Haruo Tanaka
Born in Kyoto, Japan — Mar 25 1912• Died Mar 21 1992
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Biography
Haruo Tanaka ( March 25 , 1912 – February 21, 1992 ) was a Japanese film actor noted for his supporting roles in a career that spanned seven decades. After the war, he appeared in films for Toho and Shintoho , but gradually he began to demonstrate his unique personality and became active as a character actor, appearing in works by many of the great directors who have shaped the history of Japanese cinema, including Akira Kurosawa , Yasujiro Ozu , Kenji Mizoguchi , and Shiro Toyoda. He died of lung cancer on February 21 , 1992 , at the age of 79.
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Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Ise Yoshimori
Ikiru
Sakai
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Gifuya Dôki
Good Morning
Tatsuzo Haraguchi
Dancing Girl
Tamura
Street of Shame
Osaka Salesman
The Funeral
Old Man
Early Spring
Nomura
Down Town
Mole Alley
The Pornographers
Banteki
The Lower Depths
Tatsu
Tokyo Twilight
Komatsu's Customer
Revenge
Shiraki Jinzaemon
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Repast
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
A Story of Floating Weeds
Directing
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Kumagoro the horse thief
No Regrets for Our Youth
Student
Untamed Woman
Fusayoshi
The Ghosts of Yotsuya
Naosuke
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
A Ripple in a Morning
Ito
The Rickshaw Man
Escape at Dawn
Noro
Patience Has An End
The Body
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Chuji Tsukahara
An Enemy of the People
Good Rascals
Kinjiro Takeuchi
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Samurai Vagabonds
Restoration Fire
Yasuzo
A Story from Echigo
Nonki saiban
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
Kichizo
A Wife's Heart
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
Floating Weeds
Yatazo
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
Seizô Kon'no
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
Ôban
Noodle Shop Owner
The Woman in the Rumor
Kawamoto
A Geisha
Ogawa
The Assassination of Ryoma
The Legend of the White Serpent
Li Gong Fu
The Man Without a Map
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
The Surf
Settlement of Love
Yakuza of Ina
Teruyoshi
Gang and G-Men Part 2
Last of the Wild Ones
Inferno of Torture
Samejima
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
Rogue
Flames of Blood
The Pirates
Gamblers and Racketeers
Miki, the Swordman
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
Seven Fugitives
Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
音楽大進軍
Publicist Semi
Snow Country
Porter
Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
Scarier than the Devil
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
An Inn at Osaka
The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
Japan's Top Gangster
The Protector
Yakuza bayashi
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Hagimura
Samurai Geisha
Heavenly Dragon
Yumatsu
Three Women of the North
Ginza Cosmetics
Gonroku Shirai
Samurai from Somewhere
Trapped, the Crimson Bat
Iwakichi
The Rabble
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
Daihachi
The Big Boss
The Detective Journey
Blind Monk Swordsman
Snow-Flake
Okubatake
Echo in the Mountains
Yadashi Ukontaro
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
Sisters of Gion
Travel Romances
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
365 Nights
Saburo Anekoji
Heat and Mud
An Edo Magistrate
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Uemura
A Laughable Journey
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Daikichi Konomura
Jinbei Yokoii
Duel at Yagyu Valley
Fukigawa Genjiro
Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
珍説忠臣蔵
Rainy Night Duel
Joji the coolie procurer
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
Dimple of Tokyo
Take-san
親馬鹿花合戦
Gambler
Jirokichi Hanazawa
Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness
Beyond the Hills
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4
The Shingo Case Files
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Minegishi
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
The Edo Official and Apprentice
The Undefeated Woman
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
The Ambitious Youth
Tanaka
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Mekkachi no Katsugorô
The Shadow Daughter
Shojohou
Bouquet of the South Seas
Ishikawa, pilot
Unwieldy Brothers
Tales of President Mito
Hikosaburo Okubo
The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
Marital Relations
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
Tsuki yori no haha
Goro Aoyama
Geisha in the Old City
Yasukichi
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Company commander Yamane
The Dawn of Freedom
Lt. Sakuragi (military doctor)
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
Kitao Omachi
Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise
A Flower Blooms
Women Doing Time
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Seijiro
Tange Sazen
The Elegant Swordsman
Duel in the Storm
Farewell to Spring
Sakuzô Furuya
Hadaka no Machi
Last Days of the Samurai
Samurai Saga
(uncredited)
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
Daizaburô Tani
Gentle Breeze
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
Police Precinct Part 8
Amakara chindōchū
The Devil of Edo
紋三郎の秀
Ghost Man
Yosuke Kikuchi
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey
A Revengeful Raid
Tattoo of Love
Merciless Blade Part 2
Jirocho's Home-Coming
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
Mermaids and Sea Robbers
Proprietor of the Miharashitei
Once More
The Burning Prison
Bride of White Castle
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
Omokage no machi
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
Akireta musumetachi
A Boy and Three Mothers
Jirocho in Disgrace
Children Seeking a Mother
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
Happily Tied to the Road
Mishima
The Killing Game
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
Uta e! Taiyō
Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
The Straits of Love and Hate
Kinkichi's friend, Hirose
I Believe I Am Being Followed
Enoken’s Boxing Generation
Kanchō umi no bara
お洒落狂女
Gondao Shimizu
Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
Hinoki Butai
Invitation to Happiness
Enoken's Home Run King
Midnight Virgin
Shimazu no sanshita yakko
Her Captive Gamblers
あらくれ荒野
The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
Drunken Sword
Morning Breeze in Edo
Otoboke Senta
Third Class Soldier Boss
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
Kawachi fūten zoku
Zoku Tange Sazen
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
Jirocho Rises in Fame
Jirocho's New Year
The Beauty of the Evening Sky
Jirocho, the Hunted
Wolves of the City, Money Hunters
This Is Youth!
Lord of Red Banner
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
Shigeru Hanayama
Eacape of Fear
Enoken the Hero
Tokugawa Ieyasu
A Strong Wind Blows
Managing Director Tadokoro
Merciless Blade Part 3
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
Fujisancho
Divorce
Fumio Sôma
The Wicked Boy
Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo