Person Details

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Aliases: 田中邦卫

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

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Movie Involvements: 90

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The Sword of Doom
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8

The Sword of Doom

(1966) Senkichi
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
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8
Kita no kuni kara
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9

Kita no kuni kara

(1981) 黑板五郎
Dodes'ka-den
Average
7

Dodes'ka-den

(1970) Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Average
7

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

(1973) Masakichi Makihara
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
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7
Submersion of Japan
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0

Submersion of Japan

(1974) Tatsuno
Kwaidan
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8

Kwaidan

(1965) Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2010 N/A
2004 Kanbê Katagiri
2003 N/A
Masato Sakurai
演员
Dr. Saito
2002 Self
Self
N/A
N/A
2001 Chouichirou Iwata
2000 N/A
Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
1998 Inoue
1997 N/A
N/A
1996 N/A
Tattsan
1995 Ship Captain
N/A
N/A
N/A
1994 N/A
1993 N/A
Ino
N/A
Buddhist Priest
1992 N/A
Hachizo
1991 N/A
Han-Emon of Otowa
Eitaro Imanishi
Mr. Kawamata
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1990 N/A
Magozaemon Doi
N/A
Kenji Yoshida
1989 N/A
1988 N/A
N/A
Shoji's stepfather
N/A
1987 N/A
Yûichirô Tayama
Yutaro Hatori
N/A
1986 N/A
N/A
N/A
1985 Okino, Hitomi's father
Keita
1984 N/A
N/A
Keizo Fukami
N/A
1983 Dobu
Iwashita
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Dobu
N/A
1982 N/A
N/A
Dobu
Iwai
Dobu
Neighbor
1981 Army Minister
Sugawara
黑板五郎
N/A
1980 Yugiri-ro client
Masakichi Makihara
N/A
1979 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Lt. Todoroki
Unpei Ikegata
Detective Naraki
N/A
N/A
1978 N/A
N/A
N/A
Bartender
Sakuzo
Policeman
Rikichi Komadera
Kokichi Minami
N/A
1977 N/A
N/A
Yasuyoshi
Kintaro
Kuroki Taro
N/A
N/A
1976 N/A
Toramatsu Otani
N/A
N/A
N/A
Yokomichi Keiji
1975 N/A
Toyama
Teruo Maruyama
N/A
N/A
Koga's Brother
Katsuhiro
Yoshikazu Minagawa
Kinpachi Komiya
Yoshitoshi Kogure
Goda
N/A
Katsuji Ozaki
N/A
N/A
1974 Gen Sakagami
Tatsuno
N/A
Daisuke Jigen
Dr. Shimomura
Masakichi Makihara
Goro
Masakichi Makihara
1973 Zen san
Sagawa
Masakichi Makihara
N/A
N/A
Ajikawa
Masakichi Makihara
1972 Ohno
Johei Yawata
N/A
N/A
Fujimura
N/A
1971 N/A
Matsuzo Tsumura
N/A
N/A
N/A
Teacher Fukushi
N/A
N/A
1970 Taro
Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Tadao Ueda
N/A
Kuramoto Kuraji
N/A
N/A
Kurobei
Takashi Takai
1969 Seiji Matsumiya
Kanegai
Rokkaku Prison Officer
Taro
Hirosuke
1968 Doctor Michio Hongô
N/A
N/A
Taro
N/A
March
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Katsuji Nemoto
1967 N/A
Shinjiro Ishiyama
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Shinjirou Ishiyama
1966 N/A
N/A
Risuke
Kenkichi Ohara
N/A
Storyteller
Mentally Ill Man #1
Sawamura
Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô
N/A
Senkichi
N/A
N/A
N/A
1965 N/A
N/A
Masayoshi Imanishi
Otsuki
Tanji
石山新次郎(青大))
Kirikawa
N/A
N/A
Otsuki
N/A
Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
1964 George Takase
N/A
N/A
N/A
1963 N/A
Sankichi Fujita
石山新次郎(青大将)
N/A
1962 N/A
Man in White Suit
Private Anayama
N/A
N/A
Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
Samurai
1961 N/A
Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
N/A
N/A
N/A
1960 Hitman
Thief
1959 Obara Nitôhei
1957 Satoyan
演员
Year Character Movie/Tv

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