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 longtime collaborator of film director Mikio Naruse and wrote screenplays for Japans first major female director Kinuyo Tanaka