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.
Filmography
all 232
Movies 220
TV Shows 12
self 2
The Last Ronin (2010)
The Sun in Kurobe (2009)
The Hidden Blade (2004)
Fukumimi (2003)
The Boat to Heaven (2003)
北の国から 記憶 前編 (2003)
Resurrection (2003)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Bad Sleep Well (2002)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' (2002)
Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 1 (2002)
Kewaishi (2002)
All About Our House (2001)
The Password is "Courage" (2000)
As the River Flows (2000)
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage (1998)
Kita no kuni kara '98 Jidai Part 1 (1998)
The Rainbow Seeker 2 (1997)
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow (1997)
The Rainbow Seeker (1996)
Oishinbo (1996)
Tora-san to the Rescue (1995)
Salaryman Senka (1995)
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu (1995)
Free and Easy Special (1994)
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi (1993)
A Class to Remember (1993)
Baian the Assassin: Showdown (1993)
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict (1993)
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1 (1992)
Luminous Moss (1992)
Baian the Assassin (1991)
Castle of Sand (1991)
A Desirable Marriage (1991)
The love song of farewell later (1991)
Shy Security (1991)
Private Detective Dobu (1991)
Mourning Work (1991)
Kamigata Kugaizoshi (1991)
Baian the Assassin (1990)
Ronin-gai (1990)
Tasmania Story (1990)
Hoshi wo tsugu mono (1990)
Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo (1989)
Love on a Daily Basis (1988)
Yojo no jidai (1988)
Tomorrow (1988)
Oracion (1988)
The Great Department Store Robbery (1987)
Take Me Out to the Snowland (1987)
The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop (1987)
Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi (1987)
The House of Wedlock (1986)
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy (1986)
Rice Curry (1986)
Early Spring Story (1985)
Demon (1985)
From Oregon with Love (1984)
Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu (1984)
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel (1984)
Sukanpin Walk (1984)
Tokimeki Kaigai Monogatari (1984)
Choji Snack Bar (1983)
Nogare no machi (1983)
Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold (1983)
The Undercover Ninja Organization (1983)
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu (1983)
Highschool Scramble (1982)
Tonga Adventure Family (1982)
The Shootout (1982)
Karate Cop (1982)
At This Late Date, the Charleston (1981)
Station (1981)
Kita no kuni kara (1981)
May Love Be Restored (1980)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980)
The Revolt (1980)
The Last Game (1979)
The Fixer (1979)
Troubleman Laughs and Kills (1979)
White Love (1979)
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi (1979)
The Inferno (1979)
Murder in the Doll House (1979)
Down with The Big Boss (1979)
Nichiren (1979)
Truck Rascals VIII: Ichibanboshi Returns North (1978)
Pink Lady's Motion Picture (1978)
Blood Type: Blue (1978)
The Demon (1978)
Dynamite Don-Don (1978)
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978)
Winter's Flower (1978)
幽霊列車 (1978)
Falcons of Edo (1978)
The Extravagant Cops (1977)
Village of Eight Gravestones (1977)
Sugata Sanshiro (1977)
Older brother (1977)
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro (1977)
Seasonal Wind (1977)
Japan's Don (1977)
Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On (1976)
Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den (1976)
Hangyaku no Tabi (1976)
Hobo General (1976)
The Machine Gun Dragon (1976)
Manhunt (1976)
Truck Rascals II: Ichibanboshi Runs Wild (1975)
300 Million Thief Immune to Charges Begins (1975)
The International Gang of Kobe (1975)
Company Buggers (1975)
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women (1975)
The Bullet Train (1975)
Light of Africa (1975)
Shimane Prison Riot (1975)
Cops vs. Thugs (1975)
The Dark Magistrate (1975)
Great Jailbreak (1975)
Battle Cry (1975)
Graveyard of Honor (1975)
Doterai Man (1975)
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack (1975)
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974)
Submersion of Japan (1974)
Third Generation Boss (1974)
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (1974)
Evil of Dracula (1974)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)
Machi no Hi (1974)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974)
Yakuza of the Present (1973)
Stray Dog (1973)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)
Japan's Top Gangster (1973)
The School Deviate Waru (1973)
Deeper Than Blue (1973)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers (1972)
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth (1972)
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm (1972)
My Voiceless Friends (1972)
Summer Soldiers (1972)
Zorome no San Kyoudai (1972)
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter (1971)
The Wolves (1971)
The Battle of Okinawa (1971)
The Instant Services Bureau (1971)
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu (1971)
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan (1971)
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule (1971)
Banner of the Young (1970)
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies (1970)
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
Bravo, Young Guy (1970)
Rebel Against Glory (1970)
Duel at Fort Ezo (1970)
Zoku Isoginchaku (1970)
Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms (1969)
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club (1969)
Tenchu! (1969)
Forward, Young People! (1969)
Goyokin (1969)
Angel's Lover (1968)
Outlaw: Black Dagger (1968)
The Woman Gambler's Revenge (1968)
Young People (1968)
The Day the Sun Rose (1968)
In Broad Daylight (1968)
The Human Bullet (1968)
Three Rogues (1968)
Women and Miso Soup (1968)
The Woman Champion (1968)
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers (1968)
Hymn to a Tired Man (1968)
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 (1968)
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil (1967)
The Young Ace in the South Pacific (1967)
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido (1967)
Game of Chance 2 (1967)
River of Forever (1967)
Let's Go! Young Guy (1967)
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country (1966)
Debt of Honor (1966)
Golden Ninja (1966)
Koto—The Lake of Tears (1966)
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South (1966)
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966)
The Face of Another (1966)
The Front Line Showdown (1966)
The Bullet and the Horse (1966)
The Sword of Doom (1966)
The Threat (1966)
Silence Has No Wings (1966)
Cash Calls Hell (1966)
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 (1965)
Campus A Go-Go (1965)
Yakuza G-Men (1965)
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 (1965)
Sword of the Beast (1965)
Young Guy at Sea (1965)
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2 (1965)
Three Yakuza (1965)
The Last Judgment (1965)
Abashiri Prison (1965)
Tale of Ninja Duty (1965)
Kwaidan (1965)
Red Diamond (1964)
Shingo's Final Duel (1964)
The Desperate (1964)
Punishment of a Lawless Villian (1964)
Sasuke and His Comedians (1963)
Okashina yatsu (1963)
The Young Ace in Hawaii (1963)
A Fishmonger's Tour (1963)
College Champ (1962)
Pitfall (1962)
Operation Sewer Rats (1962)
The Crimson Sky (1962)
The Inheritance (1962)
Pride of the Campus (1962)
Sanjuro (1962)
Blood on the Sea (1961)
Sir Galahad in Campus (1961)
Big Shots Die at Dawn (1961)
Hidden Fangs (1961)
The Merciless Trap (1961)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
The Sun's Burial (1960)
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
The Story of Pure Love (1957)
北国之恋1988~1998 [记忆]
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1932-11-23
Deathday2021-03-24 (88 years old)
Birth Name田中 邦衛
Birth PlaceToki, Japan
ChildrenJunko Tanaka
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As田中邦衛, 田中邦卫
AwardsThe Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor, Medal with Purple Ribbon, Golden Arrow Award
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