Kunie Tanaka
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 ForActing
- Born23 November 1932 (age 93)
- Place of BirthToki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Kunie Tanaka
- Known ForActing
- Born23 November 1932 (age 93)
- Place of BirthToki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
KNOWN FOR
PHOTOS
CREDITS
The Last Ronin
6.3
2010
The Hidden Blade
7.4
2004
Resurrection
5.7
2003
Fukumimi
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2003
The Boat to Heaven
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2003
北の国から 記憶 前編
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2003
Kewaishi
7.0
2002
北の国から記憶
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2002
Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
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2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
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2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
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2002
All About Our House
5.9
2001
As the River Flows
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2000
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
6.2
1998
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
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1997
The Rainbow Seeker 2
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1997
The Rainbow Seeker
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1996
Oishinbo
6.0
1996
Tora-san to the Rescue
7.0
1995
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
6.0
1995
北の国から ’95秘密 後編
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1995
Salaryman Senka
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1995
Free and Easy Special
7.5
1994
イルカに逢える日
4.0
1994
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
7.6
1993
A Class to Remember
7.5
1993
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
-
1993
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
6.0
1992
Luminous Moss
5.5
1992
Shy Security
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1991
Mourning Work
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1991
Castle of Sand
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1991
Kamigata Kugaizoshi
1.0
1991
A Desirable Marriage
6.0
1991
The love song of farewell later
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1991
My Sons
7.7
1991
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
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1990
Tasmania Story
9.0
1990
Ronin-gai
5.9
1990
Baian the Assassin
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1990
Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
8.0
1989
Love on a Daily Basis
1.0
1988
Yojo no jidai
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1988
Oración
6.0
1988
Tomorrow
7.5
1988
This Heartbeat
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1988
I Love You So Much
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1988
The Great Department Store Robbery
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1987
The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
5.5
1987
Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
6.0
1987
Take Me Out to the Snowland
6.0
1987
The Thief and the Expelled Master
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1987
The House of Wedlock
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1986
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
5.0
1986
Demon
7.0
1985
Early Spring Story
6.3
1985
Tokimeki Coast Story
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1984
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
6.0
1984
Sukanpin Walk
5.0
1984
Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
5.0
1984
Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
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1983
The Undercover Ninja Organization
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1983
Choji Snack Bar
7.0
1983
Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
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1983
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
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1983
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
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1983
Nogare no machi
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1983
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
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1983
Tonga Adventure Family
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1982
Karate Cop
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1982
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
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1982
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
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1982
Highschool Scramble
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1982
The Shootout
5.0
1982
Ekisutora
-
1982
Station
6.1
1981
At This Late Date, the Charleston
6.3
1981
Private Detective DOBU 1
-
1981
The Revolt
6.0
1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
6.7
1980
May Love Be Restored
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1980
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
-
1979
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
6.4
1979
Murder in the Doll House
6.5
1979
White Love
5.0
1979
The Fixer
6.0
1979
Nichiren
-
1979
Down with The Big Boss
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1979
The Last Game
-
1979
The Inferno
6.6
1979
幽霊列車
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1978
Winter's Flower
6.2
1978
Blood Type: Blue
5.5
1978
Never Give Up
5.7
1978
Dynamite Don-Don
7.0
1978
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
10.0
1978
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
6.3
1978
The Demon
6.5
1978
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
5.5
1978
Japan's Don
7.5
1977
Seasonal Wind
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1977
Village of Eight Gravestones
6.7
1977
The Extravagant Cops
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1977
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
7.8
1977
Sugata Sanshiro
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1977
The Machine Gun Dragon
6.3
1976
Hangyaku no Tabi
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1976
Manhunt
6.5
1976
Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
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1976
Hobo General
-
1976
Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den
7.0
1976
Battle Cry
6.0
1975
Graveyard of Honor
6.7
1975
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
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1975
Doterai Man
9.0
1975
The International Gang of Kobe
5.7
1975
The Bullet Train
6.8
1975
Light of Africa
6.0
1975
Cops vs. Thugs
6.3
1975
Shimane Prison Riot
5.0
1975
The Wild Trucker
7.0
1975
Great Jailbreak
7.0
1975
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
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1975
Company Buggers
7.0
1975
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
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1975
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
6.045
1974
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
5.6
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
7.0
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
7.3
1974
Evil of Dracula
6.833
1974
Third Generation Boss
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1974
Machi no Hi
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1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
7.4
1973
The School Deviate Waru
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1973
Stray Dog
7.0
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
7.3
1973
Deeper Than Blue
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1973
Yakuza of the Present
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1973
Japan's Top Gangster
-
1973
Zorome no San Kyoudai
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1972
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
6.4
1972
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
7.0
1972
Summer Soldiers
6.0
1972
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
-
1972
My Voiceless Friends
-
1972
The Witty Samurai
-
1972
The Wolves
7.4
1971
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
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1971
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
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1971
The Battle of Okinawa
7.5
1971
The Instant Services Bureau
9.0
1971
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
7.8
1971
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
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1971
Wakadaisho vs Aodaisho
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1971
Nippon ichi no shokku otoko
-
1971
Dodes'ka-den
7.0
1970
Rebel Against Glory
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1970
Banner of the Young
-
1970
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
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1970
Duel at Fort Ezo
5.4
1970
Bravo, Young Guy
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1970
Charming Men
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1970
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
6.776
1970
Zoku Isoginchaku
-
1970
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
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1970
It's a Man's Way of Life
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1970
Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms
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1969
Goyokin
7.6
1969
Forward, Young People!
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1969
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
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1969
Tenchu!
7.0
1969
Hymn to a Tired Man
7.8
1968
In Broad Daylight
-
1968
The Human Bullet
6.1
1968
Women and Miso Soup
-
1968
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
-
1968
Young People
-
1968
Three Rogues
-
1968
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
6.8
1968
The Day the Sun Rose
7.0
1968
The Woman Champion
-
1968
The Woman Gambler's Revenge
-
1968
Outlaw: Black Dagger
6.4
1968
Angel's Lover
-
1968
Cry of the Mountain
-
1968
An Angel's Temptation
-
1968
The Young Ace in the South Pacific
-
1967
River of Forever
-
1967
Birth of a Fighter
7.0
1967
Game of Chance 2
6.0
1967
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
-
1967
Let's Go! Young Guy
-
1967
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
-
1967
Circuit-A-Go-Go
-
1967
The Face of Another
7.791
1966
The Sword of Doom
7.7
1966
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
7.1
1966
Golden Ninja
-
1966
The Threat
7.3
1966
Koto—The Lake of Tears
6.5
1966
The Bullet and the Horse
-
1966
Cash Calls Hell
7.6
1966
Silence Has No Wings
7.0
1966
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
-
1966
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
-
1966
The Front Line Showdown
-
1966
Debt of Honor
-
1966
Young Ace in the Alps
-
1966
Kwaidan
7.722
1965
Sword of the Beast
7.5
1965
Young Guy at Sea
-
1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
7.0
1965
Abashiri Prison
7.1
1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
-
1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
7.0
1965
Yakuza G-Men
-
1965
Campus A Go-Go
8.5
1965
Tale of Ninja Duty
1.0
1965
Three Yakuza
7.8
1965
The Last Judgment
-
1965
The Desperate
7.0
1964
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
-
1964
Red Diamond
-
1964
Shingo's Final Duel
-
1964
間諜
-
1964
A Fishmonger's Tour
-
1963
Okashina yatsu
-
1963
Sasuke and His Comedians
5.8
1963
The Young Ace in Hawaii
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1963
Sensation Seekers
-
1963
Sanjuro
8.0
1962
The Crimson Sky
-
1962
Pitfall
7.364
1962
The Inheritance
7.2
1962
Pride of the Campus
-
1962
College Champ
-
1962
Operation Sewer Rats
-
1962
Big Shots Die at Dawn
6.2
1961
Hidden Fangs
-
1961
The Merciless Trap
7.0
1961
Sir Galahad in Campus
-
1961
Blood on the Sea
-
1961
Wakarete ikiru toki mo
-
1961
The Bad Sleep Well
7.701
1960
The Sun's Burial
6.5
1960
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
8.202
1959
The Story of Pure Love
6.8