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