Acting credits
276
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Kunie Tanaka
Acting
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Movies: 262Series: 14
TMDB ID: 99247
IMDb ID: nm0848993
Known for: Acting
Born: November 23, 1932
Died: March 24, 2021
Age: 88
Place of birth: Toki, Gifu, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 2010
Years active: 55
Average TMDB rating: 7.1
Wikidata: Q326517
Also known as
田中邦卫
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 Wakadaishō series of films. The character Kizaru, from Eiichiro Oda's manga series One Piece, is modeled after Tanaka.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Kunie Tanaka.
6.6
The Last Ronin
2010 Movie
7.4
The Hidden Blade
as Kanbê Katagiri
2004 Movie
Fukumimi
2003 Movie
The Boat to Heaven
as Masato Sakurai
2003 Movie
北の国から 記憶 前編
as 演员
2003 Movie
5.7
Resurrection
as Dr. Saito
2003 Movie
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
as Self
2002 Movie
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
as Self
2002 Movie
Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
2002 Movie
北の国から記憶
as 演员
2002 Movie
7.0
Kewaishi
2002 Movie
6.0
All About Our House
as Chouichirou Iwata
2001 Movie
As the River Flows
as Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
2000 Movie
6.2
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
as Inoue
1998 Movie
The Rainbow Seeker 2
1997 Movie
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1997 Movie
6.0
The Rainbow Seeker
as Tsune-san
1996 Movie
6.0
Oishinbo
as Tattsan
1996 Movie
7.3
Tora-san to the Rescue
as Ship Captain
1995 Movie
Salaryman Senka
1995 Movie
北の国から ’95秘密 後編
1995 Movie
6.0
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
1995 Movie
4.0
イルカに逢える日
1994 Movie
7.5
Free and Easy Special
1994 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kunie Tanaka.
The Sun in Kurobe
as Genkichi • 2 eps
2009 Series
世界で一番熱い夏
4 eps
2001 Series
The Password is Courage
11 eps
2000 Series
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
2 eps
1993 Series
10.0
Baian the Assassin
as Han-Emon of Otowa • 5 eps
1991 Series
Private Detective Dobu
7 eps
1991 Series
Rice Curry
13 eps
1986 Series
9.0
Kita no kuni kara
as 黑板五郎 • 24 eps
1981 Series
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
as ボオルチュ • 2 eps
1980 Series
Older brother
as Kintaro • 13 eps
1977 Series
Dazzling Cops
as Nangou Goro • 1 eps
1977 Series
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
as Yoshitoshi Kogure • 26 eps
1975 Series
Submersion of Japan
as Tatsuno • 26 eps
1974 Series
The Shin Hasegawa Series
as 蛙ヶ池の仙太 • 30 eps
1972 Series