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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A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal...
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A young woman tries to raise money to open her own coffee shop. She arranges a loan when her rigid f...
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Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an a...
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Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an ag...
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Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact...
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A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband die...
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A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of interÂgeneration...
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A theater troupe master's visit with his old flame unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected ev...
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Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized no...
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In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin...
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A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, th...
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Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), the imperial loyalist who tr...
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When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events a...
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Funeral (1984) | Old Man | 4 | |
| 2 | The Assassination of Ryoma (1974) | - | 5 | |
| 3 | The Man Without a Map (1968) | - | 4 | |
| 4 | Revenge (1964) | Shiraki Jinzaemon | 6 | |
| 5 | Twin Sisters of Kyoto (1963) | Uemura | 4 | |
| 6 | Good Morning (1959) | Tatsuzo Haraguchi | 7.5 | |
| 7 | Floating Weeds (1959) | Yatazo | - | - |
| 8 | Samurai Saga (1959) | (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 9 | The Rickshaw Man (1958) | - | 3 | |
| 10 | The Lower Depths (1957) | Tatsu | - | - |
| 11 | Tokyo Twilight (1957) | Komatsu's Customer | 1 | |
| 12 | Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) | Kumagoro the horse thief | 8.7 | |
| 13 | A Wife's Heart (1956) | - | - | - |
| 14 | Street of Shame (1956) | Osaka Salesman | 8 | |
| 15 | An Inn at Osaka (1954) | - | 5 | |
| 16 | The Woman in the Rumor (1954) | Kawamoto | 3 | |
| 17 | Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954) | Gifuya DĂ´ki | - | - |
| 18 | Where Chimneys Are Seen (1953) | Chuji Tsukahara | 3 | |
| 19 | Ikiru (1952) | Sakai | 8.9 | |
| 20 | Repast (1951) | - | - | - |
| 21 | No Regrets for Our Youth (1946) | Student | 4 | |
| 22 | A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) | Director / Writer | 5 |

