
Acting
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.

Ikiru
1952

Minamoto no Yoshitsune
1966

Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956

Good Morning
1959

Floating Weeds
1959

Tokyo Twilight
1957

Street of Shame
1956

The Man Without a Map
1968

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949

Merciless Blade Part 3
1953

No Regrets for Our Youth
1946

Revenge
1964

Ara kure kōya
1963

Wandering Ginza Butterfly
1972

Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
1960

Once More
1947

The Funeral
1984

A Geisha
1953

Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950

The Pornographers
1966

Inferno of Torture
1969

The Lower Depths
1957

Her Captive Gamblers
1953

Early Spring
1956

The Woman in the Rumor
1954

An Edo Magistrate
1961

Hadaka no Machi
1957

Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963

Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1953

Samurai Saga
1959

The Rickshaw Man
1958

Untamed Woman
1957

Lord of Red Banner
1960

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969

Jirocho's New Year
1954