Through the connection of her older brother who was working as a steward at the Osaka Branch of Shochiku Co. Ltd., Kinuyo joined the Shochiku Shimogamo Studio in 1924 and debuted in the film "Genroku Onna" (literally, "A Woman from the Genroku Period") directed by director Hotei NOMURA.
兄が松竹大阪支社で給仕として働いていた関係で、1924年に松竹下加茂撮影所に入所し、野村芳亭監督の『元禄女』でデビューする。