Haruo Tanaka

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.

Known For

Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Ikiru

Street of Shame

Chikamatsu Monogatari

Good Morning

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

The Lower Depths

The Kingdom of Jirocho 1

All Movies (226)

• The Funeral1984 · as Old Man
• Flames of Blood1981
• The Detective Journey1980
• The Surf1975
• The Assassination of Ryoma1974
• Japan's Top Gangster1973
• The Killing Game1973
• Wandering Ginza Butterfly1972
• New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape1971
• Patience Has An End1971
• Wolves of the City, Money Hunters1970
• Midnight Virgin1970
• Memoir of Japanese Assassinations1969
• Samurai Geisha1969
• Trapped, the Crimson Bat1969 · as Iwakichi
• Inferno of Torture1969 · as Samejima
• Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time1968
• Rogue1968
• Duel in the Storm1968
• The Man Without a Map1968
• Kawachi fūten zoku1968
• Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri1967 · as Shigeru Hanayama
• This Is Youth!1966
• Seven Fugitives1966
• Tenamonya Tôkaidô1966
• Third Class Soldier Boss1966
• The Protector1966
• By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him1966 · as Minegishi
• The Pornographers1966 · as Banteki
• Women Doing Time1966
• Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 21966
• Escape and the Law1965
• Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro1965
• The Kingdom of Jirocho 41965
• The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry1965
• Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness1965
• The Domain: The Naniwa Story1965
• Gamblers and Racketeers1964
• Samurai from Somewhere1964
• Revenge1964 · as Shiraki Jinzaemon
• Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office1964 · as Kichizo
• The Rabble1964
• Gambler1964 · as Jirokichi Hanazawa
• Blind Monk Swordsman1964
• A Story from Echigo1964
• The Kingdom of Jirocho 31964
• A Laughable Journey1964
• The Kingdom of Jirocho 21963
• The Kingdom of Jirocho 11963
• Ara kure kōya1963
• Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge1963 · as Daihachi
• Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise1963
• Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers1963
• Tattoo of Love1963
• Twin Sisters of Kyoto1963 · as Uemura
• Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady1962
• Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru1962
• The Body1962
• A Revengeful Raid1962
• Gakusei geisha koi to kenka1962
• Drunken Sword1962
• Ottamage ningyo monogatari1962
• The Ambitious Youth1962 · as Tanaka
• Tales of President Mito1962 · as Hikosaburo Okubo
• Tales of Young Genji Kuro 31962
• Good Rascals1962 · as Kinjiro Takeuchi
• Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey1962
• Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido1962
• Restoration Fire1961 · as Yasuzo
• Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia1961
• Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku1961
• Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region1961
• Bride of White Castle1961
• A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji1961
• An Edo Magistrate1961
• The Shogun and the Fishmonger1961
• Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region1960
• Morning Breeze in Edo1960 · as Otoboke Senta
• Scarier than the Devil1960
• Heavenly Dragon1960 · as Yumatsu
• The Pirates1960
• The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor1960
• Unwieldy Brothers1960
• Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage1960
• Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 41960
• Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill1960
• Yakuza of Ina1960 · as Teruyoshi
• Lord of Red Banner1960
• Samurai Vagabonds1960
• Floating Weeds1959 · as Yatazo
• Echo in the Mountains1959 · as Yadashi Ukontaro
• The Edo Official and Apprentice1959
• Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo1959
• Gentle Breeze1959
• Good Morning1959 · as Tatsuzo Haraguchi
• Samurai Saga1959 · as (uncredited)
• Happily Tied to the Road1959 · as Mishima
• The Big Boss1959
• Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 21959
• Yajikita dōchū sugoroku1958
• Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei1958
• Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger1958
• The Undefeated Woman1958
• Mermaids and Sea Robbers1958 · as Proprietor of the Miharashitei
• Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey1958
• Police Precinct Part 81958
• The Rickshaw Man1958
• Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki1958 · as Company commander Yamane
• Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness1958 · as Daizaburô Tani
• A Boy and Three Mothers1958
• Travel Romances1957
• Down Town1957
• Geisha in the Old City1957 · as Yasukichi
• The Lower Depths1957 · as Tatsu
• First Love Story1957 · as Tokuzo
• Hadaka no Machi1957
• Last Days of the Samurai1957
• The Shadow Daughter1957
• Untamed Woman1957 · as Fusayoshi
• Turtledove1957
• Snow Country1957 · as Porter
• Tokyo Twilight1957 · as Komatsu's Customer
• Ôban1957 · as Noodle Shop Owner
• Dancing Girl1957 · as Tamura
• The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji1956
• A Strong Wind Blows1956 · as Managing Director Tadokoro
• Shozo, a Cat and Two Women1956 · as Hagimura
• In Case of One Woman1956 · as Kenkichi Yoshioka
• Children Seeking a Mother1956 · as Carpenter
• Eacape of Fear1956
• The Ghosts of Yotsuya1956 · as Naosuke
• The Legend of the White Serpent1956 · as Li Gong Fu
• The Wicked Boy1956
• Sisters of Gion1956
• A Wife's Heart1956
• Settlement of Love1956
• Street of Shame1956 · as Osaka Salesman
• Early Spring1956 · as Nomura
• Rainy Night Duel1956 · as Joji the coolie procurer
• Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island1956 · as Kumagoro the horse thief
• Marital Relations1955
• Shimazu no sanshita yakko1955
• Nonki saiban1955
• Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf1955
• Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri1955
• 紋三郎の秀1955
• Chikamatsu Monogatari1954 · as Gifuya Dôki
• Ghost Man1954 · as Yosuke Kikuchi
• Daikichi Konomura1954 · as Jinbei Yokoii
• Jirocho in Disgrace1954
• Yakuza bayashi1954
• Shigemori Goes To Tokyo1954
• The Woman in the Rumor1954 · as Kawamoto
• Last of the Wild Ones1954
• An Inn at Osaka1954
• Jirocho's New Year1954
• Jirocho, the Hunted1953
• Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow1953
• Zoku Tange Sazen1953
• A Geisha1953 · as Ogawa
• Jirocho's Home-Coming1953
• Merciless Blade Part 31953
• Merciless Blade Part 21953
• Her Captive Gamblers1953
• Tange Sazen1953
• Mole Alley1953
• Where Chimneys Are Seen1953 · as Chuji Tsukahara
• 親馬鹿花合戦1953
• Jirocho Begins His Roving Life1953
• 珍説忠臣蔵1953
• Jirocho Rises in Fame1952
• Ikiru1952 · as Sakai
• Dimple of Tokyo1952 · as Take-san
• Divorce1952 · as Fumio Sôma
• A Ripple in a Morning1952 · as Ito
• お洒落狂女1952 · as Gondao Shimizu
• Farewell to Spring1952 · as Sakuzô Furuya
• Repast1951
• Miki, the Swordman1951
• Tsuki yori no haha1951 · as Goro Aoyama
• Ginza Cosmetics1951 · as Gonroku Shirai
• Shojohou1950
• Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog1950 · as Mekkachi no Katsugorô
• Amakara chindōchū1950
• Portrait of Madame Yuki1950
• Enoken the Hero1950 · as Tokugawa Ieyasu
• The Burning Prison1950
• Beyond the Hills1950
• Snow-Flake1950 · as Okubatake
• Heat and Mud1950
• Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka1950
• Escape at Dawn1950 · as Noro
• Mr. Shosuke Ohara1949 · as Seizô Kon'no
• Akireta musumetachi1949
• Ghost Cat of Nabeshima1949
• Hills of a Foreign Country1949 · as Mitsuo
• Enoken’s Boxing Generation1949
• The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow1948 · as Kitao Omachi
• 365 Nights: Tokyo1948 · as Saburo Anenokoji
• Enoken's Home Run King1948
• 365 Nights1948 · as Saburo Anekoji
• The Beauty of the Evening Sky1948
• Fujisancho1948
• A Flower Blooms1948
• Invitation to Happiness1947
• The Devil of Edo1947
• Once More1947
• A Thousand and One Nights with Toho1947
• No Regrets for Our Youth1946 · as Student
• Beauty1946
• An Enemy of the People1946
• Hinoki Butai1946
• Uta e! Taiyō1945
• Three Women of the North1945
• A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo1945 · as Seijiro
• Duel at Yagyu Valley1945 · as Fukigawa Genjiro
• I Believe I Am Being Followed1945
• Kanchō umi no bara1945
• The Dawn of Freedom1944 · as Lt. Sakuragi (military doctor)
• 音楽大進軍1943 · as Publicist Semi
• Omokage no machi1942
• Bouquet of the South Seas1942 · as Ishikawa, pilot
• The Straits of Love and Hate1937 · as Kinkichi's friend, Hirose
• Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen1934
• The Elegant Swordsman1934
• The Passion of a Woman Teacher1926

All TV Shows (2)

• The Shingo Case Files1977
• Minamoto no Yoshitsune1966 · as Ise Yoshimori