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