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 f…
Known For
Sanjuro
Samurai
Kwaidan
Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Obara Nitôhei
The Face of Another
Mentally Ill Man #1
The Bad Sleep Well
Hitman
The Sword of Doom
Senkichi
The Hidden Blade
Kanbê Katagiri
Dodes'ka-den
Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
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Filmography
Acting (283)
Movies (269)
The Last Ronin
2010
The Hidden Blade
2004as Kanbê Katagiri
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003as 演员
Resurrection
2003as Dr. Saito
The Boat to Heaven
2003as Masato Sakurai
Fukumimi
2003
北の国から記憶
2002as 演员
Kewaishi
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
2002as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002as Self
Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
2002
All About Our House
2001as Chouichirou Iwata
As the River Flows
2000as Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1998as Inoue
The Rainbow Seeker 2
1997
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1997
The Rainbow Seeker
1996as Tsune-san
Oishinbo
1996as Tattsan
Salaryman Senka
1995
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995as Ship Captain
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
1995
北の国から ’95秘密 後編
1995
Free and Easy Special
1994
イルカに逢える日
1994
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
1993as Buddhist Priest
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
1993
A Class to Remember
1993as Ino
Luminous Moss
1992as Hachizo
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
1992
A Desirable Marriage
1991as Mr. Kawamata
Kamigata Kugaizoshi
1991
Mourning Work
1991
Shy Security
1991
My Sons
1991
Castle of Sand
1991as Eitaro Imanishi
The love song of farewell later
1991
Tasmania Story
1990
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
1990as Kenji Yoshida
Ronin-gai
1990as Magozaemon Doi
Baian the Assassin
1990
Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
1989
Yojo no jidai
1988
This Heartbeat
1988
Oración
1988
Tomorrow
1988as Shoji's stepfather
Love on a Daily Basis
1988
I Love You So Much
1988
The Thief and the Expelled Master
1987
The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
1987as Yutaro Hatori
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Take Me Out to the Snowland
1987as Yûichirô Tayama
Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
1987
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
1986as Man
The House of Wedlock
1986
Early Spring Story
1985as Okino, Hitomi's father
Demon
1985as Keita
Tokimeki Kaigan Monogatari
1984
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
1984
Sukanpin Walk
1984as Keizo Fukami
Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
1984
Ghost Reunion
1984as Inspector Joichi Uno
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
1983as Dobu
Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
1983
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
1983as Dobu
Choji Snack Bar
1983as Iwashita
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1983
Nogare no machi
1983
Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
1983as Dobu
The Undercover Ninja Organization
1983
Ekisutora
1982
Karate Cop
1982as Neighbor
Highschool Scramble
1982
Tonga Adventure Family
1982
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
1982as Dobu
The Shootout
1982as Iwai
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
1982as Dobu
Station
1981as Sugawara
At This Late Date, the Charleston
1981as Army Minister
Private Detective DOBU 1
1981as Dobu
Return of the Champ
1981as Shinjiro Ishiyama
The Revolt
1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980as Masakichi Makihara
May Love Be Restored
1980as Yugiri-ro client
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
1979
The Inferno
1979as Unpei Ikegata
Down with The Big Boss
1979
The Fixer
1979
The Last Game
1979
Murder in the Doll House
1979as Detective Naraki
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979as Lt. Todoroki
White Love
1979
Nichiren
1979
Ghost Festival in Zenjin Village
1979as Inspector Joichi Uno
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
1979as Inspector Joichi Uno
Never Give Up
1978as Bartender
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978as Rikichi Komadera
Blood Type: Blue
1978
The Demon
1978as Policeman
Dynamite Don-Don
1978as Sakuzo
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
1978
Inside the Storm of Love
1978
幽霊列車
1978
Winter's Flower
1978as Kokichi Minami
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
1978
Ghost Coast
1978as Inspector Joichi Uno
Japan's Don
1977
Sugata Sanshiro
1977as Yasuyoshi
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977as Kuroki Taro
The Extravagant Cops
1977
Village of Eight Gravestones
1977
Seasonal Wind
1977
Hobo General
1976
Hangyaku no Tabi
1976
Manhunt
1976as Yokomichi Keiji
The Machine Gun Dragon
1976
Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
1976
Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den
1976as Toramatsu Otani
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
1975
Graveyard of Honor
1975as Katsuji Ozaki
The Bullet Train
1975as Koga's Brother
Cops vs. Thugs
1975as Kinpachi Komiya
Company Buggers
1975
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
1975
Shimane Prison Riot
1975as Yoshikazu Minagawa
Light of Africa
1975as Katsuhiro
Doterai Man
1975
Great Jailbreak
1975as Goda
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
1975as Toyama
The Wild Trucker
1975as Borsalino 2
Battle Cry
1975
The International Gang of Kobe
1975as Teruo Maruyama
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974as Masakichi Makihara
Machi no Hi
1974as Goro
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974as Masakichi Makihara
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974as Gen Sakagami
Evil of Dracula
1974as Dr. Shimomura
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
1974as Daisuke Jigen
Third Generation Boss
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973as Masakichi Makihara
Deeper Than Blue
1973as Ajikawa
Yakuza of the Present
1973as Zen san
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973as Masakichi Makihara
Japan's Top Gangster
1973
Stray Dog
1973as Sagawa
The School Deviate Waru
1973
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
1973
My Voiceless Friends
1972
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
1972as Johei Yawata
The Witty Samurai
1972
Zorome no San Kyoudai
1972
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
Summer Soldiers
1972as Fujimura
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972as Ohno
The Wolves
1971as Matsuzo Tsumura
Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man
1971
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
1971
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
1971
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971as Teacher Fukushi
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
1971
The Instant Services Bureau
1971
Young Guy, the Ace Rider
1971
Dodes'ka-den
1970as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
1970as Tadao Ueda
Zoku Isoginchaku
1970as Takashi Takai
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970
Get Your Sky, Young Guy
1970
Fear of Sex
1970
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970as Kurobei
Rebel Against Glory
1970
It's a Man's Way of Life
1970as Heihachirou Yanai
Charming Men
1970as Kuramoto Kuraji
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970
Banner of the Young
1970as Taro
Bravo, Young Guy
1970
Live Again Tomorrow
1970as 刈田勝利
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1969as Kanegai
Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms
1969as Seiji Matsumiya
Young Guy Graduates
1969
夕月
1969
Goyokin
1969as Hirosuke
Tenchu!
1969as Rokkaku Prison Officer
Young Guy on Mt. Cook
1969
Forward, Young People!
1969as Taro
Women and Miso Soup
1968
An Angel's Temptation
1968
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1968
The Woman Gambler's Revenge
1968
In Broad Daylight
1968as March
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
1968as Katsuji Nemoto
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968as Hisataro Ohno
The Human Bullet
1968
Outlaw: Black Dagger
1968as Doctor Michio Hongô
The Woman Champion
1968
Young People
1968as Taro
Angel's Lover
1968 The Day the Sun Rose
1968
Cry of the Mountain
1968
Three Rogues
1968
Young Guy in Rio
1968
Circuit-A-Go-Go
1967
Birth of a Fighter
1967
Game of Chance 2
1967
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
1967
Let's Go! Young Guy
1967as Shinjirou Ishiyama
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
1967
River of Forever
1967
The Free Island
1967
Young Guy in the South Pacific
1967as Shinjiro Ishiyama
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
1967as Ken Takahashi
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
1966
The Sword of Doom
1966as Senkichi
Silence Has No Wings
1966
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966as Storyteller
The Face of Another
1966as Mentally Ill Man #1
Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966as Kenkichi Ohara
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
1966
The Front Line Showdown
1966as Sawamura
The Bullet and the Horse
1966
Golden Ninja
1966as Risuke
The Threat
1966
It Started In The Alps
1966as Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô
Cash Calls Hell
1966as Umegaya
Debt of Honor
1966
Third Class Soldier Boss
1966
Kwaidan
1965as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Abashiri Prison
1965as Otsuki
Yakuza G-Men
1965as Masayoshi Imanishi
Tale of Ninja Duty
1965
Sword of the Beast
1965as Tanji
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
1965as Kirikawa
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
1965
Young Guy at Sea
1965as 石山新次郎（青大））
Three Yakuza
1965
Campus A Go-Go
1965
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
1965as Otsuki
若い野ばら
1965as 石丸雄吉
The Last Judgment
1965
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
1964
間諜
1964
The Desperate
1964as Chiba
Shingo's Final Duel
1964
Red Diamond
1964as George Takase
Okashina yatsu
1963as Sankichi Fujita
Walleyed Nippon
1963as Shirosaka
Sasuke and His Comedians
1963
Young Guy in Hawaii
1963as 石山新次郎（青大将）
A Fishmonger's Tour
1963
Sensation Seekers
1963
Sanjuro
1962as Samurai
The Inheritance
1962
The Crimson Sky
1962
College Champ
1962
Operation Sewer Rats
1962as Private Anayama
Pride of the Campus
1962as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
Pitfall
1962as Man in White Suit
Blood on the Sea
1961
Sir Galahad in Campus
1961as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
Big Shots Die at Dawn
1961
Hidden Fangs
1961
The Merciless Trap
1961
Eternity of Love
1961
The Human Condition
1961as Obara Nitôhei
The Bad Sleep Well
1960as Hitman
The Sun's Burial
1960as Thief
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959as Obara Nitôhei
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959
The Story of Pure Love
1957as Satoyan
Triumphant Song of Youth
1956Television (14)
The Sun in Kurobe
2009as Genkichi
世界で一番熱い夏
2001
The Password is Courage
2000
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
Baian the Assassin
1991as Han-Emon of Otowa
Private Detective Dobu
1991
Rice Curry
1986
Kita no kuni kara
1981as 黑板五郎
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
1980as ボオルチュ
Older brother
1977as Kintaro
Dazzling Cops
1977as Nangou Goro
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
1975as Yoshitoshi Kogure
Submersion of Japan
1974as Tatsuno
The Shin Hasegawa Series
1972as 蛙ヶ池の仙太
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