Haruo Tanaka

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-03-25 (80 years old)

Deathday

1992-03-21

Place of Birth

Kyoto, Japan

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.

Acting

1952

Ikiru

as Sakai

1956

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

as Kumagoro the horse thief

1957

1968

1959

Good Morning

as Tatsuzo Haraguchi

1954

The Crucified Lovers

as Gifuya Dôki

1984

The Funeral

as Old Man

1952

お洒落狂女

as Gondao Shimizu

1952

Farewell to Spring

as Sakuzô Furuya

1950

Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog

as Mekkachi no Katsugorô

1954

1959

1957

Ôban

as Noodle Shop Owner

1952

Divorce

as Fumio Sôma

1937

The Straits of Love and Hate

as Kinkichi's friend, Hirose

1969

1951

1951

Ginza Cosmetics

as Gonroku Shirai

1953

Where Chimneys Are Seen

as Chuji Tsukahara

1949

Mr. Shosuke Ohara

as Seizô Kon'no

1954

Daikichi Konomura

as Jinbei Yokoii

1952

Dimple of Tokyo

as Take-san

1956

1957

1950

Enoken the Hero

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

1948

365 Nights

as Saburo Anekoji

1958

Mermaids and Sea Robbers

as Proprietor of the Miharashitei

1945

Duel at Yagyu Valley

as Fukigawa Genjiro

1962

1954

Ghost Man

as Yosuke Kikuchi

1942

Bouquet of the South Seas

as Ishikawa, pilot

1957

Snow Country

as Porter

1964

Revenge

as Shiraki Jinzaemon

1959

Samurai Saga

as (uncredited)

1951

Tsuki yori no haha

as Goro Aoyama

1960

Heavenly Dragon

as Yumatsu

1944

The Dawn of Freedom

as Lt. Sakuragi (military doctor)

1962

Good Rascals

as Kinjiro Takeuchi

1950

Snow-Flake

as Okubatake

1957

Dancing Girl

as Tamura

1962

Tales of President Mito

as Hikosaburo Okubo

1960

Morning Breeze in Edo

as Otoboke Senta

1943

音楽大進軍

as Publicist Semi

1957

Tokyo Twilight

as Komatsu's Customer

1959

Echo in the Mountains

as Yadashi Ukontaro

1957

Untamed Woman

as Fusayoshi

1953

A Geisha

as Ogawa

1950

1961

1956

Early Spring

as Nomura

1964

Gambler

as Jirokichi Hanazawa

1966

1956

Rainy Night Duel

as Joji the coolie procurer

1960

Yakuza of Ina

as Teruyoshi

1956

Street of Shame

as Osaka Salesman

Production

1934

A Story of Floating Weeds

as Assistant Director

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