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