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.
285 acting credits
Acting · 285
Kita no kuni kara
1981
Kwaidan
1965
Submersion of Japan
1974
Rice Curry
1986
Sanjuro
1962
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Older brother
1977
The Face of Another
1966
My Sons
1991
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
The Shin Hasegawa Series
1972
The Sword of Doom
1966
The Sun in Kurobe
2009
Dodes'ka-den
1970
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
1975
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
The Bullet Train
1975
The Password is Courage
2000
Manhunt
1976
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
The Inferno
1979
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
Three Yakuza
1965
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
Station
1981
The Demon
1978
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970
The Revolt
1980
Goyokin
1969
Japan's Don
1977
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
Yomigaeri
2003
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970
Tenchu!
1969
Graveyard of Honor
1975
Take Me Out to the Snowland
1987
Private Detective Dobu
1991
The Sun's Burial
1960
The Inheritance
1962
May Love Be Restored
1980
Cops vs. Thugs
1975
Baian the Assassin
1991
Choji Snack Bar
1983
The Shootout
1982
Ronin-gai
1990
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
Big Shots Die at Dawn
1961
Pitfall
1962
The Threat
1966
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979
Village of Eight Gravestones
1977
Never Give Up
1978
Winter's Flower
1978
世界で一番熱い夏
2001
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
Sword of the Beast
1965
Pride of the Campus
1962
Young Guy in Hawaii
1963
The Last Game
1979
Evil of Dracula
1974
Karate Cop
1982
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
1993
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
1974
Silence Has No Wings
1966
Stray Dog
1973
Demon
1985
Great Jailbreak
1975
Yakuza of the Present
1973
The Fixer
1979
The Wolves
1971
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
1978
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
1984
The Bullet and the Horse
1966
The International Gang of Kobe
1975
The Hidden Blade
2004
Eternity of Love
1961
The Wild Trucker
1975
Cash Calls Hell
1966
Blood Type: Blue
1978
Oishinbo
1996
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966
Company Buggers
1975
Sasuke and His Comedians
1963
Third Generation Boss
1974
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
1965
The Human Bullet
1968
Oración
1988
Dynamite Don-Don
1978
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
1968
Young Guy at Sea
1965
Light of Africa
1975
Shimane Prison Riot
1975
The Story of Pure Love
1957
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
1965
My Voiceless Friends
1972
College Champ
1962
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
A Desirable Marriage
1991
Outlaw: Black Dagger
1968
Tasmania Story
1990
Castle of Sand
1991
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970
The Boat to Heaven
2003
In Broad Daylight
1968
The Crimson Sky
1962
The Rainbow Seeker
1996
White Love
1979
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968
Hidden Fangs
1961
Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966
Hobo General
1976
Early Spring Story
1985
Game of Chance 2
1967
Sugata Sanshiro
1977
The Machine Gun Dragon
1976
Summer Soldiers
1972
Let's Go! Young Guy
1967
The Last Ronin
2010
Shingo's Final Duel
1964
Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den
1976
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
1972
A Class to Remember
1993
Free and Easy Special
1994
Down with The Big Boss
1979
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
1967
Murder in the Doll House
1979
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
Love on a Daily Basis
1988
Tomorrow
1988
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
Deeper Than Blue
1973
Golden Ninja
1966
The Rainbow Seeker 2
1997
Young People
1968
The Extravagant Cops
1977
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
1965
As the River Flows
2000
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995
Seasonal Wind
1977
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1998
Baian the Assassin
1990
Doterai Man
1975
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
1978
This Heartbeat
1988
Battle Cry
1975
All About Our House
2001
Operation Sewer Rats
1962
Young Guy in the South Pacific
1967
Luminous Moss
1992
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
1990
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
1975
Ekisutora
1982
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
1975
At This Late Date, the Charleston
1981
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
1970
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972
Abashiri Prison
1965
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
1986
Kewaishi
2002
間諜
1964
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
1966
Japan's Top Gangster
1973
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1969
Yojo no jidai
1988
The Woman Champion
1968
Bravo, Young Guy
1970
It Started In The Alps
1966
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1997
Hangyaku no Tabi
1976
Machi no Hi
1974
I Love You So Much
1988
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
1995
Birth of a Fighter
1967
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
1966
Forward, Young People!
1969
Tale of Ninja Duty
1965
Yakuza G-Men
1965
Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
1983
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
1967
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1983
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
2002
Mourning Work
1991
The Desperate
1964
Young Guy Graduates
1969
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
1971
The Witty Samurai
1972
Shy Security
1991
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1968
It's a Man's Way of Life
1970
The Woman Gambler's Revenge
1968
Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
1989
Sukanpin Walk
1984
Get Your Sky, Young Guy
1970
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
1992
The Front Line Showdown
1966
Rainbow Bridge
1993
Banner of the Young
1970
Young Guy in Rio
1968
The School Deviate Waru
1973
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
1982
Campus A Go-Go
1965
The Day the Sun Rose
1968
Rebel Against Glory
1970
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
1993
幽霊列車
1978
Charming Men
1970
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
1964
Cry of the Mountain
1968
River of Forever
1967
Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man
1971
北の国から記憶
2002
The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
1987
Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms
1969
Highschool Scramble
1982
Circuit-A-Go-Go
1967
Salaryman Senka
1995
Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
1976
Okashina yatsu
1963
Zorome no San Kyoudai
1972
The Thief and the Expelled Master
1987
北の国から ’95秘密 後編
1995
Three Rogues
1968
Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
1983
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
1971
Private Detective DOBU 1
1981
Dazzling Cops
1977
Angel's Lover
1968
Sensation Seekers
1963
Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
1987
Zoku Isoginchaku
1970
Young Guy on Mt. Cook
1969
Fear of Sex
1970
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
1971
Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
2002
Nichiren
1979
Tokimeki Kaigan Monogatari
1984
The Instant Services Bureau
1971
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
1983
Fukumimi
2003
Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
1984
Hell Festival
1963
Inside the Storm of Love
1978
Tonga Adventure Family
1982
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
1983
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
1980
A Fishmonger's Tour
1963
Nogare no machi
1983
Women and Miso Soup
1968
Young Guy, the Ace Rider
1971
Kamigata Kugaizoshi
1991
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
1982
Walleyed Nippon
1963
The Undercover Ninja Organization
1983
Return of the Champ
1981
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
1975
The Last Judgment
1965
Sir Galahad in Campus
1961
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
Red Diamond
1964
Live Again Tomorrow
1970
An Angel's Temptation
1968
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
1979
The love song of farewell later
1991
Blood on the Sea
1961
The House of Wedlock
1986
The Merciless Trap
1961
The Free Island
1967
Ghost Festival in Zenjin Village
1979
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
1979
若い野ばら
1965
Triumphant Song of Youth
1956
Debt of Honor
1966
イルカに逢える日
1994
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
1967
夕月
1969
Ghost Coast
1978
A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment
1963
Ghost Reunion
1984
Third Class Soldier Boss
1966
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
1973