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{{short description|Japanese actress}}
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| image = Hanai Ranko.JPG
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| caption = Ranko Hanai (date unknown)
| name = Ranko Hanai
| name = Ranko Hanai
| other_names = Reiko Shimizu
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1918|7|15}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1918|7|15}}
| birth_place = [[Osaka]], Japan
| birth_place = [[Osaka]], Japan
| birth_name = Yoshiko Shimizu
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1961|5|21|1918|7|15}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1961|5|21|1918|7|15}}
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| occupation = Actress
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1929-1961
| yearsactive = 1931-1961
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{{Nihongo|'''Ranko Hanai'''|花井蘭子|Hanai Ranko|15 July 1918 &ndash; 21 May 1961}} was a Japanese actress.<ref name="citwf">{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/person206978.htm |title=Ranko Hanai |accessdate=2 June 2012 |work=Complete Index to World Film}}</ref> She appeared in more than 190 films between 1931 and 1961. She died of a cerebral hemmorage in 1961 at the age of 42.
{{Nihongo|'''Ranko Hanai'''|花井蘭子|Hanai Ranko|15 July 1918 &ndash; 21 May 1961}} was a Japanese actress<ref name="Kotobank">{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/person206978.htm |title=花井蘭子 |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=Kotobank |language=ja}}</ref> who appeared in about 200 films between 1929 and 1961.<ref name="jmdb2">{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0216610.htm |title=清水玲子 |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=Japanese Movie Database |language=ja}}</ref><ref name="jmdb">{{cite web|url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0059000.htm |title=花井蘭子 |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=Japanese Movie Database |language=ja}}</ref>

==Biography==
Hanai was born Yoshiko Shimizu in [[Osaka]], Japan.<ref name="Kotobank" /> As a child, she acted with the theatre troupes of Takeo Kawai and Rokurō Kitamura,<ref name="Kotobank2">{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%8A%B1%E4%BA%95%20%E8%98%AD%E5%AD%90-1652682 |title=花井 蘭子 |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=Kotobank |language=ja}}</ref> and gave her screen debut under the name of Reiko Shimizu in 1929.<ref name="jmdb2" /><ref name="Kotobank2" /> She entered the [[Nikkatsu]] film studio in 1931 and moved to J. O. Sutajio (later [[Toho]]) in 1937.<ref name="Kotobank" /> In 1946, in opposition to the [[Trade union|union]] strike at Toho, Yamada sided with the anti-unionist group "Jū hito no hata no kai" ("Society of the Flag of Ten"), which consisted of [[Setsuko Hara]], [[Hideko Takamine]], [[Isuzu Yamada]] and others,<ref name="Hirano">{{cite book |last=Hirano |first=Kyoko |date=1992 |title=Mr. Smith Goes to Tokyo: Japanese Cinema Under the American Occupation, 1945–1952 |location=Washington and London |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press |isbn=1-56098-157-1}}</ref> and joined the [[Shintoho]] studio.<ref name="Kotobank" /> During the 1950s, she also occasionally worked for Toho and other production companies, appearing in films of [[Mikio Naruse]], [[Heinosuke Gosho]], [[Kinuyo Tanaka]] and [[Kaneto Shindō]].<ref name="jmdb" /> She died in 1961 at the age of 42.<ref name="Kotobank" />


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
* ''[[The Million Ryo Pot]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Million Ryo Pot]]'' (1935, dir. [[Sadao Yamanaka]])
* ''[[Fallen Blossoms]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Fallen Blossoms]]'' (1938, dir. [[Tamizō Ishida]])
* ''[[Sanshiro Sugata]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Sanshiro Sugata]]'' (1943, dir. [[Akira Kurosawa]])
* ''[[Ginza Cosmetics]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Ginza Cosmetics]]'' (1951, dir. Mikio Naruse)
* ''[[Repast (film)|Repast]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Repast (film)|Repast]]'' (1951, dir. Mikio Naruse)
* ''[[Life of a Woman]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Life of a Woman]]'' (1953, dir Kaneto Shindō)
* ''[[Love Letter (1953 film)|Love Letter]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Love Letter (1953 film)|Love Letter]]'' (1953, dir. Kinuyo Tanaka)
* ''[[Entotsu no mieru basho]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Where Chimneys Are Seen]]'' (1953, dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
* ''[[Onna no Koyomi]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Onna no Koyomi]]'' (1954, dir. [[Seiji Hisamatsu]])
* ''The Shiinomi School'' (1955, dir. [[Hiroshi Shimizu (director)|Hiroshi Shimizu]])
* ''[[A Wife's Heart]]'' (1956, dir. Mikio Naruse)


==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0359248|Ranko Hanai}}
* {{IMDb name|0359248}}

*{{jmdb name|0059000}}
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Latest revision as of 10:47, 21 August 2023

Ranko Hanai
Ranko Hanai (date unknown)
Born
Yoshiko Shimizu

(1918-07-15)15 July 1918
Osaka, Japan
Died21 May 1961(1961-05-21) (aged 42)
Other namesReiko Shimizu
OccupationActress
Years active1929-1961

Ranko Hanai (花井蘭子, Hanai Ranko, 15 July 1918 – 21 May 1961) was a Japanese actress[1] who appeared in about 200 films between 1929 and 1961.[2][3]

Biography

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Hanai was born Yoshiko Shimizu in Osaka, Japan.[1] As a child, she acted with the theatre troupes of Takeo Kawai and Rokurō Kitamura,[4] and gave her screen debut under the name of Reiko Shimizu in 1929.[2][4] She entered the Nikkatsu film studio in 1931 and moved to J. O. Sutajio (later Toho) in 1937.[1] In 1946, in opposition to the union strike at Toho, Yamada sided with the anti-unionist group "Jū hito no hata no kai" ("Society of the Flag of Ten"), which consisted of Setsuko Hara, Hideko Takamine, Isuzu Yamada and others,[5] and joined the Shintoho studio.[1] During the 1950s, she also occasionally worked for Toho and other production companies, appearing in films of Mikio Naruse, Heinosuke Gosho, Kinuyo Tanaka and Kaneto Shindō.[3] She died in 1961 at the age of 42.[1]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "花井蘭子". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b "清水玲子". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b "花井蘭子". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b "花井 蘭子". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  5. ^ Hirano, Kyoko (1992). Mr. Smith Goes to Tokyo: Japanese Cinema Under the American Occupation, 1945–1952. Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 1-56098-157-1.
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