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Haruo Tanaka

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Haruo Tanaka

Born March 25, 1912 in Kyoto, JapanDied March 21, 1992242 films

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.

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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.

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Ikiru posterFirst watchIkiru19528.3as SakaiKanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Good Morning poster7.7Good Morning1959Floating Weeds poster7.5Floating Weeds1959Chikamatsu Monogatari poster7.8Chikamatsu Monogatari1954Tokyo Twilight poster7.7Tokyo Twilight1957Street of Shame poster7.7Street of Shame1956Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island poster7.2Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island1956The Lower Depths poster7.1The Lower Depths1957Early Spring poster7.5Early Spring1956

Filmography

242 films as actor
  1. 1984The FuneralOld Man
  2. 1981Flames of Blood
  3. 1980The Detective Journey
  4. 1975The Surf
  5. 1974The Assassination of Ryoma
  6. 1973Japan's Top Gangster
  7. 1973The Killing Game
  8. 1972Wandering Ginza Butterfly
  9. 1971New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
  10. 1971Patience Has An End
  11. 1970Wolves of the City, Money Hunters
  12. 1970Midnight Virgin
  13. 1969Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
  14. 1969Samurai Geisha
  15. 1969Trapped, the Crimson BatIwakichi
  16. 1969Inferno of TortureSamejima
  17. 1968Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
  18. 1968Rogue
  19. 1968Duel in the Storm
  20. 1968The Man Without a Map
  21. 1968Kawachi fūten zoku
  22. 1967Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: KamakiriShigeru Hanayama
  23. 1966This Is Youth!
  24. 1966Seven Fugitives
  25. 1966Tenamonya Tôkaidô
  26. 1966Third Class Soldier Boss
  27. 1966The Protector
  28. 1966By a Man's Face Shall You Know HimMinegishi
  29. 1966The PornographersBanteki
  30. 1966Women Doing Time
  31. 1966Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
  32. 1965Escape and the Law
  33. 1965Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
  34. 1965The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
  35. 1965The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
  36. 1965Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness
  37. 1965The Domain: The Naniwa Story
  38. 1964Gamblers and Racketeers
  39. 1964Samurai from Somewhere
  40. 1964RevengeShiraki Jinzaemon
  41. 1964Could I But LiveTachibana
  42. 1964Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's OfficeKichizo
  43. 1964The Rabble
  44. 1964GamblerJirokichi Hanazawa
  45. 1964Blind Monk Swordsman
  46. 1964A Story from Echigo
  47. 1964The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
  48. 1964A Laughable Journey
  49. 1963The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
  50. 1963The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
  51. 1963New Marital Relations
  52. 1963Ara kure kōya
  53. 1963Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's PledgeDaihachi
  54. 1963Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise
  55. 1963Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers
  56. 1963Tattoo of Love
  57. 1963Twin Sisters of KyotoUemura
  58. 1962Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
  59. 1962Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
  60. 1962The Body
  61. 1962A Revengeful Raid
  62. 1962Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
  63. 1962Drunken Sword
  64. 1962Ottamage ningyo monogatari
  65. 1962The Ambitious YouthTanaka
  66. 1962Tales of President MitoHikosaburo Okubo
  67. 1962Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
  68. 1962Good RascalsKinjiro Takeuchi
  69. 1962Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
  70. 1962Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
  71. 1961Restoration FireYasuzo
  72. 1961Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
  73. 1961Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
  74. 1961Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
  75. 1961Bride of White Castle
  76. 1961A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
  77. 1961An Edo Magistrate
  78. 1961The Shogun and the Fishmonger
  79. 1960Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
  80. 1960Morning Breeze in EdoOtoboke Senta
  81. 1960Scarier than the Devil
  82. 1960Heavenly DragonYumatsu
  83. 1960The Pirates
  84. 1960The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
  85. 1960Unwieldy Brothers
  86. 1960Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
  87. 1960Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4
  88. 1960Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
  89. 1960Yakuza of InaTeruyoshi
  90. 1960Lord of Red Banner
  91. 1960Samurai Vagabonds
  92. 1960The Five Jolly Thieves
  93. 1959Floating WeedsYatazo
  94. 1959Echo in the MountainsYadashi Ukontaro
  95. 1959Violent Ishimatsu
  96. 1959The Edo Official and Apprentice
  97. 1959Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo
  98. 1959Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts
  99. 1959Gentle Breeze
  100. 1959Good MorningTatsuzo Haraguchi
  101. 1959Samurai Saga(uncredited)
  102. 1959Happily Tied to the RoadMishima
  103. 1959The Big BossKurosaki
  104. 1959Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
  105. 1958Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
  106. 1958Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei
  107. 1958Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
  108. 1958The Undefeated Woman
  109. 1958Mermaids and Sea RobbersProprietor of the Miharashitei
  110. 1958Scops-Owl Sermon
  111. 1958Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey
  112. 1958Police Precinct Part 8
  113. 1958The Rickshaw Man
  114. 1958Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no makiCompany commander Yamane
  115. 1958Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful SadnessDaizaburô Tani
  116. 1958A Boy and Three MothersMochizuki
  117. 1957Travel Romances
  118. 1957Downtown
  119. 1957Geisha in the Old CityYasukichi
  120. 1957The Ornery Entrance to the Sumo Ring with a Sword