Biography
Ranko Hanai (花井蘭子, Hanai Ranko, 15 July 1918 – 21 May 1961) was a Japanese actress who appeared in about 200 films between 1929 and 1961. Hanai was born Yoshiko Shimizu in Osaka, Japan. As a child, she acted with the theatre troupes of Takeo Kawai and Rokurō Kitamura, and gave her screen debut under the name of Reiko Shimizu in 1929. She entered the Nikkatsu film studio in 1931 and moved to J. O. Sutajio (later Toho) in 1937. 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, and joined the Shintoho studio. 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. She died in 1961 at the age of 42.
Filmography
all 57
Movies 57
Jacks and Jills (1956)
Appeal on the Cross (1956)
A Wife's Heart (1956)
The Tale of Jiro (1955)
The Shiinomi School (1955)
Five Sisters (1954)
Love Letter (1953)
Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953)
珍説忠臣蔵 (1953)
Sunset Over Mount Fuji (1952)
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete (1952)
Repast (1951)
Miki, the Swordman (1951)
新遊侠伝 遊侠往来 (1951)
新遊侠伝 (1951)
Ginza Cosmetics (1951)
Under the Blossoming Peach (1951)
Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain (1951)
右門捕物帖 片眼狼 (1951)
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog (1950)
Snow-Flake (1950)
Rinchi (1949)
Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo (1949)
Living Image (1948)
A Second Life (1948)
Invitation to Happiness (1947)
These Foolish Times (1947)
As Long as I Live (1946)
Duel at Yagyu Valley (1945)
敵は幾万ありとても (1944)
Nichijô no tatakai (1944)
The Way of Drama (1944)
Hot Wind (1943)
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Exploits of Heisuke Isokawa (1942)
Wings of Victory (1942)
Sky of Hope (1942)
The Poppy (1941)
A Fond Face from the Past (1941)
The Monkey King (1940)
Wife of a Lily (1940)
Numazu Officer School (1939)
Old Songs (1939)
Blizzard Ronin (1939)
Ōma no tsuji (1938)
Fallen Blossoms (1938)
The Best Lord in Japan (1937)
The Woman Aiming for the Shogun (1937)
Nangoku taiheiki (1937)
Ishimatsu from the Forest (1937)
Yasubei Horibe (1936)
Kuriyama Daizen (1936)
Great Bodhisattva Pass (1935)
Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo (1935)
Kunisada Chūji (1935)
Gion Shigure (1933)
Banquet Under the Midnight Sun (1932)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1918-07-15
Deathday1961-05-21 (42 years old)
Birth Name清水 よし子
Birth PlaceOsaka, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As花井蘭子, Ранко Ханаи
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