Kunie Tanaka
Actor
88 years (Nov 23, 1932 – Mar 24, 2021)Toki, Gifu, Japan
Kunie Tanaka has built a long career as a Japanese actor who has kept working through several turns of the industry. He started at 24. Television and film have both stayed in regular use across the career. Of everything on the filmography, 'Sanjuro' is the work that traveled the furthest. 'Kwaidan' is a second title with real reach.
Kunie Tanaka
Actor
Kunie Tanaka has built a long career as a Japanese actor who has kept working through several turns of the industry. He started at 24. Television and film have both stayed in regular use across the career. Of everything on the filmography, 'Sanjuro' is the work that traveled the furthest. 'Kwaidan' is a second title with real reach.
144 Movies
Plays Obara Nitôhei
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
Plays Samurai
Sanjuro
1962
Plays Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kwaidan
1965
Plays Sugawara
Station
1981
Plays Mentally Ill Man #1
The Face of Another
1966
Plays Barber Higa
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
Plays Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Dodes'ka-den
1970
Plays Hitman
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Plays Masakichi Makihara
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
Plays Senkichi
The Sword of Doom
1966
Plays Yokomichi Keiji
Manhunt
1976
Plays Hirosuke
Goyokin
1969
Plays Otsuki
Abashiri Prison
1965
Plays Koga's Brother
The Bullet Train
1975
Plays Masakichi Makihara
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
Plays Rokkaku Prison Officer
Tenchu!
1969
Plays Dr. Saito
Yomigaeri
2003
Plays Policeman
The Demon
1978
Plays Katsuji Kozaki
Graveyard of Honor
1975
Plays Magozaemon Doi
Ronin-gai
1990
Plays Masakichi Makihara
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
Plays Satoyan
The Story of Pure Love
1957
Plays 福士老师
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
Plays Ino
A Class to Remember
1993
Plays Daisuke Jigen
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
1974
Plays Yûichirô Tayama
Take Me Out to the Snowland
1987
Plays Platoon Leader
The Human Bullet
1968
Plays Mr. Kawamata
A Desirable Marriage
1991
Plays Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
As the River Flows
2000
Plays Umegaya
Cash Calls Hell
1966
Plays Masakichi Makihara
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
Plays Kazuo, Saeko's brother
Blood Type: Blue
1978
Plays Unpei Ikegata
The Inferno
1979
Plays Dr. Shimomura
Evil of Dracula
1974
Plays Kazuya Enomoto
The House of Wedlock
1986
Plays Kurobei
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970
Plays George Takase
Red Diamond
1964
Plays Storyteller
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966
Plays Yasuyoshi
Sugata Sanshiro
1977
Plays Kokichi Minami
Winter's Flower
1978
Plays Thief
The Sun's Burial
1960
Plays Soldier Mania
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
1973
Plays Bartender
Never Give Up
1978
Plays Lt. Todoroki
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979
Plays Gen Sakagami
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
Plays Yugiri-ro client
May Love Be Restored
1980
Plays Kinpachi Komiya
Cops vs. Thugs
1975
Plays Kuroki Taro
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
Plays Goda
Great Jailbreak
1975
Plays Detective Naraki
Murder in the Doll House
1979
8 TV Shows
Plays 蛙ヶ池の仙太
The Shin Hasegawa Series
1972
Plays Yoshitoshi Kogure
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
1975
Plays Tatsuno
Submersion of Japan
1974
Plays Goru Kuroita (黑板五郎)
From the Northern Country
1981
Plays Kintaro
Older brother
1977
Plays Han-Emon of Otowa
Baian the Assassin
1991
Plays ボオルチュ
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
1980
Plays Nangou Goro
Dazzling Cops
1977
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The Last Ronin
Okuno Shōgen
2010
The Hidden Blade
Kanbê Katagiri
2004
The Boat to Heaven
Masato Sakurai
2003
北の国から 記憶 前編
演员
2003
Yomigaeri
Dr. Saito
2003
北の国から記憶
演员
2002
All About Our House
Chouichirou Iwata - Master Carpenter
2001
As the River Flows
Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
2000
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
Inoue
1998
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Kunie Tanaka still alive?
Kunie Tanaka passed away on March 24, 2021 at age 88.
What are the most famous roles of Kunie Tanaka?
Kunie Tanaka is best known for roles in Sanjuro, Kwaidan, The Bad Sleep Well.
How many movies has Kunie Tanaka been in?
Over a 65-year career (since 1956), Kunie Tanaka has appeared in 144 movies and 8 TV shows.
What was Kunie Tanaka's first movie?
The career of Kunie Tanaka began with Triumphant Song of Youth (1956).
What is Kunie Tanaka's most recent movie or series?
Kunie Tanaka's most recent release is The Last Ronin, which premiered on December 18, 2010.
What TV shows has Kunie Tanaka appeared in?
On television, Kunie Tanaka has appeared in From the Northern Country, Baian the Assassin, The Password is Courage, Rice Curry.
Kunie Tanaka
1932-11-23 · Toki, Gifu, Japan
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.