Kunie Tanaka
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.
As actor 294
May Love Be Restored
1980
Submersion of Japan
1974
Sanjuro
1962
From the Northern Country
1981
Kwaidan
1965
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
Dazzling Cops
1977
The Sword of Doom
1966
The Shin Hasegawa Series
1972
The Face of Another
1966
Yomigaeri
2003
The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
1987
The Bullet Train
1975
The Password is Courage
2000
世界で一番熱い夏
2001
Ronin-gai
1990
Older brother
1977
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
1975
Goyokin
1969
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
Dodes'ka-den
1970
The House of Wedlock
1986
Demon
1985
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
1980
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
Station
1981
White Love
1979
As the River Flows
2000
Village of Eight Gravestones
1977
The Revolt
1980
Rice Curry
1986
Graveyard of Honor
1975
Tenchu!
1969
Sir Galahad in Campus
1961
Evil of Dracula
1974
Blood on the Sea
1961
The Wolves
1971
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
1971
My Sons
1991
Nogare no machi
1983
Red Diamond
1964
The Shootout
1982
Manhunt
1976
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
Three Yakuza
1965
The Inferno
1979
The Human Bullet
1968
Debt of Honor
1966
The love song of farewell later
1991
Kewaishi
2002
Japan's Don
1977
The Free Island
1967
The Merciless Trap
1961
Take Me Out to the Snowland
1987
The Sun's Burial
1960
Cash Calls Hell
1966
Sugata Sanshiro
1977
Sword of the Beast
1965
The Demon
1978
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1998
Never Give Up
1978
The Last Ronin
2010
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
Machi no Hi
1974
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
1993
Early Spring Story
1985
Cops vs. Thugs
1975
Dynamite Don-Don
1978
Pitfall
1962
Private Detective Dobu
1991
Love on a Daily Basis
1988
All About Our House
2001
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
1974
The Inheritance
1962
Kamigata Kugaizoshi
1991
The Saturday Tiger
1966
The Threat
1966
The Sun in Kurobe
2009
Tomorrow
1988
The Last Judgment
1965
Abashiri Prison
1965
Winter's Flower
1978
Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966
The Rainbow Seeker
1996
The Day the Sun Rose
1968
The Story of Pure Love
1957
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
1979
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
1973
A Class to Remember
1993
Karate Cop
1982
Sasuke and His Comedians
1963
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
1992
Silence Has No Wings
1966
Down with The Big Boss
1979
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
Japan's Top Gangster
1973
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979
Battle Cry
1975
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
1968
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
1979
Yakuza of the Present
1973
Game of Chance 2
1967
The Machine Gun Dragon
1976
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
1973
Luminous Moss
1992
Nichiren
1979
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
1965
The Hidden Blade
2004
Ghost Train
1978
Blood Type: Blue
1978
Baian the Assassin
1991
A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment
1963
Rainbow Bridge
1993
Ghost Festival in Zenjin Village
1979
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995
Choji Snack Bar
1983
Bravo, Young Guy
1970
Women and Miso Soup
1968
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
1965
The Wild Trucker
1975
River of Forever
1967
My Voiceless Friends
1972
The Rainbow Seeker 2
1997
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
Proof of the Man 2001
2001
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
1965
Yojo no jidai
1988
Let's Go! Young Guy
1967
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
1993
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
1995
Stray Dog
1973
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
1964
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
1975
Third Generation Boss
1974
Young Guy in Hawaii
1963
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959
Summer Soldiers
1972
Tasmania Story
1990
Oishinbo
1996
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1983
Eternity of Love
1961
Seasonal Wind
1977
The Extravagant Cops
1977
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
Oración
1988
Hidden Fangs
1961
Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
1983
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
1986
The International Gang of Kobe
1975
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
1975
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
1967
Highschool Scramble
1982
Outlaw: Black Dagger
1968
Hobo General
1976
Great Jailbreak
1975
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
1967
Kagami no naka no razō
1963
A Fishmonger's Tour
1963
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
1970
The School Deviate Waru
1973
What is Love?
1973
Salaryman Senka
1995
Shimane Prison Riot
1975
Operation Sewer Rats
1962
The Instant Services Bureau
1971
Fear of Sex
1970
Shingo's Final Duel
1964
Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
1976
The War Without Weapons
1960
Return of the Champ
1981
Wakai nobara
1965
Young Guy at Sea
1965
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
1978
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Tale of Ninja Duty
1965
Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den
1976
Hangyaku no Tabi
1976
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968
Deeper Than Blue
1973
The Desperate
1964
The Crimson Sky
1962
Okashina yatsu
1963
Fukumimi
2003
Zorome no San Kyoudai
1972
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
1982
間諜
1964
北の国から記憶
2002
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
1966
イルカに逢える日
1994
Young People
1968
This Heartbeat
1988
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
1975
Ghost Reunion
1984
Charming Men
1970
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
1984
Young Guy in the South Pacific
1967
Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
1989
The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 3 - I Saw a Woman's Corpse in the Steam of Beppu Onsen!
1987
Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
1983
The Witty Samurai
1972
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1969
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1968
The Last Game
1979
Walleyed Nippon
1963
Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
2002
Third Class Soldier Boss
1966
Live Again Tomorrow
1970
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
1978
The Undercover Ninja Organization
1983
Doterai Man
1975
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
Young Guy Graduates
1969
An Angel's Temptation
1968
College Champ
1962
Ekisutora
1982
At This Late Date, the Charleston
1981
The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 2 - I Saw the Bride's Corpse in the Sea of Toba!
1986
Sukanpin Walk
1984
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
1972
Birth of a Fighter
1967
Ghost Coast
1978
Hell Festival
1963
Inside the Storm of Love
1978
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
1971
Private Detective DOBU 1
1981
The Fixer
1979
Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms
1969
Murder in the Doll House
1979
北の国から ’95秘密 後編
1995
Young Guy in Rio
1968
Circuit-A-Go-Go
1967
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1997
The Thief and the Expelled Master
1987
Young Guy, the Ace Rider
1971
Free and Easy Special
1994
I Love You So Much
1988
Mourning Work
1991
Company Buggers
1975
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
1967
The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective - I Saw a Female Ghost in Hida Takayama!
1985
Tokimeki Kaigan Monogatari
1984
Light of Africa
1975
Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
1987
A Desirable Marriage
1991
Baian the Assassin
1990
Rebel Against Glory
1970
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
1966
Castle of Sand
1991
Big Shots Die at Dawn
1961
It Started In The Alps
1966
The Woman Gambler's Revenge
1968
Yakuza G-Men
1965
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
1983
Banner of the Young
1970
The Boat to Heaven
2003
It's a Man's Way of Life
1970
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
1971
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
The Woman Champion
1968
Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man
1971
Angel's Lover
1968
Zoku Isoginchaku
1970
Golden Ninja
1966
夕月
1969
Triumphant Song of Youth
1956
Forward, Young People!
1969
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
1982
The Bullet and the Horse
1966
The Front Line Showdown
1966
Campus A Go-Go
1965
Young Guy on Mt. Cook
1969
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
2002
Shy Security
1991
Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
1984
Sensation Seekers
1963
Three Rogues
1968
Tonga Adventure Family
1982
Cry of the Mountain
1968
Pride of the Campus
1962
In Broad Daylight
1968
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
1990
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
1983
Get Your Sky, Young Guy
1970