The Moving Image Source Calendar is a selective international guide to retrospectives, screenings, festivals, and exhibitions.
Descriptions are drawn from the calendars of the presenting venues.
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Kinuyo Tanaka Centenary
October 6-December 27, 2009 at
Film Center of the National Museum of Modern Art
, Tokyo
Kinuyo Tanaka (1909-1977) started her acting career as a fresh idol and continued to give important performances in highly acclaimed films. Together with her achievements as a director with six films, Tanaka continued to occupy a central position in the history of Japanese cinema.
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Through the reference materials from the NFC collection and her personal belongings that are preserved in Shimonoseki, her hometown, this exhibition will reconstruct her long and brilliant career in film that lasted for over half a century. The wide range of films includes the silent films starring Tanaka as a teenage star and the films she directed.
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