
Haruo Tanaka
Acting
Born 1912-03-25 · Kyoto, Japan
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.
Filmography

The Funeral
Nov 17, 1984

Flames of Blood
May 9, 1981

The Detective Journey
Oct 4, 1980

The Surf
Oct 10, 1975

The Assassination of Ryoma
Aug 3, 1974

Japan's Top Gangster
Aug 11, 1973

The Killing Game
Jan 22, 1973

Wandering Ginza Butterfly
Apr 1, 1972

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
Aug 13, 1971

Patience Has An End
Jun 25, 1971

Wolves of the City, Money Hunters
Apr 18, 1970

Midnight Virgin
Apr 18, 1970

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Oct 16, 1969

Samurai Geisha
Jul 31, 1969

Trapped, the Crimson Bat
Jun 21, 1969

Inferno of Torture
May 2, 1969

Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
Oct 30, 1968

Rogue
Oct 12, 1968

Duel in the Storm
Aug 1, 1968

The Man Without a Map
Jun 1, 1968

Kawachi fūten zoku
May 25, 1968

Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
Feb 23, 1967

This Is Youth!
Dec 17, 1966

Seven Fugitives
Nov 19, 1966

Third Class Soldier Boss
May 21, 1966

The Protector
Apr 13, 1966

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Mar 23, 1966

The Pornographers
Mar 12, 1966

Women Doing Time
Mar 5, 1966

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
Jan 13, 1966