
Kunie Tanaka
Known for ActingBorn 1932-11-23Died 2021-03-24Toki, Gifu, Japan
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.Read more
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Fukumimi
2003 · Movie
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Baian the Assassin
1991 · Series
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Highschool Scramble
1982 · Movie
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Return of the Champ
1981 · Movie
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Sugata Sanshiro
1977 · Movie
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Hobo General
1976 · Movie
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Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
1975 · Movie
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New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972 · Movie
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Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man
1971 · Movie
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The Woman Champion
1968 · Movie
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A Fishmonger's Tour
1963 · Movie
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As the River Flows
2000 · Movie
Mourning Work
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Mourning Work
1991 · Movie
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The Great Department Store Robbery
1987 · Movie
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Karate Cop
1982 · Movie
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The Last Game
1979 · Movie
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The Truck Rascals Go to The North
1978 · Movie
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Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
1976 · Movie
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300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
1975 · Movie
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My Voiceless Friends
1972 · Movie
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Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
1971 · Movie
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The Instant Services Bureau
1971 · Movie
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Charming Men
1970 · Movie
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Women and Miso Soup
1968 · Movie
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Young People
1968 · Movie
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Cry of the Mountain
1968 · Movie
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River of Forever
1967 · Movie
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Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
1967 · Movie
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Kita no kuni kara
1981 · Series
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The Bullet and the Horse
1966 · Movie
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Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
1965 · Movie
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Sensation Seekers
1963 · Movie
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The Crimson Sky
1962 · Movie
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Kewaishi
2002 · Movie
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Take Me Out to the Snowland
1987 · Movie
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Tasmania Story
1990 · Movie
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Doterai Man
1975 · Movie
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The Boat to Heaven
2003 · Movie
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The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977 · Movie
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Pride of the Campus
1962 · Movie
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Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
1995 · Movie
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The Last Judgment
1965 · Movie
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Rainbow Bridge
1993 · Movie
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Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
1992 · Movie
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Hoshi wo tsugu mono
1990 · Movie
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Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
1989 · Movie
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Tomorrow
1988 · Movie
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The House of Wedlock
1986 · Movie