Haruo Tanaka
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 (220 Appearances)
The Funeral
Flames of Blood
The Detective Journey
The Shingo Case Files
The Surf
The Assassination of Ryoma
Japan's Top Gangster
The Killing Game
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Stormy Cape
Patience Has An End
Midnight Virgin
Wolves of the City, Money Hunters
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Samurai Geisha
Trapped, the Crimson Bat
Inferno of Torture
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time
Rogue
Duel in the Storm
The Man Without a Map
Kawachi fūten zoku
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
This Is Youth!
Seven Fugitives
Tenamonya Tôkaidô
Third Class Soldier Boss
The Protector
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
The Pornographers
Women Doing Time
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Escape and the Law
Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
Chocho and Yuji's Marital Goodness
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
Gamblers and Racketeers
Samurai from Somewhere
Revenge
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
The Rabble
Gambler
Blind Monk Swordsman
A Story from Echigo
The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
A Laughable Journey
The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
あらくれ荒野
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise
Gang and G-Men Part 2
Tattoo of Love
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
The Body
A Revengeful Raid
Gakusei geisha koi to kenka
Drunken Sword
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
The Ambitious Youth
Tales of President Mito
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
Good Rascals
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Restoration Fire
Case of a Young Lord 9: Black Camellia
Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region
Bride of White Castle
A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji
An Edo Magistrate
The Shogun and the Fishmonger
Jirocho’s Days of Youth: Boss of the Tokai Region
Morning Breeze in Edo
Scarier than the Devil
Heavenly Dragon
The Pirates
The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
Unwieldy Brothers
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4
Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill
Yakuza of Ina
Lord of Red Banner
Samurai Vagabonds
Floating Weeds
Echo in the Mountains
The Edo Official and Apprentice
Ghost Story: One Eyed Jizo
Gentle Breeze
Good Morning
Samurai Saga
Happily Tied to the Road
The Big Boss
Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Gomen asobase Hanamuko sensei
Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger
Mermaids and Sea Robbers
The Undefeated Woman
Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey
Police Precinct Part 8
The Rickshaw Man
Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness
A Boy and Three Mothers
Travel Romances
Down Town
Geisha in the Old City
The Lower Depths
Hadaka no Machi
Last Days of the Samurai
The Shadow Daughter
Untamed Woman
Tokyo Twilight
Snow Country
Ôban
Dancing Girl
A Strong Wind Blows
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Children Seeking a Mother
Eacape of Fear
The Ghosts of Yotsuya
The Legend of the White Serpent
The Wicked Boy
Sisters of Gion
A Wife's Heart
Settlement of Love
Street of Shame
Early Spring
Rainy Night Duel
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Marital Relations
Shimazu no sanshita yakko
Nonki saiban
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf
紋三郎の秀
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Ghost Man
Daikichi Konomura
Jirocho in Disgrace
Yakuza bayashi
Shigemori Goes To Tokyo
The Woman in the Rumor
Last of the Wild Ones
An Inn at Osaka
Jirocho's New Year
Jirocho, the Hunted
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
Zoku Tange Sazen
A Geisha
Jirocho's Home-Coming
Merciless Blade Part 3
Her Captive Gamblers
Merciless Blade Part 2
Tange Sazen
Mole Alley
Where Chimneys Are Seen
親馬鹿花合戦
Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
珍説忠臣蔵
Jirocho Rises in Fame
Ikiru
Dimple of Tokyo
Divorce
A Ripple in a Morning
お洒落狂女
Farewell to Spring
Repast
Miki, the Swordman
Tsuki yori no haha
Ginza Cosmetics
Shojohou
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Amakara chindōchū
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Enoken the Hero
The Burning Prison
Beyond the Hills
Snow-Flake
Heat and Mud
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
Escape at Dawn
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
Akireta musumetachi
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
Enoken’s Boxing Generation
The Virgin Who Embraced the Rainbow
Enoken's Home Run King
365 Nights
The Beauty of the Evening Sky
Fujisancho
A Flower Blooms
Invitation to Happiness
The Devil of Edo
Once More
A Thousand and One Nights with Toho
No Regrets for Our Youth
An Enemy of the People
Hinoki Butai
Uta e! Taiyō
Three Women of the North
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
Duel at Yagyu Valley
I Believe I Am Being Followed
Kanchō umi no bara
The Dawn of Freedom
音楽大進軍
Omokage no machi
Bouquet of the South Seas
The Straits of Love and Hate
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
The Elegant Swordsman
The Passion of a Woman Teacher