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.

Known For

Sanjuro
Kwaidan
The Bad Sleep Well
The Face of Another
The Sword of Doom
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Birth Location Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Born 1932-11-23
Died 2021-03-24

Movies

The Hidden Blade as Kanbê Katagiri
2004
2003
The Boat to Heaven as Masato Sakurai
2003
Resurrection as Dr. Saito
2003
2002
All About Our House as Chouichirou Iwata
2001
As the River Flows as Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
2000
Oishinbo as Tattsan
1996
Tora-san to the Rescue as Ship Captain
1995
1993
1993
Luminous Moss as Hachizo
1992
Castle of Sand as Eitaro Imanishi
1991
A Desirable Marriage as Mr. Kawamata
1991
Ronin-gai as Magozaemon Doi
1990
Hoshi wo tsugu mono as Kenji Yoshida
1990
Tomorrow as Shoji's stepfather
1988
1988
Take Me Out to the Snowland as Yûichirô Tayama
1987
Early Spring Story as Okino, Hitomi's father
1985
Demon as Keita
1985
Sukanpin Walk as Keizo Fukami
1984
Choji Snack Bar as Iwashita
1983
The Shootout as Iwai
1982
Karate Cop as Neighbor
1982
1981
Station as Sugawara
1981
May Love Be Restored as Yugiri-ro client
1980
1980
1979
1979
1979
Murder in the Doll House as Detective Naraki
1979
1979
The Demon as Policeman
1978
Dynamite Don-Don as Sakuzo
1978
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron as Rikichi Komadera
1978
Winter's Flower as Kokichi Minami
1978
Sugata Sanshiro as Yasuyoshi
1977
1976
Manhunt as Yokomichi Keiji
1976
The International Gang of Kobe as Teruo Maruyama
1975
The Bullet Train as Koga's Brother
1975
Light of Africa as Katsuhiro
1975
Shimane Prison Riot as Yoshikazu Minagawa
1975
Cops vs. Thugs as Kinpachi Komiya
1975
Great Jailbreak as Goda
1975
1975
Graveyard of Honor as Katsuji Ozaki
1975
Evil of Dracula as Dr. Shimomura
1974
Machi no Hi as Goro
1974
1973
Stray Dog as Sagawa
1973
Deeper Than Blue as Ajikawa
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity as Masakichi Makihara
1973
Summer Soldiers as Fujimura
1972
The Wolves as Matsuzo Tsumura
1971
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan as Teacher Fukushi
1971
1970
Dodes'ka-den as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
1970
1970
Charming Men as Kuramoto Kuraji
1970
Duel at Fort Ezo as Kurobei
1970
Zoku Isoginchaku as Takashi Takai
1970
Tenchu! as Rokkaku Prison Officer
1969
1969
Goyokin as Hirosuke
1969
Outlaw: Black Dagger as Doctor Michio Hongô
1968
Young People as Taro
1968
1968
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 as Katsuji Nemoto
1968
The Young Ace in the South Pacific as Shinjiro Ishiyama
1967
Let's Go! Young Guy as Shinjirou Ishiyama
1967
Golden Ninja as Risuke
1966
Koto—The Lake of Tears as Kenkichi Ohara
1966
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage as Storyteller
1966
The Face of Another as Mentally Ill Man #1
1966
1966
The Sword of Doom as Senkichi
1966
1966
Yakuza G-Men as Masayoshi Imanishi
1965
1965
Young Guy at Sea as 石山新次郎（青大））
1965
Abashiri Prison as Otsuki
1965
Kwaidan as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
1965
Red Diamond as George Takase
1964
Okashina yatsu as Sankichi Fujita
1963
The Young Ace in Hawaii as 石山新次郎（青大将）
1963
Pitfall as Man in White Suit
1962
Operation Sewer Rats as Private Anayama
1962
Pride of the Campus as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
1962
Sanjuro as Samurai
1962
Sir Galahad in Campus as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
1961
The Bad Sleep Well as Hitman
1960
The Sun's Burial as Thief
1960
1957
Kunie Tanaka hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows