Kunie Tanaka
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-11-23
Day of Death
2021-03-24 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Toki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
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.
Known For
Acting
(2010)
(2004)
The Hidden Blade
as Kanbê Katagiri
(2003)
Resurrection
as Dr. Saito
(2003)
北の国から 記憶 前編
as 演员
(2003)
The Boat to Heaven
as Masato Sakurai
(2003)
(2002)
(2002)
(2002)
北の国から記憶
as 演员
(2002)
(2002)
(2001)
All About Our House
as Chouichirou Iwata
(2000)
As the River Flows
as Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
(1998)
(1997)
(1997)
(1996)
Oishinbo
as Tattsan
(1996)
(1995)
(1995)
Tora-san to the Rescue
as Ship Captain
(1995)
(1995)
(1994)
(1993)
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
as Buddhist Priest
(1993)
A Class to Remember
as Ino
(1993)
(1992)
(1992)
Luminous Moss
as Hachizo
(1991)
(1991)
(1991)
(1991)
(1991)
Castle of Sand
as Eitaro Imanishi
(1991)
A Desirable Marriage
as Mr. Kawamata
(1991)
(1990)
Ronin-gai
as Magozaemon Doi
(1990)
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
as Kenji Yoshida
(1990)
(1990)
(1989)
(1988)
(1988)
(1988)
(1988)
(1988)
Tomorrow
as Shoji's stepfather
(1988)
(1987)
Take Me Out to the Snowland
as Yûichirô Tayama
(1987)
(1987)
(1987)
The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
as Yutaro Hatori
(1986)
(1986)
(1985)
Demon
as Keita
(1985)
Early Spring Story
as Okino, Hitomi's father
(1984)
Sukanpin Walk
as Keizo Fukami
(1984)
(1984)
(1984)
(1983)
(1983)
Choji Snack Bar
as Iwashita
(1983)
(1983)
(1983)
(1983)
(1983)
(1983)
(1982)
Karate Cop
as Neighbor
(1982)
(1982)
(1982)
The Shootout
as Iwai
(1982)
(1982)
(1982)
(1981)
Station
as Sugawara
(1981)
At This Late Date, the Charleston
as Army Minister
(1981)
(1980)
May Love Be Restored
as Yugiri-ro client
(1980)
(1980)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
as Masakichi Makihara
(1979)
The Inferno
as Unpei Ikegata
(1979)
(1979)
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
as Lt. Todoroki
(1979)
(1979)
(1979)
(1979)
Murder in the Doll House
as Detective Naraki
(1979)
(1979)
(1978)
The Demon
as Policeman
(1978)
Never Give Up
as Bartender
(1978)
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
as Rikichi Komadera
(1978)
Winter's Flower
as Kokichi Minami
(1978)
(1978)
(1978)
Dynamite Don-Don
as Sakuzo
(1978)
(1978)
(1977)
(1977)
(1977)
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
as Kuroki Taro
(1977)
(1977)
(1977)
Sugata Sanshiro
as Yasuyoshi
(1976)
Manhunt
as Yokomichi Keiji
(1976)
(1976)
(1976)
(1976)
(1976)
Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den
as Toramatsu Otani
(1975)
The Bullet Train
as Koga's Brother
(1975)
Graveyard of Honor
as Katsuji Ozaki
(1975)
Cops vs. Thugs
as Kinpachi Komiya
(1975)
(1975)
Shimane Prison Riot
as Yoshikazu Minagawa
(1975)
The International Gang of Kobe
as Teruo Maruyama
(1975)
(1975)
Great Jailbreak
as Goda
(1975)
(1975)
(1975)
(1975)
(1975)
Light of Africa
as Katsuhiro
(1975)
(1974)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
as Masakichi Makihara
(1974)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
as Masakichi Makihara
(1974)
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
as Daisuke Jigen
(1974)
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
as Gen Sakagami
(1974)
Evil of Dracula
as Dr. Shimomura
(1974)
(1974)
Machi no Hi
as Goro
(1973)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as Masakichi Makihara
(1973)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
as Masakichi Makihara
(1973)
(1973)
Stray Dog
as Sagawa
(1973)
Deeper Than Blue
as Ajikawa
(1973)
Yakuza of the Present
as Zen san
(1973)
(1972)
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
as Johei Yawata
(1972)
(1972)
(1972)
(1972)
Summer Soldiers
as Fujimura
(1972)
(1972)
(1971)
(1971)
The Wolves
as Matsuzo Tsumura
(1971)
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
as Teacher Fukushi
(1971)
(1971)
(1971)
(1971)
(1971)
(1970)
Dodes'ka-den
as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
Duel at Fort Ezo
as Kurobei
(1970)
Banner of the Young
as Taro
(1970)
Charming Men
as Kuramoto Kuraji
(1970)
(1970)
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
as Tadao Ueda
(1970)
Zoku Isoginchaku
as Takashi Takai
(1970)
It's a Man's Way of Life
as Heihachirou Yanai
(1969)
Tenchu!
as Rokkaku Prison Officer
(1969)
Goyokin
as Hirosuke
(1969)
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
as Kanegai
(1969)
Forward, Young People!
as Taro
(1969)
(1968)
Hymn to a Tired Man
as Hisataro Ohno
(1968)
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
as Katsuji Nemoto
(1968)
In Broad Daylight
as March
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
Outlaw: Black Dagger
as Doctor Michio Hongô
(1968)
Young People
as Taro
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1968)
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
Let's Go! Young Guy
as Shinjirou Ishiyama
(1967)
(1967)
The Young Ace in the South Pacific
as Shinjiro Ishiyama
(1967)
(1966)
The Sword of Doom
as Senkichi
(1966)
The Face of Another
as Mentally Ill Man #1
(1966)
Cash Calls Hell
as Umegaya
(1966)
(1966)
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
as Storyteller
(1966)
Golden Ninja
as Risuke
(1966)
(1966)
Koto—The Lake of Tears
as Kenkichi Ohara
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
The Front Line Showdown
as Sawamura
(1966)
(1966)
Arupusu no wakadaishô
as Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô
(1965)
Kwaidan
as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
(1965)
Sword of the Beast
as Tanji
(1965)
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
as Kirikawa
(1965)
(1965)
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
as Otsuki
(1965)
(1965)
Abashiri Prison
as Otsuki
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
Young Guy at Sea
as 石山新次郎（青大））
(1965)
Yakuza G-Men
as Masayoshi Imanishi
(1965)
(1964)
The Desperate
as Chiba
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
(1964)
Red Diamond
as George Takase
(1963)
The Young Ace in Hawaii
as 石山新次郎（青大将）
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Okashina yatsu
as Sankichi Fujita
(1963)
(1962)
Sanjuro
as Samurai
(1962)
(1962)
Pitfall
as Man in White Suit
(1962)
(1962)
Operation Sewer Rats
as Private Anayama
(1962)
Pride of the Campus
as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
(1962)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
Sir Galahad in Campus
as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
(1961)
(1961)
(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