Acting
Haruo Tanaka
JA, EN cinema · 245 credits
Born
25 March 1912
Died
21 March 1992 (aged 79)
Birthplace
Kyoto, Japan
Also known as Tanaka Haruo · Харуо Танака · 田中春男
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Funeral
as Old Man
The Surf
Actor
Inferno of Torture
as Samejima
Trapped, the Crimson Bat
as Iwakichi
Rogue
Actor
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
as Shigeru Hanayama
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
as Minegishi
The Pornographers
as Banteki
Revenge
as Shiraki Jinzaemon
Gambler
as Jirokichi Hanazawa
Could I But Live
as Tachibana
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
as Uemura
The Body
Actor
The Ambitious Youth
as Tanaka
Good Rascals
as Kinjiro Takeuchi
Tales of President Mito
as Hikosaburo Okubo
Restoration Fire
as Yasuzo
Heavenly Dragon
as Yumatsu
Morning Breeze in Edo
as Otoboke Senta
Yakuza of Ina
as Teruyoshi
Good Morning
as Tatsuzo Haraguchi
Floating Weeds
as Yatazo
The Big Boss
as Kurosaki
Samurai Saga
as (uncredited)
Echo in the Mountains
as Yadashi Ukontaro
Happily Tied to the Road
as Mishima
A Boy and Three Mothers
as Mochizuki
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
as Daizaburô Tani
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
as Company commander Yamane
人魚昇天
1958
Mermaids and Sea Robbers
as Proprietor of the Miharashitei
The Lower Depths
as Tatsu
Ôban
as Noodle Shop Owner
Geisha in the Old City
as Yasukichi
Snow Country
as Porter
Dancing Girl
as Tamura
Downtown
Actor
Tokyo Twilight
as Komatsu's Customer
Untamed Woman
as Fusayoshi
The Shadow Daughter
as Morita
First Love Story
as Tokuzo
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Kumagoro the horse thief
The Ghosts of Yotsuya
as Naosuke
The Legend of the White Serpent
as Li Gong Fu
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
as Hagimura
Early Spring
as Nomura
Rainy Night Duel
as Joji the coolie procurer
Children Seeking a Mother
as Carpenter
Street of Shame
as Osaka Salesman
A Strong Wind Blows
as Managing Director Tadokoro
ある女の場合
1956
In Case of One Woman
as Kenkichi Yoshioka
Chikamatsu Monogatari
as Gifuya Dôki
The Woman in the Rumor
as Kawamoto
Daikichi Konomura
as Jinbei Yokoii
Ghost Man
as Yosuke Kikuchi
Where Chimneys Are Seen
as Chuji Tsukahara
A Geisha
as Ogawa
Ikiru
as Sakai
お洒落狂女
1952
お洒落狂女
as Gondao Shimizu
Farewell to Spring
as Sakuzô Furuya
Divorce
as Fumio Sôma
Dimple of Tokyo
as Take-san
Repast
Actor
Ginza Cosmetics
as Gonroku Shirai
Tsuki yori no haha
as Goro Aoyama
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
as Mekkachi no Katsugorô
Enoken the Hero
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Snow-Flake
as Okubatake
Escape at Dawn
as Noro
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
as Seizô Kon'no
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
as Kitao Omachi
365 Nights
as Saburo Anekoji
365 Nights: Tokyo
as Saburo Anenokoji
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Student
Duel at Yagyu Valley
as Fukigawa Genjiro
The Dawn of Freedom
as Lt. Sakuragi (military doctor)
音楽大進軍
as Publicist Semi
Bouquet of the South Seas
as Ishikawa, pilot
The Straits of Love and Hate
as Kinkichi's friend, Hirose
A Story of Floating Weeds
Assistant Director
