Haruo Tanaka Movies

A romance with political overtones about the relationship of a sheltered bourgeois woman and a doctor who devotes himself to caring for the poor....

A young, feisty woman named Osome searches for her true love in the midst of a family crisis.

Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.

Fishmonger Tasuke and Shogun Iemitsu swap their identities in pretence for the protection of Iemitsu.

In A Tale of Archery, young, timid bowmaster Kazuma (Akitake Kôno) seeks to beat the archery record set by Hoshino Kanzaemon, a mysterious...

Masahiko Koseki, a judo master, gets in several fights as a result of protecting a young woman. Despite his success, Koseki is expelled from his judo...

A comedy directed by Mitsumasa Saito about a pair of clumsy detectives who solve a case they become involved in by chance. Shosuke Ikashima and Ryuji...

The great Okawa Hashizo, in one of his most powerful roles risks his life and limb to help save the lovely Onaka from a terrible lifestyle. Starting...

This film was made by the Japanese occupation authorities in the Philippines as a propaganda film to show the Philippine people the "benefits" of the...

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.

Rival bands of pirates try to get hold of a priceless treasure.

Seppuku Day 17 Ako ronins, including Kuranosuke Oishi, who were entrusted to the Hosokawa family, and the events of the two days before are depicted...

1962 Japanese movie

Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.

In Asakusa, Tokyo, a couple of a violinist Yamano and a revue dancer Hanae lives in poverty. One day Hanae’s little sister rolls into their...

Kingoro Yanagiya's 100th film.