Sumie Tanaka

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.
Crew

Late Chrysanthemums
Adaptation

Flowing
Writer

Repast
Screenplay

A Wanderer's Notebook
Screenplay

Girls of the Night
Screenplay

Aiyoku no sabaki
Screenplay

Boyhood
Screenplay

An Heir's Place
Writer

The Orphan Brother
Writer

Night Butterflies
Screenplay

Undercurrent
Screenplay

Forever a Woman
Screenplay

Home Sweet Home
Original Story, Screenplay

The Izu Dancer
Screenplay

Eddy Currents of Life
Screenplay

Woman Unveiled
Screenplay

Dancing Girl
Screenplay

Lightning
Screenplay

Beauty the Enemy
Screenplay

Twenty-Four Eyes
Screenplay

Journey
Screenplay

Little Peach
Screenplay

Women in Prison
Writer

Dispersed Clouds
Screenplay

Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
Novel, Screenplay

Onna no hashi
Writer

This Is Home
Screenplay