Kunie Tanaka
Nov 23, 1932 - Mar 24, 2021 (88 years old) in Toki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
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.
Known For
Kita no kuni kara
黑板五郎
The Bullet Train
Koga's Brother
Kwaidan
Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Submersion of Japan
Tatsuno
The Bad Sleep Well
Hitman
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Masakichi Makihara
Graveyard of Honor
Katsuji Ozaki
The Face of Another
Mentally Ill Man #1
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Masakichi Makihara
Credits
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The Last Ronin 2010★ 6.3 -
The Hidden Blade 2004Kanbê Katagiri★ 7.4 -
Fukumimi 2003★ NR -
The Boat to Heaven 2003Masato Sakurai★ NR -
北の国から 記憶 前編 2003演员★ NR -
Resurrection 2003Dr. Saito★ 5.6 -
Self★ NR -
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★ NR -
北の国から記憶 2002演员★ NR -
Kewaishi 2002★ 7 -
All About Our House 2001Chouichirou Iwata★ 5.9 -
★ NR -
As the River Flows 2000Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)★ NR -
Inoue★ 6.2 -
The Rainbow Seeker 2 1997★ NR -
★ NR -
The Rainbow Seeker 1996★ NR -
Oishinbo 1996Tattsan★ NR -
Ship Captain★ 7 -
Salaryman Senka 1995★ NR -
北の国から ’95秘密 後編 1995★ NR -
★ 6 -
★ 7.5 -
★ NR -
A Class to Remember 1993Ino★ 7.5 -
★ NR -
Buddhist Priest★ 7.6 -
★ 6 -
Luminous Moss 1992Hachizo★ 5.5 -
My Sons 1991★ 7.7 -
Castle of Sand 1991Eitaro Imanishi★ NR -
A Desirable Marriage 1991Mr. Kawamata★ 6 -
★ NR -
Shy Security 1991★ NR -
★ NR -
Mourning Work 1991★ NR -
Kamigata Kugaizoshi 1991★ 1 -
Baian the Assassin 1990★ NR -
Ronin-gai 1990Magozaemon Doi★ 5.9 -
Tasmania Story 1990★ 9 -
Hoshi wo tsugu mono 1990Kenji Yoshida★ NR -
★ 8 -
★ 1 -
I Love You So Much 1988★ NR -
Yojo no jidai 1988★ NR -
This Heartbeat 1988★ NR -
Tomorrow 1988Shoji's stepfather★ 7.5 -
Oración 1988★ 6 -
★ NR -
Yûichirô Tayama★ 6 -
Yutaro Hatori★ 5.5 -
★ 6 -
The House of Wedlock 1986★ NR -
★ 5 -
Rice Curry 1986★ NR -
Early Spring Story 1985Okino, Hitomi's father★ 6.3 -
Demon 1985Keita★ 7.7 -
★ 5 -
★ 6 -
Sukanpin Walk 1984Keizo Fukami★ 5 -
Tokimeki Coast Story 1984★ NR -
Dobu★ NR -
Choji Snack Bar 1983Iwashita★ 7 -
Nogare no machi 1983★ NR -
★ NR -
★ NR -
★ NR -
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Dobu★ NR -
Highschool Scramble 1982★ NR -
★ NR -
Dobu★ NR -
The Shootout 1982Iwai★ 5 -
Ekisutora 1982★ NR -
Dobu★ NR -
Karate Cop 1982Neighbor★ NR -
Army Minister★ 6.3 -
Station 1981Sugawara★ 6.1 -
Kita no kuni kara 1981黑板五郎★ 9 -
★ NR -
May Love Be Restored 1980Yugiri-ro client★ NR -
Masakichi Makihara★ 6.7 -
The Revolt 1980★ 6 -
The Last Game 1979★ NR -
The Fixer 1979★ 6 -
★ NR -
White Love 1979★ 5 -
Lt. Todoroki★ 6.4 -
The Inferno 1979Unpei Ikegata★ 7.2 -
Detective Naraki★ 6.5 -
★ NR -
Nichiren 1979★ NR -
★ 10 -
★ 5.5 -
Blood Type: Blue 1978★ 5.5 -
Never Give Up 1978Bartender★ 5.7 -
Dynamite Don-Don 1978Sakuzo★ 7 -
The Demon 1978Policeman★ 6.5 -
Rikichi Komadera★ 6.3 -
Winter's Flower 1978Kokichi Minami★ 6.2 -
幽霊列車 1978★ NR -
The Extravagant Cops 1977★ NR -
★ 6.7 -
Sugata Sanshiro 1977Yasuyoshi★ NR
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Older brother 1977Kintaro★ NR -
Kuroki Taro★ 7.3 -
Seasonal Wind 1977★ NR -
Japan's Don 1977★ 7.5 -
★ NR -
Toramatsu Otani★ 7 -
Hangyaku no Tabi 1976★ NR -
Hobo General 1976★ NR -
★ 6.3 -
Manhunt 1976Yokomichi Keiji★ 6.5 -
The Wild Trucker 1975★ 7 -
Toyama★ NR -
Teruo Maruyama★ 5.7 -
Company Buggers 1975★ 7 -
★ NR -
The Bullet Train 1975Koga's Brother★ 6.8 -
Light of Africa 1975Katsuhiro★ 6 -
Shimane Prison Riot 1975Yoshikazu Minagawa★ 5 -
Cops vs. Thugs 1975Kinpachi Komiya★ 6.3 -
Yoshitoshi Kogure★ NR -
Great Jailbreak 1975Goda★ 7 -
Battle Cry 1975★ 6 -
Graveyard of Honor 1975Katsuji Ozaki★ 6.7 -
Doterai Man 1975★ 9 -
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Gen Sakagami★ 5.5 -
Submersion of Japan 1974Tatsuno★ NR -
★ NR -
Daisuke Jigen★ 6.5 -
Evil of Dracula 1974Dr. Shimomura★ 6.8 -
Masakichi Makihara★ 7.3 -
Machi no Hi 1974Goro★ NR -
Masakichi Makihara★ 7 -
Zen san★ NR -
Stray Dog 1973Sagawa★ 7 -
Masakichi Makihara★ 7.3 -
Japan's Top Gangster 1973★ NR -
★ NR -
Deeper Than Blue 1973Ajikawa★ NR -
Masakichi Makihara★ 7.4 -
Ohno★ 6.4 -
蛙ヶ池の仙太★ NR -
Johei Yawata★ 7 -
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My Voiceless Friends 1972★ NR -
Summer Soldiers 1972Fujimura★ 6 -
The Witty Samurai 1972★ NR -
★ NR -
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The Wolves 1971Matsuzo Tsumura★ 7.4 -
★ 7.5 -
★ 9
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★ NR -
Teacher Fukushi★ 7.8 -
★ NR -
★ NR -
Banner of the Young 1970Taro★ NR -
Dodes'ka-den 1970Hatsutaro Kawaguchi★ 7 -
Tadao Ueda★ NR -
★ 6.7 -
Charming Men 1970Kuramoto Kuraji★ NR -
Bravo, Young Guy 1970★ NR -
Rebel Against Glory 1970★ NR -
★ NR -
Duel at Fort Ezo 1970Kurobei★ 5.4 -
Zoku Isoginchaku 1970Takashi Takai★ NR
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Seiji Matsumiya★ NR -
Kanegai★ NR -
Tenchu! 1969Rokkaku Prison Officer★ 7 -
Taro★ NR -
Goyokin 1969Hirosuke★ 7.6 -
Outlaw: Black Dagger 1968Doctor Michio Hongô★ 6.4 -
Angel's Lover 1968★ NR -
★ NR -
Young People 1968Taro★ NR -
The Day the Sun Rose 1968★ 7
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In Broad Daylight 1968March★ NR -
The Human Bullet 1968★ 6.1 -
Three Rogues 1968★ NR -
Cry of the Mountain 1968★ NR -
Women and Miso Soup 1968★ NR -
The Woman Champion 1968★ NR -
★ NR -
Hymn to a Tired Man 1968Hisataro Ohno★ 7.8 -
Katsuji Nemoto★ 6.8 -
★ NR -
Shinjiro Ishiyama★ NR -
★ NR -
Game of Chance 2 1967★ 6 -
River of Forever 1967★ NR -
Birth of a Fighter 1967★ 7 -
Let's Go! Young Guy 1967Shinjirou Ishiyama★ NR -
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Debt of Honor 1966★ NR -
Golden Ninja 1966Risuke★ NR -
Kenkichi Ohara★ 6.5 -
★ NR -
Storyteller★ 7 -
The Face of Another 1966Mentally Ill Man #1★ 7.8 -
Sawamura★ NR -
Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô★ NR -
★ NR -
The Sword of Doom 1966Senkichi★ 7.7 -
The Threat 1966★ 6.8 -
Silence Has No Wings 1966★ 7 -
Cash Calls Hell 1966Umegaya★ 7.6 -
★ NR -
Campus A Go-Go 1965★ 8.5 -
Yakuza G-Men 1965Masayoshi Imanishi★ NR -
Otsuki★ 7 -
Sword of the Beast 1965Tanji★ 7.5 -
Young Guy at Sea 1965石山新次郎（青大））★ NR -
Kirikawa★ 7 -
Three Yakuza 1965★ 7.8 -
The Last Judgment 1965★ NR -
Abashiri Prison 1965Otsuki★ 7.1 -
Tale of Ninja Duty 1965★ 1 -
Kwaidan 1965Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")★ 7.7 -
Red Diamond 1964George Takase★ NR -
間諜 1964★ NR -
Shingo's Final Duel 1964★ NR -
The Desperate 1964Chiba★ 7 -
★ NR -
★ 5.8 -
Okashina yatsu 1963Sankichi Fujita★ NR -
石山新次郎（青大将）★ NR -
Nippon jitsuwa jidai 1963★ NR -
A Fishmonger's Tour 1963★ NR -
College Champ 1962★ NR -
Pitfall 1962Man in White Suit★ 7.3 -
Operation Sewer Rats 1962Private Anayama★ NR -
The Crimson Sky 1962★ NR -
The Inheritance 1962★ 7.2 -
Pride of the Campus 1962Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)★ NR -
Sanjuro 1962Samurai★ 7.9 -
Blood on the Sea 1961★ NR -
Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)★ NR -
★ 6.2 -
★ NR -
Hidden Fangs 1961★ NR -
The Merciless Trap 1961★ 7 -
The Bad Sleep Well 1960Hitman★ 7.7 -
The Sun's Burial 1960Thief★ 6.5 -
Obara Nitôhei★ 8.2 -
Satoyan★ 6.8
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