Kunie Tanaka
Born: 1932-11-23 in Toki, Gifu, Japan
Died: 2021-03-24
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.
Filmography
2010
2009
- The Sun in Kurobe as Genkichi
2004
- The Hidden Blade as Kanbê Katagiri
2003
- Yomigaeri as Dr. Saito
- 北の国から 記憶 前編 as 演员
- The Boat to Heaven as Masato Sakurai
- Fukumimi
2002
2001
- 世界で一番熱い夏
- All About Our House as Chouichirou Iwata
2000
- The Password is Courage
- As the River Flows as Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
1998
1996
- Oishinbo as Tattsan
- The Rainbow Seeker as Tsune-san
1995
1993
1992
1991
- Baian the Assassin as Han-Emon of Otowa
- My Sons
- Private Detective Dobu
- The love song of farewell later
- Castle of Sand as Eitaro Imanishi
- A Desirable Marriage as Mr. Kawamata
- Shy Security
- Kamigata Kugaizoshi
- Mourning Work
1990
- Ronin-gai as Magozaemon Doi
- Tasmania Story
- Baian the Assassin
- Hoshi wo tsugu mono as Kenji Yoshida
1988
- Love on a Daily Basis
- This Heartbeat
- Yojo no jidai
- Oración
- Tomorrow as Shoji's stepfather
- I Love You So Much
1987
- The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 3 - I Saw a Woman's Corpse in the Steam of Beppu Onsen! as Yutaro Hatori
- The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop as Yutaro Hatori
- Take Me Out to the Snowland as Yûichirô Tayama
- The Great Department Store Robbery
- The Thief and the Expelled Master
- Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
1986
- Rice Curry
- The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 2 - I Saw the Bride's Corpse in the Sea of Toba! as Yutaro Hatori
- The House of Wedlock as Kazuya Enomoto
- Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy as Man
1985
- Demon as Keita
- Early Spring Story as Okino, Hitomi's father
- The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective - I Saw a Female Ghost in Hida Takayama! as Yutaro Hatori
1984
- The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
- Ghost Reunion as Inspector Joichi Uno
- Sukanpin Walk as Keizo Fukami
- Tokimeki Kaigan Monogatari
- Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
1983
- Choji Snack Bar as Iwashita
- Nogare no machi
- The Undercover Ninja Organization
- Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
- Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case as Dobu
- Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
- Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case as Dobu
- Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case as Dobu
1982
1981
- From the Northern Country as Goru Kuroita (黑板五郎)
- Station as Sugawara
- At This Late Date, the Charleston as Army Minister
- Return of the Champ as Shinjiro Ishiyama
- Private Detective DOBU 1 as Dobu
1980
- May Love Be Restored as Yugiri-ro client
- Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai as ボオルチュ
- The Revolt
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga as Masakichi Makihara
1979
- The Inferno as Unpei Ikegata
- White Love
- The Fixer
- Down with The Big Boss
- The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi as Lt. Todoroki
- The Last Game
- Ghost Festival in Zenjin Village as Inspector Joichi Uno
- Murder in the Doll House as Detective Naraki
- Nichiren
- Troubleman Laughs and Kills
- The Bride of the Ghost Lake as Inspector Joichi Uno
1978
- The Demon as Policeman
- Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron as Rikichi Komadera
- Blood Type: Blue
- Dynamite Don-Don as Sakuzo
- Never Give Up as Bartender
- Winter's Flower as Kokichi Minami
- Pink Lady's Motion Picture
- The Truck Rascals Go to The North
- Ghost Coast as Inspector Joichi Uno
- Ghost Train
- Inside the Storm of Love
1977
- Older brother as Kintaro
- Japan's Don
- Dazzling Cops as Nangou Goro
- Village of Eight Gravestones
- Sugata Sanshiro as Yasuyoshi
- The Extravagant Cops
- The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro as Kuroki Taro
- Seasonal Wind
1976
- Manhunt as Yokomichi Keiji
- The Machine Gun Dragon
- Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den as Toramatsu Otani
- Hobo General
- Hangyaku no Tabi
- Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On as Shinichiro Nabeyama
1975
- The Bullet Train as Koga's Brother
- Graveyard of Honor as Katsuji Ozaki
- The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles as Yoshitoshi Kogure
- Cops vs. Thugs as Kinpachi Komiya
- Company Buggers
- Great Jailbreak as Goda
- Battle Cry
- The International Gang of Kobe as Teruo Maruyama
- The Wild Trucker as Borsalino 2
- Shimane Prison Riot as Yoshikazu Minagawa
- Doterai Man
- Light of Africa as Katsuhiro
- Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
- 300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations as Toyama
- Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
1974
- Submersion of Japan as Tatsuno
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode as Masakichi Makihara
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics as Masakichi Makihara
- Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy as Daisuke Jigen
- Evil of Dracula as Dr. Shimomura
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 as Gen Sakagami
- Third Generation Boss
- Machi no Hi as Goro
1973
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity as Masakichi Makihara
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War as Masakichi Makihara
- Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby as Soldier Mania
- Japan's Top Gangster
- Stray Dog as Sagawa
- Yakuza of the Present as Zen san
- Deeper Than Blue as Ajikawa
- The School Deviate Waru
- The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
- What is Love? as Saitaro Asami
1972
- The Shin Hasegawa Series as 蛙ヶ池の仙太
- Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth as Johei Yawata
- Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers as Ohno
- My Voiceless Friends
- Summer Soldiers as Fujimura
- Zorome no San Kyoudai
- The Witty Samurai
- New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1971
1970
- Dodes'ka-den as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
- Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
- The Summit of Mt. Fuji
- Duel at Fort Ezo as Kurobei
- Rebel Against Glory
- Bravo, Young Guy
- Banner of the Young as Taro
- It's a Man's Way of Life as Heihachirou Yanai
- Fear of Sex
- Get Your Sky, Young Guy
- Live Again Tomorrow as 刈田勝利
- The Kingpin of Fair Ladies as Tadao Ueda
- Charming Men as Kuramoto Kuraji
- Zoku Isoginchaku as Takashi Takai
1969
- Goyokin as Hirosuke
- Tenchu! as Rokkaku Prison Officer
- Forward, Young People! as Taro
- The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club as Kanegai
- Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms as Seiji Matsumiya
- Young Guy on Mt. Cook
- 夕月
- Young Guy Graduates
1968
- Hymn to a Tired Man as Hisataro Ohno
- The Human Bullet
- The Day the Sun Rose
- Outlaw: Black Dagger as Doctor Michio Hongô
- Young People as Taro
- In Broad Daylight as March
- Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 as Katsuji Nemoto
- Three Rogues
- Cry of the Mountain
- The Woman Gambler's Revenge
- Young Guy in Rio
- How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
- Angel's Lover
- The Woman Champion
- An Angel's Temptation
- Women and Miso Soup
1967
- Young Guy in the South Pacific as Shinjiro Ishiyama
- Game of Chance 2
- Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
- Birth of a Fighter
- Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
- Let's Go! Young Guy as Shinjirou Ishiyama
- Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri as Ken Takahashi
- River of Forever
- Circuit-A-Go-Go
- The Free Island
1966
- The Face of Another as Mentally Ill Man #1
- The Sword of Doom as Senkichi
- Debt of Honor
- Cash Calls Hell as Umegaya
- Zatoichi's Pilgrimage as Storyteller
- Silence Has No Wings
- The Threat
- Koto—The Lake of Tears as Kenkichi Ohara
- It Started In The Alps as Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô
- The Front Line Showdown as Sawamura
- The Bullet and the Horse
- Golden Ninja as Risuke
- Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
- Third Class Soldier Boss
- Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
- The Saturday Tiger
1965
- Kwaidan as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
- Sword of the Beast as Tanji
- Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 as Otsuki
- Three Yakuza
- Abashiri Prison as Otsuki
- Yakuza G-Men as Masayoshi Imanishi
- The Last Judgment
- Young Guy at Sea as 石山新次郎（青大））
- Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2 as Kirikawa
- Tale of Ninja Duty
- Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
- Campus A Go-Go
- Wakai nobara as 石丸雄吉
1964
- Red Diamond as George Takase
- The Desperate as Chiba
- 間諜
- Shingo's Final Duel
- Punishment of a Lawless Villian
1963
- Young Guy in Hawaii as 石山新次郎（青大将）
- Sasuke and His Comedians
- Sensation Seekers
- A Fishmonger's Tour
- Okashina yatsu as Sankichi Fujita
- A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment
- Walleyed Nippon as Shirosaka
- Hell Festival as Somei To
1962
- Sanjuro as Samurai
- Pitfall as Man in White Suit
- The Inheritance
- Operation Sewer Rats as Private Anayama
- College Champ
- The Crimson Sky
- Pride of the Campus as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
1961
- Big Shots Die at Dawn
- The Merciless Trap
- Eternity of Love
- Blood on the Sea
- Sir Galahad in Campus as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
- Hidden Fangs
1960
- The Bad Sleep Well as Hitman
- The Sun's Burial as Thief
1959
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity as Obara Nitôhei
- Lucky Dragon No. 5
1957
- The Story of Pure Love as Satoyan