Kunie Tanaka
Birthday
1932/11/23
Day of death
2021/03/24 (88 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Toki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Also know 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 f...Read more
Acting
(1968) Hymn to a Tired Man
as Hisataro Ohno
(1965) Kwaidan
as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
(1962) Sanjuro
as Samurai
(1995) Tora-san to the Rescue
as Ship Captain
(1993) Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
as Buddhist Priest
(1970) Dodes'ka-den
as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
(2004) The Hidden Blade
as Kanbê Katagiri
(1983) Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
as ---
(1973) Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as Masakichi Makihara
(1959) The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Obara Nitôhei
(2003) Resurrection
as Dr. Saito
(1969) Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms
as Seiji Matsumiya
(1963) A Fishmonger's Tour
as ---
(1991) Shy Security
as ---
(1971) The Wolves
as Matsuzo Tsumura
(1972) Zorome no San Kyoudai
as ---
(1968) In Broad Daylight
as March
(2003) Fukumimi
as ---
(1966) The Face of Another
as Mentally Ill Man #1
(1992) Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
as ---
(1962) The Crimson Sky
as ---
(1968) The Human Bullet
as ---
(1997) Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
as ---
(1965) Sword of the Beast
as Tanji
(1968) Women and Miso Soup
as ---
(1963) Okashina yatsu
as Sankichi Fujita
(1969) Goyokin
as Hirosuke
(1970) Rebel Against Glory
as ---
(1966) The Sword of Doom
as Senkichi
(1962) Pitfall
as Man in White Suit
(1966) Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
as Storyteller
(1973) The School Deviate Waru
as ---
(1974) Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
as Daisuke Jigen
(1982) Tonga Adventure Family
as ---
(1977) Japan's Don
as ---
(1968) How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
as ---
(1968) Young People
as Taro
(1969) Forward, Young People!
as Taro
(1970) Banner of the Young
as Taro
(1969) The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
as Kanegai
(2001) All About Our House
as Chouichirou Iwata
(1983) The Undercover Ninja Organization
as ---
(1981) Station
as Sugawara
(1985) Demon
as Keita
(1987) The Great Department Store Robbery
as ---
(1975) Battle Cry
as ---
(1981) At This Late Date, the Charleston
as Army Minister
(1992) Luminous Moss
as Hachizo
(1993) A Class to Remember
as Ino
(1970) The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
as Tadao Ueda
(1970) Duel at Fort Ezo
as Kurobei
(1964) The Desperate
as Chiba
(1974) New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
as Gen Sakagami
(1975) Graveyard of Honor
as Katsuji Ozaki
(1979) Troubleman Laughs and Kills
as ---
(1965) Young Guy at Sea
as 石山新次郎（青大））
(1974) Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
as Masakichi Makihara
(1974) Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
as Masakichi Makihara
(1968) Three Rogues
as ---
(1986) The House of Wedlock
as ---
(1967) The Young Ace in the South Pacific
as Shinjiro Ishiyama
(1970) Bravo, Young Guy
as ---
(1974) Evil of Dracula
as Dr. Shimomura
(1982) Karate Cop
as Neighbor
(1994) Free and Easy Special
as ---
(2000) As the River Flows
as Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
(2010) The Last Ronin
as ---
(1979) The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
as Lt. Todoroki
(2002) Kewaishi
as ---
(2003) The Boat to Heaven
as Masato Sakurai
(1996) The Rainbow Seeker
as ---
(1991) Mourning Work
as ---
(1961) Big Shots Die at Dawn
as ---
(1971) Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
as ---
(1967) River of Forever
as ---
(1990) Hoshi wo tsugu mono
as Kenji Yoshida
(1975) Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
as ---
(1978) 幽霊列車
as ---
(1964) Punishment of a Lawless Villian
as ---
(1961) Hidden Fangs
as ---
(2003) 北の国から 記憶 前編
as 演员
(2002) 北の国から記憶
as 演员
(1978) Winter's Flower
as Kokichi Minami
(1990) Tasmania Story
as ---
(1984) Tokimeki Coast Story
as ---
(1960) The Bad Sleep Well
as Hitman
(1979) Murder in the Doll House
as Detective Naraki
(1991) Castle of Sand
as Eitaro Imanishi
(1995) Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
as ---
(1977) Seasonal Wind
as ---
(1975) Doterai Man
as ---
(1981) Private Detective DOBU 1
as ---
(2002) Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
as ---
(1978) Blood Type: Blue
as ---
(1961) The Merciless Trap
as ---
(1962) The Inheritance
as ---
(1970) Charming Men
as Kuramoto Kuraji
(1968) Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
as Katsuji Nemoto
(1983) Choji Snack Bar
as Iwashita
(1964) Red Diamond
as George Takase
(1973) Stray Dog
as Sagawa
(1986) Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
as ---
(1982) Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
as Dobu
(1982) Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
as Dobu
(1983) Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
as ---
(1983) Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
as Dobu
(1983) Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
as Dobu
(1980) The Revolt
as ---
(1979) White Love
as ---
(1978) Never Give Up
as Bartender
(1978) Dynamite Don-Don
as Sakuzo
(1980) Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
as Masakichi Makihara
(1995) 北の国から ’95秘密 後編
as ---
(1967) Birth of a Fighter
as ---
(1968) The Day the Sun Rose
as ---
(1988) Love on a Daily Basis
as ---
(1985) Early Spring Story
as Okino, Hitomi's father
(1973) Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
as Masakichi Makihara
(1988) Yojo no jidai
as ---
(1965) Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
as Otsuki
(1972) Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
as Ohno
(1976) The Machine Gun Dragon
as ---
(1976) Hangyaku no Tabi
as ---
(1979) The Fixer
as ---
(1975) The International Gang of Kobe
as Teruo Maruyama
(1979) Nichiren
as ---
(1978) The Truck Rascals Go to The North
as ---
(1975) The Bullet Train
as Koga's Brother
(1965) Abashiri Prison
as Otsuki
(1975) Light of Africa
as Katsuhiro
(1965) Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
as ---
(1968) The Woman Champion
as ---
(1968) The Woman Gambler's Revenge
as ---
(1971) New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
as ---
(1966) Golden Ninja
as Risuke
(1975) Cops vs. Thugs
as Kinpachi Komiya
(1996) Oishinbo
as Tattsan
(1973) Deeper Than Blue
as Ajikawa
(1966) The Threat
as ---
(1973) Yakuza of the Present
as Zen san
(1965) Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
as Kirikawa
(1997) The Rainbow Seeker 2
as ---
(1974) Third Generation Boss
as ---
(1963) Sasuke and His Comedians
as ---
(1968) Outlaw: Black Dagger
as Doctor Michio Hongô
(1977) Village of Eight Gravestones
as ---
(1965) Yakuza G-Men
as Masayoshi Imanishi
(2002) Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
as Self
(1966) Koto—The Lake of Tears
as Kenkichi Ohara
(1977) The Extravagant Cops
as ---
(1979) Down with The Big Boss
as ---
(1961) Sir Galahad in Campus
as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
(1962) Pride of the Campus
as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
(1995) Salaryman Senka
as ---
(1975) Shimane Prison Riot
as Yoshikazu Minagawa
(2002) Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
as Self
(1978) Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
as Rikichi Komadera
(1970) Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
as ---
(1960) The Sun's Burial
as Thief
(1975) The Wild Trucker
as ---
(1977) The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
as Kuroki Taro
(1976) Manhunt
as Yokomichi Keiji
(1983) Nogare no machi
as ---
(1965) Campus A Go-Go
as ---
(1966) The Bullet and the Horse
as ---
(1982) Highschool Scramble
as ---
(1991) Kamigata Kugaizoshi
as ---
(1975) Great Jailbreak
as Goda
(1966) Cash Calls Hell
as Umegaya
(1964) Shingo's Final Duel
as ---
(1967) Game of Chance 2
as ---
(1987) The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
as Yutaro Hatori
(1972) Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
as Johei Yawata
(1972) Summer Soldiers
as Fujimura
(1966) Silence Has No Wings
as ---
(1975) 300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
as Toyama
(1973) Japan's Top Gangster
as ---
(1991) A Desirable Marriage
as Mr. Kawamata
(1976) Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
as ---
(1967) Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
as ---
(1966) Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
as ---
(1966) Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
as ---
(1970) Zoku Isoginchaku
as Takashi Takai
(1980) May Love Be Restored
as Yugiri-ro client
(1967) Let's Go! Young Guy
as Shinjirou Ishiyama
(1984) The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
as ---
(1965) Tale of Ninja Duty
as ---
(1962) College Champ
as ---
(1982) The Shootout
as Iwai
(1961) Blood on the Sea
as ---
(1957) The Story of Pure Love
as Satoyan
(1984) Sukanpin Walk
as Keizo Fukami
(1975) Company Buggers
as ---
(1988) Oración
as ---
(1966) The Front Line Showdown
as Sawamura
(1972) New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
as ---
(1971) The Battle of Okinawa
as ---
(1968) Angel's Lover
as ---
(1971) The Instant Services Bureau
as ---
(1978) The Demon
as Policeman
(1972) My Voiceless Friends
as ---
(1989) Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
as ---
(1983) Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
as ---
(1984) Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
as ---
(1987) Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
as ---
(1962) Operation Sewer Rats
as Private Anayama
(1977) Sugata Sanshiro
as Yasuyoshi
(1988) Tomorrow
as Shoji's stepfather
(1971) Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
as Teacher Fukushi
(1990) Ronin-gai
as Magozaemon Doi
(1987) Take Me Out to the Snowland
as Yûichirô Tayama
(1967) Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
as ---
(1971) Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
as ---
(1974) Machi no Hi
as Goro
(1969) Tenchu!
as Rokkaku Prison Officer
(1965) Three Yakuza
as ---
(1993) Baian the Assassin: Showdown
as ---
(1990) Baian the Assassin
as ---
(1976) Hobo General
as ---
(1965) The Last Judgment
as ---
(1963) The Young Ace in Hawaii
as 石山新次郎（青大将）
(1976) Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den
as Toramatsu Otani
(1975) Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
as ---
(1998) A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
as Inoue
(1991) The love song of farewell later
as ---
(1979) The Last Game
as ---
(1966) Debt of Honor
as ---
(1978) Pink Lady's Motion Picture
as ---
(1991) My Sons
as ---
(1966) Arupusu no wakadaishô
as Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô
(1979) The Inferno
as Unpei Ikegata
(1971) Wakadaisho vs Aodaisho
as ---
(1970) The Summit of Mt. Fuji
as ---
(1968) Cry of the Mountain
as ---
(1988) This Heartbeat
as ---
(1988) I Love You So Much
as ---
(1972) The Witty Samurai
as ---
(1964) 間諜
as ---
(1982) Ekisutora
as ---
(2000) The Password is Courage
as ---
(1986) Rice Curry
as ---
(1977) Older brother
as Kintaro
(1991) Private Detective Dobu
as ---
(1981) Kita no kuni kara
as 黑板五郎
(1974) Submersion of Japan
as Tatsuno
(1993) Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
as ---
(1991) Baian the Assassin
as Han-Emon of Otowa
(1975) The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
as Yoshitoshi Kogure