Haruo Tanaka
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.
Acting
Movie
Ikiru
as Sakai
1952
Movie
Good Morning
as Tatsuzo Haraguchi
1959
Movie
Floating Weeds
as Yatazo
1959
Movie
Tokyo Twilight
as Komatsu's Customer
1957
Movie
Chikamatsu Monogatari
as Gifuya Dôki
1954
Movie
Street of Shame
as Osaka Salesman
1956
Movie
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Kumagoro the horse thief
1956
Movie
The Lower Depths
as Tatsu
1957
Movie
Early Spring
as Nomura
1956
Movie
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Student
1946
Movie
A Geisha
as Ogawa
1953
Movie
The Pornographers
as Banteki
1966
Movie
The Funeral
as Old Man
1984
Movie
Repast
1951
Movie
The Woman in the Rumor
as Kawamoto
1954
Movie
The Rickshaw Man
1958
Movie
Inferno of Torture
as Samejima
1969
Movie
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
Movie
Revenge
as Shiraki Jinzaemon
1964
Movie
The Man Without a Map
1968
Movie
Samurai Saga
as (uncredited)
1959
Movie
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
1972
Movie
The Assassination of Ryoma
1974
Movie
Ginza Cosmetics
as Gonroku Shirai
1951
