buddha

1961 10.0

as Sumi

Age 50 (now 98)

A Good Man, A Good Day

1961

Age 50 (now 98)

Enraptured

1961

Age 49 (now 98)

でかんしょ風来坊

1961

Age 49 (now 98)

小

小父さんありがとう

1961

Age 49 (now 98)

Blind Devotion

1961 9.0

as Saoko

Age 49 (now 98)

Shokei zen'ya

1961

Age 49 (now 98)

Marriageable Age

1961 7.0

Age 49 (now 98)

Yakuza sensei

1960 7.0

Age 49 (now 98)

The Sun's Burial

1960 6.4

as Chika

Age 49 (now 98)

Bonchi

1960 7.7

Age 48 (now 98)

The Grave Tells All

1960

Age 48 (now 98)

My Second Brother

1959 6.6

Age 48 (now 98)

The Human Wall

1959 6.3

Age 48 (now 98)

Odd Obsession

1959 6.2

as Hana

Age 48 (now 98)

Paper Pigeon

1959

as Yuki Kashiwabara

Age 47 (now 98)

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

1959 5.9

as Grandma Shigeko

Age 47 (now 98)

Musume no boken

1958

Age 47 (now 98)

Conflagration

1958 7.1

as Aki, Goichi's mother

Age 47 (now 98)

Stakeout

1958 7.0

Age 46 (now 98)

Chance Meeting

1958 10.0

as Tetsu Koyanagi

Age 46 (now 98)

Omoni to shounen

1958

Age 46 (now 98)

But the Flesh is Weak

1957 7.3

as Doctor

Age 46 (now 98)

Hole in One

1957 8.0

as Suga Akabane

Age 46 (now 98)

Actress

1956 8.0

Age 45 (now 98)

Saigo no sentō-ki

1956

Age 45 (now 98)

Summer Storm

1956 6.5

as Mitsu Asai

Age 45 (now 98)

The Shadow of Fear

1956

Age 45 (now 98)

How Sorrowful

1956

Age 45 (now 98)

Our Town

1956 6.9

as Otaka

Age 45 (now 98)

Hana no unga

1956

Age 45 (now 98)

Shiawase wa doko ni

1956 9.0

as Kane

Age 45 (now 98)

Darkness at Noon

1956 6.9

as Satoe Miyazaki

Age 44 (now 98)

Jigoku no hatoba

1956

Age 44 (now 98)

Love is Lost

1956 8.0

as Nobuyo

Age 44 (now 98)

The Burmese Harp

1956 7.8

Age 44 (now 98)

The Motherless

1955 9.0

Age 44 (now 98)

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

1955 7.5

Age 44 (now 98)

Youth

1955

Age 44 (now 98)

A Hole of My Own Making

1955 8.0

Age 44 (now 98)

The Dawn of Judo

1955

Age 44 (now 98)

The Heart

1955 7.0

as Hioki's mother

Age 44 (now 98)

The Wolves

1955 6.9

Age 44 (now 98)

The Maid's Kid

1955 8.3

Age 44 (now 98)

Ghost Story of Youth

1955 10.0

as Nanny at Okumura's

Age 43 (now 98)

Sisters

1955 7.0

Age 43 (now 98)

Victory or Defeat

1954

Age 43 (now 98)

A Billionaire

1954 6.8

Age 43 (now 98)

The Valley Between Love and Death

1954 8.0

as Tetsu Ishida

Age 43 (now 98)

The Street Without Sun

1954 7.0

as Aunt of Matsutaro

Age 43 (now 98)

Tomoshibi

1954 7.0

Age 43 (now 98)

Jūdai no yūwaku

1953

Age 42 (now 98)

Before Dawn

1953 10.0

as Ofuki

Age 42 (now 98)

A Japanese Tragedy

1953 5.8

as Ichizo's wife

Age 42 (now 98)

Yokubo

1953 9.0

Age 41 (now 98)

Miniature

1953 7.8

Age 41 (now 98)

A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

1953 7.0

as Ohana

Age 41 (now 98)

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

1953

Age 41 (now 98)

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

1952

Age 41 (now 98)

Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to

1952

as Aunt Otora

Age 41 (now 98)

Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete

1952

as Fusako Kawai

Age 41 (now 98)

Beauty and the Thief

1952 9.0

as Mrs. Inokuma

Age 41 (now 98)

Children of Hiroshima

1952 7.1

as Otoyo

Age 41 (now 98)

Farewell to Spring

1952

as Old woman

Age 40 (now 98)

Become a Mother, Become a Woman

1952

as Hide

Age 40 (now 98)

The Bitch

1951 8.0

as Tami

Age 40 (now 98)

限りなき情熱

1951

Age 40 (now 98)

男の哀愁

1951

Age 39 (now 98)

Koibito

1951 6.0

as Mrs. Saeki

Age 39 (now 98)

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

1950 7.0

Age 39 (now 98)

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

1950 9.0

Age 39 (now 98)

White Beast

1950 5.6

Age 39 (now 98)

Scandal

1950 6.9

as Yasu Hiruta

Age 38 (now 98)

Learn from Experience, Part Two

1937 6.3

Age 26 (now 98)