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