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]