WEEK IN WOMEN: Lumiere Festival honors Kinuyo Tanaka with retrospective – Brandy McDonnell reports
The late, legendary Japanese actor and filmmaker Kinuyo Tanaka will be honored with a retrospective at the 2021 Lumiere Festival, set for Oct. 9-17 in Lyon, France. [Lumiere Festival photo][/caption]The late, legendary Japanese actor and filmmaker Kinuyo Tanaka will be honored with a retrospective at the 2021 Lumiere Festival, set for Oct. 9-17 in Lyon, France.
Every year, the festival offers audiences a retrospective of a female filmmaker whose work has been forgotten or hindered by the conservative context of her era, according to a news release. “The Permanent History of Women Filmmakers” series has enabled the rediscovery of films by Alice Guy, Germaine Dulac, Larissa Shepitko, Muriel Box, Dorothy Arzner, Ida Lupino, Lina Wertmüller and Joan Micklin Silver.
This year, the festival will screen a complete retrospective of the films by Tanaka, the sole female director of the golden age of Japanese cinema, in collaboration with Carlotta Films.
In front of the camera for helmers like Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse and Kenji Mizoguchi, Tanaka first became one of the most celebrated and influential performers in Japanese cinema before making the bold move to directing in an industry that had no female filmmakers. Continue reading on THE WEEK IN WOMEN