Haruo Tanaka
Known for: Acting
Born: March 25, 1912
Died: March 21, 1992
Place of birth: 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 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.
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Filmography
237 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
7.1
The Funeral
1984
8.0
Flames of Blood
1981
NR
The Detective Journey
1980
NR
The Shingo Case Files
1977
6.7
The Surf
1975
4.8
The Assassination of Ryoma
1974
7.0
Japan's Top Gangster
1973
NR
The Killing Game
1973
6.7
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
1972
5.8
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
1971
5.9
Patience Has An End
1971
9.0
Wolves of the City, Money Hunters
1970
3.8
Midnight Virgin
1970
7.5
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969
7.5
Samurai Geisha
1969
6.5
Trapped, the Crimson Bat
1969
5.7
Inferno of Torture
1969
NR
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
1968
7.0
Rogue
1968
10.0
Duel in the Storm
1968
6.7
The Man Without a Map
1968
9.0
Kawachi fūten zoku
1968
NR
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
1967
9.0
This Is Youth!
1966
NR
Seven Fugitives
1966
8.0
Tenamonya Tôkaidô
1966
NR
Third Class Soldier Boss
1966
8.5
The Protector
1966
8.0
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
1966
7.2
The Pornographers
1966
NR
Women Doing Time
1966
7.5
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
1966
NR
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
1966
NR
Escape and the Law
1965
NR
Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
1965
8.0
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1965
7.5
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965
NR
Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness
1965
4.8
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
10.0
Gamblers and Racketeers
1964
7.0
Samurai from Somewhere
1964
7.6
Revenge
1964
8.0
Could I But Live
1964
8.5
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
1964
10.0
The Rabble
1964
9.0
Gambler
1964
NR
Blind Monk Swordsman
1964
7.2
A Story from Echigo
1964
10.0
The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
1964
NR
A Laughable Journey
1964
8.0
The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
1963
6.5
The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
1963
NR
New Marital Relations
1963
NR
Ara kure kōya
1963
7.0
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
1963
8.0
Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise
1963
10.0
Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers
1963
NR
Tattoo of Love
1963
6.5
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
NR
Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
1962
NR
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
7.3
The Body
1962
5.8
A Revengeful Raid
1962
NR
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
1962
6.0
Drunken Sword
1962
NR
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
8.0
The Ambitious Youth
1962
NR
Tales of President Mito
1962
8.2
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
1962
6.0
Good Rascals
1962
8.5
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962
NR
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
1962
7.0
Restoration Fire
1961
7.0
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
1961
10.0
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
1961
7.0
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
1961
8.0
Bride of White Castle
1961
5.3
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
1961
6.6
An Edo Magistrate
1961
6.5
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
1961
7.0
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
1960
6.2
Morning Breeze in Edo
1960
7.0
Scarier than the Devil
1960
6.0
Heavenly Dragon
1960
7.6
The Pirates
1960
6.0
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
1960
NR
Unwieldy Brothers
1960
6.0
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
1960
NR
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4
1960
6.5
Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
1960
7.0
Yakuza of Ina
1960
NR
Lord of Red Banner
1960
6.5
Samurai Vagabonds
1960
7.5
Floating Weeds
1959
6.0
Echo in the Mountains
1959
6.0
The Edo Official and Apprentice
1959
10.0
Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo
1959
5.0
Gentle Breeze
1959
7.7
Good Morning
1959
6.9
Samurai Saga
1959
7.5
Happily Tied to the Road
1959
6.5
The Big Boss
1959
8.0
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
1959
8.0
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
NR
Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei
1958
6.5
Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
1958
NR
The Undefeated Woman
1958NR
Mermaids and Sea Robbers
1958
9.0
Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey
1958
NR
Police Precinct Part 8
1958
7.2
The Rickshaw Man
1958
NR
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
1958
10.0
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
1958
7.0
A Boy and Three Mothers
1958
NR
Travel Romances
1957
7.7
Downtown
1957
10.0
Geisha in the Old City
1957
NR
The Ornery Entrance to the Sumo Ring with a Sword
1957
7.1
The Lower Depths
1957
NR
First Love Story
1957
NR
Hadaka no Machi
1957
9.0
Last Days of the Samurai
1957
8.0
The Shadow Daughter
1957
7.5
Untamed Woman
1957
NR
Turtledove
1957
6.7
Snow Country
1957
7.7
Tokyo Twilight
1957
9.0
Ôban
1957
8.0
Dancing Girl
1957
NR
A Man's Flower Path
1956
NR
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
NR
A Strong Wind Blows
1956
NR
Funny Fellows
1956
6.7
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956NR
In Case of One Woman
1956
NR
Children Seeking a Mother
1956
NR
Eacape of Fear
1956
6.3
The Ghosts of Yotsuya
1956
6.1
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956
NR
The Wicked Boy
1956
NR
Sisters of Gion
1956
6.9
A Wife's Heart
1956
NR
While the Demon Steps Out
1956
9.0
Settlement of Love
1956
7.7
Street of Shame
1956
7.5
Early Spring
1956
8.0
Rainy Night Duel
1956
7.2
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
5.6
Marital Relations
1955NR
Shimazu no sanshita yakko
1955
NR
Nonki saiban
1955
8.0
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
1955
NR
Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri
1955NR
紋三郎の秀
1955
7.8
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
6.7
Ghost Man
1954
NR
Daikichi Konomura
1954
9.0
Jirocho in Disgrace
1954
10.0
Yakuza bayashi
1954
NR
Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
1954
7.3
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
8.0
Last of the Wild Ones
1954
NR
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
1954
7.5
An Inn at Osaka
1954
NR
Utsukushiki taka
1954
9.0
Jirocho's New Year
1954
8.0
Jirocho, the Hunted
1953
8.0
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1953
10.0
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
7.6
A Geisha
1953
7.0
Tange Sazen
1953
10.0
Jirocho's Home-Coming
1953
NR
Merciless Blade Part 3
1953
NR
Merciless Blade Part 2
1953
9.0
Her Captive Gamblers
1953
8.0
Mole Alley
1953
6.6
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953NR
親馬鹿花合戦
1953
10.0
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
1953
NR
珍説忠臣蔵
1953
7.0
Jirocho Rises in Fame
1952
8.3
Ikiru
1952
10.0
Dimple of Tokyo
1952
NR
Divorce
1952
7.0
A Ripple in a Morning
1952NR
お洒落狂女
1952
NR
Farewell to Spring
1952NR
Avalanche
1952
7.6
Repast
1951
5.0
Miki, the Swordman
1951
NR
Tsuki yori no haha
1951
NR
Dorei no machi
1951
6.5
Ginza Cosmetics
1951
NR
Shojohou
1950
NR
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950NR
Amakara chindōchū
1950
6.8
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
NR
Enoken the Hero
1950
NR
The Burning Prison
1950NR
Beyond the Hills
1950
7.5
Snow-Flake
1950
7.0
Heat and Mud
1950
6.9
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
1950
6.0
Escape at Dawn
1950
6.2
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
1949
NR
Akireta musumetachi
1949
6.5
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949
NR
Hills of a Foreign Country
1949
NR
Enoken’s Boxing Generation
1949
NR
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
1948
8.0
365 Nights: Tokyo
1948
NR
Enoken's Home Run King
1948
6.7
365 Nights
1948
NR
The Beauty of the Evening Sky
1948
NR
Fujisancho
1948
10.0
A Flower Blooms
1948
10.0
Invitation to Happiness
1947
8.0
The Devil of Edo
1947
6.8
Once More
1947
8.0
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
1947
6.8
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
NR
Beauty
1946
9.0
An Enemy of the People
1946
NR
Hinoki Butai
1946
NR
Uta e! Taiyō
1945
10.0
Three Women of the North
1945
5.9
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
1945
NR
Duel at Yagyu Valley
1945NR
I Believe I Am Being Followed
194510.0
Kanchō umi no bara
1945
NR
The Dawn of Freedom
1944
7.0
音楽大進軍
1943
8.0
Omokage no machi
1942
6.3
Bouquet of the South Seas
1942
7.4
The Straits of Love and Hate
1937
7.2
A Story of Floating Weeds
1934
9.0
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
1934NR
The Elegant Swordsman
1934
7.0
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
1926