Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Birthday: 1932-11-23

Deathday: 2021-03-24

Place of birth: Toki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Also known as: 田中邦卫

imdb_id: nm0848993

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.

Played in movies:

The Truck Rascals Go to The North

Score: 10.0

The Instant Services Bureau

Score: 9.0

Doterai Man

Score: 9.0

Tasmania Story

Score: 9.0

Campus A Go-Go

Score: 8.5

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

Score: 8.2

Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo

Score: 8.0

Sanjuro

Score: 8.0

Three Yakuza

Score: 7.8

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan

Score: 7.8

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

Score: 7.8

Hymn to a Tired Man

Score: 7.8

The Face of Another

Score: 7.8

The Bad Sleep Well

Score: 7.7

My Sons

Score: 7.7

The Sword of Doom

Score: 7.7

Kwaidan

Score: 7.7

Cash Calls Hell

Score: 7.6

Goyokin

Score: 7.6

Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict

Score: 7.6

Tomorrow

Score: 7.5

The Battle of Okinawa

Score: 7.5

Free and Easy Special

Score: 7.5

A Class to Remember

Score: 7.5

Japan's Don

Score: 7.5

Sword of the Beast

Score: 7.5

The Wolves

Score: 7.4

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Score: 7.4

The Hidden Blade

Score: 7.4

Pitfall

Score: 7.4

The Threat

Score: 7.3

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Score: 7.3

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

Score: 7.3

The Inheritance

Score: 7.2

Abashiri Prison

Score: 7.1

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

Score: 7.1

Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den

Score: 7.0

Tenchu!

Score: 7.0

Company Buggers

Score: 7.0

Silence Has No Wings

Score: 7.0

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth

Score: 7.0

Great Jailbreak

Score: 7.0

The Wild Trucker

Score: 7.0

Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2

Score: 7.0

Prison Walls of Abashiri 3

Score: 7.0

The Day the Sun Rose

Score: 7.0

Birth of a Fighter

Score: 7.0

Dynamite Don-Don

Score: 7.0

Stray Dog

Score: 7.0

Choji Snack Bar

Score: 7.0

The Merciless Trap

Score: 7.0

Kewaishi

Score: 7.0

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Score: 7.0

The Desperate

Score: 7.0

Demon

Score: 7.0

Dodes'ka-den

Score: 7.0

Tora-san to the Rescue

Score: 7.0

Evil of Dracula

Score: 6.8

The Story of Pure Love

Score: 6.8

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

Score: 6.8

The Bullet Train

Score: 6.8

Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2

Score: 6.8

Village of Eight Gravestones

Score: 6.7

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

Score: 6.7

Graveyard of Honor

Score: 6.7

The Inferno

Score: 6.6

The Demon

Score: 6.5

Manhunt

Score: 6.5

Koto—The Lake of Tears

Score: 6.5

Murder in the Doll House

Score: 6.5

The Sun's Burial

Score: 6.5

Outlaw: Black Dagger

Score: 6.4

Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers

Score: 6.4

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

Score: 6.4

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

Score: 6.3

Cops vs. Thugs

Score: 6.3

The Machine Gun Dragon

Score: 6.3

Early Spring Story

Score: 6.3

The Last Ronin

Score: 6.3

At This Late Date, the Charleston

Score: 6.3

A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage

Score: 6.2

Winter's Flower

Score: 6.2

Big Shots Die at Dawn

Score: 6.2

Station

Score: 6.1

The Human Bullet

Score: 6.1

Take Me Out to the Snowland

Score: 6.0

Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi

Score: 6.0

Oración

Score: 6.0

The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel

Score: 6.0

A Desirable Marriage

Score: 6.0

Summer Soldiers

Score: 6.0

Game of Chance 2

Score: 6.0

Oishinbo

Score: 6.0

Light of Africa

Score: 6.0

The Fixer

Score: 6.0

The Revolt

Score: 6.0

Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu

Score: 6.0

Battle Cry

Score: 6.0

Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy

Score: 6.0

Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1

Score: 6.0

Ronin-gai

Score: 5.9

All About Our House

Score: 5.9

Sasuke and His Comedians

Score: 5.8

The International Gang of Kobe

Score: 5.7

Never Give Up

Score: 5.7

Resurrection

Score: 5.7

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

Score: 5.6

Pink Lady's Motion Picture

Score: 5.5

The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop

Score: 5.5

Blood Type: Blue

Score: 5.5

Luminous Moss

Score: 5.5

Duel at Fort Ezo

Score: 5.4

Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu

Score: 5.0

Sukanpin Walk

Score: 5.0

The Shootout

Score: 5.0

Shimane Prison Riot

Score: 5.0

White Love

Score: 5.0

Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy

Score: 5.0

イルカに逢える日

Score: 4.0

Tale of Ninja Duty

Score: 1.0

Kamigata Kugaizoshi

Score: 1.0

Love on a Daily Basis

Score: 1.0

Young Guy - The Sky is Ours!

Score: 0.0

Circuit-A-Go-Go

Score: 0.0

An Angel's Temptation

Score: 0.0

The Thief and the Expelled Master

Score: 0.0

Nippon ichi no shokku otoko

Score: 0.0

It's a Man's Way of Life

Score: 0.0

Wakarete ikiru toki mo

Score: 0.0

Sensation Seekers

Score: 0.0

Ekisutora

Score: 0.0

間諜

Score: 0.0

The Witty Samurai

Score: 0.0

I Love You So Much

Score: 0.0

This Heartbeat

Score: 0.0

Cry of the Mountain

Score: 0.0

The Summit of Mt. Fuji

Score: 0.0

Wakadaisho vs Aodaisho

Score: 0.0

Young Ace in the Alps

Score: 0.0

Debt of Honor

Score: 0.0

The Last Game

Score: 0.0

The love song of farewell later

Score: 0.0

Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack

Score: 0.0

The Young Ace in Hawaii

Score: 0.0

The Last Judgment

Score: 0.0

Hobo General

Score: 0.0

Baian the Assassin

Score: 0.0

Baian the Assassin: Showdown

Score: 0.0

Machi no Hi

Score: 0.0

Detective Story: A Brother's Rule

Score: 0.0

Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil

Score: 0.0

Sugata Sanshiro

Score: 0.0

Operation Sewer Rats

Score: 0.0

Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu

Score: 0.0

My Voiceless Friends

Score: 0.0

Angel's Lover

Score: 0.0

New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm

Score: 0.0

The Front Line Showdown

Score: 0.0

Blood on the Sea

Score: 0.0

College Champ

Score: 0.0

Let's Go! Young Guy

Score: 0.0

May Love Be Restored

Score: 0.0

Zoku Isoginchaku

Score: 0.0

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country

Score: 0.0

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South

Score: 0.0

Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido

Score: 0.0

Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On

Score: 0.0

Japan's Top Gangster

Score: 0.0

300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations

Score: 0.0

Shingo's Final Duel

Score: 0.0

Highschool Scramble

Score: 0.0

The Bullet and the Horse

Score: 0.0

Nogare no machi

Score: 0.0

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'

Score: 0.0

Salaryman Senka

Score: 0.0

Pride of the Campus

Score: 0.0

Sir Galahad in Campus

Score: 0.0

Down with The Big Boss

Score: 0.0

The Extravagant Cops

Score: 0.0

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'

Score: 0.0

Yakuza G-Men

Score: 0.0

Third Generation Boss

Score: 0.0

The Rainbow Seeker 2

Score: 0.0

Yakuza of the Present

Score: 0.0

Deeper Than Blue

Score: 0.0

Golden Ninja

Score: 0.0

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter

Score: 0.0

The Woman Gambler's Revenge

Score: 0.0

The Woman Champion

Score: 0.0

Prison Walls of Abashiri 4

Score: 0.0

Nichiren

Score: 0.0

Hangyaku no Tabi

Score: 0.0

Yojo no jidai

Score: 0.0

北の国から ’95秘密 後編

Score: 0.0

Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case

Score: 0.0

Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case

Score: 0.0

Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case

Score: 0.0

Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case

Score: 0.0

Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case

Score: 0.0

Red Diamond

Score: 0.0

Charming Men

Score: 0.0

Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2

Score: 0.0

Private Detective DOBU 1

Score: 0.0

Seasonal Wind

Score: 0.0

Castle of Sand

Score: 0.0

Tokimeki Coast Story

Score: 0.0

北の国から記憶

Score: 0.0

北の国から 記憶 前編

Score: 0.0

Hidden Fangs

Score: 0.0

Punishment of a Lawless Villian

Score: 0.0

幽霊列車

Score: 0.0

Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women

Score: 0.0

Hoshi wo tsugu mono

Score: 0.0

River of Forever

Score: 0.0

Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu

Score: 0.0

Mourning Work

Score: 0.0

The Rainbow Seeker

Score: 0.0

The Boat to Heaven

Score: 0.0

As the River Flows

Score: 0.0

Karate Cop

Score: 0.0

Bravo, Young Guy

Score: 0.0

The Young Ace in the South Pacific

Score: 0.0

The House of Wedlock

Score: 0.0

Three Rogues

Score: 0.0

Young Guy at Sea

Score: 0.0

Troubleman Laughs and Kills

Score: 0.0

The Kingpin of Fair Ladies

Score: 0.0

The Great Department Store Robbery

Score: 0.0

The Undercover Ninja Organization

Score: 0.0

The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club

Score: 0.0

Banner of the Young

Score: 0.0

Forward, Young People!

Score: 0.0

Young People

Score: 0.0

How to Be the Worst of Office Workers

Score: 0.0

Tonga Adventure Family

Score: 0.0

The School Deviate Waru

Score: 0.0

Rebel Against Glory

Score: 0.0

Okashina yatsu

Score: 0.0

Women and Miso Soup

Score: 0.0

Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow

Score: 0.0

The Crimson Sky

Score: 0.0

Fukumimi

Score: 0.0

In Broad Daylight

Score: 0.0

Zorome no San Kyoudai

Score: 0.0

Shy Security

Score: 0.0

A Fishmonger's Tour

Score: 0.0

Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms

Score: 0.0

Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Baian the Assassin

Score: 10.0

Kita no kuni kara

Score: 9.0

世界で一番熱い夏

Score: 0.0

The Shin Hasegawa Series

Score: 0.0

The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles

Score: 0.0

Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi

Score: 0.0

Submersion of Japan

Score: 0.0

Private Detective Dobu

Score: 0.0

Older brother

Score: 0.0

Rice Curry

Score: 0.0

The Password is Courage

Score: 0.0