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