
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.

as Li Gong Fu

as Sakai
1952

as Ise Yoshimori
1966

as Li Gong Fu
1956

as Old Man
1984

as Tatsuzo Haraguchi
1959

as Samejima
1969

1950

as Yatazo
1959

as Komatsu's Customer
1957

1953

1963

as Gifuya Dôki
1954
1980

as Old Man
1984

1981

1980

1975

1974

1973

1973

1972

1971

1971

1970

1970

1969

1969

as Iwakichi
1969

as Samejima
1969

1968

1968

1968

1968

1968

as Shigeru Hanayama
1967

1966

1966
as Ise Yoshimori
52 episodes