Kunie Tanaka
Known for acting · Born 23 November 1932 · Died 24 March 2021 · aged 88 · Toki, Gifu, Japan
294 credits
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 for
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966
Evil of Dracula
1974
The Shin Hasegawa Series
1972
From the Northern Country
1981
Pitfall
1962
Sword of the Beast
1965
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
1975
Submersion of Japan
1974
Goyokin
1969
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
Acting (294)
2010The Last RoninOkuno ShōgenFilm
2009The Sun in KurobeGenkichi · 2 episodesSeries
2004The Hidden BladeKanbê KatagiriFilm
2003YomigaeriDr. SaitoFilm
2003FukumimiFilm
2003The Boat to HeavenMasato SakuraiFilm
2003北の国から 記憶 前編演员Film
2002KewaishiFilm
2002北の国から記憶演员Film
2002Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2Film
2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'SelfFilm
2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'SelfFilm
2001All About Our HouseChouichirou Iwata - Master CarpenterFilm
2001Proof of the Man 2001Film
2001世界で一番熱い夏 · 4 episodesSeries
2000As the River FlowsMatsuda (The Shopkeeper)Film
2000The Password is Courage · 11 episodesSeries
1998A Class to Remember III: The New VoyageInoueFilm
1997Magnitude: Bridge to TomorrowFilm
1997The Rainbow Seeker 2Film
1996The Rainbow SeekerTsune-sanFilm
1996OishinboTattsanFilm
1995Tora-san to the Rescue船长Film
1995Kita no kuni kara '95 HimitsuFilm
1995北の国から ’95秘密 後編Film
1995Salaryman SenkaFilm
1994Free and Easy SpecialFilm
1994イルカに逢える日Film
1993Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final ConflictBuddhist PriestFilm
1993A Class to RememberInoFilm
1993Rainbow BridgeFilm
1993Baian the Assassin: ShowdownFilm
1993Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi · 2 episodesSeries
1992Luminous MossHachizoFilm
1992Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1Film
1991My SonsFilm
1991Kamigata KugaizoshiFilm
1991A Desirable MarriageMr. KawamataFilm
1991Mourning WorkFilm
1991Baian the AssassinHan-Emon of Otowa · 5 episodesSeries
1991Shy SecurityFilm
1991Castle of SandEitaro ImanishiFilm
1991The love song of farewell laterFilm
1991Private Detective Dobu · 7 episodesSeries
1990Ronin-gaiMagozaemon DoiFilm
1990Tasmania StoryFilm
1990Hoshi wo tsugu monoKenji YoshidaFilm
1990Baian the AssassinFilm
1989Kita no kuni kara '89 KikyoFilm
1988TomorrowShoji's stepfatherFilm
1988OraciónFilm
1988Love on a Daily BasisFilm
1988Yojo no jidaiFilm
1988This HeartbeatFilm
1988I Love You So MuchFilm
1987Take Me Out to the SnowlandYûichirô TayamaFilm
1987Kita no kuni kara '87 HatsukoiFilm
1987The Great Department Store RobberyFilm
1987The Return of the Newshound and the Lady CopYutaro HatoriFilm
1987The Thief and the Expelled MasterFilm
1987The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 3 - I Saw a Woman's Corpse in the Steam of Beppu Onsen!Yutaro HatoriFilm
1986Maison Ikkoku - Apartment FantasyManFilm
1986The House of WedlockKazuya EnomotoFilm
1986The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 2 - I Saw the Bride's Corpse in the Sea of Toba!Yutaro HatoriFilm
1986Rice Curry · 13 episodesSeries
1985DemonKeitaFilm
1985Early Spring StoryOkino, Hitomi's fatherFilm
1985The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective - I Saw a Female Ghost in Hida Takayama!Yutaro HatoriFilm
1984The Miracle of Joe, the PetrelFilm
1984Kita no kuni kara '84 NatsuFilm
1984Sukanpin WalkKeizo FukamiFilm
1984Tokimeki Kaigan MonogatariFilm
1984Ghost ReunionInspector Joichi UnoFilm
1983Choji Snack BarIwashitaFilm
1983Kita no kuni kara '83 FuyuFilm
1983Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder CaseDobuFilm
1983Nogare no machiFilm
1983Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden GoldFilm
1983The Undercover Ninja OrganizationFilm
1983Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder CaseDobuFilm
1983Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders CaseDobuFilm
1982The ShootoutIwaiFilm
1982Karate CopNeighborFilm
1982Highschool ScrambleFilm
1982EkisutoraFilm
1982Tonga Adventure FamilyFilm
1982Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder CaseDobuFilm
1982Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder CaseDobuFilm
1981StationSugawaraFilm
1981From the Northern CountryGoru Kuroita (黑板五郎) · 24 episodesSeries
1981At This Late Date, the CharlestonArmy MinisterFilm
1981Private Detective DOBU 1DobuFilm
1981Return of the ChampShinjiro IshiyamaFilm
1980Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete SagaMasakichi MakiharaFilm
1980The RevoltFilm
1980May Love Be RestoredYugiri-ro clientFilm
1980Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougaiボオルチュ · 2 episodesSeries
1979The InfernoUnpei IkegataFilm
1979The Adventures of Kosuke KindaichiLt. TodorokiFilm
1979Murder in the Doll HouseDetective NarakiFilm
1979White LoveFilm
1979The FixerFilm
1979NichirenFilm
1979Down with The Big BossFilm
1979The Last GameFilm
1979Troubleman Laughs and KillsFilm
1979Ghost Festival in Zenjin VillageInspector Joichi UnoFilm
1979The Bride of the Ghost LakeInspector Joichi UnoFilm
1978The DemonPolicemanFilm
1978Bandits vs. Samurai SquadronRikichi KomaderaFilm
1978Never Give UpBartenderFilm
1978Blood Type: BlueKazuo, Saeko's brotherFilm
1978Winter's FlowerKokichi MinamiFilm
1978Dynamite Don-DonSakuzoFilm
1978The Truck Rascals Go to The NorthFilm
1978Pink Lady's Motion PictureFilm
1978Ghost TrainFilm
1978Inside the Storm of LoveFilm
1978Ghost CoastInspector Joichi UnoFilm
1977Village of Eight GravestonesFilm
1977The Love and Adventures of Kuroki TaroKuroki TaroFilm
1977Japan's DonDetective GotoFilm
1977Sugata SanshiroYasuyoshiFilm
1977Seasonal WindFilm
1977The Extravagant CopsFilm
1977Older brotherKintaro · 13 episodesSeries
1977Dazzling CopsNangou GoroSeries
1976ManhuntYokomichi KeijiFilm
1976The Machine Gun DragonFilm
1976Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred OnShinichiro NabeyamaFilm
1976Hobo GeneralFilm
1976Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō DenToramatsu OtaniFilm
1976Hangyaku no TabiFilm
1975The Bullet TrainKoga's BrotherFilm
1975Graveyard of HonorKatsuji KozakiFilm
1975Cops vs. ThugsKinpachi KomiyaFilm
1975Battle CryYamakawa HiroshiFilm
1975The International Gang of KobeTeruo MaruyamaFilm
1975Light of AfricaKatsuhiroFilm
1975The Wild TruckerBorsalino 2Film
1975Doterai ManFilm
1975Shimane Prison RiotYoshikazu MinagawaFilm
1975Great JailbreakGodaFilm
1975Company BuggersFilm
1975300 Million Thief: Statute of LimitationsToyamaFilm
1975Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out AttackFilm
1975Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among WomenFilm
1975The Nagasaki Crime ChroniclesYoshitoshi Kogure · 26 episodesSeries
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsMasakichi MakiharaFilm
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final EpisodeMasakichi MakiharaFilm
1974Evil of DraculaDr. ShimomuraFilm
1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1Gen SakagamiFilm
1974Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic StrategyDaisuke JigenFilm
1974Third Generation BossFilm
1974Machi no HiGoroFilm
1974Submersion of JapanTatsuno · 26 episodesSeries
1973Battles Without Honor and HumanityMasakichi MakiharaFilm
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarMasakichi MakiharaFilm
1973Stray DogSagawaFilm
1973Rika 3: Juvenile's LullabySoldier ManiaFilm
1973Deeper Than BlueAjikawaFilm
1973Yakuza of the PresentZen sanFilm
1973Japan's Top GangsterFilm
1973The School Deviate WaruFilm
1973The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata ObiKenFilm
1973What is Love?Saitaro AsamiFilm
1972Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog BrothersOhnoFilm
1972Summer SoldiersFujimuraFilm
1972Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's BirthJohei YawataFilm
1972New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the StormFilm
1972My Voiceless FriendsFilm
1972Zorome no San KyoudaiFilm
1972The Witty SamuraiFilm
1972The Shin Hasegawa Series蛙ヶ池の仙太 · 30 episodesSeries
1971The WolvesMatsuzo TsumuraFilm
1971The Battle of OkinawaBarber HigaFilm
1971Tora-san, the Good Samaritan福士老师Film
1971Kigeki: Onna ikitemasuFilm
1971New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound DeserterFilm
1971The Instant Services BureauFilm
1971Japan's No. 1 Shocked ManFilm
1971Detective Story: A Brother's RuleFilm
1971Young Guy, the Ace RiderFilm
1970Dodes'ka-denHatsutaro KawaguchiFilm
1970Zatoichi Goes to the Fire FestivalFilm
1970Duel at Fort EzoKurobeiFilm
1970Bravo, Young GuyFilm
1970The Kingpin of Fair LadiesTadao UedaFilm
1970Charming MenKuramoto KurajiFilm
1970It's a Man's Way of LifeHeihachirou YanaiFilm
1970Get Your Sky, Young GuyFilm
1970Fear of SexFilm
1970Rebel Against GloryFilm
1970Banner of the YoungTaroFilm
1970Zoku IsoginchakuTakashi TakaiFilm
1970The Summit of Mt. FujiFilm
1970Live Again Tomorrow刈田勝利Film
1969GoyokinHirosukeFilm
1969Tenchu!Rokkaku Prison OfficerFilm
1969Young Guy GraduatesFilm
1969Young Guy on Mt. CookFilm
1969Forward, Young People!TaroFilm
1969The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket ClubKanegaiFilm
1969Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry BlossomsSeiji MatsumiyaFilm
1969夕月Film
1968The Human BulletPlatoon LeaderFilm
1968Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2Katsuji NemotoFilm
1968Outlaw: Black DaggerDoctor Michio HongôFilm
1968Hymn to a Tired ManHisataro OhnoFilm
1968The Day the Sun RoseFilm
1968In Broad DaylightMarchFilm
1968Women and Miso SoupFilm
1968How to Be the Worst of Office WorkersFilm
1968Young PeopleTaroFilm
1968Three RoguesFilm
1968The Woman ChampionFilm
1968The Woman Gambler's RevengeFilm
1968Cry of the MountainFilm
1968An Angel's TemptationFilm
1968Young Guy in RioFilm
1968Angel's LoverFilm
1967Birth of a FighterFilm
1967Let's Go! Young GuyShinjirou IshiyamaFilm
1967Young Guy in the South PacificShinjiro IshiyamaFilm
1967River of ForeverFilm
1967Game of Chance 2Film
1967Abashiri Prison: Duel in HokkaidoFilm
1967Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the EvilFilm
1967Circuit-A-Go-GoFilm
1967The Free IslandFilm
1967Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: KamakiriKen TakahashiFilm
1966The Face of AnotherMentally Ill Man #1Film
1966The Sword of DoomSenkichiFilm
1966Zatoichi's PilgrimageStorytellerFilm
1966Silence Has No WingsFilm
1966Cash Calls HellUmegayaFilm
1966The ThreatFilm
1966Koto—The Lake of TearsKenkichi OharaFilm
1966It Started In The AlpsShinjiro Ishiyama / AodaisyôFilm
1966The Bullet and the HorseFilm
1966Abashiri Prison: Duel in the SouthFilm
1966Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow CountryFilm
1966The Front Line ShowdownSawamuraFilm
1966Golden NinjaRisukeFilm
1966Debt of HonorFilm
1966Third Class Soldier BossFilm
1966The Saturday TigerSeries
1965KwaidanYasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")Film
1965Sword of the BeastTanjiFilm
1965Abashiri PrisonOtsukiFilm
1965Campus A Go-GoFilm
1965Three YakuzaFilm
1965Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2KirikawaFilm
1965The Last JudgmentFilm
1965Young Guy at Sea石山新次郎（青大））Film
1965Prison Walls of Abashiri 3OtsukiFilm
1965Tale of Ninja DutyFilm
1965Prison Walls of Abashiri 4Film
1965Yakuza G-MenMasayoshi ImanishiFilm
1965Wakai nobara石丸雄吉Film
1964The DesperateChibaFilm
1964Red DiamondGeorge TakaseFilm
1964Punishment of a Lawless VillianFilm
1964Shingo's Final DuelFilm
1964間諜Film
1963Sasuke and His ComediansFilm
1963Young Guy in Hawaii石山新次郎（青大将）Film
1963A Fishmonger's TourFilm
1963Sensation SeekersFilm
1963Walleyed NipponShirosakaFilm
1963Okashina yatsuSankichi FujitaFilm
1963A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the MomentFilm
1963Hell FestivalSomei ToFilm
1963Kagami no naka no razōFilm
1962SanjuroSamuraiFilm
1962PitfallMan in White SuitFilm
1962The InheritanceFilm
1962Pride of the CampusShinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)Film
1962College ChampFilm
1962The Crimson SkyFilm
1962Operation Sewer RatsPrivate AnayamaFilm
1961Big Shots Die at DawnFilm
1961The Merciless TrapFilm
1961Sir Galahad in CampusShinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)Film
1961Hidden FangsFilm
1961Eternity of LoveFilm
1961Blood on the SeaFilm
1960The Bad Sleep WellHitmanFilm
1960The Sun's BurialThiefFilm
1960The War Without WeaponsDetective KitajimaFilm
1959The Human Condition II: Road to EternityObara NitôheiFilm
1959Lucky Dragon No. 5Film
1957The Story of Pure LoveSatoyanFilm
1956Triumphant Song of YouthFilm