Haruo Tanaka
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Ikiru
1952
as Sakai
Down Town
1957
Good Morning
1959
as Tatsuzo Haraguchi
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
as Kumagoro the horse thief
Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness
1965
The Ghosts of Yotsuya
1956
as Naosuke
The Funeral
1984
as Old Man
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
1972
Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950
Street of Shame
1956
as Osaka Salesman
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
as Gifuya Dôki
Revenge
1964
as Shiraki Jinzaemon
The Lower Depths
1957
as Tatsu
Early Spring
1956
as Nomura
The Pornographers
1966
as Banteki
Tokyo Twilight
1957
as Komatsu's Customer
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969
Untamed Woman
1957
as Fusayoshi
A Geisha
1953
as Ogawa
The Body
1962