Kunie Tanaka

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Acting

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

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