Haruo Tanaka

Personal Info

Birthday

March 25, 1912

Day of Death

1992-03-21

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Kyoto, Japan

Also Known As

Tanaka Haruo

Харуо Танака

Haruo Tanaka

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

Chikamatsu Monogatari

Ikiru

Dancing Girl

Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office

Floating Weeds

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Tokyo Twilight

The Woman in the Rumor

Filmography

1984
The Funeral
as Old Man
1969
Trapped, the Crimson Bat
as Iwakichi
Inferno of Torture
as Samejima
1966
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
as Minegishi
The Pornographers
as Banteki
1964
Revenge
as Shiraki Jinzaemon
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
as Kichizo
Gambler
as Jirokichi Hanazawa
1963
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
as Daihachi
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
as Uemura
1962
The Ambitious Youth
as Tanaka
Tales of President Mito
as Hikosaburo Okubo
Good Rascals
as Kinjiro Takeuchi
1961
Restoration Fire
as Yasuzo
1960
Morning Breeze in Edo
as Otoboke Senta
Heavenly Dragon
as Yumatsu
Yakuza of Ina
as Teruyoshi
1959
Floating Weeds
as Yatazo
Echo in the Mountains
as Yadashi Ukontaro
Good Morning
as Tatsuzo Haraguchi
Samurai Saga
as (uncredited)
Happily Tied to the Road
as Mishima
1958
Mermaids and Sea Robbers
as Proprietor of the Miharashitei
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
as Company commander Yamane
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
as Daizaburô Tani
1957
Geisha in the Old City
as Yasukichi
The Lower Depths
as Tatsu
Untamed Woman
as Fusayoshi
Tokyo Twilight
as Komatsu's Customer
Snow Country
as Porter
Ôban
as Noodle Shop Owner
Dancing Girl
as Tamura
1956
A Strong Wind Blows
as Managing Director Tadokoro
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
as Hagimura
The Ghosts of Yotsuya
as Naosuke
The Legend of the White Serpent
as Li Gong Fu
Street of Shame
as Osaka Salesman
Early Spring
as Nomura
Rainy Night Duel
as Joji the coolie procurer
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Kumagoro the horse thief
1954
Chikamatsu Monogatari
as Gifuya Dôki
Ghost Man
as Yosuke Kikuchi
Daikichi Konomura
as Jinbei Yokoii
The Woman in the Rumor
as Kawamoto
1953
A Geisha
as Ogawa
Where Chimneys Are Seen
as Chuji Tsukahara
1952
Ikiru
as Sakai
Dimple of Tokyo
as Take-san
Divorce
as Fumio Sôma
A Ripple in a Morning
as Ito
お洒落狂女
as Gondao Shimizu
Farewell to Spring
as Sakuzô Furuya
1951
Tsuki yori no haha
as Goro Aoyama
Ginza Cosmetics
as Gonroku Shirai
1950
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
1949
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
as Seizô Kon'no
1948
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
as Kitao Omachi
365 Nights
as Saburo Anekoji
1946
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Student
1945
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
as Seijiro
Duel at Yagyu Valley
as Fukigawa Genjiro
1944
The Dawn of Freedom
as Lt. Sakuragi (military doctor)
1943
音楽大進軍
as Publicist Semi
1942
Bouquet of the South Seas
as Ishikawa, pilot
1937
The Straits of Love and Hate
as Kinkichi's friend, Hirose