Kunie Tanaka

from Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

Artwork for Tenchu!Image of Kunie Tanaka

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.

Timeline

2010Aged 78

  • Poster for The Last Ronin

    Okuno Shōgen

2004Aged 72

  • Poster for The Hidden Blade

    Kanbê Katagiri

2003Aged 71

  • Poster for Yomigaeri

    Dr. Saito

  • Poster for 北の国から 記憶 前編

    演员

  • Poster for The Boat to Heaven

    Masato Sakurai

  • Poster for Fukumimi

    (Unknown)

2002Aged 70

  • Poster for Kewaishi

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for 北の国から記憶

    演员

  • Poster for Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'

    Self

  • Poster for Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'

    Self

2001Aged 69

2000Aged 68

  • Poster for As the River Flows

    Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)

1998Aged 66

  • Poster for A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage

    Inoue

1997Aged 65

  • Poster for Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Rainbow Seeker 2

    (Unknown)

1996Aged 64

  • Poster for Oishinbo

    Tattsan

  • Poster for The Rainbow Seeker

    Tsune-san

1995Aged 63

  • Poster for Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for 北の国から ’95秘密 後編

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Salaryman Senka

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Tora-san to the Rescue

    船长

1994Aged 62

  • Poster for Free and Easy Special

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for イルカに逢える日

    (Unknown)

1993Aged 61

  • Poster for Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict

    Buddhist Priest

  • Poster for Baian the Assassin: Showdown

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Rainbow Bridge

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for A Class to Remember

    Ino

1992Aged 60

  • Poster for Luminous Moss

    Hachizo

  • Poster for Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1

    (Unknown)

1991Aged 59

  • Poster for Kamigata Kugaizoshi

    (Unknown)

  • Mourning Work

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Shy Security

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The love song of farewell later

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for A Desirable Marriage

    Mr. Kawamata

  • Poster for Castle of Sand

    Eitaro Imanishi

  • Poster for My Sons

    (Unknown)

1990Aged 58

  • Poster for Hoshi wo tsugu mono

    Kenji Yoshida

  • Poster for Tasmania Story

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Ronin-gai

    Magozaemon Doi

  • Poster for Baian the Assassin

    (Unknown)

1989Aged 57

  • Poster for Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo

    (Unknown)

1988Aged 56

  • Poster for Oración

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Tomorrow

    Shoji's stepfather

  • Poster for This Heartbeat

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Yojo no jidai

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for I Love You So Much

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Love on a Daily Basis

    (Unknown)

1987Aged 55

  • Poster for Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 3 - I Saw a Woman's Corpse in the Steam of Beppu Onsen!

    Yutaro Hatori

  • Poster for The Thief and the Expelled Master

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop

    Yutaro Hatori

  • Poster for Take Me Out to the Snowland

    Yûichirô Tayama

  • Poster for The Great Department Store Robbery

    (Unknown)

1986Aged 54

  • Poster for The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 2 - I Saw the Bride's Corpse in the Sea of Toba!

    Yutaro Hatori

  • Poster for Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy

    Man

  • Poster for The House of Wedlock

    Kazuya Enomoto

1985Aged 53

  • Poster for Demon

    Keita

  • Poster for Early Spring Story

    Okino, Hitomi's father

  • Poster for The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective - I Saw a Female Ghost in Hida Takayama!

    Yutaro Hatori

1984Aged 52

  • Poster for Tokimeki Kaigan Monogatari

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Sukanpin Walk

    Keizo Fukami

  • Poster for The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Ghost Reunion

    Inspector Joichi Uno

1983Aged 51

  • Poster for Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case

    Dobu

  • Poster for Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case

    Dobu

  • Poster for The Undercover Ninja Organization

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Nogare no machi

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Choji Snack Bar

    Iwashita

  • Poster for Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case

    Dobu

1982Aged 50

  • Poster for Karate Cop

    Neighbor

  • Poster for Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case

    Dobu

  • Poster for Ekisutora

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Shootout

    Iwai

  • Poster for Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case

    Dobu

  • Poster for Tonga Adventure Family

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Highschool Scramble

    (Unknown)

1981Aged 49

  • Poster for Private Detective DOBU 1

    Dobu

  • Poster for Return of the Champ

    Shinjiro Ishiyama

  • Poster for Station

    Sugawara

  • Poster for At This Late Date, the Charleston

    Army Minister

1980Aged 48

  • Poster for The Revolt

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

    Masakichi Makihara

  • Poster for May Love Be Restored

    Yugiri-ro client

1979Aged 47

  • Poster for Nichiren

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Down with The Big Boss

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Murder in the Doll House

    Detective Naraki

  • Poster for Ghost Festival in Zenjin Village

    Inspector Joichi Uno

  • Poster for The Inferno

    Unpei Ikegata

  • Poster for The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

    Lt. Todoroki

  • Poster for White Love

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Troubleman Laughs and Kills

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Fixer

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Bride of the Ghost Lake

    Inspector Joichi Uno

  • Poster for The Last Game

    (Unknown)

1978Aged 46

  • Poster for Ghost Train

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Inside the Storm of Love

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Winter's Flower

    Kokichi Minami

  • Poster for Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

    Rikichi Komadera

  • Poster for Never Give Up

    Bartender

  • Poster for Dynamite Don-Don

    Sakuzo

  • Poster for The Demon

    Policeman

  • Poster for Ghost Coast

    Inspector Joichi Uno

  • Poster for Blood Type: Blue

    Kazuo, Saeko's brother

  • Poster for Pink Lady's Motion Picture

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Truck Rascals Go to The North

    (Unknown)

1977Aged 45

  • Poster for Japan's Don

    Detective Goto

  • Poster for Seasonal Wind

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

    Kuroki Taro

  • Poster for Sugata Sanshiro

    Yasuyoshi

  • Poster for Village of Eight Gravestones

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Extravagant Cops

    (Unknown)

1976Aged 44

  • Poster for Manhunt

    Yokomichi Keiji

  • Poster for The Machine Gun Dragon

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Hobo General

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Hangyaku no Tabi

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den

    Toramatsu Otani

  • Poster for Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On

    Shinichiro Nabeyama

1975Aged 43

  • Poster for Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Doterai Man

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Graveyard of Honor

    Katsuji Kozaki

  • Poster for Battle Cry

    Yamakawa Hiroshi

  • Poster for Great Jailbreak

    Goda

  • Poster for Cops vs. Thugs

    Kinpachi Komiya

  • Poster for Shimane Prison Riot

    Yoshikazu Minagawa

  • Poster for Light of Africa

    Katsuhiro

  • Poster for The Bullet Train

    Koga's Brother

  • Poster for Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Company Buggers

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The International Gang of Kobe

    Teruo Maruyama

  • Poster for 300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations

    Toyama

  • Poster for The Wild Trucker

    Borsalino 2

1974Aged 42

  • Poster for Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

    Masakichi Makihara

  • Poster for Machi no Hi

    Goro

  • Poster for Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

    Masakichi Makihara

  • Poster for Evil of Dracula

    Dr. Shimomura

  • Poster for Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy

    Daisuke Jigen

  • Poster for Third Generation Boss

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

    Gen Sakagami

1973Aged 41

  • Poster for Battles Without Honor and Humanity

    Masakichi Makihara

  • Poster for The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi

    Ken

  • Poster for Deeper Than Blue

    Ajikawa

  • Poster for The School Deviate Waru

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for What is Love?

    Saitaro Asami

  • Poster for Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby

    Soldier Mania

  • Poster for Japan's Top Gangster

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

    Masakichi Makihara

  • Poster for Stray Dog

    Sagawa

  • Poster for Yakuza of the Present

    Zen san

1972Aged 40

  • Poster for Zorome no San Kyoudai

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Witty Samurai

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Summer Soldiers

    Fujimura

  • Poster for My Voiceless Friends

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth

    Johei Yawata

  • Poster for Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers

    Ohno

1971Aged 39

  • Poster for Young Guy, the Ace Rider

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Detective Story: A Brother's Rule

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Tora-san, the Good Samaritan

    福士老师

  • Poster for Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Instant Services Bureau

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Battle of Okinawa

    Barber Higa

  • Poster for The Wolves

    Matsuzo Tsumura

  • Poster for New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man

    (Unknown)

1970Aged 38

  • Zoku Isoginchaku

    Takashi Takai

  • Poster for Duel at Fort Ezo

    Kurobei

  • Poster for The Summit of Mt. Fuji

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Rebel Against Glory

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Bravo, Young Guy

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Live Again Tomorrow

    刈田勝利

  • Poster for Charming Men

    Kuramoto Kuraji

  • Poster for Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Get Your Sky, Young Guy

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Fear of Sex

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Kingpin of Fair Ladies

    Tadao Ueda

  • Poster for Dodes'ka-den

    Hatsutaro Kawaguchi

  • Poster for It's a Man's Way of Life

    Heihachirou Yanai

  • Poster for Banner of the Young

    Taro

1969Aged 37

  • Poster for Young Guy Graduates

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for 夕月

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Goyokin

    Hirosuke

  • Poster for Forward, Young People!

    Taro

  • Poster for Young Guy on Mt. Cook

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Tenchu!

    Rokkaku Prison Officer

  • Poster for The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club

    Kanegai

  • Poster for Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms

    Seiji Matsumiya

1968Aged 36

  • Poster for Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2

    Katsuji Nemoto

  • Poster for Hymn to a Tired Man

    Hisataro Ohno

  • Poster for How to Be the Worst of Office Workers

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Woman Champion

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Women and Miso Soup

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Young Guy in Rio

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for An Angel's Temptation

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Cry of the Mountain

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Three Rogues

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Human Bullet

    Platoon Leader

  • Poster for In Broad Daylight

    March

  • The Day the Sun Rose

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Young People

    Taro

  • Poster for The Woman Gambler's Revenge

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Angel's Lover

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Outlaw: Black Dagger

    Doctor Michio Hongô

1967Aged 35

  • Poster for Let's Go! Young Guy

    Shinjirou Ishiyama

  • Poster for Birth of a Fighter

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for River of Forever

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri

    Ken Takahashi

  • Poster for Game of Chance 2

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Young Guy in the South Pacific

    Shinjiro Ishiyama

  • Poster for Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Free Island

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Circuit-A-Go-Go

    (Unknown)

1966Aged 34

  • Poster for Cash Calls Hell

    Umegaya

  • Poster for Silence Has No Wings

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Threat

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Sword of Doom

    Senkichi

  • Poster for The Bullet and the Horse

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Third Class Soldier Boss

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for It Started In The Alps

    Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô

  • Poster for The Front Line Showdown

    Sawamura

  • Poster for The Face of Another

    Mentally Ill Man #1

  • Poster for Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

    Storyteller

  • Poster for Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Koto—The Lake of Tears

    Kenkichi Ohara

  • Poster for Golden Ninja

    Risuke

  • Poster for Debt of Honor

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country

    (Unknown)

1965Aged 33

  • Poster for Kwaidan

    Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

  • Poster for Tale of Ninja Duty

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Abashiri Prison

    Otsuki

  • Poster for The Last Judgment

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Three Yakuza

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2

    Kirikawa

  • Poster for Young Guy at Sea

    石山新次郎(青大))

  • Poster for Sword of the Beast

    Tanji

  • Poster for Prison Walls of Abashiri 3

    Otsuki

  • Poster for Yakuza G-Men

    Masayoshi Imanishi

  • Poster for Wakai nobara

    石丸雄吉

  • Poster for Campus A Go-Go

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Prison Walls of Abashiri 4

    (Unknown)

1964Aged 32

  • Poster for Punishment of a Lawless Villian

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Desperate

    Chiba

  • Poster for Shingo's Final Duel

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for 間諜

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Red Diamond

    George Takase

1963Aged 31

  • Poster for A Fishmonger's Tour

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Sensation Seekers

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Young Guy in Hawaii

    石山新次郎(青大将)

  • Poster for Walleyed Nippon

    Shirosaka

  • Poster for Kagami no naka no razō

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Okashina yatsu

    Sankichi Fujita

  • Poster for Hell Festival

    Somei To

  • Poster for Sasuke and His Comedians

    (Unknown)

1962Aged 30

  • Poster for Sanjuro

    Samurai

  • Poster for Pride of the Campus

    Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)

  • Poster for The Inheritance

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Crimson Sky

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Operation Sewer Rats

    Private Anayama

  • Poster for Pitfall

    Man in White Suit

  • Poster for College Champ

    (Unknown)

1961Aged 29

  • Poster for The Merciless Trap

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Hidden Fangs

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Eternity of Love

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Big Shots Die at Dawn

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Sir Galahad in Campus

    Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)

  • Poster for Blood on the Sea

    (Unknown)

1960Aged 28

  • Poster for The Sun's Burial

    Thief

  • Poster for The Bad Sleep Well

    Hitman

  • Poster for The War Without Weapons

    Detective Kitajima

1959Aged 27

  • Poster for Lucky Dragon No. 5

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

    Obara Nitôhei

1957Aged 25

  • Poster for The Story of Pure Love

    Satoyan

1956Aged 24

  • Poster for Triumphant Song of Youth

    (Unknown)