Actor
Haruo Tanaka
Birthday: March 25, 1912
Born in: 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.
Movie Credits
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- Flames of Blood (1981)
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- The Detective Journey (1980)
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- The Surf (1975)
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- The Assassination of Ryoma (1974)
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- Japan's Top Gangster (1973)
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- The Killing Game (1973)
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- Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)
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- Patience Has An End (1971)
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- Midnight Virgin (1970)
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- Samurai Geisha (1969)
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- Rogue (1968)
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- Duel in the Storm (1968)
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- The Man Without a Map (1968)
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- Kawachi fūten zoku (1968)
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- Seven Fugitives (1966)
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- Third Class Soldier Boss (1966)
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- The Protector (1966)
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- Women Doing Time (1966)
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- The Kingdom of Jirocho 4 (1965)
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- The Domain: The Naniwa Story (1965)
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- Gamblers and Racketeers (1964)
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- Samurai from Somewhere (1964)
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- Garakuta (1964)
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- Blind Monk Swordsman (1964)
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- A Story from Echigo (1964)
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- The Kingdom of Jirocho 3 (1964)
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- A Laughable Journey (1964)
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- The Kingdom of Jirocho 2 (1963)
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- The Kingdom of Jirocho 1 (1963)
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- あらくれ荒野 (1963)
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- Gang and G-Men Part 2 (1963)
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- Tattoo of Love (1963)
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- Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru (1962)
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- The Body (1962)
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- A Revengeful Raid (1962)
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- Gakusei geisha koi to kenka (1962)
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- Drunken Sword (1962)
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- Ottamage ningyo monogatari (1962)
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- Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3 (1962)
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- Bride of White Castle (1961)
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- An Edo Magistrate (1961)
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- Scarier than the Devil (1960)
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- The Pirates (1960)
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- Unwieldy Brothers (1960)
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- Lord of Red Banner (1960)
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- Samurai Vagabonds (1960)
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- Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo (1959)
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- Gentle Breeze (1959)
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- The Big Boss (1959)
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- Yajikita dōchū sugoroku (1958)
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- The Undefeated Woman (1958)
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- Ghost Story on Passage (1958)
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- Police Precinct Part 8 (1958)
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- The Rickshaw Man (1958)
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- A Boy and Three Mothers (1958)
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- Travel Romances (1957)
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- Down Town (1957)
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- Hadaka no Machi (1957)
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- Last Days of the Samurai (1957)
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- The Shadow Daughter (1957)
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- Children Seeking a Mother (1956)
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- Eacape of Fear (1956)
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- Sisters of Gion (1956)
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- A Wife's Heart (1956)
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- Settlement of Love (1956)
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- Marital Relations (1955)
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- Shimazu no sanshita yakko (1955)
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- Nonki saiban (1955)
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- 紋三郎の秀 (1955)
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- Jirocho in Disgrace (1954)
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- Yakuza bayashi (1954)
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- Shigemori Goes To Tokyo (1954)
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- Last of the Wild Ones (1954)
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- An Inn at Osaka (1954)
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- Jirocho's New Year (1954)
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- Jirocho, the Hunted (1953)
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- Zoku Tange Sazen (1953)
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- Jirocho's Home-Coming (1953)
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- Merciless Blade Part 3 (1953)
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- Merciless Blade Part 2 (1953)
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- Her Captive Gamblers (1953)
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- Tange Sazen (1953)
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- Mole Alley (1953)
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- 親馬鹿花合戦 (1953)
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- 珍説忠臣蔵 (1953)
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- Jirocho Rises in Fame (1952)
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- Repast (1951)
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- Miki, the Swordman (1951)
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- Shojohou (1950)
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- Amakara chindōchū (1950)
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- Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
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- The Burning Prison (1950)
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- Beyond the Hills (1950)
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- Heat and Mud (1950)
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- Akireta musumetachi (1949)
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- Ghost Cat of Nabeshima (1949)
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- Enoken’s Boxing Generation (1949)
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- Enoken's Home Run King (1948)
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- A Flower Blooms (1948)
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- Invitation to Happiness (1947)
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- The Devil of Edo (1947)
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- Once More (1947)
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- An Enemy of the People (1946)
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- Hinoki butai (1946)
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- Uta e! Taiyō (1945)
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- Three Women of the North (1945)
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- Kanchō umi no bara (1945)
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- Omokage no machi (1942)
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- The Elegant Swordsman (1934)
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