Kunie Tanaka
Acting • Born 1932-11-23 – Died 2021-03-24
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.
Filmography
283 credits
Hymn to a Tired Man
Movie • 1968
Hisataro Ohno
Kwaidan
Movie • 1965
Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Sanjuro
Movie • 1962
Samurai
Tora-san to the Rescue
Movie • 1995
Ship Captain
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
Movie • 1993
Buddhist Priest
Dodes'ka-den
Movie • 1970
Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
The Hidden Blade
Movie • 2004
Kanbê Katagiri
Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
Movie • 1983
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Movie • 1973
Masakichi Makihara
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Movie • 1959
Obara Nitôhei
Resurrection
Movie • 2003
Dr. Saito
Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms
Movie • 1969
Seiji Matsumiya
A Fishmonger's Tour
Movie • 1963
Shy Security
Movie • 1991
The Wolves
Movie • 1971
Matsuzo Tsumura
Zorome no San Kyoudai
Movie • 1972
In Broad Daylight
Movie • 1968
March
Fukumimi
Movie • 2003
The Face of Another
Movie • 1966
Mentally Ill Man #1
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
Movie • 1992
The Crimson Sky
Movie • 1962
The Human Bullet
Movie • 1968
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
Movie • 1997
Sword of the Beast
Movie • 1965
Tanji
Women and Miso Soup
Movie • 1968
Okashina yatsu
Movie • 1963
Sankichi Fujita
Goyokin
Movie • 1969
Hirosuke
Rebel Against Glory
Movie • 1970
The Sword of Doom
Movie • 1966
Senkichi
Pitfall
Movie • 1962
Man in White Suit
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
Movie • 1966
Storyteller
The School Deviate Waru
Movie • 1973
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
Movie • 1974
Daisuke Jigen
Tonga Adventure Family
Movie • 1982
Japan's Don
Movie • 1977
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
Movie • 1968
Young People
Movie • 1968
Taro
Forward, Young People!
Movie • 1969
Taro
Banner of the Young
Movie • 1970
Taro
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
Movie • 1969
Kanegai
All About Our House
Movie • 2001
Chouichirou Iwata
The Undercover Ninja Organization
Movie • 1983
Station
Movie • 1981
Sugawara
Demon
Movie • 1985
Keita
The Great Department Store Robbery
Movie • 1987
Battle Cry
Movie • 1975
At This Late Date, the Charleston
Movie • 1981
Army Minister
Luminous Moss
Movie • 1992
Hachizo
A Class to Remember
Movie • 1993
Ino
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
Movie • 1970
Tadao Ueda
Duel at Fort Ezo
Movie • 1970
Kurobei
The Desperate
Movie • 1964
Chiba
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
Movie • 1974
Gen Sakagami
Graveyard of Honor
Movie • 1975
Katsuji Ozaki
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
Movie • 1979
Young Guy at Sea
Movie • 1965
石山新次郎（青大））
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Movie • 1974
Masakichi Makihara
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Movie • 1974
Masakichi Makihara
Three Rogues
Movie • 1968
The House of Wedlock
Movie • 1986
Kazuya Enomoto
Young Guy in the South Pacific
Movie • 1967
Shinjiro Ishiyama
Bravo, Young Guy
Movie • 1970
Evil of Dracula
Movie • 1974
Dr. Shimomura
Karate Cop
Movie • 1982
Neighbor
Free and Easy Special
Movie • 1994
As the River Flows
Movie • 2000
Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
The Last Ronin
Movie • 2010
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
Movie • 1979
Lt. Todoroki
Kewaishi
Movie • 2002
The Boat to Heaven
Movie • 2003
Masato Sakurai
The Rainbow Seeker
Movie • 1996
Tsune-san
Mourning Work
Movie • 1991
Big Shots Die at Dawn
Movie • 1961
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
Movie • 1971
River of Forever
Movie • 1967
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
Movie • 1990
Kenji Yoshida
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
Movie • 1975
幽霊列車
Movie • 1978
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
Movie • 1964
Hidden Fangs
Movie • 1961
北の国から 記憶 前編
Movie • 2003
演员
北の国から記憶
Movie • 2002
演员
Winter's Flower
Movie • 1978
Kokichi Minami
Tasmania Story
Movie • 1990
Tokimeki Kaigan Monogatari
Movie • 1984
The Bad Sleep Well
Movie • 1960
Hitman
Murder in the Doll House
Movie • 1979
Detective Naraki
Castle of Sand
Movie • 1991
Eitaro Imanishi
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
Movie • 1995
Seasonal Wind
Movie • 1977
Doterai Man
Movie • 1975
Private Detective DOBU 1
Movie • 1981
Dobu
Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
Movie • 2002
Blood Type: Blue
Movie • 1978
The Merciless Trap
Movie • 1961
The Inheritance
Movie • 1962
Charming Men
Movie • 1970
Kuramoto Kuraji
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
Movie • 1968
Katsuji Nemoto
Choji Snack Bar
Movie • 1983
Iwashita
Red Diamond
Movie • 1964
George Takase
Stray Dog
Movie • 1973
Sagawa
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
Movie • 1986
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
Movie • 1982
Dobu
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
Movie • 1982
Dobu
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
Movie • 1983
Dobu
Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
Movie • 1983
Dobu
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
Movie • 1983
Dobu
The Revolt
Movie • 1980
White Love
Movie • 1979
Never Give Up
Movie • 1978
Bartender
Dynamite Don-Don
Movie • 1978
Sakuzo
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Movie • 1980
Masakichi Makihara
北の国から ’95秘密 後編
Movie • 1995
Birth of a Fighter
Movie • 1967
The Day the Sun Rose
Movie • 1968
Love on a Daily Basis
Movie • 1988
Early Spring Story
Movie • 1985
Okino, Hitomi's father
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Movie • 1973
Masakichi Makihara
Yojo no jidai
Movie • 1988
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
Movie • 1965
Otsuki
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
Movie • 1972
Ohno
The Machine Gun Dragon
Movie • 1976
Hangyaku no Tabi
Movie • 1976
The Fixer
Movie • 1979
The International Gang of Kobe
Movie • 1975
Teruo Maruyama
Nichiren
Movie • 1979
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
Movie • 1978
The Bullet Train
Movie • 1975
Koga's Brother
Abashiri Prison
Movie • 1965
Otsuki
Light of Africa
Movie • 1975
Katsuhiro
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
Movie • 1965
The Woman Champion
Movie • 1968
The Woman Gambler's Revenge
Movie • 1968
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
Movie • 1971
Golden Ninja
Movie • 1966
Risuke
Cops vs. Thugs
Movie • 1975
Kinpachi Komiya
Oishinbo
Movie • 1996
Tattsan
Deeper Than Blue
Movie • 1973
Ajikawa
The Threat
Movie • 1966
Yakuza of the Present
Movie • 1973
Zen san
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
Movie • 1965
Kirikawa
The Rainbow Seeker 2
Movie • 1997
Third Generation Boss
Movie • 1974
Sasuke and His Comedians
Movie • 1963
Outlaw: Black Dagger
Movie • 1968
Doctor Michio Hongô
Village of Eight Gravestones
Movie • 1977
Yakuza G-Men
Movie • 1965
Masayoshi Imanishi
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
Movie • 2002
Self
Koto—The Lake of Tears
Movie • 1966
Kenkichi Ohara
The Extravagant Cops
Movie • 1977
Down with The Big Boss
Movie • 1979
Sir Galahad in Campus
Movie • 1961
Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
Pride of the Campus
Movie • 1962
Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
Salaryman Senka
Movie • 1995
Shimane Prison Riot
Movie • 1975
Yoshikazu Minagawa
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Movie • 2002
Self
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Movie • 1978
Rikichi Komadera
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Movie • 1970
The Sun's Burial
Movie • 1960
Thief
The Wild Trucker
Movie • 1975
Borsalino 2
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
Movie • 1977
Kuroki Taro
Manhunt
Movie • 1976
Yokomichi Keiji
Nogare no machi
Movie • 1983
Campus A Go-Go
Movie • 1965
The Bullet and the Horse
Movie • 1966
Highschool Scramble
Movie • 1982
Kamigata Kugaizoshi
Movie • 1991
Great Jailbreak
Movie • 1975
Goda
Cash Calls Hell
Movie • 1966
Umegaya
Shingo's Final Duel
Movie • 1964
Game of Chance 2
Movie • 1967
The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
Movie • 1987
Yutaro Hatori
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
Movie • 1972
Johei Yawata
Summer Soldiers
Movie • 1972
Fujimura
Silence Has No Wings
Movie • 1966
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
Movie • 1975
Toyama
Japan's Top Gangster
Movie • 1973
A Desirable Marriage
Movie • 1991
Mr. Kawamata
Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
Movie • 1976
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
Movie • 1967
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
Movie • 1966
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
Movie • 1966
Zoku Isoginchaku
Movie • 1970
Takashi Takai
May Love Be Restored
Movie • 1980
Yugiri-ro client
Let's Go! Young Guy
Movie • 1967
Shinjirou Ishiyama
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
Movie • 1984
Tale of Ninja Duty
Movie • 1965
College Champ
Movie • 1962
The Shootout
Movie • 1982
Iwai
Blood on the Sea
Movie • 1961
The Story of Pure Love
Movie • 1957
Satoyan
Sukanpin Walk
Movie • 1984
Keizo Fukami
Company Buggers
Movie • 1975
Oración
Movie • 1988
The Front Line Showdown
Movie • 1966
Sawamura
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
Movie • 1972
The Battle of Okinawa
Movie • 1971
Angel's Lover
Movie • 1968
The Instant Services Bureau
Movie • 1971
The Demon
Movie • 1978
Policeman
My Voiceless Friends
Movie • 1972
Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
Movie • 1989
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
Movie • 1983
Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
Movie • 1984
Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
Movie • 1987
Operation Sewer Rats
Movie • 1962
Private Anayama
Sugata Sanshiro
Movie • 1977
Yasuyoshi
Tomorrow
Movie • 1988
Shoji's stepfather
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Movie • 1971
Teacher Fukushi
Ronin-gai
Movie • 1990
Magozaemon Doi
Take Me Out to the Snowland
Movie • 1987
Yûichirô Tayama
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
Movie • 1967
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
Movie • 1971
Machi no Hi
Movie • 1974
Goro
Tenchu!
Movie • 1969
Rokkaku Prison Officer
Three Yakuza
Movie • 1965
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
Movie • 1993
Baian the Assassin
Movie • 1990
Hobo General
Movie • 1976
The Last Judgment
Movie • 1965
Young Guy in Hawaii
Movie • 1963
石山新次郎（青大将）
Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den
Movie • 1976
Toramatsu Otani
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
Movie • 1975
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
Movie • 1998
Inoue
The love song of farewell later
Movie • 1991
The Last Game
Movie • 1979
Debt of Honor
Movie • 1966
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
Movie • 1978
My Sons
Movie • 1991
It Started In The Alps
Movie • 1966
Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô
The Inferno
Movie • 1979
Unpei Ikegata
Young Guy, the Ace Rider
Movie • 1971
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
Movie • 1970
Cry of the Mountain
Movie • 1968
This Heartbeat
Movie • 1988
I Love You So Much
Movie • 1988
The Witty Samurai
Movie • 1972
間諜
Movie • 1964
Ekisutora
Movie • 1982
Sensation Seekers
Movie • 1963
Eternity of Love
Movie • 1961
It's a Man's Way of Life
Movie • 1970
Heihachirou Yanai
Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man
Movie • 1971
イルカに逢える日
Movie • 1994
The Thief and the Expelled Master
Movie • 1987
An Angel's Temptation
Movie • 1968
Circuit-A-Go-Go
Movie • 1967
Get Your Sky, Young Guy
Movie • 1970
Walleyed Nippon
Movie • 1963
Shirosaka
Fear of Sex
Movie • 1970
夕月
Movie • 1969
Inside the Storm of Love
Movie • 1978
Ghost Coast
Movie • 1978
Inspector Joichi Uno
Triumphant Song of Youth
Movie • 1956
Young Guy Graduates
Movie • 1969
Young Guy on Mt. Cook
Movie • 1969
Return of the Champ
Movie • 1981
Shinjiro Ishiyama
Third Class Soldier Boss
Movie • 1966
若い野ばら
Movie • 1965
石丸雄吉
Live Again Tomorrow
Movie • 1970
刈田勝利
Lucky Dragon No. 5
Movie • 1959
Ghost Festival in Zenjin Village
Movie • 1979
Inspector Joichi Uno
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
Movie • 1979
Inspector Joichi Uno
Ghost Reunion
Movie • 1984
Inspector Joichi Uno
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
Movie • 1973
A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment
Movie • 1963
Young Guy in Rio
Movie • 1968
喜劇 大風呂敷
Movie • 1967
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
Movie • 1967
Ken Takahashi
The Password is Courage
TV • 2000
Rice Curry
TV • 1986
Older brother
TV • 1977
Kintaro
Private Detective Dobu
TV • 1991
Kita no kuni kara
TV • 1981
黑板五郎
Submersion of Japan
TV • 1974
Tatsuno
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
TV • 1993
Baian the Assassin
TV • 1991
Han-Emon of Otowa
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
TV • 1975
Yoshitoshi Kogure
The Shin Hasegawa Series
TV • 1972
蛙ヶ池の仙太
世界で一番熱い夏
TV • 2001
The Sun in Kurobe
TV • 2009
Genkichi
Dazzling Cops
TV • 1977
Nangou Goro
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
TV • 1980
ボオルチュ