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Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka
  • Name: Kunie Tanaka
  • Birthday: 1932-11-23
  • Also known as: 田中邦卫
  • Place of birth: Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
  • Popularity: 6.855
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... Read More

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Title Release date
The Last Ronin 2010-12-18
The Hidden Blade   as  Kanbê Katagiri 2004-10-30
The Boat to Heaven   as  Masato Sakurai 2003-09-13
Fukumimi 2003-09-13
北の国から 記憶 前編   as  演员 2003-08-23
Resurrection   as  Dr. Saito 2003-01-18
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'   as  Self 2002-10-25
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'   as  Self 2002-10-25
Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2 2002-09-07
Kewaishi 2002-02-09
All About Our House   as  Chouichirou Iwata 2001-06-09
As the River Flows   as  Matsuda (The Shopkeeper) 2000-04-29
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage   as  Inoue 1998-10-17
The Rainbow Seeker 2 1997-12-27
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow 1997-11-22
The Rainbow Seeker 1996-12-28
Oishinbo   as  Tattsan 1996-04-13
Tora-san to the Rescue   as  Ship Captain 1995-12-23
Salaryman Senka 1995-12-23
北の国から ’95秘密 後編 1995-06-10
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu 1995-06-09
Free and Easy Special 1994-07-16
A Class to Remember   as  Ino 1993-11-06
Baian the Assassin: Showdown 1993-10-06
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict   as  Buddhist Priest 1993-02-06
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1 1992-05-22
Luminous Moss   as  Hachizo 1992-04-25
My Sons 1991-10-12
Castle of Sand   as  Eitaro Imanishi 1991-10-01
A Desirable Marriage   as  Mr. Kawamata 1991-05-18
The love song of farewell later 1991-05-01
Shy Security 1991-04-13
Mourning Work 1991-03-20
Kamigata Kugaizoshi 1991-02-09
Baian the Assassin 1990-12-26
Ronin-gai   as  Magozaemon Doi 1990-08-18
Tasmania Story 1990-06-21
Hoshi wo tsugu mono   as  Kenji Yoshida 1990-02-03
Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo 1989-03-31
Love on a Daily Basis 1988-12-17
Yojo no jidai 1988-10-29
Tomorrow   as  Shoji's stepfather 1988-08-13
Oración 1988-07-23
The Great Department Store Robbery 1987-12-26
Take Me Out to the Snowland   as  Yûichirô Tayama 1987-11-21
The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop   as  Yutaro Hatori 1987-10-03
Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi 1987-03-27
The House of Wedlock 1986-10-18
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy 1986-10-10
Early Spring Story   as  Okino, Hitomi's father 1985-09-14
Demon   as  Keita 1985-08-31
Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu 1984-09-27
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel 1984-04-28
Sukanpin Walk   as  Keizo Fukami 1984-02-11
Tokimeki Coast Story 1984-01-01
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case   as  Dobu 1983-12-29
Choji Snack Bar   as  Iwashita 1983-11-12
Nogare no machi 1983-10-15
Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold 1983-08-19
The Undercover Ninja Organization 1983-07-12
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu 1983-03-24
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case 1983-02-11
Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case   as  Dobu 1983-02-11
Highschool Scramble 1982-12-18
Tonga Adventure Family 1982-11-25
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case   as  Dobu 1982-11-19
The Shootout   as  Iwai 1982-09-15
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case   as  Dobu 1982-07-09
Karate Cop   as  Neighbor 1982-04-17
At This Late Date, the Charleston   as  Army Minister 1981-12-19
Station   as  Sugawara 1981-11-07
Private Detective DOBU 1 1981-01-01
May Love Be Restored   as  Yugiri-ro client 1980-04-29
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga   as  Masakichi Makihara 1980-04-05
The Revolt 1980-01-15
The Last Game 1979-11-03
The Fixer 1979-10-27
Troubleman Laughs and Kills 1979-08-04
White Love 1979-08-03
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi   as  Lt. Todoroki 1979-07-14
The Inferno   as  Unpei Ikegata 1979-06-03
Murder in the Doll House   as  Detective Naraki 1979-04-28
Down with The Big Boss 1979-03-24
Nichiren 1979-03-10
The Truck Rascals Go to The North 1978-12-23
Pink Lady's Motion Picture 1978-12-16
Blood Type: Blue 1978-11-23
The Demon   as  Policeman 1978-10-07
Never Give Up   as  Bartender 1978-10-07
Dynamite Don-Don   as  Sakuzo 1978-10-07
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron   as  Rikichi Komadera 1978-07-01
Winter's Flower   as  Kokichi Minami 1978-06-17
幽霊列車 1978-01-14
The Extravagant Cops 1977-12-24
Sugata Sanshiro   as  Yasuyoshi 1977-10-29
Village of Eight Gravestones 1977-10-29
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro   as  Kuroki Taro 1977-09-17
Seasonal Wind 1977-07-16
Japan's Don 1977-01-22
Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On 1976-12-25
Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den   as  Toramatsu Otani 1976-10-16
Hangyaku no Tabi 1976-09-04
Hobo General 1976-04-24
The Machine Gun Dragon 1976-02-28
Manhunt   as  Yokomichi Keiji 1976-02-11
The Wild Trucker 1975-12-27
300 Million Thief Immune to Charges Begins   as  Toyama 1975-11-22
The International Gang of Kobe   as  Teruo Maruyama 1975-10-14
Company Buggers 1975-08-09
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women 1975-07-12
The Bullet Train   as  Koga's Brother 1975-07-05
Light of Africa   as  Katsuhiro 1975-06-21
Shimane Prison Riot   as  Yoshikazu Minagawa 1975-06-07
Cops vs. Thugs   as  Kinpachi Komiya 1975-04-26
Great Jailbreak   as  Goda 1975-04-05
Battle Cry 1975-03-14
Graveyard of Honor   as  Katsuji Ozaki 1975-02-15
Doterai Man 1975-02-01
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack 1975-01-15
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1   as  Gen Sakagami 1974-12-28
Third Generation Boss 1974-08-10
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy   as  Daisuke Jigen 1974-08-03
Evil of Dracula   as  Dr. Shimomura 1974-07-20
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode   as  Masakichi Makihara 1974-06-29
Machi no Hi   as  Goro 1974-04-27
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics   as  Masakichi Makihara 1974-01-15
Yakuza of the Present   as  Zen san 1973-10-27
Stray Dog   as  Sagawa 1973-09-29
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War   as  Masakichi Makihara 1973-09-25
Japan's Top Gangster 1973-08-11
The School Deviate Waru 1973-03-31
Deeper Than Blue   as  Ajikawa 1973-02-10
Battles Without Honor and Humanity   as  Masakichi Makihara 1973-01-13
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers   as  Ohno 1972-10-25
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth   as  Johei Yawata 1972-09-14
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm 1972-08-12
My Voiceless Friends 1972-04-29
Summer Soldiers   as  Fujimura 1972-03-25
Zorome no San Kyoudai 1972-01-15
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter 1971-12-29
The Wolves   as  Matsuzo Tsumura 1971-10-30
The Battle of Okinawa 1971-08-14
The Instant Services Bureau 1971-08-07
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu 1971-07-24
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan   as  Teacher Fukushi 1971-04-28
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule 1971-03-06
Banner of the Young   as  Taro 1970-11-28
Dodes'ka-den   as  Hatsutaro Kawaguchi 1970-10-31
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies   as  Tadao Ueda 1970-09-09
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival 1970-08-12
Charming Men   as  Kuramoto Kuraji 1970-06-13
Bravo, Young Guy 1970-05-27
Rebel Against Glory 1970-04-04
Duel at Fort Ezo   as  Kurobei 1970-02-09
Zoku Isoginchaku   as  Takashi Takai 1970-02-07
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club   as  Kanegai 1969-11-22
Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms   as  Seiji Matsumiya 1969-11-22
Tenchu!   as  Rokkaku Prison Officer 1969-08-09
Forward, Young People!   as  Taro 1969-05-10
Goyokin   as  Hirosuke 1969-05-01
Outlaw: Black Dagger   as  Doctor Michio Hongô 1968-12-28
Angel's Lover 1968-12-28
The Woman Gambler's Revenge 1968-12-20
Young People   as  Taro 1968-12-16
The Day the Sun Rose 1968-11-23
In Broad Daylight   as  March 1968-10-26
The Human Bullet 1968-10-22
Three Rogues 1968-10-19
Women and Miso Soup 1968-07-04
The Woman Champion 1968-07-01
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers 1968-06-22
Hymn to a Tired Man 1968-06-08
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2   as  Katsuji Nemoto 1968-04-28
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil 1967-08-12
The Young Ace in the South Pacific   as  Shinjiro Ishiyama 1967-07-01
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido 1967-04-20
Game of Chance 2 1967-04-01
River of Forever 1967-02-19
Birth of a Fighter 1967-02-04
Let's Go! Young Guy   as  Shinjirou Ishiyama 1967-01-01
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country 1966-12-31
Debt of Honor 1966-12-24
Golden Ninja   as  Risuke 1966-12-13
Koto—The Lake of Tears   as  Kenkichi Ohara 1966-11-13
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South 1966-08-13
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage   as  Storyteller 1966-08-12
The Face of Another   as  Mentally Ill Man #1 1966-07-15
The Front Line Showdown   as  Sawamura 1966-07-13
Arupusu no wakadaishô   as  Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô 1966-05-28
The Bullet and the Horse 1966-04-23
The Sword of Doom   as  Senkichi 1966-02-25
The Threat 1966-02-17
Silence Has No Wings 1966-02-11
Cash Calls Hell 1966-01-15
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 1965-12-31
Campus A Go-Go 1965-12-19
Yakuza G-Men   as  Masayoshi Imanishi 1965-11-13
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3   as  Otsuki 1965-10-31
Sword of the Beast   as  Tanji 1965-09-18
Young Guy at Sea   as  石山新次郎(青大)) 1965-08-08
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2   as  Kirikawa 1965-07-10
Three Yakuza 1965-05-22
The Last Judgment 1965-05-16
Abashiri Prison   as  Otsuki 1965-04-18
Tale of Ninja Duty 1965-02-25
Kwaidan   as  Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless") 1965-01-06
Red Diamond   as  George Takase 1964-10-14
Shingo's Final Duel 1964-05-23
The Desperate 1964-04-18
Punishment of a Lawless Villian 1964-03-25
Sasuke and His Comedians 1963-12-11
Okashina yatsu   as  Sankichi Fujita 1963-11-01
The Young Ace in Hawaii   as  石山新次郎(青大将) 1963-08-11
A Fishmonger's Tour 1963-01-15
College Champ 1962-07-14
Pitfall   as  Man in White Suit 1962-07-01
Operation Sewer Rats   as  Private Anayama 1962-06-01
The Crimson Sky 1962-03-21
The Inheritance 1962-02-16
Pride of the Campus   as  Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho) 1962-02-10
Sanjuro   as  Samurai 1962-01-01
Blood on the Sea 1961-08-13
Sir Galahad in Campus   as  Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho) 1961-07-08
Big Shots Die at Dawn 1961-04-09
Hidden Fangs 1961-02-08
The Merciless Trap 1961-02-01
The Bad Sleep Well   as  Hitman 1960-09-19
The Sun's Burial   as  Thief 1960-08-09
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity   as  Obara Nitôhei 1959-11-20
The Story of Pure Love   as  Satoyan 1957-10-15