Kunie Tanaka
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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PHOTOS
TV Series
The Password is Courage
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Rice Curry
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Older brother
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Private Detective Dobu
0
Kita no kuni kara
9
Submersion of Japan
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Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
0
Baian the Assassin
10
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
0
The Shin Hasegawa Series
0
Movies
Hymn to a Tired Man
7.8
Kwaidan
7.7
Sanjuro
7.9
Tora-san to the Rescue
7
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
7.6
Dodes'ka-den
7
The Hidden Blade
7.4
Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
0
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
7.42
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
8.2
Resurrection
5.7
Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms
0
A Fishmonger's Tour
0
Shy Security
0
The Wolves
7.4
Zorome no San Kyoudai
0
In Broad Daylight
0
Fukumimi
0
The Face of Another
7.798
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
6
The Crimson Sky
0
The Human Bullet
6.1
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
0
Sword of the Beast
7.5
Women and Miso Soup
0
Okashina yatsu
0
Goyokin
7.6
Rebel Against Glory
0
The Sword of Doom
7.739
Pitfall
7.338
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
7
The School Deviate Waru
0
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
6.045
Tonga Adventure Family
0
Japan's Don
7.5
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
0
Young People
0
Banner of the Young
0
Forward, Young People!
0
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
0
All About Our House
5.9
The Undercover Ninja Organization
0
Station
6.1
Demon
7.7
The Great Department Store Robbery
0
Battle Cry
6
At This Late Date, the Charleston
6.3
Luminous Moss
5.5
A Class to Remember
7.5
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
0
Duel at Fort Ezo
5.4
The Desperate
7
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
5.571
Graveyard of Honor
6.7
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
0
Young Guy at Sea
0
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
7.024
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
7.317
Three Rogues
0
The House of Wedlock
0
The Young Ace in the South Pacific
0
Bravo, Young Guy
0
Evil of Dracula
6.8
Karate Cop
0
Free and Easy Special
7.5
As the River Flows
0
The Last Ronin
6.3
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
6.4
Kewaishi
7
The Boat to Heaven
0
The Rainbow Seeker
0
Mourning Work
0
Big Shots Die at Dawn
6.2
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
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River of Forever
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Hoshi wo tsugu mono
0
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
0
幽霊列車
0
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
0
Hidden Fangs
0
北の国から 記憶 前編
0
北の国から記憶
0
Winter's Flower
6.2
Tasmania Story
9
Tokimeki Coast Story
0
The Bad Sleep Well
7.7
Murder in the Doll House
6.5
Castle of Sand
0
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
6
Seasonal Wind
0
Doterai Man
9
Private Detective DOBU 1
0
Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
0
Blood Type: Blue
5.5
The Merciless Trap
7
The Inheritance
7.2
Charming Men
0
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
6.8
Choji Snack Bar
7
Red Diamond
0
Stray Dog
7
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
5
Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
0
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
0
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
0
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
0
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
0
The Revolt
6
White Love
5
Never Give Up
5.7
Dynamite Don-Don
7
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
6.7
北の国から ’95秘密 後編
0
Birth of a Fighter
7
The Day the Sun Rose
7
Love on a Daily Basis
1
Early Spring Story
6.3
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
7.29
Yojo no jidai
0
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
7
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
6.4
The Machine Gun Dragon
6.3
Hangyaku no Tabi
0
The Fixer
6
The International Gang of Kobe
5.7
Nichiren
0
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
10
The Bullet Train
6.8
Abashiri Prison
7.1
Light of Africa
6
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
0
The Woman Champion
0
The Woman Gambler's Revenge
0
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
0
Golden Ninja
0
Cops vs. Thugs
6.3
Oishinbo
6
Deeper Than Blue
0
Yakuza of the Present
0
The Threat
7.3
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
7
The Rainbow Seeker 2
0
Third Generation Boss
0
Sasuke and His Comedians
5.8
Outlaw: Black Dagger
6.4
Village of Eight Gravestones
6.7
Yakuza G-Men
0
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
0
Koto—The Lake of Tears
6.5
The Extravagant Cops
0
Down with The Big Boss
0
Sir Galahad in Campus
0
Pride of the Campus
0
Salaryman Senka
0
Shimane Prison Riot
5
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
0
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
6.3
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
6.7
The Sun's Burial
6.5
The Wild Trucker
7
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
7.8
Manhunt
6.5
Nogare no machi
0
Campus A Go-Go
8.5
The Bullet and the Horse
0
Highschool Scramble
0
Kamigata Kugaizoshi
1
Great Jailbreak
7
Cash Calls Hell
7.6
Shingo's Final Duel
0
Game of Chance 2
6
The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
5.5
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
7
Summer Soldiers
6
Silence Has No Wings
7
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
0
Japan's Top Gangster
0
A Desirable Marriage
6
Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
0
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
0
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
0
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
0
Zoku Isoginchaku
0
May Love Be Restored
0
Let's Go! Young Guy
0
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
6
Tale of Ninja Duty
1
College Champ
0
The Shootout
5
Blood on the Sea
0
The Story of Pure Love
6.8
Sukanpin Walk
5
Company Buggers
7
Oración
6
The Front Line Showdown
0
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
0
The Battle of Okinawa
7.5
The Instant Services Bureau
9
Angel's Lover
0
The Demon
6.5
My Voiceless Friends
0
Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
8
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
0
Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
6
Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
5
Operation Sewer Rats
0
Sugata Sanshiro
0
Tomorrow
7.5
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
7.8
Ronin-gai
5.9
Take Me Out to the Snowland
6
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
0
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
0
Machi no Hi
0
Tenchu!
7
Three Yakuza
7.8
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
0
Baian the Assassin
0
Hobo General
0
The Last Judgment
0
The Young Ace in Hawaii
0
Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den
7
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
0
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
6.2
The love song of farewell later
0
The Last Game
0
Debt of Honor
0
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
5.5
My Sons
7.7
Young Ace in the Alps
0
The Inferno
6.6
Wakadaisho vs Aodaisho
0
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
0
Cry of the Mountain
0
This Heartbeat
0
I Love You So Much
0
The Witty Samurai
0
間諜
0
Ekisutora
0
Sensation Seekers
0
Wakarete ikiru toki mo
0
It's a Man's Way of Life
0
Nippon ichi no shokku otoko
0