Haruo Tanaka Movies

With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of Boss Jirotaro who has been terrorizing travelers...

The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.

Young Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions lead his retainers to think that he has gone mad with blood-lust. ...

1962 Japanese movie

The curse of a jealous woman destroys lovers on the run. Considered a lost film.

A woman abandoned by the man she loved all her life becomes a ghost and takes revenge for her offense!

Former inmate Katsuji gets involved in the horse gambling business while lending a helping hand to a ranch operator.

1958 Japanese movie

Akiko Hojo, a nurse at Aisei Catholic Hospital, is spending another public holiday at Kotaro Hidaka's house. Hidaka, who is a poor musician suffers...

On New Year's Day 1716, Munenaga of Owari and Yoshinao of Kii were both named as candidates for the title of 8th Shogun. The wise and just Munenaga...

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

Umon’s services are called upon when innocent bystanders, Kayo and Minokichi, along with the ronin, Gontaro are mistakenly identified as...

A platonic love story, the protagonist continues to love the woman he fell in love with when he was a boy for the rest of his life.

Mine, the only daughter of Kiyagen, is faced with running the family's timber business when her father falls ill. Under a great deal of pressure to...

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...

A 1943 film.

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

A 1942 film.

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...