Kunie Tanaka
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1932-11-23 (89 years old)
Deathday
2021-03-24
Place of Birth
Toki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Also known As
田中邦卫
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 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...
Acting
1968
as Hisataro Ohno
1965
as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
1962
as Samurai
1995
as Ship Captain
1993
as Buddhist Priest
1970
as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
2004
as Kanbê Katagiri
1973
as Masakichi Makihara
1959
as Obara Nitôhei
2003
as Dr. Saito
1969
1991
1971
as Matsuzo Tsumura
1968
as March
2003
1966
as Mentally Ill Man #1
1962
1968
1965
as Tanji
1963
as Sankichi Fujita
1969
as Hirosuke
1966
as Senkichi
1962
as Man in White Suit
1966
as Storyteller
1974
as Daisuke Jigen
1977
1968
as Taro
1970
as Taro
1969
as Taro
1969
as Kanegai
2001
as Chouichirou Iwata
1981
as Sugawara
1985
as Keita
1975
1981
as Army Minister
1992
as Hachizo
1993
as Ino
1970
as Tadao Ueda
1970
as Kurobei
1964
as Chiba
1974
as Gen Sakagami
1975
as Katsuji Ozaki
1965
as 石山新次郎（青大））
1974
as Masakichi Makihara
1974
as Masakichi Makihara
1968
1967
as Shinjiro Ishiyama
1970
1974
as Dr. Shimomura
1982
as Neighbor
2000
as Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
2010
1979
as Lt. Todoroki
2002
2003
as Masato Sakurai
1991
1967
1990
as Kenji Yoshida
1978
1961
2003
as 演员
2002
as 演员
1978
as Kokichi Minami
1990
1960
as Hitman
1979
as Detective Naraki
1991
as Eitaro Imanishi
1977
1975
1978
1962
1970
as Kuramoto Kuraji
1968
as Katsuji Nemoto
1983
as Iwashita
1964
as George Takase
1973
as Sagawa
1980
1979
1978
as Bartender
1978
as Sakuzo
1980
as Masakichi Makihara
1995
1985
as Okino, Hitomi's father
1973
as Masakichi Makihara
1988
1965
as Otsuki
1972
1976
1979
1975
as Teruo Maruyama
1979
1975
as Koga's Brother
1965
as Otsuki
1975
as Katsuhiro
1966
as Risuke
1975
as Kinpachi Komiya
1996
as Tattsan
1973
as Ajikawa
1973
as Zen san
1966
1965
as Kirikawa
1968
as Doctor Michio Hongô
1965
as Masayoshi Imanishi
1966
as Kenkichi Ohara
1961
as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
1962
as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
1995
1975
as Yoshikazu Minagawa
1978
as Rikichi Komadera
1960
as Thief
1975
as Borsalino 2
1977
as Kuroki Taro
1976
as Yokomichi Keiji
1983
1965
1975
as Goda
1966
as Umegaya
1967
1987
as Yutaro Hatori
1972
as Johei Yawata
1972
as Fujimura
1975
1991
as Mr. Kawamata
1970
as Takashi Takai
1980
as Yugiri-ro client
1967
as Shinjirou Ishiyama
1962
1982
as Iwai
1961
1957
as Satoyan
1984
as Keizo Fukami
1975
1988
1966
as Sawamura
1968
1978
as Policeman
1962
as Private Anayama
1977
as Yasuyoshi
1988
as Shoji's stepfather
1971
as Teacher Fukushi
1990
as Magozaemon Doi
1987
as Yûichirô Tayama
1974
as Goro
1969
as Rokkaku Prison Officer
1965
1976
1963
as 石山新次郎（青大将）
1976
as Toramatsu Otani
1998
1979
1966
1991
1966
as Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô
1979
as Unpei Ikegata
1988
1964
1982
1970
as Heihachirou Yanai
1994
1967
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