Haruo Tanaka
Actor
Long careers are rarer than they look, and Haruo Tanaka has become a familiar face who has outlasted trends, studios and formats. Neither the cinema nor the television half of the career can be called the side project. In cinemas, 'Ikiru' is the work that stuck — Sakai, specifically. 'Good Morning' rounds out the better-known part of the filmography.
Haruo Tanaka
Actor
Long careers are rarer than they look, and Haruo Tanaka has become a familiar face who has outlasted trends, studios and formats. Neither the cinema nor the television half of the career can be called the side project. In cinemas, 'Ikiru' is the work that stuck — Sakai, specifically. 'Good Morning' rounds out the better-known part of the filmography.
Movies (73 titles)
Plays Sakai
Ikiru
1952
Plays Old Man
The Funeral
1984
Plays Komatsu's Customer
Tokyo Twilight
1957
Plays Kumagoro the horse thief
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
Plays Banteki
The Pornographers
1966
Plays Shiraki Jinzaemon
Revenge
1964
Plays Nomura
Early Spring
1956
Plays Yatazo
Floating Weeds
1959
Plays Li Gong Fu
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956
Plays Ogawa
A Geisha
1953
Plays Uemura
Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963
Plays Student
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946
Plays Tatsu
The Lower Depths
1957
Plays Fusayoshi
Untamed Woman
1957
Plays Hagimura
Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
1956
Plays Gonroku Shirai
Ginza Cosmetics
1951
Plays Osaka Salesman
Street of Shame
1956
Plays Kinjiro Takeuchi
Good Rascals
1962
Plays Noodle Shop Owner
Ôban
1957
Plays Samejima
Inferno of Torture
1969
Plays Kawamoto
The Woman in the Rumor
1954
Plays Porter
Snow Country
1957
Plays Minegishi
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
1966
Plays Kinkichi's friend, Hirose
The Straits of Love and Hate
1937
Plays Yosuke Kikuchi
Ghost Man
1954
Plays Gifuya Dôki
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
Plays Chuji Tsukahara
Where Chimneys Are Seen
1953
Plays Noro
Escape at Dawn
1950
Plays Seizô Kon'no
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
1949
Plays Iwakichi
Trapped, the Crimson Bat
1969
Plays Tamura
Dancing Girl
1957
Plays Seijiro
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
1945
Plays Saburo Anekoji
365 Nights
1948
Plays Naosuke
The Ghosts of Yotsuya
1956
Plays Ishikawa, pilot
Bouquet of the South Seas
1942
Plays Otoboke Senta
Morning Breeze in Edo
1960
Plays Kurosaki
The Big Boss
1959
TV Shows (1 title)
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The Funeral
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The Funeral
Old Man
1984
Trapped, the Crimson Bat
Iwakichi
1969
Inferno of Torture
Samejima
1969
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
Shigeru Hanayama
1967
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Minegishi
1966
The Pornographers
Banteki
1966
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Ise Yoshimori · 52 episodes
1966–
Revenge
Shiraki Jinzaemon
1964
Could I But Live
Tachibana
1964
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Haruo Tanaka still alive?
Haruo Tanaka passed away on March 21, 1992 at age 79.
What are the most famous roles of Haruo Tanaka?
Haruo Tanaka is best known for roles in Ikiru, Good Morning, Floating Weeds.
How many movies has Haruo Tanaka been in?
Over a 66-year career (since 1926), Haruo Tanaka has appeared in 73 movies and 1 TV shows.
What was Haruo Tanaka's first movie?
The career of Haruo Tanaka began with The Passion of a Woman Teacher (1926).
What is Haruo Tanaka's most recent movie or series?
Haruo Tanaka's most recent release is The Funeral, which premiered on November 17, 1984.
What TV shows has Haruo Tanaka appeared in?
On television, Haruo Tanaka has appeared in Minamoto no Yoshitsune, The Shingo Case Files.
Haruo Tanaka
1912-03-25 · 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.