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 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

Kita no kuni kara

Kwaidan

Demon

Submersion of Japan

Sanjuro

Rice Curry

The Shin Hasegawa Series

The Bullet Train

All Movies (276)

• The Last Ronin2010
• The Hidden Blade2004 · as Kanbê Katagiri
• Fukumimi2003
• The Boat to Heaven2003 · as Masato Sakurai
• 北の国から 記憶 前編2003 · as 演员
• Yomigaeri2003 · as Dr. Saito
• Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'2002 · as Self
• Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'2002 · as Self
• Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 22002
• 北の国から記憶2002 · as 演员
• Kewaishi2002
• All About Our House2001 · as Chouichirou Iwata
• As the River Flows2000 · as Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
• A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage1998 · as Inoue
• The Rainbow Seeker 21997
• Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow1997
• The Rainbow Seeker1996 · as Tsune-san
• Oishinbo1996 · as Tattsan
• Tora-san to the Rescue1995 · as Ship Captain
• Salaryman Senka1995
• 北の国から ’95秘密 後編1995
• Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu1995
• イルカに逢える日1994
• Free and Easy Special1994
• A Class to Remember1993 · as Ino
• Rainbow Bridge1993
• Baian the Assassin: Showdown1993
• Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict1993 · as Buddhist Priest
• Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 11992
• Luminous Moss1992 · as Hachizo
• My Sons1991
• Castle of Sand1991 · as Eitaro Imanishi
• A Desirable Marriage1991 · as Mr. Kawamata
• The love song of farewell later1991
• Shy Security1991
• Mourning Work1991
• Kamigata Kugaizoshi1991
• Baian the Assassin1990
• Ronin-gai1990 · as Magozaemon Doi
• Tasmania Story1990
• Hoshi wo tsugu mono1990 · as Kenji Yoshida
• Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo1989
• Love on a Daily Basis1988
• I Love You So Much1988
• Yojo no jidai1988
• This Heartbeat1988
• Tomorrow1988 · as Shoji's stepfather
• Oración1988
• The Great Department Store Robbery1987
• Take Me Out to the Snowland1987 · as Yûichirô Tayama
• The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop1987 · as Yutaro Hatori
• The Thief and the Expelled Master1987
• The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 3 - I Saw a Woman's Corpse in the Steam of Beppu Onsen!1987 · as Yutaro Hatori
• Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi1987
• The House of Wedlock1986 · as Kazuya Enomoto
• Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy1986 · as Man
• The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 2 - I Saw the Bride's Corpse in the Sea of Toba!1986 · as Yutaro Hatori
• The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective - I Saw a Female Ghost in Hida Takayama!1985 · as Yutaro Hatori
• Early Spring Story1985 · as Okino, Hitomi's father
• Demon1985 · as Keita
• Ghost Reunion1984 · as Inspector Joichi Uno
• Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu1984
• The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel1984
• Sukanpin Walk1984 · as Keizo Fukami
• Tokimeki Kaigan Monogatari1984
• Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case1983 · as Dobu
• Choji Snack Bar1983 · as Iwashita
• Nogare no machi1983
• Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold1983
• The Undercover Ninja Organization1983
• Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case1983 · as Dobu
• Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu1983
• Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case1983 · as Dobu
• Highschool Scramble1982
• Tonga Adventure Family1982
• Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case1982 · as Dobu
• The Shootout1982 · as Iwai
• Ekisutora1982
• Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case1982 · as Dobu
• Karate Cop1982 · as Neighbor
• At This Late Date, the Charleston1981 · as Army Minister
• Station1981 · as Sugawara
• Return of the Champ1981 · as Shinjiro Ishiyama
• Private Detective DOBU 11981 · as Dobu
• May Love Be Restored1980 · as Yugiri-ro client
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga1980 · as Masakichi Makihara
• The Revolt1980
• The Last Game1979
• The Fixer1979
• The Bride of the Ghost Lake1979 · as Inspector Joichi Uno
• Troubleman Laughs and Kills1979
• White Love1979
• The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi1979 · as Lt. Todoroki
• The Inferno1979 · as Unpei Ikegata
• Ghost Festival in Zenjin Village1979 · as Inspector Joichi Uno
• Murder in the Doll House1979 · as Detective Naraki
• Down with The Big Boss1979
• Nichiren1979
• The Truck Rascals Go to The North1978
• Pink Lady's Motion Picture1978
• Blood Type: Blue1978
• Ghost Coast1978 · as Inspector Joichi Uno
• Never Give Up1978 · as Bartender
• Dynamite Don-Don1978 · as Sakuzo
• The Demon1978 · as Policeman
• Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron1978 · as Rikichi Komadera
• Winter's Flower1978 · as Kokichi Minami
• Inside the Storm of Love1978
• Ghost Train1978
• The Extravagant Cops1977
• Village of Eight Gravestones1977
• Sugata Sanshiro1977 · as Yasuyoshi
• The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro1977 · as Kuroki Taro
• Seasonal Wind1977
• Japan's Don1977
• Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On1976 · as Shinichiro Nabeyama
• Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den1976 · as Toramatsu Otani
• Hangyaku no Tabi1976
• Hobo General1976
• The Machine Gun Dragon1976
• Manhunt1976 · as Yokomichi Keiji
• The Wild Trucker1975 · as Borsalino 2
• 300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations1975 · as Toyama
• The International Gang of Kobe1975 · as Teruo Maruyama
• Company Buggers1975
• Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women1975
• The Bullet Train1975 · as Koga's Brother
• Light of Africa1975 · as Katsuhiro
• Shimane Prison Riot1975 · as Yoshikazu Minagawa
• Cops vs. Thugs1975 · as Kinpachi Komiya
• Great Jailbreak1975 · as Goda
• Battle Cry1975
• Graveyard of Honor1975 · as Katsuji Ozaki
• Doterai Man1975
• Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack1975
• New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 11974 · as Gen Sakagami
• Third Generation Boss1974
• Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy1974 · as Daisuke Jigen
• Evil of Dracula1974 · as Dr. Shimomura
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode1974 · as Masakichi Makihara
• Machi no Hi1974 · as Goro
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics1974 · as Masakichi Makihara
• Yakuza of the Present1973 · as Zen san
• Stray Dog1973 · as Sagawa
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War1973 · as Masakichi Makihara
• Japan's Top Gangster1973
• Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby1973 · as Soldier Mania
• What is Love?1973 · as Saitaro Asami
• The School Deviate Waru1973
• Deeper Than Blue1973 · as Ajikawa
• The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi1973
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity1973 · as Masakichi Makihara
• Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers1972 · as Ohno
• Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth1972 · as Johei Yawata
• New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm1972
• My Voiceless Friends1972
• Summer Soldiers1972 · as Fujimura
• The Witty Samurai1972
• Zorome no San Kyoudai1972
• Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man1971
• New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter1971
• The Wolves1971 · as Matsuzo Tsumura
• The Battle of Okinawa1971
• The Instant Services Bureau1971
• Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu1971
• Tora-san, the Good Samaritan1971 · as Teacher Fukushi
• Detective Story: A Brother's Rule1971
• Young Guy, the Ace Rider1971
• Banner of the Young1970 · as Taro
• It's a Man's Way of Life1970 · as Heihachirou Yanai
• Dodes'ka-den1970 · as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
• The Kingpin of Fair Ladies1970 · as Tadao Ueda
• Fear of Sex1970
• Get Your Sky, Young Guy1970
• Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival1970
• Charming Men1970 · as Kuramoto Kuraji
• Bravo, Young Guy1970
• Live Again Tomorrow1970 · as 刈田勝利
• Rebel Against Glory1970
• The Summit of Mt. Fuji1970
• Duel at Fort Ezo1970 · as Kurobei
• Zoku Isoginchaku1970 · as Takashi Takai
• Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms1969 · as Seiji Matsumiya
• The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club1969 · as Kanegai
• Tenchu!1969 · as Rokkaku Prison Officer
• Young Guy on Mt. Cook1969
• Forward, Young People!1969 · as Taro
• Goyokin1969 · as Hirosuke
• 夕月1969
• Young Guy Graduates1969
• Outlaw: Black Dagger1968 · as Doctor Michio Hongô
• Angel's Lover1968
• The Woman Gambler's Revenge1968
• Young People1968 · as Taro
• The Day the Sun Rose1968
• In Broad Daylight1968 · as March
• The Human Bullet1968
• Three Rogues1968
• Cry of the Mountain1968
• An Angel's Temptation1968
• Young Guy in Rio1968
• Women and Miso Soup1968
• The Woman Champion1968
• How to Be the Worst of Office Workers1968
• Hymn to a Tired Man1968 · as Hisataro Ohno
• Outlaw: Gangster VIP 21968 · as Katsuji Nemoto
• Circuit-A-Go-Go1967
• The Free Island1967
• Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil1967
• Young Guy in the South Pacific1967 · as Shinjiro Ishiyama
• Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido1967
• Game of Chance 21967
• Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri1967 · as Ken Takahashi
• River of Forever1967
• Birth of a Fighter1967
• Let's Go! Young Guy1967 · as Shinjirou Ishiyama
• Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country1966
• Debt of Honor1966
• Golden Ninja1966 · as Risuke
• Koto—The Lake of Tears1966 · as Kenkichi Ohara
• Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South1966
• Zatoichi's Pilgrimage1966 · as Storyteller
• The Face of Another1966 · as Mentally Ill Man #1
• The Front Line Showdown1966 · as Sawamura
• It Started In The Alps1966 · as Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô
• Third Class Soldier Boss1966
• The Bullet and the Horse1966
• The Sword of Doom1966 · as Senkichi
• The Threat1966
• Silence Has No Wings1966
• Cash Calls Hell1966 · as Umegaya
• Prison Walls of Abashiri 41965
• Campus A Go-Go1965
• Wakai nobara1965 · as 石丸雄吉
• Yakuza G-Men1965 · as Masayoshi Imanishi
• Prison Walls of Abashiri 31965 · as Otsuki
• Sword of the Beast1965 · as Tanji
• Young Guy at Sea1965 · as 石山新次郎（青大））
• Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 21965 · as Kirikawa
• Three Yakuza1965
• The Last Judgment1965
• Abashiri Prison1965 · as Otsuki
• Tale of Ninja Duty1965
• Kwaidan1965 · as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
• Red Diamond1964 · as George Takase
• 間諜1964
• Shingo's Final Duel1964
• The Desperate1964 · as Chiba
• Punishment of a Lawless Villian1964
• Sasuke and His Comedians1963
• Hell Festival1963 · as Somei To
• Okashina yatsu1963 · as Sankichi Fujita
• Walleyed Nippon1963 · as Shirosaka
• Young Guy in Hawaii1963 · as 石山新次郎（青大将）
• A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment1963
• Sensation Seekers1963
• A Fishmonger's Tour1963
• College Champ1962
• Pitfall1962 · as Man in White Suit
• Operation Sewer Rats1962 · as Private Anayama
• The Crimson Sky1962
• The Inheritance1962
• Pride of the Campus1962 · as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
• Sanjuro1962 · as Samurai
• Blood on the Sea1961
• Sir Galahad in Campus1961 · as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
• Big Shots Die at Dawn1961
• Eternity of Love1961
• Hidden Fangs1961
• The Merciless Trap1961
• The Bad Sleep Well1960 · as Hitman
• The Sun's Burial1960 · as Thief
• The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity1959 · as Obara Nitôhei
• Lucky Dragon No. 51959
• The Story of Pure Love1957 · as Satoyan
• Triumphant Song of Youth1956

All TV Shows (15)

• The Sun in Kurobe2009 · as Genkichi
• 世界で一番熱い夏2001
• The Password is Courage2000
• Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi1993
• Baian the Assassin1991 · as Han-Emon of Otowa
• Private Detective Dobu1991
• Rice Curry1986
• Kita no kuni kara1981 · as Goru Kuroita (黑板五郎)
• Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai1980 · as ボオルチュ
• Older brother1977 · as Kintaro
• Dazzling Cops1977 · as Nangou Goro
• The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles1975 · as Yoshitoshi Kogure
• Submersion of Japan1974 · as Tatsuno
• The Shin Hasegawa Series1972 · as 蛙ヶ池の仙太
• The Saturday Tiger1966