Kunie Tanaka
male
Born on November 23, 1932 (92 years old)
Passed Away on March 24, 2021
From Toki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Known for Acting
Biography
Kunie Tanaka (田中 邦衛 Tanaka Kunie, November 23, 1932 - March 24, 2021) was a Japanese actor. He had his first notable role in 1960 as a thug in Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well, and worked with the director again on Sanjuro. Tanaka is well known for his roles in Kinji Fukasaku's yakuza films, namely the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series. He also appeared in Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan. He has been nominated for five Japanese Academy Awards, winning the Best Supporting Actor statuette for Gakko in 1993. He appeared as the lecherous Shinjiro Ishiyama, nicknamed Aodaishō, the antagonist of the hero, played by Yūzō Kayama, in all of the Wakadaishō series of films. The character Kizaru, from Eiichiro Oda's manga series One Piece, is modeled after Tanaka.
Cast Credits
- 2010
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
- 1989
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
1983
The Undercover Ninja Organization
1983
Choji Snack Bar
as
Iwashita
1983
Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
as
Dobu
1983
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
as
Dobu
1983
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
1983
Nogare no machi
1983
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1983
- 1982
- 1981
- 1980
- 1979
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
- 1975
Battle Cry
1975
Graveyard of Honor
as
Katsuji Ozaki
1975
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
1975
Doterai Man
1975
The International Gang of Kobe
as
Teruo Maruyama
1975
The Bullet Train
as
Koga's Brother
1975
Light of Africa
as
Katsuhiro
1975
Cops vs. Thugs
as
Kinpachi Komiya
1975
Shimane Prison Riot
as
Yoshikazu Minagawa
1975
The Wild Trucker
as
Borsalino 2
1975
Great Jailbreak
as
Goda
1975
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
as
Toyama
1975
Company Buggers
1975
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
1975
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
as
Yoshitoshi Kogure
1975
- 1974
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
as
Daisuke Jigen
1974
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
as
Gen Sakagami
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
as
Masakichi Makihara
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
as
Masakichi Makihara
1974
Evil of Dracula
as
Dr. Shimomura
1974
Third Generation Boss
1974
Machi no Hi
as
Goro
1974
Submersion of Japan
as
Tatsuno
1974
- 1973
- 1972
Zorome no San Kyoudai
1972
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
as
Ohno
1972
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
as
Johei Yawata
1972
Summer Soldiers
as
Fujimura
1972
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
My Voiceless Friends
1972
The Witty Samurai
1972
The Shin Hasegawa Series
as
蛙ヶ池の仙太
1972
- 1971
The Wolves
as
Matsuzo Tsumura
1971
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
1971
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
1971
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
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The Instant Services Bureau
1971
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
as
Teacher Fukushi
1971
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
1971
Wakadaisho vs Aodaisho
1971
Nippon ichi no shokku otoko
1971
- 1970
Dodes'ka-den
as
Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
1970
Rebel Against Glory
1970
Banner of the Young
as
Taro
1970
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
as
Tadao Ueda
1970
Duel at Fort Ezo
as
Kurobei
1970
Bravo, Young Guy
1970
Charming Men
as
Kuramoto Kuraji
1970
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970
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Zoku Isoginchaku
as
Takashi Takai
1970
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970
It's a Man's Way of Life
as
Heihachirou Yanai
1970
- 1969
- 1968
Hymn to a Tired Man
as
Hisataro Ohno
1968
In Broad Daylight
as
March
1968
The Human Bullet
1968
Women and Miso Soup
1968
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1968
Young People
as
Taro
1968
Three Rogues
1968
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
as
Katsuji Nemoto
1968
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The Day the Sun Rose
1968
The Woman Champion
1968
The Woman Gambler's Revenge
1968
Outlaw: Black Dagger
as
Doctor Michio Hongô
1968
Angel's Lover
1968
Cry of the Mountain
1968
- 1967
- 1966
The Face of Another
as
Mentally Ill Man #1
1966
The Sword of Doom
as
Senkichi
1966
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
as
Storyteller
1966
Golden Ninja
as
Risuke
1966
The Threat
1966
Koto—The Lake of Tears
as
Kenkichi Ohara
1966
The Bullet and the Horse
1966
Cash Calls Hell
as
Umegaya
1966
Silence Has No Wings
1966
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
1966
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
1966
The Front Line Showdown
as
Sawamura
1966
Debt of Honor
1966
Young Ace in the Alps
as
Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô
1966
- 1965
Kwaidan
as
Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
1965
Sword of the Beast
as
Tanji
1965
Young Guy at Sea
as
石山新次郎（青大））
1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
as
Otsuki
1965
Abashiri Prison
as
Otsuki
1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
as
Kirikawa
1965
Yakuza G-Men
as
Masayoshi Imanishi
1965
Campus A Go-Go
1965
Tale of Ninja Duty
1965
Three Yakuza
1965
The Last Judgment
1965
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
- 1960
- 1959
- 1957
