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Haruo Tanaka

Acting

Haruo Tanaka

Haruo Tanaka is an actor born on March 25, 1912 in Kyoto, Japan. He died on March 21, 1992, aged 79. He is known for Ikiru, Chikamatsu Monogatari and The Pornographers. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Acting
Born
March 25, 1912
Place of birth
Kyoto, Japan
Died
March 21, 1992
Also known as
Tanaka Haruo · Харуо Танака · 田中春男

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.

Filmography

  1. 1984The Funeralas Old Man
  2. 1974The Assassination of Ryoma
  3. 1972Wandering Ginza Butterfly
  4. 1971New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
  5. 1971Patience Has An End
  6. 1970Midnight Virgin
  7. 1969Trapped, the Crimson Batas Iwakichi
  8. 1969Inferno of Tortureas Samejima
  9. 1968The Man Without a Map
  10. 1966By a Man's Face Shall You Know Himas Minegishi
  11. 1966The Pornographersas Banteki
  12. 1964Revengeas Shiraki Jinzaemon
  13. 1964A Story from Echigo
  14. 1963Twin Sisters of Kyotoas Uemura
  15. 1962The Body
  16. 1962A Revengeful Raid
  17. 1961A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
  18. 1961An Edo Magistrate
  19. 1961The Shogun and the Fishmonger
  20. 1960Morning Breeze in Edoas Otoboke Senta
  21. 1960The Pirates
  22. 1959Floating Weedsas Yatazo
  23. 1959Good Morningas Tatsuzo Haraguchi
  24. 1959Samurai Sagaas (uncredited)
  25. 1959The Big Bossas Kurosaki
  26. 1958Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
  27. 1958The Rickshaw Man
  28. 1957Downtown
  29. 1957The Lower Depthsas Tatsu
  30. 1957Untamed Womanas Fusayoshi
  31. 1957Snow Countryas Porter
  32. 1957Tokyo Twilightas Komatsu's Customer
  33. 1956Shozo, a Cat and Two Womenas Hagimura
  34. 1956The Ghosts of Yotsuyaas Naosuke
  35. 1956The Legend of the White Serpentas Li Gong Fu
  36. 1956A Wife's Heart
  37. 1956Street of Shameas Osaka Salesman
  38. 1956Early Springas Nomura
  39. 1956Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Islandas Kumagoro the horse thief
  40. 1955Marital Relations
  41. 1954Chikamatsu Monogatarias Gifuya Dôki
  42. 1954Ghost Manas Yosuke Kikuchi
  43. 1954The Woman in the Rumoras Kawamoto
  44. 1954An Inn at Osaka
  45. 1953A Geishaas Ogawa
  46. 1953Where Chimneys Are Seenas Chuji Tsukahara
  47. 1952Ikiruas Sakai
  48. 1951Repast
  49. 1951Ginza Cosmeticsas Gonroku Shirai
  50. 1950Portrait of Madame Yuki
  51. 1950Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
  52. 1950Escape at Dawnas Noro
  53. 1949Mr. Shosuke Oharaas Seizô Kon'no
  54. 1949Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
  55. 1948365 Nightsas Saburo Anekoji
  56. 1947Once More
  57. 1946No Regrets for Our Youthas Student
  58. 1945A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendoas Seijiro
  59. 1942Bouquet of the South Seasas Ishikawa, pilot
  60. 1937The Straits of Love and Hateas Kinkichi's friend, Hirose