Haruo Tanaka
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
Ikiru
Sakai
1952
Series
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Ise Yoshimori
1966
Film
Good Morning
Tatsuzo Haraguchi
1959
Film
Tokyo Twilight
Komatsu's Customer
1957
Film
Flames of Blood
1981
Film
Merciless Blade Part 3
1953
Film
The Lower Depths
Tatsu
1957
Film
Floating Weeds
Yatazo
1959
Film
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949
Film
Early Spring
Nomura
1956
Film
Her Captive Gamblers
1953
Film
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Gifuya Dôki
1954
Film
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
1960
Film
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Kumagoro the horse thief
1956
Film
An Edo Magistrate
1961
Film
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
1961
Film
Jirocho, the Hunted
1953
Film
Street of Shame
Osaka Salesman
1956
Film
Merciless Blade Part 2
1953
Film
Jirocho's Home-Coming
1953
Film
Once More
1947
Film
Morning Breeze in Edo
Otoboke Senta
1960
Film
Jirocho's New Year
1954
Film
Ara kure kōya
1963
Film
The Edo Official and Apprentice
1959
Film
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Film
No Regrets for Our Youth
Student
1946
Film
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
Film
Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers
1963
Film
The Legend of the White Serpent
Li Gong Fu
1956
Film
Revenge
Shiraki Jinzaemon
1964
Film
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1953
Film
Drunken Sword
1962
Film
Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo
1959
Film
The Rickshaw Man
1958
Film
The Pornographers
Banteki
1966
Film
A Geisha
Ogawa
1953
Film
Beauty
1946
Film
Lord of Red Banner
1960
Film
The Funeral
Old Man
1984
Film
The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
1963
Film
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
1972
Film
Echo in the Mountains
Yadashi Ukontaro
1959
Film
A Story from Echigo
1964
Film
Inferno of Torture
Samejima
1969
Film
The Man Without a Map
1968
Film
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969
Film
The Woman in the Rumor
Kawamoto
1954
Film
The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
1964
Film
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
1962
Film
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
1960
Film
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Uemura
1963
Film
Repast
1951
Film
Untamed Woman
Fusayoshi
1957
Film
Third Class Soldier Boss
1966
Film
Samurai Geisha
1969
Film
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
1954
Film
Dorei no machi
1951
Film
The Surf
1975
Film
Marital Relations
1955
Film
Wolves of the City, Money Hunters
1970
Film
Samurai from Somewhere
1964
Film
Japan's Top Gangster
1973
Film
The Wicked Boy
1956
Film
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Film
Restoration Fire
Yasuzo
1961
Film
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Hagimura
1956
Film
This Is Youth!
1966
Film
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
1966
Film
Jirocho in Disgrace
1954
Film
Ginza Cosmetics
Gonroku Shirai
1951
Film
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Minegishi
1966
Film
The Detective Journey
1980
Film
The Big Boss
1959
Film
The Assassination of Ryoma
1974
Film
Downtown
1957
Film
The Straits of Love and Hate
Kinkichi's friend, Hirose
1937
Film
Tattoo of Love
1963
Film
Hills of a Foreign Country
Mitsuo
1949
Film
Samurai Saga
(uncredited)
1959
Film
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962
Film
Dancing Girl
Tamura
1957
Film
Escape and the Law
1965
Film
Police Precinct Part 8
1958
Film
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
Shigeru Hanayama
1967
Series
The Shingo Case Files
1977
Film
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
Film
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Seijiro
1945
Film
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Chuji Tsukahara
1953
Film
Snow Country
Porter
1957
Amakara chindōchū
1950
Film
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
1961
Film
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1961
Film
The Undefeated Woman
1958
Film
Midnight Virgin
1970
Film
Escape at Dawn
Noro
1950
Film
Blind Monk Swordsman
1964
Film
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
Daizaburô Tani
1958
Film
Last of the Wild Ones
1954
Film
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947
Film
365 Nights: Tokyo
Saburo Anenokoji
1948
Film
A Revengeful Raid
1962
Film
Samurai Vagabonds
1960
Film
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
Film
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965
Film
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1965
Film
Ghost Man
Yosuke Kikuchi
1954
Film
Tange Sazen
1953
Film
Divorce
Fumio Sôma
1952
Film
A Wife's Heart
1956
Film
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
Kichizo
1964
Film
Ôban
Noodle Shop Owner
1957
Film
Gamblers and Racketeers
1964
Film
Rogue
1968
Film
The Pirates
1960
Film
Patience Has An End
1971
Film
Three Women of the North
1945
Film
The Body
1962
Film
Happily Tied to the Road
Mishima
1959
Film
A Strong Wind Blows
Managing Director Tadokoro
1956
Film
Nonki saiban
1955
Film
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
Film
An Inn at Osaka
1954
Film
Seven Fugitives
1966
Film
First Love Story
Tokuzo
1957
Film
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
1962
Film
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
1968
Film
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
1971
Film
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961
Film
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
Seizô Kon'no
1949
Film
The Ghosts of Yotsuya
Naosuke
1956
Film
Gambler
Jirokichi Hanazawa
1964
Film
While the Demon Steps Out
1956
Film
Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
1962
Film
The Ambitious Youth
Tanaka
1962
Film
Heavenly Dragon
Yumatsu
1960
Film
Mole Alley
1953
Film
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
1950
Film
The Killing Game
1973
Film
珍説忠臣蔵
1953
Film
Kawachi fūten zoku
1968
Film
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Mekkachi no Katsugorô
1950
Film
The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
1963
Film
Dimple of Tokyo
Take-san
1952
Film
Sisters of Gion
1956
Film
Eacape of Fear
1956
Film
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
Film
Snow-Flake
Okubatake
1950
In Case of One Woman
Kenkichi Yoshioka
1956
Film
Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise
1963
Film
365 Nights
Saburo Anekoji
1948
Film
Rainy Night Duel
Joji the coolie procurer
1956
Film
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
Daihachi
1963
Film
Last Days of the Samurai
1957
Film
Trapped, the Crimson Bat
Iwakichi
1969
Film
Geisha in the Old City
Yasukichi
1957
Film
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962
Film
Settlement of Love
1956
Film
Tenamonya Tôkaidô
1966
Film
A Ripple in a Morning
Ito
1952
Film
The Dawn of Freedom
Lt. Sakuragi (military doctor)
1944
Film
Miki, the Swordman
1951
Film
Fujisancho
1948
Film
Gentle Breeze
1959
Film
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4
1960
Film
Children Seeking a Mother
Carpenter
1956
Film
Turtledove
1957
Film
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
Film
Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
1954
Film
The Shadow Daughter
1957
Kanchō umi no bara
1945
Film
The Protector
1966
Film
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
Film
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
Kitao Omachi
1948
Film
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953
Film
Heat and Mud
1950
Film
Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
1965
Film
Bride of White Castle
1961
Film
Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness
1965
Film
Shojohou
1950
Film
Travel Romances
1957
Film
Hinoki Butai
1946
The Elegant Swordsman
1934
Film
Duel at Yagyu Valley
Fukigawa Genjiro
1945
Film
Uta e! Taiyō
1945
Film
Bouquet of the South Seas
Ishikawa, pilot
1942
Film
Tales of President Mito
Hikosaburo Okubo
1962
Film
音楽大進軍
Publicist Semi
1943
Film
Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey
1958
お洒落狂女
Gondao Shimizu
1952
親馬鹿花合戦
1953
Film
The Rabble
1964
Film
Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
1960
Film
Yakuza of Ina
Teruyoshi
1960
紋三郎の秀
1955
Film
Akireta musumetachi
1949
Film
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Company commander Yamane
1958
Film
A Flower Blooms
1948
Film
Women Doing Time
1966
Film
Duel in the Storm
1968
Film
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
1960
Film
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
1934
Film
Scarier than the Devil
1960
Film
Jirocho Rises in Fame
1952
Film
A Boy and Three Mothers
1958
Film
Omokage no machi
1942
Film
Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
1958
Film
Invitation to Happiness
1947
Shimazu no sanshita yakko
1955
Film
Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri
1955
Film
A Laughable Journey
1964
Mermaids and Sea Robbers
Proprietor of the Miharashitei
1958
Film
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
1955
I Believe I Am Being Followed
1945
Film
The Devil of Edo
1947
Film
An Enemy of the People
1946
Film
Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei
1958
Film
Enoken’s Boxing Generation
1949
Beyond the Hills
1950
Film
Farewell to Spring
Sakuzô Furuya
1952
Film
The Beauty of the Evening Sky
1948
Film
Yakuza bayashi
1954
Film
Tsuki yori no haha
Goro Aoyama
1951
Film
Good Rascals
Kinjiro Takeuchi
1962
Film
Daikichi Konomura
Jinbei Yokoii
1954
Film
Enoken the Hero
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1950
Film
The Burning Prison
1950
Film
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1926
Film
Unwieldy Brothers
1960
Film
Enoken's Home Run King
1948
Film
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
Avalanche
1952