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 (223)
Ikiru
Sakai
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Kumagoro the horse thief
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Gifuya Dôki
Good Morning
Tatsuzo Haraguchi
Early Spring
Nomura
Tokyo Twilight
Komatsu's Customer
Floating Weeds
Yatazo
The Lower Depths
Tatsu
No Regrets for Our Youth
Student
The Ornery Entrance to the Sumo Ring with a Sword
1957
Revenge
Shiraki Jinzaemon
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
Street of Shame
Osaka Salesman
Once More
1947
Jirocho, the Hunted
1953
An Edo Magistrate
1961
The Funeral
Old Man
Flames of Blood
1981
Untamed Woman
Fusayoshi
The Legend of the White Serpent
Li Gong Fu
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
1960
The Pornographers
Banteki
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1953
Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo
1959
A Geisha
Ogawa
The Rickshaw Man
1958
Merciless Blade Part 2
1953
The Woman in the Rumor
Kawamoto
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Uemura
Ara kure kōya
1963
The Big Boss
1959
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949
Morning Breeze in Edo
Otoboke Senta
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969
Lord of Red Banner
1960
Drunken Sword
1962
Inferno of Torture
Samejima
Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers
1963
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
1961
Her Captive Gamblers
1953
Marital Relations
1955
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
1972
Jirocho's Home-Coming
1953
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
The Edo Official and Apprentice
1959
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Minegishi
Japan's Top Gangster
1973
Merciless Blade Part 3
1953
Happily Tied to the Road
Mishima
Samurai from Somewhere
1964
Samurai Saga
(uncredited)
Dorei no machi
1951
A Story from Echigo
1964
The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
1964
Nonki saiban
1955
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965
Snow-Flake
Okubatake
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
1966
Jirocho's New Year
1954
Echo in the Mountains
Yadashi Ukontaro
Ginza Cosmetics
Gonroku Shirai
A Wife's Heart
1956
The Body
1962
The Assassination of Ryoma
1974
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1965
Repast
1951
Children Seeking a Mother
Carpenter
Yakuza of Ina
Teruyoshi
Three Women of the North
1945
Hills of a Foreign Country
Mitsuo
Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
1965
The Detective Journey
1980
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
Seizô Kon'no
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
1961
Scarier than the Devil
1960
This Is Youth!
1966
Wolves of the City, Money Hunters
1970
An Enemy of the People
1946
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
1960
Dancing Girl
Tamura
The Man Without a Map
1968
A Ripple in a Morning
Ito
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
Tales of President Mito
Hikosaburo Okubo
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962
Restoration Fire
Yasuzo
Patience Has An End
1971
The Wicked Boy
1956
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
Snow Country
Porter
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Seijiro
Downtown
1957
Gamblers and Racketeers
1964
A Boy and Three Mothers
Mochizuki
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962
Trapped, the Crimson Bat
Iwakichi
An Inn at Osaka
1954
Heavenly Dragon
Yumatsu
Last Days of the Samurai
1957
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Hagimura
Travel Romances
1957
The Surf
1975
Rainy Night Duel
Joji the coolie procurer
Gambler
Jirokichi Hanazawa
Rogue
1968
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
1971
While the Demon Steps Out
1956
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
Bride of White Castle
1961
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947
Funny Fellows
1956
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953
A Revengeful Raid
1962
The Pirates
1960
Samurai Geisha
1969
Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei
1958
A Man's Flower Path
1956
Kawachi fūten zoku
1968
Last of the Wild Ones
1954
The Undefeated Woman
1958
The Straits of Love and Hate
Kinkichi's friend, Hirose
Mole Alley
1953
Escape at Dawn
Noro
Ôban
Noodle Shop Owner
Ghost Man
Yosuke Kikuchi
Third Class Soldier Boss
1966
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1961
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Chuji Tsukahara
Samurai Vagabonds
1960
The Killing Game
1973
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
1954
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
Utsukushiki taka
1954
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1926
Women Doing Time
1966
Settlement of Love
1956
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
Daizaburô Tani
Good Rascals
Kinjiro Takeuchi
The Shadow Daughter
Morita
Police Precinct Part 8
1958
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4
1960
The Ambitious Youth
Tanaka
The Protector
1966
The Ghosts of Yotsuya
Naosuke
Could I But Live
Tachibana
Tenamonya Tôkaidô
1966
Beauty
1946
Uta e! Taiyō
1945
Tattoo of Love
1963
Tsuki yori no haha
Goro Aoyama
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
Kichizo
Seven Fugitives
1966
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
1955
珍説忠臣蔵
1953
Geisha in the Old City
Yasukichi
Yakuza bayashi
1954
Unwieldy Brothers
1960
The Rabble
1964
Heat and Mud
1950
Duel at Yagyu Valley
Fukigawa Genjiro
The Dawn of Freedom
Lt. Sakuragi (military doctor)
Turtledove
1957
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
1958
Midnight Virgin
1970
Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
1962
Dimple of Tokyo
Take-san
Shojohou
1950
The Devil of Edo
1947
The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
1963
Sisters of Gion
1956
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
1960
Jirocho in Disgrace
1954
Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey
1958
Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
1960
Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise
1963
Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
1954
Blind Monk Swordsman
1964
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
Daihachi
A Flower Blooms
1948
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
1962
Escape and the Law
1965
Farewell to Spring
Sakuzô Furuya
Duel in the Storm
1968
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
1968
365 Nights
Saburo Anekoji
Tange Sazen
1953
音楽大進軍
Publicist Semi
Miki, the Swordman
1951
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
1962
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Mekkachi no Katsugorô
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
1950
Bouquet of the South Seas
Ishikawa, pilot
Fujisancho
1948
Hinoki Butai
1946
Invitation to Happiness
1947
First Love Story
Tokuzo
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
1934
Daikichi Konomura
Jinbei Yokoii
A Strong Wind Blows
Managing Director Tadokoro
The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
1963
Divorce
Fumio Sôma
Gentle Breeze
1959
Eacape of Fear
1956
Omokage no machi
1942
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
Kitao Omachi
Enoken's Home Run King
1948
Akireta musumetachi
1949
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
Shigeru Hanayama
365 Nights: Tokyo
Saburo Anenokoji
Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri
1955
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Company commander Yamane
A Laughable Journey
1964
Enoken the Hero
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Jirocho Rises in Fame
1952
Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness
1965
The Burning Prison
1950
The Beauty of the Evening Sky
1948
Enoken’s Boxing Generation
1949
