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Hiroshi Tanaka

Actor

Hiroshi Tanaka

Born January 1, 1934 in Kyoto, JapanDied January 2, 199351 films

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Grave of the Fireflies posterFirst watchGrave of the Fireflies19888.5as Person in Bank (voice)In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Red Beard poster8.2Red Beard1965Onibaba poster7.7Onibaba1964The Sword of Doom poster7.8The Sword of Doom1966Red Sun poster6.8Red Sun1971Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril poster7.3Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril1972Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons poster7.2Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons1973Goyokin poster7.5Goyokin1969Ninja in the Dragon's Den poster7.7Ninja in the Dragon's Den1982

Filmography

51 films as actor
  1. 2019A Walk Home
  2. 1990Yellow Fangs
  3. 1988Grave of the FirefliesPerson in Bank (voice)
  4. 1984Ningyo Sashichi: The Cat’s Golden Claws of Death
  5. 1982Ninja WarsHanzo Hattori
  6. 1982Ninja in the Dragon's DenFukusa / Uncle Fu
  7. 1981Roaring FireKumasawa
  8. 1980The Revolt
  9. 1979G.I. SamuraiTakeda Shingen
  10. 1978Japanese Godfather: ConclusionShichiro Hanayama
  11. 1978Erotic LiaisonsHideo Kurokawa
  12. 1978Winter's FlowerSakawa
  13. 1978J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai vs. GorengerCommander Daisuke Kujirai / Joker
  14. 1977J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai: The MovieDaisuke Kujirai
  15. 1977Barefoot Gen: Explosion of TearsFather
  16. 1976A Kawachi Rascal's Song
  17. 1976Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level FistGan Miyamoto
  18. 1975The Bullet TrainTsutsumi
  19. 1975Great Jailbreak
  20. 1975Hanjiro, A Great Philanderer
  21. 1974The Pacific ConnectionMori
  22. 1974The Karate 2Kaiji Ryuzaki
  23. 1974Code of Wolves
  24. 1974Return of the Street FighterIsamu Otaguro
  25. 1974Violent StreetsShow Host
  26. 1973Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of DemonsMurao Koyata
  27. 1972Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in PerilJûzaemon Kashiwagi
  28. 1972Eight Men to Kill
  29. 1972The Three Musketeers of Japan: Adieu, Tokyo!Riot police officer
  30. 1972Organized Crime: Killer's Glory
  31. 1972A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
  32. 1971The Wolves
  33. 1971Red Sun2nd Samurai
  34. 1971Miyamoto Musashi VI: Swords of Death
  35. 1970The MilitaristsYuki
  36. 1970Incident at Blood Pass
  37. 1970Rebel Against Glory
  38. 1970Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
  39. 1969The Resurrection of the Beast
  40. 1969Shinsengumi: Assassins of HonorShinpachi Nagakura
  41. 1969Bullet Wound
  42. 1969Goyokin
  43. 1968Sun Above, Death Below
  44. 1968Imaginary Paradise
  45. 1967Japan's Longest DayMajor Kobayashi
  46. 1966The Sword of Doom
  47. 1965Taking the Castle
  48. 1965Red BeardThug
  49. 1964OnibabaHorse Riding Samurai
  50. 1961Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa: I Want to Weep
  51. 1948Haru ranman tanuki matsuri