Haruo Tanaka
Birthday
1912/03/25
Day of death
1992/03/21 (80 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Kyoto, Japan
Also know as
Tanaka Haruo, Харуо Танака
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
(1946) An Enemy of the People
as ---
(1926) The Passion of a Woman Teacher
as ---
(1964) Blind Monk Swordsman
as ---
(1956) Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Kumagoro the horse thief
(1957) The Lower Depths
as Tatsu
(1958) The Undefeated Woman
as ---
(1950) The Burning Prison
as ---
(1958) Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
as ---
(1968) Rogue
as ---
(1959) Good Morning
as Tatsuzo Haraguchi
(1948) The Beauty of the Evening Sky
as ---
(1954) Chikamatsu Monogatari
as Gifuya Dôki
(1984) The Funeral
as Old Man
(1962) Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
as ---
(1946) No Regrets for Our Youth
as Student
(1952) お洒落狂女
as Gondao Shimizu
(1952) Farewell to Spring
as Sakuzô Furuya
(1947) The Devil of Edo
as ---
(1950) Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
as Mekkachi no Katsugorô
(1954) The Woman in the Rumor
as Kawamoto
(1953) Mole Alley
as ---
(1950) Heat and Mud
as ---
(1959) Floating Weeds
as Yatazo
(1954) Yakuza bayashi
as ---
(1957) Ôban
as Noodle Shop Owner
(1966) Women Doing Time
as ---
(1963) Gang and G-Men Part 2
as ---
(1962) The Body
as ---
(1952) Divorce
as Fumio Sôma
(1955) Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
as ---
(1962) Ottamage ningyo monogatari
as ---
(1958) Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
as ---
(1958) Ghost Story on Passage
as ---
(1937) The Straits of Love and Hate
as Kinkichi's friend, Hirose
(1962) Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
as ---
(1968) Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
as ---
(1963) あらくれ荒野
as ---
(1957) Last Days of the Samurai
as ---
(1962) Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
as ---
(1947) A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
as ---
(1968) Duel in the Storm
as ---
(1945) Kanchō umi no bara
as ---
(1958) A Boy and Three Mothers
as ---
(1963) Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
as Daihachi
(1956) Sisters of Gion
as ---
(1947) Once More
as ---
(1949) Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
as ---
(1966) Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
as ---
(1964) The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
as ---
(1963) The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
as ---
(1965) The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
as ---
(1949) Enoken’s Boxing Generation
as ---
(1957) Hadaka no Machi
as ---
(1945) I Believe I Am Being Followed
as ---
(1948) The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
as Kitao Omachi
(1960) Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
as ---
(1961) Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
as ---
(1969) Inferno of Torture
as Samejima
(1958) Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
as Daizaburô Tani
(1951) Repast
as ---
(1951) Ginza Cosmetics
as Gonroku Shirai
(1956) A Wife's Heart
as ---
(1954) An Inn at Osaka
as ---
(1953) Where Chimneys Are Seen
as Chuji Tsukahara
(1949) Mr. Shosuke Ohara
as Seizô Kon'no
(1948) A Flower Blooms
as ---
(1954) Daikichi Konomura
as Jinbei Yokoii
(1965) The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
as ---
(1950) Beyond the Hills
as ---
(1950) Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
as ---
(1952) Dimple of Tokyo
as Take-san
(1955) 紋三郎の秀
as ---
(1953) 親馬鹿花合戦
as ---
(1950) Amakara chindōchū
as ---
(1956) The Ghosts of Yotsuya
as Naosuke
(1958) Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
as Company commander Yamane
(1956) The Legend of the White Serpent
as Li Gong Fu
(1955) Shimazu no sanshita yakko
as ---
(1957) Geisha in the Old City
as Yasukichi
(1950) Enoken the Hero
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
(1959) The Big Boss
as ---
(1948) 365 Nights
as Saburo Anekoji
(1953) 珍説忠臣蔵
as ---
(1945) A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
as Seijiro
(1968) The Man Without a Map
as ---
(1955) Nonki saiban
as ---
(1958) Mermaids and Sea Robbers
as Proprietor of the Miharashitei
(1945) Duel at Yagyu Valley
as Fukigawa Genjiro
(1956) Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
as Hagimura
(1960) Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
as ---
(1964) A Story from Echigo
as ---
(1962) The Ambitious Youth
as Tanaka
(1961) Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
as ---
(1959) The Edo Official and Apprentice
as ---
(1948) Enoken's Home Run King
as ---
(1954) Ghost Man
as Yosuke Kikuchi
(1942) Bouquet of the South Seas
as Ishikawa, pilot
(1955) Marital Relations
as ---
(1942) Omokage no machi
as ---
(1949) Akireta musumetachi
as ---
(1950) Portrait of Madame Yuki
as ---
(1957) Snow Country
as Porter
(1964) Revenge
as Shiraki Jinzaemon
(1981) Flames of Blood
as ---
(1959) Samurai Saga
as (uncredited)
(1934) The Elegant Swordsman
as ---
(1971) New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
as ---
(1951) Tsuki yori no haha
as Goro Aoyama
(1960) Heavenly Dragon
as Yumatsu
(1961) Bride of White Castle
as ---
(1962) Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
as ---
(1959) Gentle Breeze
as ---
(1965) Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
as ---
(1963) Tattoo of Love
as ---
(1962) Drunken Sword
as ---
(1971) Patience Has An End
as ---
(1970) Wolves of the City, Money Hunters
as ---
(1944) The Dawn of Freedom
as Lt. Sakuragi (military doctor)
(1960) Unwieldy Brothers
as ---
(1962) Good Rascals
as Kinjiro Takeuchi
(1950) Snow-Flake
as Okubatake
(1969) Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
as ---
(1959) Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
as ---
(1966) Seven Fugitives
as ---
(1953) Merciless Blade Part 3
as ---
(1953) Merciless Blade Part 2
as ---
(1969) Trapped, the Crimson Bat
as Iwakichi
(1973) Japan's Top Gangster
as ---
(1963) The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
as ---
(1945) Three Women of the North
as ---
(1970) Midnight Virgin
as ---
(1957) Dancing Girl
as Tamura
(1961) A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
as ---
(1964) Samurai from Somewhere
as ---
(1962) Tales of President Mito
as Hikosaburo Okubo
(1960) Morning Breeze in Edo
as Otoboke Senta
(1969) Samurai Geisha
as ---
(1952) A Ripple in a Morning
as Ito
(1943) 音楽大進軍
as Publicist Semi
(1960) Scarier than the Devil
as ---
(1959) Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo
as ---
(1957) Down Town
as ---
(1954) Jirocho's New Year
as ---
(1952) Jirocho Rises in Fame
as ---
(1953) Jirocho, the Hunted
as ---
(1953) Her Captive Gamblers
as ---
(1953) Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
as ---
(1953) Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
as ---
(1953) Jirocho's Home-Coming
as ---
(1954) Last of the Wild Ones
as ---
(1954) Jirocho in Disgrace
as ---
(1962) A Revengeful Raid
as ---
(1957) Tokyo Twilight
as Komatsu's Customer
(1972) Wandering Ginza Butterfly
as ---
(1959) Echo in the Mountains
as Yadashi Ukontaro
(1957) Untamed Woman
as Fusayoshi
(1958) The Rickshaw Man
as ---
(1957) Travel Romances
as ---
(1953) A Geisha
as Ogawa
(1961) The Shogun and the Fishmonger
as ---
(1963) Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise
as ---
(1950) Escape at Dawn
as Noro
(1966) By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
as Minegishi
(1964) Gamblers and Racketeers
as ---
(1965) The Domain: The Naniwa Story
as ---
(1961) Restoration Fire
as Yasuzo
(1960) Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
as ---
(1956) Early Spring
as Nomura
(1964) Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
as Kichizo
(1960) The Pirates
as ---
(1964) Gambler
as Jirokichi Hanazawa
(1960) Samurai Vagabonds
as ---
(1960) The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
as ---
(1966) The Pornographers
as Banteki
(1975) The Surf
as ---
(1964) A Laughable Journey
as ---
(1960) Lord of Red Banner
as ---
(1956) Rainy Night Duel
as Joji the coolie procurer
(1963) Twin Sisters of Kyoto
as Uemura
(1958) Police Precinct Part 8
as ---
(1947) Invitation to Happiness
as ---
(1951) Miki, the Swordman
as ---
(1956) Children Seeking a Mother
as ---
(1954) Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
as ---
(1959) Happily Tied to the Road
as Mishima
(1960) Yakuza of Ina
as Teruyoshi
(1934) Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
as ---
(1956) Street of Shame
as Osaka Salesman
(1950) Shojohou
as ---
(1973) The Killing Game
as ---
(1964) Garakuta
as ---
(1945) Uta e! Taiyō
as ---
(1953) Zoku Tange Sazen
as ---
(1980) The Detective Journey
as ---
(1966) The Protector
as ---
(1958) Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei
as ---
(1974) The Assassination of Ryoma
as ---
(1956) Settlement of Love
as ---
(1961) Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
as ---
(1953) Tange Sazen
as ---
(1962) Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
as ---
(1962) Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
as ---
(1957) The Shadow Daughter
as ---
(1961) An Edo Magistrate
as ---
(1965) Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness
as ---
(1946) Hinoki butai
as ---
(1956) Eacape of Fear
as ---
(1956) A Strong Wind Blows
as Managing Director Tadokoro
(1968) Kawachi fūten zoku
as ---
(1966) Third Class Soldier Boss
as ---
(1966) Minamoto no Yoshitsune
as Ise Yoshimori
(1977) The Shingo Case Files
as ---