Haruo Tanaka

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Haruo Tanaka

Acting March 25, 1912

Kyoto, Japan

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 i…

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Ikiru

Ikiru

8.3 1952 Movie
Good Morning

Good Morning

7.7 1959 Movie
Floating Weeds

Floating Weeds

7.5 1959 Movie
Tokyo Twilight

Tokyo Twilight

7.7 1957 Movie
Chikamatsu Monogatari

Chikamatsu Monogatari

7.8 1954 Movie
Street of Shame

Street of Shame

7.7 1956 Movie
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

7.2 1956 Movie
The Lower Depths

The Lower Depths

7.1 1957 Movie
Early Spring

Early Spring

7.5 1956 Movie
No Regrets for Our Youth

No Regrets for Our Youth

6.8 1946 Movie
A Geisha

A Geisha

7.6 1953 Movie
A Story of Floating Weeds

A Story of Floating Weeds

7.2 1934 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1984
    The Funeral

    Movie Old Man

  2. 1981
    Flames of Blood

    Movie

  3. 1980
    The Detective Journey

    Movie

  4. 1977
    The Shingo Case Files

    TV show

  5. 1975
    The Surf

    Movie

  6. 1974
    The Assassination of Ryoma

    Movie

  7. 1973
    Japan's Top Gangster

    Movie

  8. 1973
    The Killing Game

    Movie

  9. 1972
    Wandering Ginza Butterfly

    Movie

  10. 1971
    New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape

    Movie

  11. 1971
    Patience Has An End

    Movie

  12. 1970
    Midnight Virgin

    Movie

  13. 1970
    Wolves of the City, Money Hunters

    Movie

  14. 1969
    Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

    Movie

  15. 1969
    Samurai Geisha

    Movie

  16. 1969
    Trapped, the Crimson Bat

    Movie Iwakichi

More credits
  1. 1969
    Inferno of Torture

    Movie Samejima

  2. 1968
    Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time

    Movie

  3. 1968
    Rogue

    Movie

  4. 1968
    Duel in the Storm

    Movie

  5. 1968
    The Man Without a Map

    Movie

  6. 1968
    Kawachi fūten zoku

    Movie

  7. 1967
    Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri

    Movie Shigeru Hanayama

  8. 1966
    This Is Youth!

    Movie

  9. 1966
    Seven Fugitives

    Movie

  10. 1966
    Tenamonya Tôkaidô

    Movie

  11. 1966
    Third Class Soldier Boss

    Movie

  12. 1966
    The Protector

    Movie

  13. 1966
    By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him

    Movie Minegishi

  14. 1966
    The Pornographers

    Movie Banteki

  15. 1966
    Women Doing Time

    Movie

  16. 1966
    Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2

    Movie

  17. 1966
    Minamoto no Yoshitsune

    TV show Ise Yoshimori

  18. 1965
    Escape and the Law

    Movie

  19. 1965
    Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro

    Movie

  20. 1965
    The Kingdom of Jirocho 4

    Movie

  21. 1965
    The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry

    Movie

  22. 1965
    Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness

    Movie

  23. 1965
    The Domain: The Naniwa Story

    Movie

  24. 1964
    Gamblers and Racketeers

    Movie