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.
Acted in 234
1980s
- 1984
The Funeral
Old Man
- 1981
I Saw a Monster Fish
Movie
Flames of Blood
Movie
- 1980
1970s
- 1977
The Shingo Case Files
TV
- 1975
- 1974
The Assassination of Ryoma
Movie
- 1973
Japan's Top Gangster
Movie
The Killing Game
Movie
- 1972
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
Movie
- 1971
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
Movie
Patience Has An End
Movie
- 1970
Wolves of the City, Money Hunters
Movie
1960s
- 1969
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Movie
Samurai Geisha
Movie
Trapped, the Crimson Bat
Iwakichi
- 1968
Rogue
Movie
The Man Without a Map
Movie
- 1967
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
Shigeru Hanayama
- 1966
This Is Youth!
Movie
Seven Fugitives
Movie
Tenamonya Tôkaidô
Movie
Third Class Soldier Boss
Movie
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Minegishi
The Pornographers
Banteki
Women Doing Time
Movie
- 1965
Escape and the Law
Movie
Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
Movie
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
Movie
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
Movie
Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness
Movie
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
Movie
- 1964
Gamblers and Racketeers
Movie
Samurai from Somewhere
Movie
Revenge
Shiraki Jinzaemon
Could I But Live
Tachibana
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
Kichizo
The Rabble
Movie
Gambler
Jirokichi Hanazawa
Blind Monk Swordsman
Movie
A Story from Echigo
Movie
The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
Movie
A Laughable Journey
Movie
- 1963
The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
Movie
New Marital Relations
Movie
Ara kure kōya
Movie
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
Daihachi
Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise
Movie
Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers
Movie
Tattoo of Love
Movie
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Uemura
- 1962
Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
Movie
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
Movie
The Body
Movie
A Revengeful Raid
Movie
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
Movie
Drunken Sword
Movie
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
Movie
The Ambitious Youth
Tanaka
Tales of President Mito
Hikosaburo Okubo
Good Rascals
Kinjiro Takeuchi
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
Movie
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Movie
- 1961
Restoration Fire
Yasuzo
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
Movie
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
Movie
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
Movie
Bride of White Castle
Movie
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
Movie
An Edo Magistrate
Movie
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
Movie
- 1960
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
Movie
Morning Breeze in Edo
Otoboke Senta
Scarier than the Devil
Movie
Heavenly Dragon
Yumatsu
The Pirates
Movie
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
Movie
Unwieldy Brothers
Movie
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
Movie
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4
Movie
Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
Movie
Lord of Red Banner
Movie
Samurai Vagabonds
Movie
The Five Jolly Thieves
Movie
1950s
- 1959
Echo in the Mountains
Yadashi Ukontaro
Violent Ishimatsu
Movie
The Edo Official and Apprentice
Movie
Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo
Movie
Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts
Movie
Gentle Breeze
Movie
Samurai Saga
(uncredited)
Happily Tied to the Road
Mishima
The Big Boss
Kurosaki
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
Movie
- 1958
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Movie
Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei
Movie
Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
Movie
The Undefeated Woman
Movie
Scops-Owl Sermon
Movie
Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey
Movie
Police Precinct Part 8
Movie
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Company commander Yamane
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
Daizaburô Tani
A Boy and Three Mothers
Mochizuki
- 1957
Travel Romances
Movie
Downtown
Movie
Geisha in the Old City
Yasukichi
The Ornery Entrance to the Sumo Ring with a Sword
Movie
The Lower Depths
Tatsu
First Love Story
Tokuzo
Hadaka no Machi
Movie
Last Days of the Samurai
Movie
The Shadow Daughter
Morita
Untamed Woman
Fusayoshi
Turtledove
Movie
Snow Country
Porter
Ôban
Noodle Shop Owner
Dancing Girl
Tamura
- 1956
A Man's Flower Path
Movie
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
Movie
A Strong Wind Blows
Managing Director Tadokoro
Funny Fellows
Movie
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Hagimura
Children Seeking a Mother
Carpenter
Eacape of Fear
Movie
The Ghosts of Yotsuya
Naosuke
The Wicked Boy
Movie
Sisters of Gion
Movie
A Wife's Heart
Movie
While the Demon Steps Out
Movie
Settlement of Love
Movie
Street of Shame
Osaka Salesman
- 1955
Terror Stalks by Night
Movie
Marital Relations
Movie
Nonki saiban
Movie
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
Movie
Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri
Movie
- 1954
Ghost Man
Yosuke Kikuchi
Daikichi Konomura
Jinbei Yokoii
Jirocho in Disgrace
Movie
Yakuza bayashi
Movie
Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
Movie
Last of the Wild Ones
Movie
My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
Movie
An Inn at Osaka
Movie
Utsukushiki taka
Movie
Jirocho's New Year
Movie
- 1953
Jirocho, the Hunted
Movie
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
Movie
Tange Sazen
Movie
Jirocho's Home-Coming
Movie
Merciless Blade Part 3
Movie
Merciless Blade Part 2
Movie
Her Captive Gamblers
Movie
Mole Alley
Movie
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Chuji Tsukahara
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
Movie
珍説忠臣蔵
Movie
- 1952
Jirocho Rises in Fame
Movie
Dimple of Tokyo
Take-san
Divorce
Fumio Sôma
A Ripple in a Morning
Ito
Chakkari fujin to ukkari fujin
Movie
Farewell to Spring
Sakuzô Furuya
- 1951
Repast
Movie
Miki, the Swordman
Movie
Tsuki yori no haha
Goro Aoyama
Dorei no machi
Movie
- 1950
Shojohou
Movie
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Mekkachi no Katsugorô
Enoken the Hero
Tokugawa Ieyasu
The Burning Prison
Movie
Snow-Flake
Okubatake
Heat and Mud
Movie
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
Movie
Escape at Dawn
Noro
1940s
- 1949
Akireta musumetachi
Movie
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
Movie
Hills of a Foreign Country
Mitsuo
Enoken’s Boxing Generation
Movie
- 1948
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
Kitao Omachi
365 Nights: Tokyo
Saburo Anenokoji
Enoken's Home Run King
Movie
365 Nights
Saburo Anekoji
The Beauty of the Evening Sky
Movie
Fujisancho
Movie
A Flower Blooms
Movie
- 1947
Invitation to Happiness
Movie
The Devil of Edo
Movie
Once More
Movie
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
Movie
- 1946
No Regrets for Our Youth
Student
Beauty
Movie
An Enemy of the People
Movie
Hinoki Butai
Movie
- 1945
Uta e! Taiyō
Movie
Three Women of the North
Movie
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Seijiro
Duel at Yagyu Valley
Fukigawa Genjiro
- 1944
The Dawn of Freedom
Lt. Sakuragi (military doctor)
- 1943
音楽大進軍
Publicist Semi
- 1942
Omokage no machi
Movie
Bouquet of the South Seas
Ishikawa, pilot
1930s
- 1937
- 1934
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
Movie
1920s
- 1926
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
Movie
Directed 1
1930s
- 1934
