
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.

Minamoto no Yoshitsune
TV • 1966

Ikiru
MOVIE • 1952

Good Morning
MOVIE • 1959

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
MOVIE • 1956

The Funeral
MOVIE • 1984

Street of Shame
MOVIE • 1956

The Lower Depths
MOVIE • 1957

Early Spring
MOVIE • 1956

The Pornographers
MOVIE • 1966

Wandering Ginza Butterfly
MOVIE • 1972

The Shingo Case Files
TV • 1977

Tokyo Twilight
MOVIE • 1957

Chikamatsu Monogatari
MOVIE • 1954

Revenge
MOVIE • 1964

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
MOVIE • 1969

Portrait of Madame Yuki
MOVIE • 1950

Marital Relations
MOVIE • 1955

A Geisha
MOVIE • 1953