Tamae Kiyokawa
May 24, 1903 · 123 years old
Tamae Kiyokawa (清川玉枝, Kiyokawa Tamae, May 24, 1903 – January 21, 1969) was a Japanese actress born in Shiba, Tokyo. She is known for her roles in films such as Haha no omokage (1959), Love Letter (1953), and Kengô tai gôketsu: Homare no kessen (1956). She died on January 21, 1969 in Japan.
Known For
4 titles
My Geisha
An actress disguises herself as a geisha in order to land the lead role in her director husband's film version of 'Madam Butterfly'.
Seisaku's Wife
On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of poverty.
We'll Meet Again
Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is actually the love child of her wealthy businessman father and his ex-secretary.
Ginza Cosmetics
A few days in the life of a quiet geisha, single mother of a young, smart boy, in the lively Tokyo quarter of Ginza. A woman devoted to other people's needs, she will end by taking part herself in one of the many disguises of Ginza.