Haruo Tanaka
Born
25 March 1912 (114)
Place of Birth
Kyoto, Japan
Also known as
Tanaka Haruo
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 l...
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 (40)
The Funeral
1984
Flames of Blood
1981
The Detective Journey
1980
The Surf
1975
The Assassination of Ryoma
1974
Japan's Top Gangster
1973
The Killing Game
1973
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
1972
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
1971
Patience Has An End
1971
Wolves of the City, Money Hunters
1970
Midnight Virgin
1970
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969
Samurai Geisha
1969
Trapped, the Crimson Bat
1969
Inferno of Torture
1969
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
1968
Rogue
1968
Duel in the Storm
1968
The Man Without a Map
1968
Kawachi fūten zoku
1968
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
1967
This Is Youth!
1966
Seven Fugitives
1966
Third Class Soldier Boss
1966
The Protector
1966
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
1966
The Pornographers
1966
Women Doing Time
1966
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
1966
Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
1965
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1965
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965
Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness
1965
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
Gamblers and Racketeers
1964
Samurai from Somewhere
1964
Revenge
1964
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
1964
The Rabble
1964