Sumie Tanaka
Personal information
- Known for
- Writing
- Known credits
- 33
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- April 11, 1908
- Died
- March 1, 2000
- Place of birth
- Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as
- Sumie Tsujimura
Biography
Sumie Tanaka (田中澄江, Tanaka Sumie, 11 April 1908 — 1 March 2000) was a Japanese screenwriter and playwright. An outspoken feminist, her stories often focused on women struggling with familial and societal expectations. She was a long-time collaborator of film director Mikio Naruse and wrote screenplays for Japan's first major female director Kinuyo Tanaka.
