
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

Repast
1951

Floating Weeds
1959

The Funeral
1984

Good Morning
1959

Street of Shame
1956

Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954

The Big Boss
1959

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956

Portrait of Madame Yuki
1950

No Regrets for Our Youth
1946

Early Spring
1956

Tokyo Twilight
1957

The Lower Depths
1957

The Rickshaw Man
1958

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
1966

Revenge
1964

The Pornographers
1966

A Geisha
1953

Wandering Ginza Butterfly
1972

Inferno of Torture
1969

Rogue
1968

The Man Without a Map
1968

Dorei no machi
1951

Twin Sisters of Kyoto
1963

Geisha in the Old City
1957

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 2
1966

Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts
1959

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
1969

Samurai from Somewhere
1964

Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
1962

The Wicked Boy
1956

The Legend of the White Serpent
1956

The Woman in the Rumor
1954

The Detective Journey
1980