Kunie Tanaka
b. 1932 — d. 2021 (aged 89)
Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Actor
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. 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.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 4.3
The Penetrators/The Sun in Kurobe
2009 Actor
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Kujira to medaka
2008 Actor
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Zô ressha ga yattekita
2005 Actor
Zenzô
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★ 7.6
The Hidden Blade
2004 Actor
Kanbê Katagiri
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★ 7.7
Kaikyou o wataru baiorin
2004 Actor
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★ 6.4
Fukumimi
2003 Actor
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The Boat to Heaven
2003 Actor
Masato Sakurai
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★ 7.7
Kita no kuni kara 2002 yuigon
2002 Actor
Goro Kuroita
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Ten no hitomi 3
2002 Actor
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★ 6.5
All About Our House
2001 Actor
Chouichirou Iwata
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Ten no hitomi 2
2001 Actor
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Aikotoba wa yuuki
2000 Actor
Moritaka Inuzuka
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Kawa no nagare no you ni
2000 Actor
Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
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Ten no hitomi
2000 Actor
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★ 6.6
A Class to Remember 3: The New Voyage
1998 Actor
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★ 7.9
Kita no kuni kara '98 jidai
1998 Actor
Goro Kuroita
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Tenamonya Shôsha
1998 Actor
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★ 5.7
Niji o tsukamu otoko: Nangoku funto-hen
1997 Actor
Setsuko and Seiji's Father
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Magnitude
1997 Actor
Tatsuo Saeki
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★ 6.6
Niji o tsukamu otoko
1996 Actor
Tsune-san
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★ 7.8
Kita no kuni kara '95 himitsu
1995 Actor
Goro Kuroita
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★ 7.1
Free and Easy: Special
1994 Actor
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★ 7.0
A Class to Remember
1993 Actor
Ino-san
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Hacchôbori torimono-banashi
1993 Actor
Tôkichi
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★ 6.3
Luminous Moss
1992 Actor
Hachizo
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★ 8.3
Kita no kuni kara '92 sudachi
1992 Actor
Goro Kuroita
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★ 5.6
Happy Wedding
1991 Actor
Shigeki Kawamata
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Mo no shigoto
1991 Actor
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Kamigata Kugaizoshi
1991 Actor
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Private Detective DOBU
1991 Actor
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Okappiki dobu
1991 Actor
Dobu
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Oishii onna ni goyojin
1991 Actor
Syogo Iwamizawa
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★ 7.5
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
1990 Actor
Kenji Tanaka (57 years old)
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★ 5.3
Tasmania Story
1990 Actor
Eiji Kawano
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★ 6.3
Saraba itoshino yakuza
1990 Actor
Tadashi Karasawa
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★ 8.2
Kita no kuni kara '89 kikyo
1989 Actor
Goro Kuroita
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★ 6.0
Yojo no jidai
1988 Actor
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Love on a Daily Basis
1988 Actor
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★ 6.4
Take Me Out to the Snowland
1987 Actor
Yûichirô Tayama
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★ 8.4
Kita no kuni kara '87 hatsukoi
1987 Actor
Goro Kuroita
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★ 7.4
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987 Actor
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Thief and the Expelled Master
1987 Actor
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★ 6.7
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
1986 Actor
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★ 6.1
Uhohho tankentai
1986 Actor
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★ 6.8
Yasha
1985 Actor
Keita
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★ 6.4
Early Spring Story
1985 Actor
Okino, Hitomi's father
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★ 7.7
Kita no kuni kara '84 natsu
1984 Actor
Goro Kuroita
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★ 7.9
Oregon kara ai
1984 Actor
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Tokimeki Coast Story
1984 Actor
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★ 6.4
Choji Snack Bar
1983 Actor
Iwashita Yoshiji
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★ 8.2
Kita no kuni kara '83 fuyu
1983 Actor
Goro Kuroita
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★ 5.9
Nogare no machi
1983 Actor
Nakayama
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★ 6.2
Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
1983 Actor
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The Undercover Ninja Organization
1983 Actor
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Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
1983 Actor
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Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
1983 Actor
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Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
1983 Actor
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Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
1982 Actor
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Ekisutora
1982 Actor
Shunichiro Mizukoshi
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Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
1982 Actor
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Santô kôkôsei
1982 Actor
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★ 7.0
Station
1981 Actor
Sugawara
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★ 8.2
From the Northern Country
1981 Actor
Goro Kuroita
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★ 6.8
At This Late Date, the Charleston
1981 Actor
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Kaettekita wakadaishô
1981 Actor
Shinjiro Ishiyama
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Private Detective DOBU 1
1981 Actor
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★ 6.8
The Revolt
1980 Actor
Komatsu
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Aokiôkami narukichiomoase no shôgai
1980 Actor
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★ 6.6
Hell
1979 Actor
Unpei Ikegata
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★ 5.9
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979 Actor
Lt Todoroki
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★ 6.9
Nichiren
1979 Actor
Kyonin
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★ 5.7
Nihon no fikusaa
1979 Actor
Ryûzaki
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★ 6.5
The Last Game
1979 Actor
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Kanpaku sengen
1979 Actor
Okazaki
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★ 6.3
Blue Christmas
1978 Actor
Kazuo Nishida
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★ 7.2
Noisy Dynamite
1978 Actor
Sakuzo
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★ 6.7
Torakku yarô: Ichiban hoshi kita e kaeru
1978 Actor
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★ 6.8
Edo no Taka: Goyôbeya Hankachô
1978 Actor
Kazami Teppei (1978)
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Yûrei ressha
1978 Actor
Lt. Uno
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★ 6.7
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977 Actor
Taro Kuroki
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★ 6.5
Aniki
1977 Actor
Kintaro
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Kakero! happyaku yachô
1977 Actor
Masakichi
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Shinjuku baka monogatari
1977 Actor
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Kisetsufû
1977 Actor
Kantoku
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Kareinaru keiji
1977 Actor
Goro nango
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★ 6.8
Manhunt
1976 Actor
Yokomichi Keiji
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★ 6.6
Yokohama ankokugai mashingan no ryu
1976 Actor
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★ 6.4
Kawachi no ossan no uta: yôkita no ware
1976 Actor
Shinichiro Nabeyama
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Rebellious Journey
1976 Actor
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Kinkin no lumpen taisho
1976 Actor
Tetsugoro komai
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★ 7.1
Graveyard of Honor
1975 Actor
Katsuji Ozaki
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★ 6.4
Great Jailbreak
1975 Actor
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★ 6.6
A Shimane Prison Riot
1975 Actor
Prisoner, minding the pigs
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★ 6.7
Africa's Light
1975 Actor
Katsuhiro
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★ 6.6
Company Buggers
1975 Actor
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Dark Magistrate
1975 Actor
Ryojun Kogure
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★ 7.3
Police Tactics
1974 Actor
Makihara Masakichi
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★ 7.3
Final Episode
1974 Actor
Makihara Masakichi
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★ 6.3
Evil of Dracula
1974 Actor
Dr. Shimomura
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★ 6.8
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1974 Actor
Gen Sakagami