Sumie Tanaka

April 11, 1908 — Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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.

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Repast

1951

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Late Chrysanthemums

1954

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Flowing

1956

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Lightning

1952

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Forever a Woman

1955

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Girls of the Night

1961

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A Wanderer's Notebook

1962

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Little Peach

1958