Sumie Tanaka, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Sumie Tanaka

Japanese novelist and screenwriter

Date of Birth: 11-Apr-1908

Date of Death: 01-Mar-2000

Profession: screenwriter, novelist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Sumie Tanaka (????; April 11, 1908—March 1, 2000) was a Japanese screenwriter and playwright born in Tokyo.
She was most well known for her long collaboration with film director Mikio Naruse and for writing screenplays for Japan's first major female director Kinuyo Tanaka.
Member of the Bungakuza theatre company, she was married to playwright and dramatist Chikao Tanaka.
The screenplays she wrote for Repast (??, Meshi; 1951), Home Sweet Home (?????? , Wa ga ya wa tanoshi; 1951), and Record of Youth (??? , Shonenki; 1951) won her the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Screenplay in 1951.