Haruo Tanaka
ActingAlso Known As
Tanaka Haruo, Харуо Танака
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.
Movies
(213 total)
Ikiru
as Sakai
Good Morning
as Tatsuzo Haraguchi
Floating Weeds
as Yatazo
Tokyo Twilight
as Komatsu's Customer
Chikamatsu Monogatari
as Gifuya Dôki
Street of Shame
as Osaka Salesman
The Lower Depths
as Tatsu
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Kumagoro the horse thief
Early Spring
as Nomura
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Student
A Geisha
as Ogawa
The Pornographers
as Banteki
The Funeral
as Old Man
The Woman in the Rumor
as Kawamoto
Inferno of Torture
as Samejima
Revenge
as Shiraki Jinzaemon
TV Shows
(2 total)
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
as Ise Yoshimori
