Haruo Tanaka Movies

  • 1959
    Samurai Saga

    Samurai Saga

    Samurai Saga

    6.71959HD

    Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a...

    Samurai Saga
  • 1972
    Wandering Ginza Butterfly

    Wandering Ginza Butterfly

    Wandering Ginza Butterfly

    6.61972HD

    Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon her release three years later,...

    Wandering Ginza Butterfly
  • 1957
    Untamed Woman

    Untamed Woman

    Untamed Woman

    7.31957HD

    A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive...

    Untamed Woman
  • 1954
    An Inn at Osaka

    An Inn at Osaka

    An Inn at Osaka

    7.31954HD

    An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka...

    An Inn at Osaka
  • 1953
    Where Chimneys Are Seen

    Where Chimneys Are Seen

    Where Chimneys Are Seen

    6.41953HD

    Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial...

    Where Chimneys Are Seen
  • 1974
    The Assassination of Ryoma

    The Assassination of Ryoma

    The Assassination of Ryoma

    5.1671974HD

    Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), the imperial loyalist who tried to unite the Choshu and Satsuma clans and...

    The Assassination of Ryoma
  • 1969
    Inferno of Torture

    Inferno of Torture

    Inferno of Torture

    5.91969HD

    Japan nineteenth century. High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their "production". Europeans pay more for tattooed...

    Inferno of Torture
  • 1956
    A Wife's Heart

    A Wife's Heart

    A Wife's Heart

    6.81956HD

    Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close to the bank clerk (Mifune Toshiro) she's asked...

    A Wife's Heart
  • 1963
    Twin Sisters of Kyoto

    Twin Sisters of Kyoto

    Twin Sisters of Kyoto

    6.51963HD

    In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan it was thought that twins...

    Twin Sisters of Kyoto
  • 1957
    Snow Country

    Snow Country

    Snow Country

    6.71957HD

    It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous...

    Snow Country
  • 1956
    Shozo, a Cat and Two Women

    Shozo, a Cat and Two Women

    Shozo, a Cat and Two Women

    6.71956HD

    Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.

    Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
  • 1937
    The Straits of Love and Hate

    The Straits of Love and Hate

    The Straits of Love and Hate

    7.21937HD

    A story of a servant girl whose life is upturned by her doomed love for a spineless young man.

    The Straits of Love and Hate
  • 1969
    Trapped, the Crimson Bat

    Trapped, the Crimson Bat

    Trapped, the Crimson Bat

    6.51969HD

    Oichi may have met her match as she vies against the evil beauty that has set her sights on destroying her. She must face numerous other challenges...

    Trapped, the Crimson Bat
  • 1951
    Ginza Cosmetics

    Ginza Cosmetics

    Ginza Cosmetics

    5.81951HD

    A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

    Ginza Cosmetics
  • 1956
    The Legend of the White Serpent

    The Legend of the White Serpent

    The Legend of the White Serpent

    5.61956HD

    Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.

    The Legend of the White Serpent
  • 1950
    Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

    Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

    Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

    6.41950HD

    Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

    Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
  • 1955
    Marital Relations

    Marital Relations

    Marital Relations

    5.21955HD

    The story of a couple, a spoiled son and a down-to-earth girl, in Osaka in the early Showa era. The film won the prestigious Blue Ribbon awards for...

    Marital Relations
  • 1945
    A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

    A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

    A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

    5.81945HD

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

    A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
  • 1971
    Patience Has An End

    Patience Has An End

    Patience Has An End

    5.71971HD

    Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza.

    Patience Has An End
  • 1949
    Mr. Shosuke Ohara

    Mr. Shosuke Ohara

    Mr. Shosuke Ohara

    6.21949HD

    Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that come to him for favours and money, even though he...

    Mr. Shosuke Ohara