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Acting

Known Credits

248

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-11-23

Deathday

2021-03-24 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Toki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

田中邦卫

Kunie Tanaka

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.

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Acting

2010

The Last Ronin

2004

The Hidden Blade as Kanbê Katagiri

2003		Fukumimi
2003		The Boat to Heaven as Masato Sakurai
2003		北の国から記憶前編 as 演员
2003		Resurrection as Dr. Saito

2002		Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' as Self
2002		Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' as Self
2002		Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
2002		北の国から記憶 as 演员
2002		Kewaishi

2001

All About Our House as Chouichirou Iwata

2000		The Password is Courage
2000		As the River Flows as Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)

1998

A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage as Inoue

1997		The Rainbow Seeker 2
1997		Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow

1996		The Rainbow Seeker
1996		Oishinbo as Tattsan

1995		Tora-san to the Rescue as Ship Captain
1995		Salaryman Senka
1995		北の国から ’95秘密後編
1995		Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu

1994

Free and Easy Special

1993		Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993		A Class to Remember as Ino
1993		Baian the Assassin: Showdown
1993		Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict as Buddhist Priest

1992		Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
1992		Luminous Moss as Hachizo

1991		My Sons
1991		Baian the Assassin as Han-Emon of Otowa
1991		Castle of Sand as Eitaro Imanishi
1991		A Desirable Marriage as Mr. Kawamata
1991		The love song of farewell later
1991		Shy Security
1991		Private Detective Dobu
1991		Mourning Work
1991		Kamigata Kugaizoshi

1990		Baian the Assassin
1990		Ronin-gai as Magozaemon Doi
1990		Tasmania Story
1990		Hoshi wo tsugu mono as Kenji Yoshida

1989

Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo

1988		Love on a Daily Basis
1988		I Love You So Much
1988		Yojo no jidai
1988		This Heartbeat
1988		Tomorrow as Shoji's stepfather
1988		Oración

1987		The Great Department Store Robbery
1987		Take Me Out to the Snowland as Yûichirô Tayama
1987		The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop as Yutaro Hatori
1987		Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi

1986		The House of Wedlock
1986		Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
1986		Rice Curry

1985		Early Spring Story as Okino, Hitomi's father
1985		Demon as Keita

1984		Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
1984		The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
1984		Sukanpin Walk as Keizo Fukami
1984		Tokimeki Coast Story

1983		Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case as Dobu
1983		Choji Snack Bar as Iwashita
1983		Nogare no machi
1983		Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
1983		The Undercover Ninja Organization
1983		Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1983		Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case as Dobu
1983		Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case

1982		Highschool Scramble
1982		Tonga Adventure Family
1982		Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case as Dobu
1982		The Shootout as Iwai
1982		Ekisutora
1982		Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case as Dobu
1982		Karate Cop as Neighbor

1981		At This Late Date, the Charleston as Army Minister
1981		Station as Sugawara
1981		Kita no kuni kara as 黑板五郎
1981		Private Detective DOBU 1

1980		May Love Be Restored as Yugiri-ro client
1980		Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga as Masakichi Makihara
1980		The Revolt

1979		The Last Game
1979		The Fixer
1979		Troubleman Laughs and Kills
1979		White Love
1979		The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi as Lt. Todoroki
1979		The Inferno as Unpei Ikegata
1979		Murder in the Doll House as Detective Naraki
1979		Down with The Big Boss
1979		Nichiren

1978		The Truck Rascals Go to The North
1978		Pink Lady's Motion Picture
1978		Blood Type: Blue
1978		The Demon as Policeman
1978		Never Give Up as Bartender
1978		Dynamite Don-Don as Sakuzo
1978		Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron as Rikichi Komadera
1978		Winter's Flower as Kokichi Minami
1978		幽霊列車

1977		The Extravagant Cops
1977		Village of Eight Gravestones
1977		Sugata Sanshiro as Yasuyoshi
1977		Older brother as Kintaro
1977		The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro as Kuroki Taro
1977		Seasonal Wind
1977		Japan's Don

1976		Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
1976		Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den as Toramatsu Otani
1976		Hangyaku no Tabi
1976		Hobo General
1976		The Machine Gun Dragon
1976		Manhunt as Yokomichi Keiji

1975		The Wild Trucker
1975		300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations as Toyama
1975		The International Gang of Kobe as Teruo Maruyama
1975		Company Buggers
1975		Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
1975		The Bullet Train as Koga's Brother
1975		Light of Africa as Katsuhiro
1975		Shimane Prison Riot as Yoshikazu Minagawa
1975		Cops vs. Thugs as Kinpachi Komiya
1975		The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles as Yoshitoshi Kogure
1975		Great Jailbreak as Goda
1975		Battle Cry
1975		Graveyard of Honor as Katsuji Ozaki
1975		Doterai Man
1975		Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack

1974		New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 as Gen Sakagami
1974		Submersion of Japan as Tatsuno
1974		Third Generation Boss
1974		Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy as Daisuke Jigen
1974		Evil of Dracula as Dr. Shimomura
1974		Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode as Masakichi Makihara
1974		Machi no Hi as Goro
1974		Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics as Masakichi Makihara

1973		Yakuza of the Present as Zen san
1973		Stray Dog as Sagawa
1973		Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War as Masakichi Makihara
1973		Japan's Top Gangster
1973		The School Deviate Waru
1973		Deeper Than Blue as Ajikawa
1973		Battles Without Honor and Humanity as Masakichi Makihara

1972		Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers as Ohno
1972		Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth as Johei Yawata
1972		New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972		My Voiceless Friends
1972		Summer Soldiers as Fujimura
1972		The Witty Samurai
1972		Zorome no San Kyoudai

1971		New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
1971		The Wolves as Matsuzo Tsumura
1971		The Battle of Okinawa
1971		The Instant Services Bureau
1971		Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
1971		Tora-san, the Good Samaritan as Teacher Fukushi
1971		Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
1971		Wakadaisho vs Aodaisho

1970		Banner of the Young as Taro
1970		Dodes'ka-den as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
1970		The Kingpin of Fair Ladies as Tadao Ueda
1970		Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970		Charming Men as Kuramoto Kuraji
1970		Bravo, Young Guy
1970		Rebel Against Glory
1970		The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970		Duel at Fort Ezo as Kurobei
1970		Zoku Isoginchaku as Takashi Takai

1969		Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms as Seiji Matsumiya
1969		The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club as Kanegai
1969		Tenchu! as Rokkaku Prison Officer
1969		Forward, Young People! as Taro
1969		Goyokin as Hirosuke

1968		Outlaw: Black Dagger as Doctor Michio Hongô
1968		Angel's Lover
1968		The Woman Gambler's Revenge
1968		Young People as Taro
1968		The Day the Sun Rose
1968		In Broad Daylight as March
1968		The Human Bullet
1968		Three Rogues
1968		Cry of the Mountain
1968		Women and Miso Soup
1968		The Woman Champion
1968		How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1968		Hymn to a Tired Man as Hisataro Ohno
1968		Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 as Katsuji Nemoto

1967		Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
1967		The Young Ace in the South Pacific as Shinjiro Ishiyama
1967		Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
1967		Game of Chance 2
1967		River of Forever
1967		Birth of a Fighter
1967		Let's Go! Young Guy as Shinjirou Ishiyama

1966		Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
1966		Debt of Honor
1966		Golden Ninja as Risuke
1966		Koto—The Lake of Tears as Kenkichi Ohara
1966		Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
1966		Zatoichi's Pilgrimage as Storyteller
1966		The Face of Another as Mentally Ill Man #1
1966		The Front Line Showdown as Sawamura
1966		Arupusu no wakadaishô as Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô
1966		The Bullet and the Horse
1966		The Sword of Doom as Senkichi
1966		The Threat
1966		Silence Has No Wings
1966		Cash Calls Hell as Umegaya

1965		Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
1965		Campus A Go-Go
1965		Yakuza G-Men as Masayoshi Imanishi
1965		Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 as Otsuki
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, Part 2 as Kirikawa
1965		Three Yakuza
1965		The Last Judgment
1965		Abashiri Prison as Otsuki
1965		Tale of Ninja Duty
1965		Kwaidan as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

1964		Red Diamond as George Takase
1964		間諜
1964		Shingo's Final Duel
1964		The Desperate as Chiba
1964		Punishment of a Lawless Villian

1963		Sasuke and His Comedians
1963		Okashina yatsu as Sankichi Fujita
1963		The Young Ace in Hawaii as 石山新次郎（青大将）
1963		A Fishmonger's Tour

1962		College Champ
1962		Pitfall as Man in White Suit
1962		Operation Sewer Rats as Private Anayama
1962		The Crimson Sky
1962		The Inheritance
1962		Pride of the Campus as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
1962		Sanjuro as Samurai

1961		Blood on the Sea
1961		Sir Galahad in Campus as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
1961		Big Shots Die at Dawn
1961		Hidden Fangs
1961		The Merciless Trap

1960		The Bad Sleep Well as Hitman
1960		The Sun's Burial as Thief

1959

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity as Obara Nitôhei

1957

The Story of Pure Love as Satoyan