Children Junko Tanaka Role Actor | Name Kunie Tanaka Years active 1955–present | |
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Awards Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Movies and TV shows Kita no kuni kara, Battles Without Honor an, Kimi yo Fundo no Kawa o, Lupin the Third: Strange P, Sanjuro Similar People Junko Tanaka, Bunta Sugawara, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yusaku Matsuda, Takeo Chii | ||
Kunie Tanaka (田中 邦衛, Tanaka Kunie, born November 23, 1932) is 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.
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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 Yuzo Kayama, in all of the Wakadaishō series of films. The character Kizaru, from Eiichiro Oda's manga series One Piece, is modeled after Tanaka.
Honours
Filmography
Actor
2010
The Last Ronin as
Shôgen Okuno
2009
The Penetrators/The Sun in Kurobe (TV Series)
2008
Kujira to medaka (TV Movie)
2004
Kaikyou o wataru baiorin (TV Movie)
2004
Shinsengumi! (TV Series) as
Shusuke Kondo
- Higashi e (2004) - Shusuke Kondo
- Edo e kaeru (2004) - Shusuke Kondo
- Ippitsu keijou, Tsune sama (2004) - Shusuke Kondo
- Hahaue itte kimasu (2004) - Shusuke Kondo
- Iyoiyo roushigumi (2004) - Shusuke Kondo
- Subete wa kono tegami (2004) - Shusuke Kondo
- Dounaru nippon (2004) - Shusuke Kondo
- Shuku yondaime shûmei (2004) - Shusuke Kondo
- Hyûsuken nigero (2004) - Shusuke Kondo
- Konrei no hi ni (2004) - Shusuke Kondo
- Tenchi hikkuri kaeru (2004) - Shusuke Kondo
- Haha wa iede suru (2004) - Shusuke Kondo
- Tama no hokori towa (2004) - Shusuke Kondo
- Kurofune ga kita (2004) - Shusuke Kondo
2004
The Hidden Blade as
Kanbê Katagiri
2003
The Boat to Heaven as
Masato Sakurai
2003
Fukumimi
2002
Ten no hitomi 3 (TV Movie)
2002
Yomigaeri as
Dr. Saito
2002
Kita no kuni kara 2002 yuigon (TV Movie) as
Goro Kuroita
2001
Kewaishi as
Shigezo Aono
2001
Sekai de ichiban atsui natsu (TV Series) as
Yabu
2001
Minna no ie as
Chouichirou Iwata
2001
Ten no hitomi 2 (TV Movie)
2000
Aikotoba wa yuuki (TV Series) as
Moritaka Inuzuka
2000
Kawa no nagare no you ni as
Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
2000
Ten no hitomi (TV Movie)
1998
A Class to Remember 3: The New Voyage
1998
Kita no kuni kara '98 jidai (TV Movie) as
Goro Kuroita
1998
Tenamonya Shôsha
1997
Ashita heno kakehashi as
Tatsuo Saeki
1996
Niji o tsukamu otoko as
Tsune-san
1996
Oishinbo
1995
Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kurenai no hana as
Captain of the Deigo Maru
1995
Kita no kuni kara '95 himitsu (TV Movie) as
Goro Kuroita
1994
Tsuribaka nisshi supesharu
1993
Hacchôbori torimono-banashi (TV Series) as
Tôkichi
1993
A Class to Remember
1993
Niji no hashi
1993
Kozure Ôkami: Sono chîsaki te ni as
Buddhist Priest
1992
Kita no kuni kara '92 sudachi (TV Movie) as
Goro Kuroita
1992
Shiny Moss as
Hachizo
1991
Private Detective DOBU (TV Series)
1991
My Sons
1991
Oishii kekkon as
Shigeki Kawamata
1991
Okappiki dobu (TV Mini Series) as
Dobu
1991
Mo no shigoto
1991
Kamigata Kugaizoshi
1991
Oishii onna ni goyojin (TV Movie) as
Syogo Iwamizawa
1990
Saraba itoshino yakuza as
Tadashi Karasawa
1990
Ronin Gai as
Magozaemon Doi
1990
Tasumania monogatari as
Eiji Kawano
1990
Hoshi wo tsugu mono as
Kenji Tanaka (57 years old)
1989
Kita no kuni kara '89 kikyo (TV Movie) as
Goro Kuroita
1988
Koiko no Mainichi
1988
Yojo no jidai
1988
Oracion as
Sunada
1987
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Watashi wo ski ni tsuretette as
Yûichirô Tayama
1987
Kita no kuni kara '87 hatsukoi (TV Movie) as
Goro Kuroita
1986
Uhohho tankentai
1986
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
1986
Tokei - Adieu l'hiver
1985
Sôshun monogatari as
Okino, Hitomi's father
1985
Yasha as
Keita
1984
Oregon kara ai (TV Series)
1984
Kita no kuni kara '84 natsu (TV Movie) as
Goro Kuroita
1984
Tokimeki Kaigan Monogatari
1984
The Miracle of Umitsubame Joe as
Dosegashira
1984
Sukanpin walk as
Keizo fukami
1983
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
1983
Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
1983
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
1983
The Undercover Ninja Organization (TV Movie)
1983
Izakaya Chôji as
Iwashita Yoshiji
1983
Nogare no machi as
Nakayama
1983
Okinawan Boys
1983
Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
1983
Mumyôken Hashiru (TV Movie)
1983
Kita no kuni kara '83 fuyu (TV Movie) as
Goro Kuroita
1982
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
1982
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
1982
Santô kôkôsei
1982
Kyôdan as
Iwai
1982
Ekisutora as
Shunichiro Mizukoshi
1982
Keiji monogatari as
Tsutomu Murakami
1981
Kita no kuni kara (TV Series) as
Goro Kuroita
1981
Private Detective DOBU 1
1981
At This Late Date, the Charleston
1981
Station as
Sugawara
1981
Kaettekita wakadaishô as
Shinjiro Ishiyama
1980
Aokiôkami narukichiomoase no shôgai (TV Movie)
1980
May Love Be Restored as
Client of the Yûgiri Brothel
1980
Dôran as
Komatsu
1979
Kanpaku sengen as
Okazaki
1979
Nihon no fûikusaîchi
1979
Eireitachi no oenka: saigo no sôkeisen
1979
Howaito rabu as
Kajiyama
1979
Trouble man: warauto korosuzo
1979
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi as
Lt Todoroki
1979
Hell as
Unpei Ikegata
1979
Midare karakuri
1979
Nichiren as
Gyodo / Kyonin
1978
Torakku yarô: Ichiban hoshi kita e kaeru
1978
Pinku redi no katsudo dai shashin as
Shinpei Akazawa
1978
Blue Christmas as
Kazuo Nishida
1978
Noisy Dynamite as
Sakuzo
1978
The Demon as
Policeman
1978
Yasei no shômei as
Bartender
1978
Edo no Taka: Goyôbeya Hankachô (TV Series) as
Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Kessen otakagumi zen'in shichi e mukau! (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Gekitô otakagumi fukuchô senshi su! (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Sôzetsu otakagumi taichô senshi! (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Sakubô! Jozoku no wana (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Kikiippatsu, shôgun ansatsu! (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Kurohyô, yami o saku (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Inazuma-gô ni ijô ari (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Urami hana yokusô no shi bijin (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Kaiki! Yatsume dôkutsu no kakushi-kin (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Hikyô! Madarao hachi-ri no nisô (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Tekkahada! Eitai kashi no on'na (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Tanuma ichizoku no inbô (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Ma no tôge! On'na no jigoku (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Zesshô! Ôzora ni mau kurokami (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Ôoku no joôbachi (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Honjitsu kakei ni shosu (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Ankoku-gai no kozure ôkami (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Senritsu! Yogiri no on'na (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Akai giwaku no wana o kiru (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Kenjô taka! Kikiippatsu (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Nessa no on'na Jigokudani! (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Koken! Kubikiri Yagorô (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Kuroi kizuato no yôjinbô (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Machibuse! Sen-ri yari dôshin (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Kizu-darake no ippikiôkami (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Kyôdan fukushû no mehyô (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- On'na jigoku! Ma no amadera (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Haikyo no machi ni taka ga tobu (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Abunai chichi-sama! (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Ôshû-ji ni taka ga mau! (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Yukue fumei! Nazo no 60-ri (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Ôedo no ankoku o kiru! (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Hanayome gyôretsu o oe! (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Kuroi numa no aku o kiru! (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
- Otakagumi tanjô (1978) - Kazami Teppei (1978)
1978
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron as
Rikichi Komadera
1978
Fuyu no hana as
Kokichi Minami
1978
Yûrei ressha (TV Movie) as
Lt. Uno
1977
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari kôen mae hashutsujo
1977
Sugata Sanshirô
1977
Village of Eight Gravestones as
Ochimusha (as Kuni'e Tanaka)
1977
Aniki (TV Series) as
Kintaro
1977
Shinjuku baka monogatari
1977
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro as
Taro Kuroki
1977
Kisetsufû as
Kantoku
1977
Kareinaru keiji (TV Series) as
Goro nango
1977
Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don as
Detective Goto
1977
Kakero! happyaku yachô (TV Mini Series) as
Masakichi
1976
Rebellious Journey
1976
Kawachi no ossan no uta: yôkita no ware
1976
Kinkin no lumpen taisho as
Tetsugoro komai
1976
Yokohama ankokugai mashingan no ryu
1976
Manhunt as
Yokomichi Keiji
1975
Bôdô Shimane keimusho as
Prisoner, minding the pigs
1975
Torakku yarô: Bakusô Ichibanboshi
1975
Kobe Kokusai Gang as
Teruo Maruyama
1975
Detective Hagure (TV Series) as
Hotaro Shinto
1975
Company Buggers
1975
Nippon bijo monogatari: onna no naka no onna as
Sukegoro
1975
Bullet Train as
Koga's Brother
1975
Afurika no hikari as
Katsuhiro
1975
Cops vs Thugs
1975
Dai dâtsu gokû
1975
Great Jailbreak as
Goda
1975
Graveyard of Honor as
Katsuji Ozaki
1975
Nihon ninkyo-do: gekitotsu-hen
1974
Dark Magistrate (TV Series) as
Ryojun
1974
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (TV Series) as
Boss Genzo
- Song of the Father and Son (1974) - Boss Genzo
1974
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity as
Gen Sakagami
1974
Submersion of Japan (TV Series) as
Reporter Tatsuno
1974
San-daime Shumei
1974
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy as
Daisuke Jigen
1974
Evil of Dracula as
Dr. Shimomura
1974
Final Episode as
Makihara Masakichi
1974
Machi no hi as
Goro
1974
Police Tactics as
Makihara Masakichi
1973
Hijô gakuen: warû
1973
Gendai ninkyô-shi as
Zen san
1973
Stray Dog as
Sagawa
1973
Proxy War as
Makihara Masakichi
1973
Yubi-kun: Sarariman jingi
1973
Rica 3: Juvenile Lullabay as
Soldier mania
1973
Aitte nandaro as
Saitarô
1973
Ai yori aoku as
Ajikawa
1973
Nippon sanjûshi: Hakata obi shime ippon dokko no maki
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity as
Makihara Masakichi
1972
Aa koe naki tomo as
Boku
1972
Zorome no san kyôdai
1972
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972
Kogarashi Monjirô: Kakawari gozansen as
Johei Yawata
1972
Shin abashiri bangaichi: arashi yobu danpu jingi
1972
Summer Soldiers as
Fujimura
1971
Nippon ichi no shokku otoko
1971
Shin Abashiri Bangaichi: Fubuki no Dai-Dassou
1971
Shussho iwai as
Matsuzo Tsumura
1971
Konto Gojugo-go to Miko no zettai zetsumei as
Saburo
1971
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu as
Man with a gun
1971
Battle of Okinawa
1971
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan as
Fukushi Sensei
1971
Deka monogatari
1971
Wakadaishô tai Aodaishô
1970
Wakamono no hata as
Taro
1970
Kigeki sore ga otoko no ikiru michi
1970
Dodes'ka-den as
Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
1970
Onna-tarashi no teiô as
Tadao Ueda
1970
Maruhi sex kyôfushô
1970
Ore no sora da ze! Wakadaishô
1970
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival as
Packhorse Driver
1970
Kigeki: Otoko wa aikyo as
Kuraji Kuramoto
1970
Fuji sanchô
1970
Ezo yakata no ketto as
Kurobei
1970
Zoku isoginchaku
1970
Bravo, Young Guy
1969
Shushô jingi: O-inochi chôdai
1969
Dai Nippon suri shûdan as
Kanegai
1969
Hitokiri as
Gaoler
1969
Nyu jirando no wakadaishô as
Shinjirô Ishiyama
1969
Wakamono wa yuku as
Taro
1969
Goyokin as
Hirosuke
1969
Furesshuman wakadaishô as
Ishiyama
1969
Go! Go! Wakadaishô as
Shinjiro Ishiyama
1968
Onna to misoshiru
1968
Woman Gambling Expert: Raising the Inner Sanctum's Curtain
1968
Kamisama no koibito
1968
Outlaw: Black Dagger as
Doctor Michio Hongô
1968
Live Your Own Way as
Taro
1968
Gion matsuri as
Gonji
1968
Hakuchû dôdô as
March (as Kuni'e Tanaka)
1968
Sanbiki no akutô
1968
The Human Bullet
1968
Cry of the Mountain as
Kenkichi Mizuguchi
1968
Rio no wakadaishô
1968
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 as
Katsuji Nemoto
1967
Abashiri Bangaichi: Aku eno Chôsen as
Ôtsuki
1967
Zoku rokyoku komori uta
1967
Kigeki Furoshiki as
Heikichi Matsuda
1967
Judo Champion
1967
Abashiri bangaichi: Kettô reika 30 do as
Ôtsuki
1967
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri as
Ken Takahashi
1967
Chikumagawa zesshô
1967
The Young Boss as
Torakichi Ishikawa
1967
Let's Go, Young Guy! (as Hoei Tanaka)
1966
Abashiri Bangaichi: Nangoku no Taiketsu
1966
Japan's Zero Zone: Night Watch
1966
Santo hei oyabun
1966
The Great Villain's Strategy
1966
Abashiri bangaichi: Dai setsugen no taiketsu
1966
Bôken daikatsugeki: Ôgon no touzoku
1966
Umi no koto as
Kenkichi Ohara
1966
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage as
Man speaks a lot
1966
The Face of Another as
Patient at Mental Hospital
1966
Hoodlum Soldier's Escape
1966
Akudô
1966
Abashiri Bangaichi: Koya no taiketsu
1966
Nippon ichi no gorigan otoko
1966
The Sword of Doom as
Senkichi
1966
Odoshi
1966
Silence Has No Wings
1966
Cash Calls Hell
1965
Abashiri bangaichi: Hokkai hen as
Ôtsuki
1965
Campus A-Go-Go as
Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô
1965
Yakuza G-men: Meiji ankokugai
1965
Abashiri bangaichi: Bôkyô hen as
Ôtsuki
1965
Sword of the Beast as
Tanji
1965
Umi no wakadaishô
1965
Zoku Abashiri bangaichi
1965
Abashiri bangaichi
1965
Ninja Chushingura
1964
Doro inu as
Chiba
1964
Kwaidan as
Yasaku (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
1964
Shingo Bangai Shobu
1964
Akai daiya
1964
Zoku Haikei Tenno Heika Sama as
Punk
1963
Sanada fûunroku
1963
Jigoku no saiten as
Zongming Don
1963
Okashina yatsu as
Sankichi Fujita
1963
Yabunirami Nippon
1963
Hawai no wakadaishô
1963
Sensation Seekers
1963
Otoko ippiki dôchûki
1962
Nihon ichi no wakadaishô
1962
Pitfall as
Man in white suit
1962
Dobunezumi sakusen
1962
Kurenai no sora
1962
The Inheritance as
Man in bar
1962
Pride of the Campus
1962
Sanjuro as
Samurai
1961
Blood on the Sea
1961
Daigaku no wakadaishô
1961
Kaoyaku akatsukini shisu
1961
Wakarete ikiru toki mo
1961
The Wind and Waves as
Eiji Inoue
1961
Hidden Fangs as
Kôji Sakurai
1961
The Merciless Trap
1960
Buki naki tatakai as
Kitajima
1960
The Bad Sleep Well as
Hitman
1960
The Sun's Burial as
Thief
1959
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity as
Obara Nitôhei
1957
Jun'ai monogatari
1956
Wakôdo no gaika
Self
2005
Zô ressha ga yattekita (TV Special) as
Zenzô
2002
Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Sanjuro (2002) - Self
- The Bad Sleep Well (2002) - Self
References
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