Sumie Tanaka | |
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| Born | Sumie Tsujimura 11 April 1908 |
| Died | 1 March 2000 (aged 91) |
| Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter, essayist |
| Language | Japanese |
| Nationality | Japanese |
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| Spouse | Chikao Tanaka |
Sumie Tanaka (田中澄江, Tanaka Sumie, 11 April 1908 — 1 March 2000) was a Japanese screenwriter and playwright[1] with a feminist agenda.[2] She was a long-time collaborator of film director Mikio Naruse and wrote screenplays for Japan's first major female director Kinuyo Tanaka. A member of the Bungakuza theatre company, she was married to dramatist Chikao Tanaka.[1] Awards she received for her work include the Blue Ribbon Award, the Ministry of Education Award for Arts and the Yomiuri Prize for Literature.[1]
- ^ a b c "田中澄江 (Tanaka Sumie)". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ Gonzalez-Lopez, Irene (2017). Tanaka Kinuyo:Nation, Stardom and Female Subjectivity. Edinburgh University Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-4744-4463-7.