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Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka

Actor · Born 1912-03-25 · Kyoto, Japan

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Ikiru (1952) — Sakai
  2. Good Morning (1959) — Tatsuzo Haraguchi
  3. Floating Weeds (1959) — Yatazo
  4. Tokyo Twilight (1957) — Komatsu's Customer
  5. Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954) — Gifuya Dôki
  6. Street of Shame (1956) — Osaka Salesman
  7. The Lower Depths (1957) — Tatsu
  8. Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) — Kumagoro the horse thief
  9. Early Spring (1956) — Nomura
  10. No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) — Student
  11. A Geisha (1953) — Ogawa
  12. The Pornographers (1966) — Banteki
  13. The Funeral (1984) — Old Man
  14. Repast (1951)
  15. The Woman in the Rumor (1954) — Kawamoto
  16. The Rickshaw Man (1958)
  17. Inferno of Torture (1969) — Samejima
  18. Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
  19. Revenge (1964) — Shiraki Jinzaemon
  20. The Man Without a Map (1968)
  21. Samurai Saga (1959) — (uncredited)
  22. Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)
  23. The Assassination of Ryoma (1974)
  24. Ginza Cosmetics (1951) — Gonroku Shirai
  25. Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953) — Chuji Tsukahara
  26. An Inn at Osaka (1954)
  27. A Wife's Heart (1956)
  28. Snow Country (1957) — Porter
  29. Untamed Woman (1957) — Fusayoshi
  30. Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963) — Uemura
  31. The Straits of Love and Hate (1937) — Kinkichi's friend, Hirose
  32. Shozo, a Cat and Two Women (1956) — Hagimura
  33. Trapped, the Crimson Bat (1969) — Iwakichi
  34. Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka (1950)
  35. The Legend of the White Serpent (1956) — Li Gong Fu
  36. A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo (1945) — Seijiro
  37. Marital Relations (1955)
  38. Patience Has An End (1971)
  39. The Ghosts of Yotsuya (1956) — Naosuke
  40. Once More (1947)