
Haruo Tanaka
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.
Movies
The Funeral
1984
Flames of Blood
1981
Japan's Top Gangster
1973
The Killing Game
1973
Patience Has An End
1971
Midnight Virgin
1970
Samurai Geisha
1969
Inferno of Torture
1969
Rogue
1968
Duel in the Storm
1968
Seven Fugitives
1966
The Protector
1966
The Pornographers
1966
Women Doing Time
1966
Garakuta
1964
Blind Monk Swordsman
1964
A Story from Echigo
1964
A Laughable Journey
1964
あらくれ荒野
1963
Tattoo of Love
1963
A Revengeful Raid
1962
Drunken Sword
1962
The Ambitious Youth
1962
Good Rascals
1962
Restoration Fire
1961
An Edo Magistrate
1961
Heavenly Dragon
1960
The Pirates
1960
Unwieldy Brothers
1960
Yakuza of Ina
1960
Lord of Red Banner
1960
Samurai Vagabonds
1960
Floating Weeds
1959
Gentle Breeze
1959
Good Morning
1959
Samurai Saga
1959
The Big Boss
1959
The Undefeated Woman
1958
The Rickshaw Man
1958
Travel Romances
1957
Down Town
1957
The Lower Depths
1957
Hadaka no Machi
1957
The Shadow Daughter
1957
Untamed Woman
1957
Snow Country
1957
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Ôban
1957
Dancing Girl
1957
Sisters of Gion
1956
A Wife's Heart
1956
Settlement of Love
1956
Street of Shame
1956
Early Spring
1956
Rainy Night Duel
1956
Marital Relations
1955
Nonki saiban
1955
Daikichi Konomura
1954
Jirocho in Disgrace
1954
Yakuza bayashi
1954
An Inn at Osaka
1954
Jirocho's New Year
1954
Jirocho, the Hunted
1953
Zoku Tange Sazen
1953
Her Captive Gamblers
1953
Tange Sazen
1953
Mole Alley
1953
珍説忠臣蔵
1953
Dimple of Tokyo
1952
Divorce
1952
Farewell to Spring
1952
Miki, the Swordman
1951
Tsuki yori no haha
1951
Ginza Cosmetics
1951
Shojohou
1950
Enoken the Hero
1950
The Burning Prison
1950
Snow-Flake
1950
Heat and Mud
1950
Escape at Dawn
1950
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
1949
Akireta musumetachi
1949
365 Nights
1948
A Flower Blooms
1948
The Devil of Edo
1947
Uta e! Taiyō
1945
Duel at Yagyu Valley
1945
The Dawn of Freedom
1944
音楽大進軍
1943
Omokage no machi
1942