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Haruo Tanaka

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Haruo Tanaka

Mar 25, 1912 – Mar 21, 1992230 titles 228 movies · 2 TV
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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.

Also known as

Tanaka Haruo · Харуо Танака · 田中春男

Born

Mar 25, 1912 – Mar 21, 1992

Kyoto, Japan

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

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Career timeline

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1926 1 title(s)

1934 3 title(s)

1937 1 title(s)

1942 2 title(s)

1943 1 title(s)

1944 1 title(s)

1945 6 title(s)

1946 4 title(s)

1947 4 title(s)

1948 7 title(s)

1949 5 title(s)

1950 11 title(s)

1951 4 title(s)

1952 7 title(s)

1953 14 title(s)

1954 11 title(s)

1955 6 title(s)

1956 16 title(s)

1957 14 title(s)

1958 11 title(s)

1959 10 title(s)

1960 13 title(s)

1961 8 title(s)

1962 13 title(s)

1963 8 title(s)

1964 10 title(s)

1965 6 title(s)

1966 10 title(s)

1967 1 title(s)

1968 5 title(s)

1969 4 title(s)

1970 2 title(s)

1971 2 title(s)

1972 1 title(s)

1973 2 title(s)

1974 1 title(s)

1975 1 title(s)

1977 1 title(s)

1980 1 title(s)

1981 1 title(s)

1984 1 title(s)