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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-11-23
Place of birth
Toki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
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Cast
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968
7.80
Kwaidan
1965
7.71
Sanjuro
1962
7.94
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995
7.00
Dodes'ka-den
1970
7.00
The Hidden Blade
2004
7.40
Resurrection
2003
5.60
A Fishmonger's Tour
1963
0.00
Shy Security
1991
0.00
The Wolves
1971
7.40
Zorome no San Kyoudai
1972
0.00
In Broad Daylight
1968
0.00
Fukumimi
2003
0.00
The Face of Another
1966
7.80
The Crimson Sky
1962
0.00
The Human Bullet
1968
6.10
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1997
0.00
Sword of the Beast
1965
7.50
Women and Miso Soup
1968
0.00
Okashina yatsu
1963
0.00
Goyokin
1969
7.53
Rebel Against Glory
1970
0.00
The Sword of Doom
1966
7.70
Pitfall
1962
7.30
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966
7.00
The School Deviate Waru
1973
0.00
Tonga Adventure Family
1982
0.00
Japan's Don
1977
7.50
Young People
1968
0.00
Forward, Young People!
1969
0.00
Banner of the Young
1970
0.00
All About Our House
2001
5.90
Station
1981
6.10
Demon
1985
7.70
Battle Cry
1975
6.00
Luminous Moss
1992
5.50
A Class to Remember
1993
7.50
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
1970
0.00
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970
5.40
The Desperate
1964
7.00
Graveyard of Honor
1975
6.72
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
1979
0.00
Young Guy at Sea
1965
0.00
Three Rogues
1968
0.00
The House of Wedlock
1986
0.00
Bravo, Young Guy
1970
0.00
Evil of Dracula
1974
6.80
Karate Cop
1982
0.00
Free and Easy Special
1994
7.50
As the River Flows
2000
0.00
The Last Ronin
2010
6.30
The Boat to Heaven
2003
0.00
Kewaishi
2002
7.00
Mourning Work
1991
0.00
The Rainbow Seeker
1996
0.00
Big Shots Die at Dawn
1961
6.20
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
1971
0.00
River of Forever
1967
0.00
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
1990
0.00
幽霊列車
1978
0.00
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
1964
0.00
Hidden Fangs
1961
0.00
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
0.00
北の国から記憶
2002
0.00
Tasmania Story
1990
9.00
Winter's Flower
1978
6.20
Tokimeki Coast Story
1984
0.00
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
7.70
Murder in the Doll House
1979
6.50
Castle of Sand
1991
0.00
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
1995
6.00
Seasonal Wind
1977
0.00
Doterai Man
1975
9.00
Private Detective DOBU 1
1981
0.00
Blood Type: Blue
1978
5.50
The Merciless Trap
1961
7.00
The Inheritance
1962
7.20
Charming Men
1970
0.00
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
1968
6.80
Choji Snack Bar
1983
7.00
Red Diamond
1964
0.00
Stray Dog
1973
7.00
The Revolt
1980
6.00
White Love
1979
5.00
Never Give Up
1978
5.70
Dynamite Don-Don
1978
7.00
北の国から ’95秘密 後編
1995
0.00
Birth of a Fighter
1967
7.00
The Day the Sun Rose
1968
7.00
Love on a Daily Basis
1988
1.00
Early Spring Story
1985
6.30
Yojo no jidai
1988
0.00
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
1965
7.00
The Machine Gun Dragon
1976
6.30
Hangyaku no Tabi
1976
0.00
The Fixer
1979
6.00
The International Gang of Kobe
1975
5.70
Nichiren
1979
0.00
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
1978
10.00
The Bullet Train
1975
6.76
Abashiri Prison
1965
7.10
Light of Africa
1975
6.00
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
1965
0.00
The Woman Champion
1968
0.00
The Woman Gambler's Revenge
1968
0.00
Golden Ninja
1966
0.00
Cops vs. Thugs
1975
6.30
Oishinbo
1996
0.00
Deeper Than Blue
1973
0.00
The Threat
1966
6.80
Yakuza of the Present
1973
0.00
The Rainbow Seeker 2
1997
0.00
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
1965
7.00
Third Generation Boss
1974
0.00
Sasuke and His Comedians
1963
5.80
Outlaw: Black Dagger
1968
6.40
Village of Eight Gravestones
1977
6.70
Yakuza G-Men
1965
0.00
Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966
6.50
The Extravagant Cops
1977
0.00
Down with The Big Boss
1979
0.00
Sir Galahad in Campus
1961
0.00
Pride of the Campus
1962
0.00
Salaryman Senka
1995
0.00
Shimane Prison Riot
1975
5.00
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
6.30
The Sun's Burial
1960
6.50
The Wild Trucker
1975
7.00
Manhunt
1976
6.50
Nogare no machi
1983
0.00
Campus A Go-Go
1965
8.50
The Bullet and the Horse
1966
0.00
Highschool Scramble
1982
0.00
Kamigata Kugaizoshi
1991
1.00
Great Jailbreak
1975
7.00
Cash Calls Hell
1966
7.60
Shingo's Final Duel
1964
0.00
Game of Chance 2
1967
6.00
Summer Soldiers
1972
6.00
Silence Has No Wings
1966
7.00
Japan's Top Gangster
1973
0.00
A Desirable Marriage
1991
6.00
Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
1976
0.00
Zoku Isoginchaku
1970
0.00
May Love Be Restored
1980
0.00
Let's Go! Young Guy
1967
0.00
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
1984
6.00
Tale of Ninja Duty
1965
1.00
College Champ
1962
0.00
The Shootout
1982
5.00
Blood on the Sea
1961
0.00
The Story of Pure Love
1957
6.80
Sukanpin Walk
1984
5.00
Company Buggers
1975
7.00
Oración
1988
6.00
The Front Line Showdown
1966
0.00
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
7.50
The Instant Services Bureau
1971
9.00
Angel's Lover
1968
0.00
The Demon
1978
6.50
My Voiceless Friends
1972
0.00
Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
1989
8.00
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1983
0.00
Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
1987
6.00
Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
1984
5.00
Operation Sewer Rats
1962
0.00
Sugata Sanshiro
1977
0.00
Tomorrow
1988
7.50
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
7.80
Ronin-gai
1990
5.90
Take Me Out to the Snowland
1987
6.00
Machi no Hi
1974
0.00
Tenchu!
1969
7.00
Three Yakuza
1965
7.80
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
1993
0.00
Baian the Assassin
1990
0.00
Hobo General
1976
0.00
The Last Judgment
1965
0.00
The Young Ace in Hawaii
1963
0.00
The love song of farewell later
1991
0.00
The Last Game
1979
0.00
Debt of Honor
1966
0.00
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
1978
5.50
My Sons
1991
7.70
Arupusu no wakadaishô
1966
0.00
The Inferno
1979
7.20
Wakadaisho vs Aodaisho
1971
0.00
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970
0.00
Cry of the Mountain
1968
0.00
This Heartbeat
1988
0.00
I Love You So Much
1988
0.00
The Witty Samurai
1972
0.00
間諜
1964
0.00
Ekisutora
1982
0.00