- Birthday
- 1908-04-11
- Deathday
- 2000-03-01
- Place of Birth
- Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Sumie Tanaka
WritingBiography
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.
