Haruo Tanaka
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.
227 acting credits
Acting · 227
Ikiru
1952
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
1966
Inferno of Torture
1969
The Lower Depths
1957
Good Morning
1959
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
The Funeral
1984
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
Early Spring
1956
Floating Weeds
1959
Street of Shame
1956
A Geisha
1953
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
Untamed Woman
1957
Tokyo Twilight
1957
The Pornographers
1966
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
1972
A Wife's Heart
1956
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
Repast
1951
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956
Snow Country
1957
Patience Has An End
1971
Samurai from Somewhere
1964
The Shingo Case Files
1977
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969
Revenge
1964
The Rickshaw Man
1958
The Assassination of Ryoma
1974
Mole Alley
1953
Restoration Fire
1961
Nonki saiban
1955
Gamblers and Racketeers
1964
Escape at Dawn
1950
Samurai Vagabonds
1960
Rainy Night Duel
1956
Down Town
1957
The Straits of Love and Hate
1937
Dimple of Tokyo
1952
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
1950
Marital Relations
1955
Last of the Wild Ones
1954
The Big Boss
1959
The Man Without a Map
1968
Ôban
1957
The Ghosts of Yotsuya
1956
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
1961
An Enemy of the People
1946
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965
Three Women of the North
1945
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
1971
Beyond the Hills
1950
The Protector
1966
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
The Detective Journey
1980
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
1955
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962
親馬鹿花合戦
1953
Ginza Cosmetics
1951
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
Settlement of Love
1956
Miki, the Swordman
1951
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
1958
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
1966
Last Days of the Samurai
1957
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
1958
A Revengeful Raid
1962
The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
1963
The Surf
1975
The Dawn of Freedom
1944
Snow-Flake
1950
音楽大進軍
1943
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
1962
Daikichi Konomura
1954
The Body
1962
Ghost Man
1954
Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
1958
Scarier than the Devil
1960
The Ambitious Youth
1962
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
Enoken’s Boxing Generation
1949
The Pirates
1960
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
1964
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4
1960
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1961
Japan's Top Gangster
1973
Tales of President Mito
1962
Amakara chindōchū
1950
Trapped, the Crimson Bat
1969
Tsuki yori no haha
1951
Blind Monk Swordsman
1964
A Ripple in a Morning
1952
Duel at Yagyu Valley
1945
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
1960
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
1960
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953
Women Doing Time
1966
Heat and Mud
1950
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
Yakuza of Ina
1960
Seven Fugitives
1966
The Killing Game
1973
Samurai Geisha
1969
Sisters of Gion
1956
Yakuza bayashi
1954
Echo in the Mountains
1959
Omokage no machi
1942
Unwieldy Brothers
1960
Shojohou
1950
Travel Romances
1957
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
1966
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1965
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
1963
Geisha in the Old City
1957
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961
Tange Sazen
1953
A Boy and Three Mothers
1958
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950
珍説忠臣蔵
1953
Police Precinct Part 8
1958
Invitation to Happiness
1947
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953
Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey
1958
Rogue
1968
An Inn at Osaka
1954
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
1949
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
1945
The Elegant Swordsman
1934
Jirocho's Home-Coming
1953
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947
The Rabble
1964
Kawachi fūten zoku
1968
365 Nights
1948
Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
1965
Good Rascals
1962
The Undefeated Woman
1958
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
1960
お洒落狂女
1952
Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
1962
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
1962
Flames of Blood
1981
Tenamonya Tôkaidô
1966
Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
1954
Bouquet of the South Seas
1942
The Shadow Daughter
1957
Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei
1958
Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise
1963
Uta e! Taiyō
1945
I Believe I Am Being Followed
1945
Farewell to Spring
1952
Kanchō umi no bara
1945
Happily Tied to the Road
1959
Samurai Saga
1959
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
1948
An Edo Magistrate
1961
Bride of White Castle
1961
The Burning Prison
1950
Gambler
1964
Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers
1963
Enoken's Home Run King
1948
Shimazu no sanshita yakko
1955
Gentle Breeze
1959
The Beauty of the Evening Sky
1948
A Flower Blooms
1948
A Laughable Journey
1964
Enoken the Hero
1950
A Story from Echigo
1964
Morning Breeze in Edo
1960
The Devil of Edo
1947
Merciless Blade Part 3
1953
Mermaids and Sea Robbers
1958
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
Duel in the Storm
1968
Children Seeking a Mother
1956
Heavenly Dragon
1960
Jirocho in Disgrace
1954
Jirocho, the Hunted
1953
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
1968
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1953
The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
1963
Akireta musumetachi
1949
Drunken Sword
1962
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Dancing Girl
1957
Midnight Virgin
1970
紋三郎の秀
1955
Her Captive Gamblers
1953
The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
1964
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949
Wolves of the City, Money Hunters
1970
Divorce
1952
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
1961
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1926
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
1960
Hinoki Butai
1946
Merciless Blade Part 2
1953
Tattoo of Love
1963
Once More
1947
Jirocho's New Year
1954
Ara kure kōya
1963
Jirocho Rises in Fame
1952
Lord of Red Banner
1960
Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness
1965
The Edo Official and Apprentice
1959
Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo
1959
A Strong Wind Blows
1956
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
1934
365 Nights: Tokyo
1948
This Is Youth!
1966
Eacape of Fear
1956
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Beauty
1946
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
1967
First Love Story
1957
In Case of One Woman
1956
Escape and the Law
1965
Fujisancho
1948
The Wicked Boy
1956
Third Class Soldier Boss
1966
Hills of a Foreign Country
1949
Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri
1955