Haruo Tanaka
Actor
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
Good Morning
as Tatsuzo Haraguchi 1959
Floating Weeds
as Yatazo 1959
Tokyo Twilight
as Komatsu's Customer 1957
Chikamatsu Monogatari
as Gifuya Dôki 1954
Street of Shame
as Osaka Salesman 1956
The Lower Depths
as Tatsu 1957
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Kumagoro the horse thief 1956
Early Spring
as Nomura 1956
No Regrets for Our Youth
as Student 1946
A Geisha
as Ogawa 1953
The Pornographers
as Banteki 1966
The Funeral
as Old Man 1984
Repast
1951
The Woman in the Rumor
as Kawamoto 1954
The Rickshaw Man
1958
Inferno of Torture
as Samejima 1969