
Acting
Haruo Tanaka
Also Known As: Tanaka Haruo, Харуо Танака, 田中春男
Birth Date
March 25, 1912
Death Date
March 21, 1992
(passed away at 79)
Place of Birth
Kyoto, Japan
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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.
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Ikiru
Sakai
1952

Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Ise Yoshimori
1966 • 52 episodes

Good Morning
Tatsuzo Haraguchi
1959

Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts
1959

Chikamatsu Monogatari
Gifuya Dôki
1954

No Regrets for Our Youth
Student
1946

The Five Jolly Thieves
1960

Tokyo Twilight
Komatsu's Customer
1957

Floating Weeds
Yatazo
1959

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Kumagoro the horse thief
1956

Untamed Woman
Fusayoshi
1957

The Funeral
Old Man
1984

The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956

The Lower Depths
Tatsu
1957

Street of Shame
Osaka Salesman
1956

New Marital Relations
1963

Early Spring
Nomura
1956

Repast
1951

Terror Stalks by Night
1955

Scops-Owl Sermon
1958