
Cast
Haruo Tanaka
Acting
Cast
Haruo Tanaka
Known for
Acting
Born
1912-03-25
From
Kyoto, Japan
Died
1992-03-21
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.

Ikiru
as Sakai

Good Morning
as Tatsuzo Haraguchi

Street of Shame
as Osaka Salesman

Tokyo Twilight
as Komatsu's Customer

Inferno of Torture
as Samejima

The Lower Depths
as Tatsu

Untamed Woman
as Fusayoshi

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Kumagoro the horse thief

Chikamatsu Monogatari
as Gifuya Dôki

Portrait of Madame Yuki

Floating Weeds
as Yatazo

Revenge
as Shiraki Jinzaemon

The Assassination of Ryoma

The Funeral
as Old Man

A Geisha
as Ogawa

The Rickshaw Man

No Regrets for Our Youth
as Student

Samurai from Somewhere

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

Early Spring
as Nomura

Mole Alley

The Surf

The Pornographers
as Banteki

Snow Country
as Porter

Wandering Ginza Butterfly

Ginza Cosmetics
as Gonroku Shirai

The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry

The Body

Patience Has An End

The Legend of the White Serpent
as Li Gong Fu

Twin Sisters of Kyoto
as Uemura

Jirocho's New Year

A Wife's Heart

Seven Fugitives

Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey

The Elegant Swordsman

Where Chimneys Are Seen
as Chuji Tsukahara

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2

The Man Without a Map

Samurai Geisha

Tales of President Mito
as Hikosaburo Okubo

A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji

Gamblers and Racketeers

The Woman in the Rumor
as Kawamoto

The Detective Journey

Snow-Flake
as Okubatake

The Domain: The Naniwa Story

The Rabble

Last Days of the Samurai

Rogue

The Kingdom of Jirocho 1

Miki, the Swordman

365 Nights
as Saburo Anekoji

Repast

Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
as Hagimura

Beyond the Hills

A Story from Echigo

音楽大進軍
as Publicist Semi

The Shogun and the Fishmonger

Jirocho's Home-Coming

Japan's Top Gangster

Escape at Dawn
as Noro

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

Restoration Fire
as Yasuzo

Nonki saiban

A Ripple in a Morning
as Ito

The Kingdom of Jirocho 4

The Straits of Love and Hate
as Kinkichi's friend, Hirose

Drunken Sword

Last of the Wild Ones

The Ghosts of Yotsuya
as Naosuke

Jirocho in Disgrace

Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3

Hadaka no Machi

The Big Boss

Ghost Man
as Yosuke Kikuchi

Good Rascals
as Kinjiro Takeuchi

Unwieldy Brothers

Once More

Flames of Blood

The Protector

Divorce
as Fumio Sôma

Ôban
as Noodle Shop Owner

Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru

The Kingdom of Jirocho 2

Rainy Night Duel
as Joji the coolie procurer

Morning Breeze in Edo
as Otoboke Senta

Heat and Mud

Dancing Girl
as Tamura

The Pirates

Three Women of the North

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
as Minegishi

Yakuza bayashi

Jirocho, the Hunted

Tange Sazen

The Ambitious Youth
as Tanaka

Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill

Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

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

The Undefeated Woman

Marital Relations

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4

Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
as Company commander Yamane

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

Dimple of Tokyo
as Take-san

親馬鹿花合戦

Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
as Daihachi

An Inn at Osaka

Merciless Blade Part 3

Settlement of Love

Ara kure kōya

Trapped, the Crimson Bat
as Iwakichi

The Edo Official and Apprentice

Mermaids and Sea Robbers
as Proprietor of the Miharashitei

Duel in the Storm

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2

Samurai Vagabonds

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
as Seijiro

Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time

Gambler
as Jirokichi Hanazawa

Heavenly Dragon
as Yumatsu

Merciless Blade Part 2

The Shadow Daughter

Bouquet of the South Seas
as Ishikawa, pilot

Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape

Enoken’s Boxing Generation

Police Precinct Part 8

Farewell to Spring
as Sakuzô Furuya

The Kingdom of Jirocho 3

Omokage no machi

Ottamage ningyo monogatari

Yakuza of Ina
as Teruyoshi

Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise

The Killing Game

Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei

The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
as Kitao Omachi

Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia

Wolves of the City, Money Hunters

Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
as Mekkachi no Katsugorô

Mr. Shosuke Ohara
as Seizô Kon'no

Gakusei geisha koi to kenka

Tsuki yori no haha
as Goro Aoyama

A Flower Blooms

A Boy and Three Mothers

Scarier than the Devil

Akireta musumetachi

365 Nights: Tokyo
as Saburo Anenokoji

Shigemori Goes To Tokyo

Echo in the Mountains
as Yadashi Ukontaro

Sisters of Gion

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf

Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region

Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
as Daizaburô Tani

Enoken's Home Run King

Down Town

Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku

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

Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
as Kichizo

Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro

I Believe I Am Being Followed

珍説忠臣蔵

Women Doing Time

紋三郎の秀

Shojohou

The Burning Prison

The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor

A Revengeful Raid

Jirocho Begins His Roving Life

Daikichi Konomura
as Jinbei Yokoii

An Enemy of the People

Happily Tied to the Road
as Mishima

Samurai Saga
as (uncredited)

Invitation to Happiness

The Passion of a Woman Teacher

Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen

Blind Monk Swordsman

Gentle Breeze

Uta e! Taiyō

Bride of White Castle

Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage

An Edo Magistrate

Zoku Tange Sazen

Geisha in the Old City
as Yasukichi

お洒落狂女
as Gondao Shimizu

Children Seeking a Mother
as Carpenter

Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger

Shimazu no sanshita yakko

The Devil of Edo

Kawachi fūten zoku

Lord of Red Banner

Duel at Yagyu Valley
as Fukigawa Genjiro

The Dawn of Freedom
as Lt. Sakuragi (military doctor)

Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow

Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey

Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima

Midnight Virgin

Travel Romances

Amakara chindōchū

Her Captive Gamblers

Kanchō umi no bara

Enoken the Hero
as Tokugawa Ieyasu

In Case of One Woman
as Kenkichi Yoshioka

Hinoki Butai

Tattoo of Love

A Laughable Journey

This Is Youth!

The Beauty of the Evening Sky

Jirocho Rises in Fame

Beauty

The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji

Third Class Soldier Boss

Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness

A Strong Wind Blows
as Managing Director Tadokoro

Jirochô yûkyôden: Akiba no himatsuri

Fujisancho

Eacape of Fear

Escape and the Law

Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
as Shigeru Hanayama

First Love Story
as Tokuzo

The Wicked Boy

Hills of a Foreign Country
as Mitsuo
