Kunie Tanaka
Acting
Born November 23, 1932, Toki, Gifu, 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.
Filmography
- 2010The Last Ronin — Okuno Shōgen
- The Sun in Kurobe — Genkichi
- 2004The Hidden Blade — Kanbê Katagiri
- 2003Fukumimi
- 2003The Boat to Heaven — Masato Sakurai
- 2003Yomigaeri — Dr. Saito
- 2003北の国から 記憶 前編 — 演员
- 2002Kewaishi
- 2002Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
- 2002北の国から記憶 — 演员
- 2001All About Our House — Chouichirou Iwata - Master Carpenter
- 2001Proof of the Man 2001
- 世界で一番熱い夏
- 2000As the River Flows — Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
- The Password is Courage
- 1998A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage — Inoue
- 1997Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
- 1997The Rainbow Seeker 2
- 1996Oishinbo — Tattsan
- 1996The Rainbow Seeker — Tsune-san
- 1995Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
- 1995Salaryman Senka
- 1995Tora-san to the Rescue — 船长
- 1995北の国から ’95秘密 後編
- 1994Free and Easy Special
- 1994イルカに逢える日
- 1993A Class to Remember — Ino
- 1993Baian the Assassin: Showdown
- Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
- 1993Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict — Buddhist Priest
- 1993Rainbow Bridge
- 1992Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
- 1992Luminous Moss — Hachizo
- 1991A Desirable Marriage — Mr. Kawamata
- Baian the Assassin — Han-Emon of Otowa
- 1991Castle of Sand — Eitaro Imanishi
- 1991Kamigata Kugaizoshi
- 1991Mourning Work
- 1991My Sons
- Private Detective Dobu
- 1991Shy Security
- 1991The love song of farewell later
- 1990Baian the Assassin
- 1990Hoshi wo tsugu mono — Kenji Yoshida
- 1990Ronin-gai — Magozaemon Doi
- 1990Tasmania Story
- 1989Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
- 1988I Love You So Much
- 1988Love on a Daily Basis
- 1988Oración
- 1988This Heartbeat
- 1988Tomorrow — Shoji's stepfather
- 1988Yojo no jidai
- 1987Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
- 1987Take Me Out to the Snowland — Yûichirô Tayama
- 1987The Great Department Store Robbery
- 1987The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop — Yutaro Hatori
- 1987The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 3 - I Saw a Woman's Corpse in the Steam of Beppu Onsen! — Yutaro Hatori
- 1987The Thief and the Expelled Master
- 1986Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy — Man
- Rice Curry
- 1986The House of Wedlock — Kazuya Enomoto
- 1986The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 2 - I Saw the Bride's Corpse in the Sea of Toba! — Yutaro Hatori
- 1985Demon — Keita
- 1985Early Spring Story — Okino, Hitomi's father
- 1985The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective - I Saw a Female Ghost in Hida Takayama! — Yutaro Hatori
- 1984Ghost Reunion — Inspector Joichi Uno
- 1984Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
- 1984Sukanpin Walk — Keizo Fukami
- 1984The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
- 1984Tokimeki Kaigan Monogatari
- 1983Choji Snack Bar — Iwashita
- 1983Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
- 1983Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
- 1983Nogare no machi
- 1983Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case — Dobu
- 1983Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case — Dobu
- 1983Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case — Dobu
- 1983The Undercover Ninja Organization
- 1982Ekisutora
- 1982Highschool Scramble
- 1982Karate Cop — Neighbor
- 1982Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case — Dobu
- 1982Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case — Dobu
- 1982The Shootout — Iwai
- 1982Tonga Adventure Family
- 1981At This Late Date, the Charleston — Army Minister
- From the Northern Country — Goru Kuroita (黑板五郎)
- 1981Private Detective DOBU 1 — Dobu
- 1981Return of the Champ — Shinjiro Ishiyama
- 1981Station — Sugawara
- Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai — ボオルチュ
- 1980Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga — Masakichi Makihara
- 1980May Love Be Restored — Yugiri-ro client
- 1980The Revolt
- 1979Down with The Big Boss
- 1979Ghost Festival in Zenjin Village — Inspector Joichi Uno
- 1979Murder in the Doll House — Detective Naraki
- 1979Nichiren
- 1979The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi — Lt. Todoroki
- 1979The Bride of the Ghost Lake — Inspector Joichi Uno
- 1979The Fixer
- 1979The Inferno — Unpei Ikegata
- 1979The Last Game
- 1979Troubleman Laughs and Kills
- 1979White Love
- 1978Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron — Rikichi Komadera
- 1978Blood Type: Blue — Kazuo, Saeko's brother
- 1978Dynamite Don-Don — Sakuzo
- 1978Ghost Coast — Inspector Joichi Uno
- 1978Ghost Train
- 1978Inside the Storm of Love
- 1978Never Give Up — Bartender
- 1978Pink Lady's Motion Picture
- 1978The Demon — Policeman
- 1978The Truck Rascals Go to The North
- 1978Winter's Flower — Kokichi Minami
- Dazzling Cops — Nangou Goro
- 1977Japan's Don — Detective Goto
- Older brother — Kintaro
- 1977Seasonal Wind
- 1977Sugata Sanshiro — Yasuyoshi
- 1977The Extravagant Cops
- 1977The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro — Kuroki Taro
- 1977Village of Eight Gravestones
- 1976Hangyaku no Tabi
- 1976Hobo General
- 1976Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On — Shinichiro Nabeyama
- 1976Manhunt — Yokomichi Keiji
- 1976The Machine Gun Dragon
- 1976Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den — Toramatsu Otani
- 1975300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations — Toyama
- 1975Battle Cry — Yamakawa Hiroshi
- 1975Company Buggers
- 1975Cops vs. Thugs — Kinpachi Komiya
- 1975Doterai Man
- 1975Graveyard of Honor — Katsuji Kozaki
- 1975Great Jailbreak — Goda
- 1975Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
- 1975Light of Africa — Katsuhiro
- 1975Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
- 1975Shimane Prison Riot — Yoshikazu Minagawa
- 1975The Bullet Train — Koga's Brother
- 1975The International Gang of Kobe — Teruo Maruyama
- The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles — Yoshitoshi Kogure
- 1975The Wild Trucker — Borsalino 2
- 1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode — Masakichi Makihara
- 1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics — Masakichi Makihara
- 1974Evil of Dracula — Dr. Shimomura
- 1974Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy — Daisuke Jigen
- 1974Machi no Hi — Goro
- 1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 — Gen Sakagami
- Submersion of Japan — Tatsuno
- 1974Third Generation Boss
- 1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity — Masakichi Makihara
- 1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War — Masakichi Makihara
- 1973Deeper Than Blue — Ajikawa
- 1973Japan's Top Gangster
- 1973Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby — Soldier Mania
- 1973Stray Dog — Sagawa
- 1973The School Deviate Waru
- 1973The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi — Ken
- 1973What is Love? — Saitaro Asami
- 1973Yakuza of the Present — Zen san
- 1972Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth — Johei Yawata
- 1972My Voiceless Friends
- 1972New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
- 1972Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers — Ohno
- 1972Summer Soldiers — Fujimura
- The Shin Hasegawa Series — 蛙ヶ池の仙太
- 1972The Witty Samurai
- 1972Zorome no San Kyoudai
- 1971Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
- 1971Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man
- 1971Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
- 1971New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
- 1971The Battle of Okinawa — Barber Higa
- 1971The Instant Services Bureau
- 1971The Wolves — Matsuzo Tsumura
- 1971Tora-san, the Good Samaritan — 福士老师
- 1971Young Guy, the Ace Rider
- 1970Banner of the Young — Taro
- 1970Bravo, Young Guy
- 1970Charming Men — Kuramoto Kuraji
- 1970Dodes'ka-den — Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
- 1970Duel at Fort Ezo — Kurobei
- 1970Fear of Sex
- 1970Get Your Sky, Young Guy
- 1970It's a Man's Way of Life — Heihachirou Yanai
- 1970Live Again Tomorrow — 刈田勝利
- 1970Rebel Against Glory
- 1970The Kingpin of Fair Ladies — Tadao Ueda
- 1970The Summit of Mt. Fuji
- 1970Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
- 1970Zoku Isoginchaku — Takashi Takai
- 1969Forward, Young People! — Taro
- 1969Goyokin — Hirosuke
- 1969Tenchu! — Rokkaku Prison Officer
- 1969The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club — Kanegai
- 1969Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms — Seiji Matsumiya
- 1969Young Guy Graduates
- 1969Young Guy on Mt. Cook
- 1969夕月
- 1968An Angel's Temptation
- 1968Angel's Lover
- 1968Cry of the Mountain
- 1968How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
- 1968Hymn to a Tired Man — Hisataro Ohno
- 1968In Broad Daylight — March
- 1968Outlaw: Black Dagger — Doctor Michio Hongô
- 1968Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 — Katsuji Nemoto
- 1968The Day the Sun Rose
- 1968The Human Bullet — Platoon Leader
- 1968The Woman Champion
- 1968The Woman Gambler's Revenge
- 1968Three Rogues
- 1968Women and Miso Soup
- 1968Young Guy in Rio
- 1968Young People — Taro
- 1967Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
- 1967Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
- 1967Birth of a Fighter
- 1967Circuit-A-Go-Go
- 1967Game of Chance 2
- 1967Let's Go! Young Guy — Shinjirou Ishiyama
- 1967Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri — Ken Takahashi
- 1967River of Forever
- 1967The Free Island
- 1967Young Guy in the South Pacific — Shinjiro Ishiyama
- 1966Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
- 1966Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
- 1966Cash Calls Hell — Umegaya
- 1966Debt of Honor
- 1966Golden Ninja — Risuke
- 1966It Started In The Alps — Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô
- 1966Koto—The Lake of Tears — Kenkichi Ohara
- 1966Silence Has No Wings
- 1966The Bullet and the Horse
- 1966The Face of Another — Mentally Ill Man #1
- 1966The Front Line Showdown — Sawamura
- The Saturday Tiger
- 1966The Sword of Doom — Senkichi
- 1966The Threat
- 1966Third Class Soldier Boss
- 1966Zatoichi's Pilgrimage — Storyteller
- 1965Abashiri Prison — Otsuki
- 1965Campus A Go-Go
- 1965Kwaidan — Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
- 1965Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 — Otsuki
- 1965Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
- 1965Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2 — Kirikawa
- 1965Sword of the Beast — Tanji
- 1965Tale of Ninja Duty
- 1965The Last Judgment
- 1965Three Yakuza
- 1965Wakai nobara — 石丸雄吉
- 1965Yakuza G-Men — Masayoshi Imanishi
- 1965Young Guy at Sea — 石山新次郎（青大））
- 1964Punishment of a Lawless Villian
- 1964Red Diamond — George Takase
- 1964Shingo's Final Duel
- 1964The Desperate — Chiba
- 1964間諜
- 1963A Fishmonger's Tour
- 1963A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment
- 1963Hell Festival — Somei To
- 1963Kagami no naka no razō
- 1963Okashina yatsu — Sankichi Fujita
- 1963Sasuke and His Comedians
- 1963Sensation Seekers
- 1963Walleyed Nippon — Shirosaka
- 1963Young Guy in Hawaii — 石山新次郎（青大将）
- 1962College Champ
- 1962Operation Sewer Rats — Private Anayama
- 1962Pitfall — Man in White Suit
- 1962Pride of the Campus — Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
- 1962Sanjuro — Samurai
- 1962The Crimson Sky
- 1962The Inheritance
- 1961Big Shots Die at Dawn
- 1961Blood on the Sea
- 1961Eternity of Love
- 1961Hidden Fangs
- 1961Sir Galahad in Campus — Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
- 1961The Merciless Trap
- 1960The Bad Sleep Well — Hitman
- 1960The Sun's Burial — Thief
- 1960The War Without Weapons — Detective Kitajima
- 1959Lucky Dragon No. 5
- 1959The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity — Obara Nitôhei
- 1957The Story of Pure Love — Satoyan
- 1956Triumphant Song of Youth
Appearances as themselves (2)
- 2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' — Self
- 2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' — Self