Kunie Tanaka
Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Nov 23, 1932 (93 years old)

Overview

Birthday
Nov 23, 1932
Death date
Mar 24, 2021

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

The Boat to Heaven
1h 49m
DOLBY
Movie 2003

The Boat to Heaven

A young boy, Masahiko Sakurai, grows up in Nagasaki where...

Fukumimi
1h 50m
DOLBY
Movie 2003

Fukumimi

29-year-old Satonaka Takashi (Kudo Kankuro) is a freelancer. He falls...

北の国から 記憶 前編
DOLBY
Movie 2003

北の国から 記憶 前編

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
33min
DOLBY
Movie 2002

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all...

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
35min
DOLBY
Movie 2002

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'

Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all...

Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
2h 32m
DOLBY
Movie 2002

Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2

北の国から記憶
DOLBY
Movie 2002

北の国から記憶

Kewaishi
1h 53m
DOLBY
Movie 2002

Kewaishi

Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori...

The Password is Courage
11 Episodes
DOLBY
TV Show 2000

The Password is Courage

The story takes place in a small rural village surrounded...

As the River Flows
1h 48m
DOLBY
Movie 2000

As the River Flows

2000 live-action Japanese film.

Acting

2003
The Boat to Heaven
Movie
2003
Fukumimi
Movie
2003
北の国から 記憶 前編
Movie
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Movie
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
Movie
2002
Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
Movie
2002
北の国から記憶
Movie
2002
Kewaishi
Movie
2000
The Password is Courage
Tv
2000
As the River Flows
Movie
1998
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
Movie
1997
The Rainbow Seeker 2
Movie
1997
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
Movie
1996
The Rainbow Seeker
Movie
1996
Oishinbo
Movie
1995
Salaryman Senka
Movie
1995
Tora-san to the Rescue
Movie
1995
北の国から ’95秘密 後編
Movie
1995
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
Movie
1994
Free and Easy Special
Movie
1993
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
Tv
1993
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
Movie
1993
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
Movie
1992
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
Movie
1992
Luminous Moss
Movie
1991
Baian the Assassin
Tv
1991
Castle of Sand
Movie
1991
A Desirable Marriage
Movie
1991
The love song of farewell later
Movie
1991
Shy Security
Movie
1991
Private Detective Dobu
Tv
1991
Mourning Work
Movie
1991
Kamigata Kugaizoshi
Movie
1990
Baian the Assassin
Movie
1990
Ronin-gai
Movie
1990
Tasmania Story
Movie
1990
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
Movie
1989
Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
Movie
1988
Love on a Daily Basis
Movie
1988
I Love You So Much
Movie
1988
Yojo no jidai
Movie
1988
This Heartbeat
Movie
1988
Oración
Movie
1987
The Great Department Store Robbery
Movie
1987
Take Me Out to the Snowland
Movie
1987
The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
Movie
1987
Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
Movie
1986
Rice Curry
Tv
1985
Early Spring Story
Movie
1985
Demon
Movie