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Haruo Tanaka

Lived · 79 Born · Mar 25, 1912 From · Kyoto, Japan Films · 215

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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

The Funeral poster

Flames of Blood poster

Flames of Blood

The Surf poster

Japan's Top Gangster poster

Japan's Top Gangster

Career timeline

1984

The Funeral Notable

Old Man · 1984

1981

Flames of Blood Notable

1980

The Detective Journey

1975

1974

The Assassination of Ryoma

1973

Japan's Top Gangster Notable

The Killing Game

1972

Wandering Ginza Butterfly

1971

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape

Patience Has An End

1970

Wolves of the City, Money Hunters Notable

Midnight Virgin

1969

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations Notable

Samurai Geisha Notable

Trapped, the Crimson Bat

Iwakichi · 1969

1968

Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time

Duel in the Storm Notable

1967

Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri

Shigeru Hanayama · 1967

1966

This Is Youth! Notable

Seven Fugitives

Tenamonya Tôkaidô Notable

1965

Escape and the Law

Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro

The Kingdom of Jirocho 4 Notable

1964

Gamblers and Racketeers Notable

Samurai from Somewhere Notable

Revenge Notable

Shiraki Jinzaemon · 1964

1963

The Kingdom of Jirocho 2 Notable

The Kingdom of Jirocho 1

1962

Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady

Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru

The Body Notable

1961

Restoration Fire Notable

Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia Notable

Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku Notable

1960

Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region Notable

Morning Breeze in Edo

Otoboke Senta · 1960

Scarier than the Devil Notable

1959

Floating Weeds Notable

Echo in the Mountains

Yadashi Ukontaro · 1959

The Edo Official and Apprentice

Frequently appears with

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Nobuko Miyamoto

Chizuko Amamiya

Shinkichi Amamiya

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Hiroko Sakuramachi

Kōkichi Takada

Full filmography

The Funeral poster

Flames of Blood poster

Flames of Blood

The Detective Journey poster

The Detective Journey

The Surf poster

The Assassination of Ryoma poster

The Assassination of Ryoma

Japan's Top Gangster poster

Japan's Top Gangster

The Killing Game poster

The Killing Game

Wandering Ginza Butterfly poster

Wandering Ginza Butterfly

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape poster

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape

Patience Has An End poster

Patience Has An End

Wolves of the City, Money Hunters poster

Wolves of the City, Money Hunters

Midnight Virgin poster

Midnight Virgin

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations poster

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

Samurai Geisha poster

Trapped, the Crimson Bat poster

Trapped, the Crimson Bat

Inferno of Torture poster

Inferno of Torture

Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time poster

Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time

Rogue poster

Duel in the Storm poster

Duel in the Storm

The Man Without a Map poster

The Man Without a Map

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