Haruo Tanaka
Acting
Born: March 25, 1912 · Kyoto, Japan
Died: March 21, 1992 (aged 79)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Ikiru
1952
Good Morning
1959
Floating Weeds
1959
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
Street of Shame
1956
The Lower Depths
1957
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Early Spring
1956
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934
A Geisha
1953
Photos (1)
Movies (231)
Ikiru
Sakai
Good Morning
Tatsuzo Haraguchi
The Funeral
Old Man
Repast
1951
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
Street of Shame
Osaka Salesman
The Rickshaw Man
1958
Floating Weeds
Yatazo
The Pornographers
Banteki
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Kumagoro the horse thief
Ginza Cosmetics
Gonroku Shirai
Ghost Man
Yosuke Kikuchi
Tokyo Twilight
Komatsu's Customer
The Legend of the White Serpent
Li Gong Fu
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Gifuya Dôki
Early Spring
Nomura
The Man Without a Map
1968
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Hagimura
Untamed Woman
Fusayoshi
No Regrets for Our Youth
Student
The Lower Depths
Tatsu
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Uemura
Rogue
1968
The Big Boss
Kurosaki
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
1971
Downtown
1957
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
1972
A Geisha
Ogawa
The Woman in the Rumor
Kawamoto
The Assassination of Ryoma
1974
Dorei no machi
1951
The Detective Journey
1980
Marital Relations
1955
Samurai from Somewhere
1964
Samurai Geisha
1969
A Man's Flower Path
1956
Snow-Flake
Okubatake
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Minegishi
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969
Mole Alley
1953
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Company commander Yamane
Restoration Fire
Yasuzo
The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
1963
A Revengeful Raid
1962
Snow Country
Porter
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
Chakkari fujin to ukkari fujin
1952
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
A Wife's Heart
1956
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
A Story from Echigo
1964
Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts
1959
Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
1960
Revenge
Shiraki Jinzaemon
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Mekkachi no Katsugorô
Miki, the Swordman
1951
The Wicked Boy
1956
The Protector
1966
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
1962
Inferno of Torture
Samejima
Violent Ishimatsu
1959
Dimple of Tokyo
Take-san
Could I But Live
Tachibana
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
1966
Women Doing Time
1966
Japan's Top Gangster
1973
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Seijiro
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
1960
Unwieldy Brothers
1960
Nonki saiban
1955
Heat and Mud
1950
Trapped, the Crimson Bat
Iwakichi
Escape at Dawn
Noro
Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
1954
Gamblers and Racketeers
1964
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1961
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1965
珍説忠臣蔵
1953
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953
Three Women of the North
1945
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4
1960
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Chuji Tsukahara
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
Good Rascals
Kinjiro Takeuchi
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
1961
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
1950
Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
1958
Seven Fugitives
1966
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
Daizaburô Tani
Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
1965
A Ripple in a Morning
Ito
The Surf
1975
First Love Story
Tokuzo
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
音楽大進軍
Publicist Semi
Funny Fellows
1956
This Is Youth!
1966
Hills of a Foreign Country
Mitsuo
365 Nights
Saburo Anekoji
Duel in the Storm
1968
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949
Settlement of Love
1956
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962
An Inn at Osaka
1954
Scarier than the Devil
1960
Patience Has An End
1971
Bride of White Castle
1961
Dancing Girl
Tamura
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
Daihachi
While the Demon Steps Out
1956
Akireta musumetachi
1949
A Laughable Journey
1964
The Straits of Love and Hate
Kinkichi's friend, Hirose
Geisha in the Old City
Yasukichi
Last of the Wild Ones
1954
The Dawn of Freedom
Lt. Sakuragi (military doctor)
Samurai Saga
(uncredited)
Yakuza bayashi
1954
Omokage no machi
1942
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
1962
Tales of President Mito
Hikosaburo Okubo
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
Terror Stalks by Night
1955
Utsukushiki taka
1954
Enoken’s Boxing Generation
1949
A Boy and Three Mothers
Mochizuki
The Shadow Daughter
Morita
Flames of Blood
1981
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
Kichizo
New Marital Relations
1963
Yakuza of Ina
Teruyoshi
The Ghosts of Yotsuya
Naosuke
Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey
1958
The Pirates
1960
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
Seizô Kon'no
Rainy Night Duel
Joji the coolie procurer
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
1961
The Five Jolly Thieves
1960
The Rabble
1964
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
Invitation to Happiness
1947
Farewell to Spring
Sakuzô Furuya
Tange Sazen
1953
Tenamonya Tôkaidô
1966
Sisters of Gion
1956
Children Seeking a Mother
Carpenter
Wolves of the City, Money Hunters
1970
The Undefeated Woman
1958
The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
1964
Shojohou
1950
Police Precinct Part 8
1958
Jirocho, the Hunted
1953
Gentle Breeze
1959
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947
Gambler
Jirokichi Hanazawa
Blind Monk Swordsman
1964
Daikichi Konomura
Jinbei Yokoii
Last Days of the Samurai
1957
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961
Drunken Sword
1962
Samurai Vagabonds
1960
Divorce
Fumio Sôma
Tsuki yori no haha
Goro Aoyama
Travel Romances
1957
Ôban
Noodle Shop Owner
Bouquet of the South Seas
Ishikawa, pilot
Kawachi fūten zoku
1968
Echo in the Mountains
Yadashi Ukontaro
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
1968
Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
1962
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962
Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers
1963
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1953
Jirocho's Home-Coming
1953
Hinoki Butai
1946
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
1955
Hadaka no Machi
1957
The Ornery Entrance to the Sumo Ring with a Sword
1957
The Edo Official and Apprentice
1959
Merciless Blade Part 3
1953
Enoken's Home Run King
1948
The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
1963
A Flower Blooms
1948
An Enemy of the People
1946
The Body
1962
Heavenly Dragon
Yumatsu
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
The Beauty of the Evening Sky
1948
The Burning Prison
1950
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
Kitao Omachi
An Edo Magistrate
1961
Jirocho in Disgrace
1954
Ara kure kōya
1963
The Devil of Edo
1947
Morning Breeze in Edo
Otoboke Senta
Merciless Blade Part 2
1953
Scops-Owl Sermon
1958
Midnight Virgin
1970
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
1934
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
1960
Beauty
1946
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
1954
Jirocho's New Year
1954
Jirocho Rises in Fame
1952
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
1960
Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise
1963
Duel at Yagyu Valley
Fukigawa Genjiro
Once More
1947
Her Captive Gamblers
1953
Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei
1958
The Killing Game
1973
The Ambitious Youth
Tanaka
Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri
1955
Escape and the Law
1965
Lord of Red Banner
1960
Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo
1959
Tattoo of Love
1963
Enoken the Hero
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
Shigeru Hanayama
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1926
Turtledove
1957
Uta e! Taiyō
1945
Happily Tied to the Road
Mishima
Third Class Soldier Boss
1966
A Strong Wind Blows
Managing Director Tadokoro
365 Nights: Tokyo
Saburo Anenokoji
Eacape of Fear
1956
Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness
1965
Fujisancho
1948
Shōbushi to sono musume
1959
