Eizo Tanaka
Known for

Directing

Credits

20

Gender

Man

Birthday

Nov 3, 1886

Day of death

Jun 13, 1968 (81)

Place of birth

Chūō, Tokyo, Japan

Also known as
田中栄三

Eizo Tanaka

Biography

Tanaka initially trained as a stage actor in the shingeki movement under Kaoru Osanai, but eventually joined the Nikkatsu film studio in 1917. He debuted as a director in 1918 but mostly had to work with shinpa stories, not the shingeki techniques he was used to although two early films, The Living Corpse (Ikeru shikabane) and The Cherry Orchard (Sakura no sono) were based on Tolstoy and Chekhov respectively.[3] Working in parallel with the Pure Film Movement, Tanaka made two films, Kyōya eirimise (1922) and Dokuro no mai (1923), based on his own screenplays, that were highly praised for their cinematic technique.[1] He remained a rather conservative filmmaker and still used oyama (male actors) in female roles, including in his masterpiece Kyōya eirimise, a melodrama about a merchant's destructive love for a geisha. He used actresses for the first time in Dokuro no mai, a story of a monk reminiscing about his youth and early loves.

Known for
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
1953The Wild GeeseZenkichi
1953Tower of Lilies
1950Till We Meet Again
1950Street of ViolenceHardware dealer
1949Stray DogOld Doctor
1949The Blue Mountains: Part IPrincipal Takeda
1949A Woman's Life
Credits
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
1932NamikoDirector
1927Five Women Around HimScreenplay
1927Five Women Around HimOriginal Story
1926A Paper Doll's Whisper of SpringScreenplay
1923Skull DanceDirector
1923Skull DanceScreenplay
1922The Lapel ShopDirector
1922The Lapel ShopWriter
1921Before the Morning Sun ShinesDirector
1921Woman in the StreamDirector
1921Scent of the White LilyDirector
1918The Living CorpseDirector
1918AkatsukiDirector