Kunie Tanaka

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Kunie Tanaka

Acting 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,…

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Sanjuro

Sanjuro

7.9 1962 Movie
Kwaidan

Kwaidan

7.7 1965 Movie
The Bad Sleep Well

The Bad Sleep Well

7.7 1960 Movie
The Face of Another

The Face of Another

7.8 1966 Movie
The Sword of Doom

The Sword of Doom

7.7 1966 Movie
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

8.2 1959 Movie
Dodes'ka-den

Dodes'ka-den

7.1 1970 Movie
Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

7.3 1973 Movie
The Hidden Blade

The Hidden Blade

7.4 2004 Movie
Pitfall

Pitfall

7.3 1962 Movie
The Bullet Train

The Bullet Train

6.9 1975 Movie
Sword of the Beast

Sword of the Beast

7.5 1965 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2010
    The Last Ronin

    Movie Okuno Shōgen

  2. 2009
    The Sun in Kurobe

    TV show Genkichi

  3. 2004
    The Hidden Blade

    Movie Kanbê Katagiri

  4. 2003
    The Boat to Heaven

    Movie Masato Sakurai

  5. 2003
    Fukumimi

    Movie

  6. 2003
    北の国から 記憶 前編

    Movie 演员

  7. 2003
    Yomigaeri

    Movie Dr. Saito

  8. 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'

    Movie Self

  9. 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'

    Movie Self

  10. 2002
    Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2

    Movie

  11. 2002
    北の国から記憶

    Movie 演员

  12. 2002
    Kewaishi

    Movie

  13. 2001
    世界で一番熱い夏

    TV show

  14. 2001
    All About Our House

    Movie Chouichirou Iwata

  15. 2001
    Proof of the Man 2001

    Movie

  16. 2000
    The Password is Courage

    TV show

More credits
  1. 2000
    As the River Flows

    Movie Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)

  2. 1998
    A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage

    Movie Inoue

  3. 1997
    The Rainbow Seeker 2

    Movie

  4. 1997
    Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow

    Movie

  5. 1996
    The Rainbow Seeker

    Movie Tsune-san

  6. 1996
    Oishinbo

    Movie Tattsan

  7. 1995
    Tora-san to the Rescue

    Movie 船长

  8. 1995
    Salaryman Senka

    Movie

  9. 1995
    北の国から ’95秘密 後編

    Movie

  10. 1995
    Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu

    Movie

  11. 1994
    イルカに逢える日

    Movie

  12. 1994
    Free and Easy Special

    Movie

  13. 1993
    Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi

    TV show

  14. 1993
    A Class to Remember

    Movie Ino

  15. 1993
    Rainbow Bridge

    Movie

  16. 1993
    Baian the Assassin: Showdown

    Movie

  17. 1993
    Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict

    Movie Buddhist Priest

  18. 1992
    Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1

    Movie

  19. 1992
    Luminous Moss

    Movie Hachizo

  20. 1991
    My Sons

    Movie

  21. 1991
    Baian the Assassin

    TV show Han-Emon of Otowa

  22. 1991
    Castle of Sand

    Movie Eitaro Imanishi

  23. 1991
    A Desirable Marriage

    Movie Mr. Kawamata

  24. 1991
    The love song of farewell later

    Movie