Actor
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 f ...

Known For
Acting
2010 -- The Last Ronin |
2004 -- The Hidden Blade | Kanbê Katagiri
2003 -- The Boat to Heaven | Masato Sakurai
2003 -- Fukumimi |
2003 -- 北の国から 記憶 前編 | 演员
2003 -- Resurrection | Dr. Saito
2002 -- Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' | Self
2002 -- Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' | Self
2002 -- Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2 |
2002 -- 北の国から記憶 | 演员
2002 -- Kewaishi |
2001 -- All About Our House | Chouichirou Iwata
2000 -- As the River Flows | Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
1998 -- A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage | Inoue
1997 -- The Rainbow Seeker 2 |
1997 -- Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow |
1996 -- The Rainbow Seeker |
1996 -- Oishinbo | Tattsan
1995 -- Salaryman Senka |
1995 -- Tora-san to the Rescue | Ship Captain
1995 -- 北の国から ’95秘密 後編 |
1995 -- Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu |
1994 -- Free and Easy Special |
1993 -- A Class to Remember | Ino
1993 -- Baian the Assassin: Showdown |
1993 -- Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict | Buddhist Priest
1992 -- Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1 |
1992 -- Luminous Moss | Hachizo
1991 -- My Sons |
1991 -- Castle of Sand | Eitaro Imanishi
1991 -- A Desirable Marriage | Mr. Kawamata
1991 -- The love song of farewell later |
1991 -- Shy Security |
1991 -- Mourning Work |
1991 -- Kamigata Kugaizoshi |
1990 -- Baian the Assassin |
1990 -- Ronin-gai | Magozaemon Doi
1990 -- Tasmania Story |
1990 -- Hoshi wo tsugu mono | Kenji Yoshida
1989 -- Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo |
1988 -- I Love You So Much |
1988 -- Love on a Daily Basis |
1988 -- Yojo no jidai |
1988 -- This Heartbeat |
1988 -- Tomorrow | Shoji's stepfather
1988 -- Oración |
1987 -- The Great Department Store Robbery |
1987 -- Take Me Out to the Snowland | Yûichirô Tayama
1987 -- The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop | Yutaro Hatori
1987 -- Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi |
1986 -- The House of Wedlock |
1986 -- Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy |
1985 -- Early Spring Story | Okino, Hitomi's father
1985 -- Demon | Keita
1984 -- Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu |
1984 -- The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel |
1984 -- Sukanpin Walk | Keizo Fukami
1984 -- Tokimeki Coast Story |
1983 -- Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case | Dobu
1983 -- Choji Snack Bar | Iwashita
1983 -- Nogare no machi |
1983 -- Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold |
1983 -- The Undercover Ninja Organization |
1983 -- Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu |
1983 -- Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case |
1983 -- Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case | Dobu
1982 -- Highschool Scramble |
1982 -- Tonga Adventure Family |
1982 -- Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case | Dobu
1982 -- The Shootout | Iwai
1982 -- Ekisutora |
1982 -- Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case | Dobu
1982 -- Karate Cop | Neighbor
1981 -- At This Late Date, the Charleston | Army Minister
1981 -- Station | Sugawara
1981 -- Private Detective DOBU 1 |
1980 -- May Love Be Restored | Yugiri-ro client
1980 -- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga | Masakichi Makihara
1980 -- The Revolt |
1979 -- The Last Game |
1979 -- The Fixer |
1979 -- Troubleman Laughs and Kills |
1979 -- White Love |
1979 -- The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi | Lt. Todoroki
1979 -- The Inferno | Unpei Ikegata
1979 -- Murder in the Doll House | Detective Naraki
1979 -- Down with The Big Boss |
1979 -- Nichiren |
1978 -- The Truck Rascals Go to The North |
1978 -- Pink Lady's Motion Picture |
1978 -- Blood Type: Blue |
1978 -- The Demon | Policeman
1978 -- Dynamite Don-Don | Sakuzo
1978 -- Never Give Up | Bartender
1978 -- Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron | Rikichi Komadera
1978 -- Winter's Flower | Kokichi Minami
1978 -- 幽霊列車 |
1977 -- The Extravagant Cops |
1977 -- Sugata Sanshiro | Yasuyoshi
1977 -- Village of Eight Gravestones |
1977 -- The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro | Kuroki Taro
1977 -- Seasonal Wind |
1977 -- Japan's Don |
1976 -- Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On |
1976 -- Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den | Toramatsu Otani
1976 -- Hangyaku no Tabi |
1976 -- Hobo General |
1976 -- The Machine Gun Dragon |
1976 -- Manhunt | Yokomichi Keiji
1975 -- The Wild Trucker |
1975 -- 300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations | Toyama
1975 -- The International Gang of Kobe | Teruo Maruyama
1975 -- Company Buggers |
1975 -- Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women |
1975 -- The Bullet Train | Koga's Brother
1975 -- Light of Africa | Katsuhiro
1975 -- Shimane Prison Riot | Yoshikazu Minagawa
1975 -- Cops vs. Thugs | Kinpachi Komiya
1975 -- Great Jailbreak | Goda
1975 -- Battle Cry |
1975 -- Graveyard of Honor | Katsuji Ozaki
1975 -- Doterai Man |
1975 -- Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack |
1974 -- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 | Gen Sakagami
1974 -- Third Generation Boss |
1974 -- Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy | Daisuke Jigen
1974 -- Evil of Dracula | Dr. Shimomura
1974 -- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode | Masakichi Makihara
1974 -- Machi no Hi | Goro
1974 -- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics | Masakichi Makihara
1973 -- Yakuza of the Present | Zen san
1973 -- Stray Dog | Sagawa
1973 -- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War | Masakichi Makihara
1973 -- Japan's Top Gangster |
1973 -- The School Deviate Waru |
1973 -- Deeper Than Blue | Ajikawa
1973 -- Battles Without Honor and Humanity | Masakichi Makihara
1972 -- Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers | Ohno
1972 -- Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth | Johei Yawata
1972 -- New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm |
1972 -- My Voiceless Friends |
1972 -- Summer Soldiers | Fujimura
1972 -- The Witty Samurai |
1972 -- Zorome no San Kyoudai |
1971 -- New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter |
1971 -- The Wolves | Matsuzo Tsumura
1971 -- The Battle of Okinawa |
1971 -- The Instant Services Bureau |
1971 -- Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu |
1971 -- Tora-san, the Good Samaritan | Teacher Fukushi
1971 -- Detective Story: A Brother's Rule |
1971 -- Wakadaisho vs Aodaisho |
1970 -- Banner of the Young | Taro
1970 -- Dodes'ka-den | Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
1970 -- The Kingpin of Fair Ladies | Tadao Ueda
1970 -- Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival |
1970 -- Charming Men | Kuramoto Kuraji
1970 -- Bravo, Young Guy |
1970 -- Rebel Against Glory |
1970 -- The Summit of Mt. Fuji |
1970 -- Duel at Fort Ezo | Kurobei
1970 -- Zoku Isoginchaku | Takashi Takai
1969 -- The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club | Kanegai
1969 -- Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms | Seiji Matsumiya
1969 -- Tenchu! | Rokkaku Prison Officer
1969 -- Forward, Young People! | Taro
1969 -- Goyokin | Hirosuke
1968 -- Angel's Lover |
1968 -- Outlaw: Black Dagger | Doctor Michio Hongô
1968 -- The Woman Gambler's Revenge |
1968 -- Young People | Taro
1968 -- The Day the Sun Rose |
1968 -- In Broad Daylight | March
1968 -- The Human Bullet |
1968 -- Three Rogues |
1968 -- Cry of the Mountain |
1968 -- Women and Miso Soup |
1968 -- The Woman Champion |
1968 -- How to Be the Worst of Office Workers |
1968 -- Hymn to a Tired Man | Hisataro Ohno
1968 -- Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 | Katsuji Nemoto
1967 -- Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil |
1967 -- The Young Ace in the South Pacific | Shinjiro Ishiyama
1967 -- Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido |
1967 -- Game of Chance 2 |
1967 -- River of Forever |
1967 -- Birth of a Fighter |
1967 -- Let's Go! Young Guy | Shinjirou Ishiyama
1966 -- Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country |
1966 -- Debt of Honor |
1966 -- Golden Ninja | Risuke
1966 -- Koto—The Lake of Tears | Kenkichi Ohara
1966 -- Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South |
1966 -- Zatoichi's Pilgrimage | Storyteller
1966 -- The Face of Another | Mentally Ill Man #1
1966 -- The Front Line Showdown | Sawamura
1966 -- Arupusu no wakadaishô | Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô
1966 -- The Bullet and the Horse |
1966 -- The Sword of Doom | Senkichi
1966 -- The Threat |
1966 -- Silence Has No Wings |
1966 -- Cash Calls Hell | Umegaya
1965 -- Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 |
1965 -- Campus A Go-Go |
1965 -- Yakuza G-Men | Masayoshi Imanishi
1965 -- Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 | Otsuki
1965 -- Sword of the Beast | Tanji
1965 -- Young Guy at Sea | 石山新次郎(青大))
1965 -- Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2 | Kirikawa
1965 -- Three Yakuza |
1965 -- The Last Judgment |
1965 -- Abashiri Prison | Otsuki
1965 -- Tale of Ninja Duty |
1965 -- Kwaidan | Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
1964 -- Red Diamond | George Takase
1964 -- 間諜 |
1964 -- Shingo's Final Duel |
1964 -- The Desperate | Chiba
1964 -- Punishment of a Lawless Villian |
1963 -- Sasuke and His Comedians |
1963 -- Okashina yatsu | Sankichi Fujita
1963 -- The Young Ace in Hawaii | 石山新次郎(青大将)
1963 -- A Fishmonger's Tour |
1962 -- College Champ |
1962 -- Pitfall | Man in White Suit
1962 -- Operation Sewer Rats | Private Anayama
1962 -- The Crimson Sky |
1962 -- The Inheritance |
1962 -- Pride of the Campus | Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
1962 -- Sanjuro | Samurai
1961 -- Blood on the Sea |
1961 -- Sir Galahad in Campus | Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
1961 -- Big Shots Die at Dawn |
1961 -- Hidden Fangs |
1961 -- The Merciless Trap |
1960 -- The Bad Sleep Well | Hitman
1960 -- The Sun's Burial | Thief
1959 -- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity | Obara Nitôhei
1957 -- The Story of Pure Love | Satoyan
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