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Haruo Tanaka

Acting Born Mar 25, 1912 Kyoto, Japan 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Ikiru

as Sakai
Film

Good Morning

as Tatsuzo Haraguchi
Film

Inferno of Torture

as Samejima

Magnet Robot Gakeen

as Nomura

Full filmography

  • Ikiru (1952) as Sakai
  • Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1966) as Ise Yoshimori
  • Good Morning (1959) as Tatsuzo Haraguchi
  • Inferno of Torture (1969) as Samejima
  • Street of Shame (1956) as Osaka Salesman
  • Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) as Kumagoro the horse thief
  • The Kingdom of Jirocho 1 (1963)
  • The Funeral (1984) as Old Man
  • The Lower Depths (1957) as Tatsu
  • Tokyo Twilight (1957) as Komatsu's Customer
  • The Woman in the Rumor (1954) as Kawamoto
  • Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954) as Gifuya Dôki
  • Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
  • Floating Weeds (1959) as Yatazo
  • The Pornographers (1966) as Banteki
  • Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)
  • The Legend of the White Serpent (1956) as Li Gong Fu
  • Repast (1951)
  • Early Spring (1956) as Nomura
  • Revenge (1964) as Shiraki Jinzaemon
  • Untamed Woman (1957) as Fusayoshi
  • A Geisha (1953) as Ogawa
  • The Rickshaw Man (1958)
  • Mole Alley (1953)