FrameThrower · Actors · Haruo Tanaka
Haruo Tanaka
2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1952–1959
Born 25 March 1912 · Kyoto, Japan · died 21 March 1992
Haruo Tanaka 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.
How their films are shot
Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Haruo takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 52% of their frames are day, 47% natural — the look of the work Haruo takes.
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
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