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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,…
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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.
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Kunie Tanaka's Filmography
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The Last Ronin
as Okuno Shōgen
The Hidden Blade
as Kanbê Katagiri
Fukumimi
The Boat to Heaven
as Masato Sakurai
北の国から 記憶 前編
as 演员
Yomigaeri
as Dr. Saito
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
as Self
Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
北の国から記憶
as 演员
Kewaishi
All About Our House
as Chouichirou Iwata - Master Carpenter
No Poster
Proof of the Man 2001
As the River Flows
as Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
as Inoue
The Rainbow Seeker 2
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
The Rainbow Seeker
as Tsune-san
Oishinbo
as Tattsan
Salaryman Senka
Tora-san to the Rescue
as 船长
北の国から ’95秘密 後編
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
イルカに逢える日
Free and Easy Special
A Class to Remember
as Ino
Rainbow Bridge
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
as Buddhist Priest
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
Luminous Moss
as Hachizo
My Sons
Castle of Sand
as Eitaro Imanishi
A Desirable Marriage
as Mr. Kawamata
The love song of farewell later
Shy Security
No Poster
Mourning Work
Kamigata Kugaizoshi
Baian the Assassin
Ronin-gai
as Magozaemon Doi
Tasmania Story
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
as Kenji Yoshida
Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
Love on a Daily Basis
I Love You So Much
Yojo no jidai
This Heartbeat
Tomorrow
as Shoji's stepfather
Oración
The Great Department Store Robbery
Take Me Out to the Snowland
as Yûichirô Tayama
The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
as Yutaro Hatori
The Thief and the Expelled Master
The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 3 - I Saw a Woman's Corpse in the Steam of Beppu Onsen!
as Yutaro Hatori
Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
The House of Wedlock
as Kazuya Enomoto
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
as Man
The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 2 - I Saw the Bride's Corpse in the Sea of Toba!
as Yutaro Hatori
The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective - I Saw a Female Ghost in Hida Takayama!
as Yutaro Hatori
Early Spring Story
as Okino, Hitomi's father
Demon
as Keita
Ghost Reunion
as Inspector Joichi Uno
Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
Sukanpin Walk
as Keizo Fukami
Tokimeki Kaigan Monogatari
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
as Dobu
Choji Snack Bar
as Iwashita
Nogare no machi
Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
The Undercover Ninja Organization
Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
as Dobu
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
as Dobu
Highschool Scramble
Tonga Adventure Family
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
as Dobu
The Shootout
as Iwai
Ekisutora
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
as Dobu
Karate Cop
as Neighbor
At This Late Date, the Charleston
as Army Minister
Station
as Sugawara
Return of the Champ
as Shinjiro Ishiyama
Private Detective DOBU 1
as Dobu
May Love Be Restored
as Yugiri-ro client
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
as Masakichi Makihara
The Revolt
The Last Game
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
as Inspector Joichi Uno
The Fixer
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
White Love
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
as Lt. Todoroki
The Inferno
as Unpei Ikegata
Ghost Festival in Zenjin Village
as Inspector Joichi Uno
Murder in the Doll House
as Detective Naraki
Down with The Big Boss
Nichiren
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
Blood Type: Blue
as Kazuo, Saeko's brother
Ghost Coast
as Inspector Joichi Uno
The Demon
as Policeman
Dynamite Don-Don
as Sakuzo
Never Give Up
as Bartender
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
as Rikichi Komadera
Winter's Flower
as Kokichi Minami
Inside the Storm of Love
Ghost Train
The Extravagant Cops
Village of Eight Gravestones
Sugata Sanshiro
as Yasuyoshi
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
as Kuroki Taro
Seasonal Wind
Japan's Don
as Detective Goto
Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
as Shinichiro Nabeyama
Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den
as Toramatsu Otani
Hangyaku no Tabi
Hobo General
The Machine Gun Dragon
Manhunt
as Yokomichi Keiji
The Wild Trucker
as Borsalino 2
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
as Toyama
The International Gang of Kobe
as Teruo Maruyama
Company Buggers
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
The Bullet Train
as Koga's Brother
Light of Africa
as Katsuhiro
Shimane Prison Riot
as Yoshikazu Minagawa
Cops vs. Thugs
as Kinpachi Komiya
Great Jailbreak
as Goda
Battle Cry
as Yamakawa Hiroshi
Graveyard of Honor
as Katsuji Kozaki
Doterai Man
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
as Gen Sakagami
Third Generation Boss
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
as Daisuke Jigen
Evil of Dracula
as Dr. Shimomura
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
as Masakichi Makihara
Machi no Hi
as Goro
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
as Masakichi Makihara
Yakuza of the Present
as Zen san
Stray Dog
as Sagawa
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
as Masakichi Makihara
Japan's Top Gangster
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
as Soldier Mania
What is Love?
as Saitaro Asami
The School Deviate Waru
Deeper Than Blue
as Ajikawa
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
as Ken
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as Masakichi Makihara
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
as Ohno
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
as Johei Yawata
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
My Voiceless Friends
Summer Soldiers
as Fujimura
The Witty Samurai
Zorome no San Kyoudai
Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
The Wolves
as Matsuzo Tsumura
The Battle of Okinawa
as Barber Higa
The Instant Services Bureau
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
as 福士老师
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
Young Guy, the Ace Rider
Banner of the Young
as Taro
It's a Man's Way of Life
as Heihachirou Yanai
Dodes'ka-den
as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
as Tadao Ueda
Fear of Sex
Get Your Sky, Young Guy
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Charming Men
as Kuramoto Kuraji
Bravo, Young Guy
Live Again Tomorrow
as 刈田勝利
Rebel Against Glory
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
Duel at Fort Ezo
as Kurobei
No Poster
Zoku Isoginchaku
as Takashi Takai
Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms
as Seiji Matsumiya
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
as Kanegai
Tenchu!
as Rokkaku Prison Officer
Young Guy on Mt. Cook
Forward, Young People!
as Taro
Goyokin
as Hirosuke
夕月
Young Guy Graduates
Outlaw: Black Dagger
as Doctor Michio Hongô
Angel's Lover
The Woman Gambler's Revenge
Young People
as Taro
No Poster
The Day the Sun Rose
In Broad Daylight
as March
The Human Bullet
as Platoon Leader
Three Rogues
Cry of the Mountain
An Angel's Temptation
Young Guy in Rio
Women and Miso Soup
The Woman Champion
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
Hymn to a Tired Man
as Hisataro Ohno
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
as Katsuji Nemoto
Circuit-A-Go-Go
The Free Island
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
Young Guy in the South Pacific
as Shinjiro Ishiyama
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
Game of Chance 2
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
as Ken Takahashi
River of Forever
Birth of a Fighter
Let's Go! Young Guy
as Shinjirou Ishiyama
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
Debt of Honor
Golden Ninja
as Risuke
Koto—The Lake of Tears
as Kenkichi Ohara
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
as Storyteller
The Face of Another
as Mentally Ill Man #1
The Front Line Showdown
as Sawamura
It Started In The Alps
as Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô
Third Class Soldier Boss
The Bullet and the Horse
The Sword of Doom
as Senkichi
The Threat
Silence Has No Wings
Cash Calls Hell
as Umegaya
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
Campus A Go-Go
Wakai nobara
as 石丸雄吉
Yakuza G-Men
as Masayoshi Imanishi
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
as Otsuki
Sword of the Beast
as Tanji
Young Guy at Sea
as 石山新次郎（青大））
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
as Kirikawa
Three Yakuza
The Last Judgment
Abashiri Prison
as Otsuki
Tale of Ninja Duty
Kwaidan
as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Red Diamond
as George Takase
間諜
Shingo's Final Duel
The Desperate
as Chiba
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
Sasuke and His Comedians
Hell Festival
as Somei To
Okashina yatsu
as Sankichi Fujita
Kagami no naka no razō
Walleyed Nippon
as Shirosaka
Young Guy in Hawaii
as 石山新次郎（青大将）
A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment
Sensation Seekers
A Fishmonger's Tour
College Champ
Pitfall
as Man in White Suit
Operation Sewer Rats
as Private Anayama
The Crimson Sky
The Inheritance
Pride of the Campus
as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
Sanjuro
as Samurai
Blood on the Sea
Sir Galahad in Campus
as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
Big Shots Die at Dawn
Eternity of Love
Hidden Fangs
The Merciless Trap
The War Without Weapons
as Detective Kitajima
The Bad Sleep Well
as Hitman
The Sun's Burial
as Thief
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Obara Nitôhei
Lucky Dragon No. 5
The Story of Pure Love
as Satoyan
