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