Haruo Tanaka
Acting
1912-03-25 · Kyoto, Japan
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.
Filmography
The Funeral
1984 · Movie
Flames of Blood
1981 · Movie
The Detective Journey
1980 · Movie
The Shingo Case Files
1977 · Series
The Surf
1975 · Movie
The Assassination of Ryoma
1974 · Movie
Japan's Top Gangster
1973 · Movie
The Killing Game
1973 · Movie
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
1972 · Movie
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
1971 · Movie
Patience Has An End
1971 · Movie
Wolves of the City, Money Hunters
1970 · Movie
Midnight Virgin
1970 · Movie
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969 · Movie
Samurai Geisha
1969 · Movie
Trapped, the Crimson Bat
1969 · Movie
Inferno of Torture
1969 · Movie
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
1968 · Movie
Rogue
1968 · Movie
Duel in the Storm
1968 · Movie
The Man Without a Map
1968 · Movie
Kawachi fūten zoku
1968 · Movie
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
1967 · Movie
This Is Youth!
1966 · Movie
Seven Fugitives
1966 · Movie
Tenamonya Tôkaidô
1966 · Movie
Third Class Soldier Boss
1966 · Movie
The Protector
1966 · Movie
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
1966 · Movie
The Pornographers
1966 · Movie
Women Doing Time
1966 · Movie
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
1966 · Movie
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
1966 · Series
Escape and the Law
1965 · Movie
Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
1965 · Movie
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1965 · Movie
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965 · Movie
Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness
1965 · Movie
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965 · Movie
Gamblers and Racketeers
1964 · Movie
Samurai from Somewhere
1964 · Movie
Revenge
1964 · Movie
Could I But Live
1964 · Movie
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
1964 · Movie
The Rabble
1964 · Movie
Gambler
1964 · Movie
Blind Monk Swordsman
1964 · Movie
A Story from Echigo
1964 · Movie
The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
1964 · Movie
A Laughable Journey
1964 · Movie
The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
1963 · Movie
The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
1963 · Movie
Ara kure kōya
1963 · Movie
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
1963 · Movie
Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise
1963 · Movie
Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers
1963 · Movie
Tattoo of Love
1963 · Movie
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963 · Movie
Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
1962 · Movie
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962 · Movie
The Body
1962 · Movie
A Revengeful Raid
1962 · Movie
Drunken Sword
1962 · Movie
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
1962 · Movie
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962 · Movie
The Ambitious Youth
1962 · Movie
Tales of President Mito
1962 · Movie
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
1962 · Movie
Good Rascals
1962 · Movie
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962 · Movie
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962 · Movie
Restoration Fire
1961 · Movie
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961 · Movie
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
1961 · Movie
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961 · Movie
Bride of White Castle
1961 · Movie
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1961 · Movie
An Edo Magistrate
1961 · Movie
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
1961 · Movie
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
1960 · Movie
Morning Breeze in Edo
1960 · Movie
Scarier than the Devil
1960 · Movie
Heavenly Dragon
1960 · Movie
The Pirates
1960 · Movie
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
1960 · Movie
Unwieldy Brothers
1960 · Movie
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
1960 · Movie
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4
1960 · Movie
Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
1960 · Movie
Yakuza of Ina
1960 · Movie
Lord of Red Banner
1960 · Movie
Samurai Vagabonds
1960 · Movie
Floating Weeds
1959 · Movie
Echo in the Mountains
1959 · Movie
The Edo Official and Apprentice
1959 · Movie
Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo
1959 · Movie
Gentle Breeze
1959 · Movie
Good Morning
1959 · Movie
Samurai Saga
1959 · Movie
Happily Tied to the Road
1959 · Movie
The Big Boss
1959 · Movie
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959 · Movie
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958 · Movie
Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei
1958 · Movie
Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
1958 · Movie
The Undefeated Woman
1958 · Movie
Mermaids and Sea Robbers
1958 · Movie
Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey
1958 · Movie
Police Precinct Part 8
1958 · Movie
The Rickshaw Man
1958 · Movie
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
1958 · Movie
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
1958 · Movie
A Boy and Three Mothers
1958 · Movie
Travel Romances
1957 · Movie
Downtown
1957 · Movie
The Ornery Entrance to the Sumo Ring with a Sword
1957 · Movie
Geisha in the Old City
1957 · Movie
The Lower Depths
1957 · Movie
First Love Story
1957 · Movie
Hadaka no Machi
1957 · Movie
Last Days of the Samurai
1957 · Movie
The Shadow Daughter
1957 · Movie
Untamed Woman
1957 · Movie
Turtledove
1957 · Movie
Tokyo Twilight
1957 · Movie
Snow Country
1957 · Movie
Ôban
1957 · Movie
Dancing Girl
1957 · Movie
A Man's Flower Path
1956 · Movie
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956 · Movie
A Strong Wind Blows
1956 · Movie
Funny Fellows
1956 · Movie
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956 · Movie
In Case of One Woman
1956 · Movie
Children Seeking a Mother
1956 · Movie
Eacape of Fear
1956 · Movie
The Ghosts of Yotsuya
1956 · Movie
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956 · Movie
The Wicked Boy
1956 · Movie
Sisters of Gion
1956 · Movie
A Wife's Heart
1956 · Movie
While the Demon Steps Out
1956 · Movie
Settlement of Love
1956 · Movie
Street of Shame
1956 · Movie
Early Spring
1956 · Movie
Rainy Night Duel
1956 · Movie
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956 · Movie
Marital Relations
1955 · Movie
Shimazu no sanshita yakko
1955 · Movie
Nonki saiban
1955 · Movie
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
1955 · Movie
Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri
1955 · Movie
紋三郎の秀
1955 · Movie
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954 · Movie
Ghost Man
1954 · Movie
Daikichi Konomura
1954 · Movie
Jirocho in Disgrace
1954 · Movie
Yakuza bayashi
1954 · Movie
Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
1954 · Movie
The Woman in the Rumor
1954 · Movie
Last of the Wild Ones
1954 · Movie
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
1954 · Movie
An Inn at Osaka
1954 · Movie
Utsukushiki taka
1954 · Movie
Jirocho's New Year
1954 · Movie
Jirocho, the Hunted
1953 · Movie
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1953 · Movie
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953 · Movie
A Geisha
1953 · Movie
Tange Sazen
1953 · Movie
Jirocho's Home-Coming
1953 · Movie
Merciless Blade Part 3
1953 · Movie
Merciless Blade Part 2
1953 · Movie
Her Captive Gamblers
1953 · Movie
Mole Alley
1953 · Movie
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953 · Movie
親馬鹿花合戦
1953 · Movie
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953 · Movie
珍説忠臣蔵
1953 · Movie
Jirocho Rises in Fame
1952 · Movie
Ikiru
1952 · Movie
Dimple of Tokyo
1952 · Movie
Divorce
1952 · Movie
A Ripple in a Morning
1952 · Movie
お洒落狂女
1952 · Movie
Farewell to Spring
1952 · Movie
Avalanche
1952 · Movie
Repast
1951 · Movie
Miki, the Swordman
1951 · Movie
Dorei no machi
1951 · Movie
Tsuki yori no haha
1951 · Movie
Ginza Cosmetics
1951 · Movie
Shojohou
1950 · Movie
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950 · Movie
Amakara chindōchū
1950 · Movie
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950 · Movie
Enoken the Hero
1950 · Movie
The Burning Prison
1950 · Movie
Beyond the Hills
1950 · Movie
Snow-Flake
1950 · Movie
Heat and Mud
1950 · Movie
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
1950 · Movie
Escape at Dawn
1950 · Movie
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
1949 · Movie
Akireta musumetachi
1949 · Movie
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949 · Movie
Hills of a Foreign Country
1949 · Movie
Enoken’s Boxing Generation
1949 · Movie
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
1948 · Movie
365 Nights: Tokyo
1948 · Movie
Enoken's Home Run King
1948 · Movie
365 Nights
1948 · Movie
The Beauty of the Evening Sky
1948 · Movie
Fujisancho
1948 · Movie
A Flower Blooms
1948 · Movie
Invitation to Happiness
1947 · Movie
The Devil of Edo
1947 · Movie
Once More
1947 · Movie
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947 · Movie
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946 · Movie
Beauty
1946 · Movie
An Enemy of the People
1946 · Movie
Hinoki Butai
1946 · Movie
Uta e! Taiyō
1945 · Movie
Three Women of the North
1945 · Movie
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
1945 · Movie
Duel at Yagyu Valley
1945 · Movie
I Believe I Am Being Followed
1945 · Movie
Kanchō umi no bara
1945 · Movie
The Dawn of Freedom
1944 · Movie
音楽大進軍
1943 · Movie
Omokage no machi
1942 · Movie
Bouquet of the South Seas
1942 · Movie
The Straits of Love and Hate
1937 · Movie
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934 · Movie
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
1934 · Movie
The Elegant Swordsman
1934 · Movie
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1926 · Movie