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Haruo Tanaka

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

25/03/1912

Day of Death

21/03/1992
(80) years old

Place of Birth

Kyoto, Japan

Haruo Tanaka

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 chara... Read More

Known For

The Funeral

Flames of Blood

The Detective Journey

The Surf

The Assassination of Ryoma

Japan's Top Gangster

The Killing Game

Wandering Ginza Butterfly

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape

Patience Has An End

Filmography

Cast

1984

The Funeral

as Old Man

1981

Flames of Blood

1980

The Detective Journey

1975

The Surf

1974

The Assassination of Ryoma

1973

Japan's Top Gangster

1973

The Killing Game

1972

Wandering Ginza Butterfly

1971

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cap...

1971

Patience Has An End

1970

Wolves of the City, Money Hunters

1970

Midnight Virgin

1969

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

1969

Samurai Geisha

1969

Trapped, the Crimson Bat

as Iwakichi

1969

Inferno of Torture

as Samejima

1968

Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: F...

1968

Rogue

1968

Duel in the Storm

1968

The Man Without a Map

1968

Kawachi fūten zoku

1966

Seven Fugitives

1966

Third Class Soldier Boss

1966

The Protector

1966

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him

as Minegishi

1966

The Pornographers

as Banteki

1966

Women Doing Time

1966

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2

1965

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

1964

Gamblers and Racketeers

1964

Samurai from Somewhere

1964

Revenge

as Shiraki Jinzaemon

1964

Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Of...

as Kichizo

1964

Garakuta

1964

Gambler

as Jirokichi Hanazawa

1964

Blind Monk Swordsman

1964

A Story from Echigo

1964

The Kingdom of Jirocho 3

1964

A Laughable Journey

1963

The Kingdom of Jirocho 2

1963

The Kingdom of Jirocho 1

1963

あらくれ荒野

1963

Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge

as Daihachi

1963

Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise

1963

Gang and G-Men Part 2

1963

Tattoo of Love

1963

Twin Sisters of Kyoto

as Uemura

1962

Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of ...

1962

Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru

1962

The Body

1962

A Revengeful Raid

1962

Gakusei geisha koi to kenka

1962

Drunken Sword

1962

Ottamage ningyo monogatari

1962

The Ambitious Youth

as Tanaka

1962

Tales of President Mito

as Hikosaburo Okubo

1962

Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3

1962

Good Rascals

as Kinjiro Takeuchi

1962

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumult...

1962

Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on t...

1961

Restoration Fire

as Yasuzo

1961

Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia

1961

Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku

1961

Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Bo...

1961

Bride of White Castle

1961

A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji

1961

An Edo Magistrate

1961

The Shogun and the Fishmonger

1960

Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tok...

1960

Morning Breeze in Edo

as Otoboke Senta

1960

Scarier than the Devil

1960

Heavenly Dragon

as Yumatsu

1960

The Pirates

1960

The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor

1960

Unwieldy Brothers

1960

Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage

1960

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4

1960

Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill

1960

Yakuza of Ina

as Teruyoshi

1960

Lord of Red Banner

1960

Samurai Vagabonds

1959

Floating Weeds

as Yatazo

1959

Echo in the Mountains

as Yadashi Ukontaro

1959

The Edo Official and Apprentice

1959

Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo

1959

Gentle Breeze

1959

Good Morning

as Tatsuzo Haraguchi

1959

Samurai Saga

as (uncredited)

1959

Happily Tied to the Road

as Mishima

1959

The Big Boss

1959

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and ...

1958

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

1958

Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei

1958

Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger

1958

The Undefeated Woman

1958

Mermaids and Sea Robbers

as Proprietor of the Miharashitei

1958

Ghost Story on Passage

1958

Police Precinct Part 8

1958

The Rickshaw Man

1958

Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama n...

as Company commander Yamane

1958

Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness

as Daizaburô Tani

1958

A Boy and Three Mothers

1957

Travel Romances

1957

Down Town

1957

Geisha in the Old City

as Yasukichi

1957

The Lower Depths

as Tatsu

1957

Hadaka no Machi

1957

Last Days of the Samurai

1957

The Shadow Daughter

1957

Untamed Woman

as Fusayoshi

1957

Snow Country

as Porter

1957

Tokyo Twilight

as Komatsu's Customer

1957

Ôban

as Noodle Shop Owner

1957

Dancing Girl

as Tamura

1956

A Strong Wind Blows

as Managing Director Tadokoro

1956

Shozo, a Cat and Two Women

as Hagimura

1956

Children Seeking a Mother

1956

Eacape of Fear

1956

The Ghosts of Yotsuya

as Naosuke

1956

The Legend of the White Serpent

as Li Gong Fu

1956

Sisters of Gion

1956

A Wife's Heart

1956

Settlement of Love

1956

Street of Shame

as Osaka Salesman

1956

Early Spring

as Nomura

1956

Rainy Night Duel

as Joji the coolie procurer

1956

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

as Kumagoro the horse thief

1955

Marital Relations

1955

Shimazu no sanshita yakko

1955

Nonki saiban

1955

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf

1955

紋三郎の秀

1954

Chikamatsu Monogatari

as Gifuya Dôki

1954

Ghost Man

as Yosuke Kikuchi

1954

Daikichi Konomura

as Jinbei Yokoii

1954

Jirocho in Disgrace

1954

Yakuza bayashi

1954

Shigemori Goes To Tokyo

1954

The Woman in the Rumor

as Kawamoto

1954

Last of the Wild Ones

1954

An Inn at Osaka

1954

Jirocho's New Year

1953

Jirocho, the Hunted

1953

Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow

1953

Zoku Tange Sazen

1953

A Geisha

as Ogawa

1953

Jirocho's Home-Coming

1953

Merciless Blade Part 3

1953

Merciless Blade Part 2

1953

Her Captive Gamblers

1953

Tange Sazen

1953

Mole Alley

1953

Where Chimneys Are Seen

as Chuji Tsukahara

1953

親馬鹿花合戦

1953

Jirocho Begins His Roving Life

1953

珍説忠臣蔵

1952

Jirocho Rises in Fame

1952

Ikiru

as Sakai

1952

Dimple of Tokyo

as Take-san

1952

Divorce

as Fumio Sôma

1952

A Ripple in a Morning

as Ito

1952

お洒落狂女

as Gondao Shimizu

1952

Farewell to Spring

as Sakuzô Furuya

1951

Repast

1951

Miki, the Swordman

1951

Tsuki yori no haha

as Goro Aoyama

1951

Ginza Cosmetics

as Gonroku Shirai

1950

Shojohou

1950

Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog

as Mekkachi no Katsugorô

1950

Amakara chindōchū

1950

Portrait of Madame Yuki

1950

Enoken the Hero

as Tokugawa Ieyasu

1950

The Burning Prison

1950

Beyond the Hills

1950

Snow-Flake

as Okubatake

1950

Heat and Mud

1950

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

1950

Escape at Dawn

as Noro

1949

Mr. Shosuke Ohara

as Seizô Kon'no

1949

Akireta musumetachi

1949

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima

1949

Enoken’s Boxing Generation

1948

The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow

as Kitao Omachi

1948

Enoken's Home Run King

1948

365 Nights

as Saburo Anekoji

1948

The Beauty of the Evening Sky

1948

Fujisancho

1948

A Flower Blooms

1947

Invitation to Happiness

1947

The Devil of Edo

1947

Once More

1947

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

1946

No Regrets for Our Youth

as Student

1946

An Enemy of the People

1946

Hinoki Butai

1945

Uta e! Taiyō

1945

Three Women of the North

1945

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

as Seijiro

1945

Duel at Yagyu Valley

as Fukigawa Genjiro

1945

I Believe I Am Being Followed

1945

Kanchō umi no bara

1944

The Dawn of Freedom

as Lt. Sakuragi (military doctor)

1943

音楽大進軍

as Publicist Semi

1942

Omokage no machi

1942

Bouquet of the South Seas

as Ishikawa, pilot

1937

The Straits of Love and Hate

as Kinkichi's friend, Hirose

1934

Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen

1934

The Elegant Swordsman

1926

The Passion of a Woman Teacher

Crew

1934

A Story of Floating Weeds

as Assistant Director