Kunie Tanaka
November 23, 1932 (91 years old) in 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
Credits
- 2010 · The Last Ronin as
- 2004 · The Hidden Blade as Kanbê Katagiri
- 2003 · The Boat to Heaven as Masato Sakurai
- 2003 · Fukumimi as
- 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 as
- 2002 · Kewaishi as
- 2001 · All About Our House as Chouichirou Iwata
- 2000 · The Password is Courage as
- 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 as
- 1997 · Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow as
- 1996 · The Rainbow Seeker as
- 1996 · Oishinbo as Tattsan
- 1995 · Salaryman Senka as
- 1995 · Tora-san to the Rescue as Ship Captain
- 1995 · 北の国から ’95秘密 後編 as
- 1995 · Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu as
- 1994 · Free and Easy Special as
- 1993 · Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi as
- 1993 · A Class to Remember as Ino
- 1993 · Baian the Assassin: Showdown as
- 1993 · Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict as Buddhist Priest
- 1992 · Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1 as
- 1992 · Luminous Moss as Hachizo
- 1991 · My Sons as
- 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 as
- 1991 · Shy Security as
- 1991 · Private Detective Dobu as
- 1991 · Mourning Work as
- 1991 · Kamigata Kugaizoshi as
- 1990 · Baian the Assassin as
- 1990 · Ronin-gai as Magozaemon Doi
- 1990 · Tasmania Story as
- 1990 · Hoshi wo tsugu mono as Kenji Yoshida
- 1989 · Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo as
- 1988 · Love on a Daily Basis as
- 1988 · Yojo no jidai as
- 1988 · Tomorrow as Shoji's stepfather
- 1988 · Oración as
- 1987 · The Great Department Store Robbery as
- 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 as
- 1986 · The House of Wedlock as
- 1986 · Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy as
- 1986 · Rice Curry as
- 1985 · Early Spring Story as Okino, Hitomi's father
- 1985 · Demon as Keita
- 1984 · Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu as
- 1984 · The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel as
- 1984 · Sukanpin Walk as Keizo Fukami
- 1984 · Tokimeki Coast Story as
- 1983 · Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case as Dobu
- 1983 · Choji Snack Bar as Iwashita
- 1983 · Nogare no machi as
- 1983 · Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold as
- 1983 · The Undercover Ninja Organization as
- 1983 · Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu as
- 1983 · Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case as Dobu
- 1983 · Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case as
- 1982 · Highschool Scramble as
- 1982 · Tonga Adventure Family as
- 1982 · Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case as Dobu
- 1982 · The Shootout as Iwai
- 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 as
- 1980 · May Love Be Restored as Yugiri-ro client
- 1980 · Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga as Masakichi Makihara
- 1980 · The Revolt as
- 1979 · The Last Game as
- 1979 · The Fixer as
- 1979 · Troubleman Laughs and Kills as
- 1979 · White Love as
- 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 as
- 1979 · Nichiren as
- 1978 · The Truck Rascals Go to The North as
- 1978 · Pink Lady's Motion Picture as
- 1978 · Blood Type: Blue as
- 1978 · Never Give Up as Bartender
- 1978 · The Demon as Policeman
- 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 as
- 1977 · The Extravagant Cops as
- 1977 · Village of Eight Gravestones as
- 1977 · Sugata Sanshiro as Yasuyoshi
- 1977 · Older brother as Kintaro
- 1977 · The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro as Kuroki Taro
- 1977 · Seasonal Wind as
- 1977 · Japan's Don as
- 1976 · Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On as
- 1976 · Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den as Toramatsu Otani
- 1976 · Hangyaku no Tabi as
- 1976 · Hobo General as
- 1976 · The Machine Gun Dragon as
- 1976 · Manhunt as Yokomichi Keiji
- 1975 · The Wild Trucker as
- 1975 · 300 Million Thief Immune to Charges Begins as Toyama
- 1975 · The International Gang of Kobe as Teruo Maruyama
- 1975 · Company Buggers as
- 1975 · Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women as
- 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 as
- 1975 · Graveyard of Honor as Katsuji Ozaki
- 1975 · Doterai Man as
- 1975 · Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack as
- 1974 · New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 as Gen Sakagami
- 1974 · Submersion of Japan as Tatsuno
- 1974 · Third Generation Boss as
- 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 as
- 1973 · The School Deviate Waru as
- 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 as
- 1972 · My Voiceless Friends as
- 1972 · Summer Soldiers as Fujimura
- 1972 · Zorome no San Kyoudai as
- 1971 · New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter as
- 1971 · The Wolves as Matsuzo Tsumura
- 1971 · The Battle of Okinawa as
- 1971 · The Instant Services Bureau as
- 1971 · Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu as
- 1971 · Tora-san, the Good Samaritan as Teacher Fukushi
- 1971 · Detective Story: A Brother's Rule as
- 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 as
- 1970 · Charming Men as Kuramoto Kuraji
- 1970 · Bravo, Young Guy as
- 1970 · Rebel Against Glory as
- 1970 · Duel at Fort Ezo as Kurobei
- 1970 · Zoku Isoginchaku as Takashi Takai
- 1969 · The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club as Kanegai
- 1969 · Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms as Seiji Matsumiya
- 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 as
- 1968 · The Woman Gambler's Revenge as
- 1968 · Young People as Taro
- 1968 · The Day the Sun Rose as
- 1968 · In Broad Daylight as March
- 1968 · The Human Bullet as
- 1968 · Three Rogues as
- 1968 · Women and Miso Soup as
- 1968 · The Woman Champion as
- 1968 · How to Be the Worst of Office Workers as
- 1968 · Hymn to a Tired Man as
- 1968 · Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 as Katsuji Nemoto
- 1967 · Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil as
- 1967 · The Young Ace in the South Pacific as Shinjiro Ishiyama
- 1967 · Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido as
- 1967 · Game of Chance 2 as
- 1967 · River of Forever as
- 1967 · Birth of a Fighter as
- 1967 · Let's Go! Young Guy as Shinjirou Ishiyama
- 1966 · Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country as
- 1966 · Debt of Honor as
- 1966 · Golden Ninja as Risuke
- 1966 · Koto—The Lake of Tears as Kenkichi Ohara
- 1966 · Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South as
- 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 as
- 1966 · The Sword of Doom as Senkichi
- 1966 · The Threat as
- 1966 · Silence Has No Wings as
- 1966 · Cash Calls Hell as
- 1965 · Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 as
- 1965 · Campus A Go-Go as
- 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 as
- 1965 · The Last Judgment as
- 1965 · Abashiri Prison as Otsuki
- 1965 · Tale of Ninja Duty as
- 1965 · Kwaidan as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
- 1964 · Red Diamond as George Takase
- 1964 · Shingo's Final Duel as
- 1964 · The Desperate as
- 1964 · Punishment of a Lawless Villian as
- 1963 · Sasuke and His Comedians as
- 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 as
- 1962 · College Champ as
- 1962 · Pitfall as Man in White Suit
- 1962 · Operation Sewer Rats as Private Anayama
- 1962 · The Crimson Sky as
- 1962 · The Inheritance as
- 1962 · Pride of the Campus as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
- 1962 · Sanjuro as Samurai
- 1961 · Blood on the Sea as
- 1961 · Big Shots Die at Dawn as
- 1961 · Hidden Fangs as
- 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
- Future · 北国之恋1988~1998 [记忆] as 演员
- 1961 · Sir Galahad in Campus as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
- 1961 · The Merciless Trap as
- 1957 · The Story of Pure Love as Satoyan