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Kunie Tanaka

Name in Native Language: "田中邦衛" (Japanese/JA)
Actor | * 11/23/1932 († 88, 03/24/2021) | Gifu Prefecture (Japan)
Kunie Tanaka (Japanese: 田中 邦衛, Hepburn: Tanaka Kunie, November 23, 1932 – March 24, 2021) was a Japanese actor. Tanaka first made a name for himself as the lecherous antagonist of the Wakadaishō series (1961–1981) of films. He is also well-known for his roles in Kinji Fukasaku's yakuza films, namely the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series (1973–1974), and for starring in the Kita no Kuni Kara (1981–2002) television series. Tanaka was nominated for five Japanese Academy Awards, winning Best Supporting Actor for Gakko in 1993. He also won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor for Nogare no machi and Izakaya Chōji in 1983, and the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for Uhohho Tankentai in 1986. For his contributions to the arts, the Japanese government decorated Tanaka with the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1999 and the Order of the Rising Sun in 2006. ()
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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 frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Action

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"Young People" is a story about the lives of four brothers and a sister, Sato. After the death of his parents, the older brother, Taro, who works in construction, decides to replace them. The second b ...

Young People

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1968 | 1h 38min
Drama
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Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps a ...

Sanjuro

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1962 | 4.0/5 | 1h 36min
Drama, Action, Comedy
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Eiji, also known as Choji, quits the shipyard to start Izakaya [Snack Bar] Choji with his wife Shigeko on the outskirts of Hakodate. Eiji once had a girlfriend by the name of Sayo, but she is supposed ...

Choji Snack Bar

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1983 | 3.8/5 | 2h 5min
Drama
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Based on the novel of the same name by Kenzo Kitakata. ...

Nogare no machi

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1983 | 2h
Crime
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Awards & Nominations for Kunie Tanaka

Medal With Purple Ribbon Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor The Order of The Rising Sun, Gold Rays With Rosette Golden Arrow Award
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Movies with Kunie Tanaka as Actor(175)

2010 The Last Ronin
as Kanbê Katagiri2004 The Hidden Blade
as Masato Sakurai2003 The Boat to Heaven
as Dr. Saito2002 Resurrection
2002 Kewaishi
as Chouichirou Iwata2001 All About Our House
as Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)2000 As the River Flows
as Inoue1998 A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1997 The Rainbow Seeker 2
1996 The Rainbow Seeker
as Tattsan1996 Oishinbo
as Ship Captain1995 Tora-san to the Rescue
1994 Free and Easy Special
as Ino1993 A Class to Remember
as Buddhist Priest1993 Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
1993 Baian the Assassin: Showdown
as Hachizo1992 Luminous Moss
1992 Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
1991 Mourning Work
as Mr. Kawamata1991 A Desirable Marriage
1991 Kamigata Kugaizoshi
as Magozaemon Doi1990 Ronin-gai
1990 Tasmania Story
as Kenji Yoshida1990 Hoshi wo tsugu mono
1989 Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
1988 Oracion
1988 Love on a Daily Basis
as Shoji's stepfather1988 Tomorrow
1988 Yojo no jidai
as Yûichirô Tayama1987 Take Me Out to the Snowland
1987 Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
1986 The House of Wedlock
1986 Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
as Keita1985 Demon
as Okino, Hitomi's father1985 Early Spring Story
1984 Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
1984 The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
as Keizo Fukami1984 Sukanpin Walk
1983 Nogare no machi
1983 Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
as Iwashita1983 Choji Snack Bar
1983 Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1982 Highschool Scramble
as Iwai1982 The Shootout
as Neighbor1982 Karate Cop
as Army Minister1981 At This Late Date, the Charleston
as Sugawara1981 Station
as Yugiri-ro client1980 May Love Be Restored
1980 The Revolt
as Masakichi Makihara1980 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1979 The Fixer
1979 Down with The Big Boss
1979 Nichiren
as Detective Naraki1979 Murder in the Doll House
1979 The Last Game
as Lt Todoroki1979 The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979 White Love
1979 Troubleman Laughs and Kills
as Policeman1978 The Demon
1978 Blood Type: Blue
as Kokichi Minami1978 Winter's Flower
as Rikichi Komadera1978 Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
as Sakuzo1978 Dynamite Don-Don
1978 Pink Lady's Motion Picture
1978 Truck Rascals VIII: Ichibanboshi Returns North
1977 Village of Eight Gravestones
1977 Japan's Don
1977 The Extravagant Cops
1977 Kisetsufû
as Yasuyoshi1977 Sugata Sanshiro
as Kuroki Taro1977 The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1976 Hobo General
1976 The Machine Gun Dragon
1976 Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
1976 Hangyaku no Tabi
as Yokomichi Keiji1976 Manhunt
as Koga's Brother1975 The Bullet Train
as Goda1975 Great Jailbreak
as Katsuhiro1975 Light of Africa
1975 Company Buggers
as Kinpachi Komiya1975 Cops vs. Thugs
as Toyama1975 300 Million Thief Immune to Charges Begins
1975 Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
1975 Battle Cry
as Yoshikazu Minagawa1975 Shimane Prison Riot
as Teruo Maruyama1975 The International Gang of Kobe
1975 Doterai Man
1975 Truck Rascals II: Ichibanboshi Runs Wild
as Katsuji Ozaki1975 Graveyard of Honor
1974 Third Generation Boss
as Dr. Shimomura1974 Evil of Dracula
as Gen Sakagami1974 New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
as Daisuke Jigen1974 Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
as Goro1974 Machi no Hi
as Masakichi Makihara1974 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
as Makihara1974 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
as Ajikawa1973 Deeper Than Blue
as Sagawa1973 Stray Dog
as Makihara Masakichi1973 Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as Zen san1973 Yakuza of the Present
1973 Japan's Top Gangster
as Masakichi Makihara1973 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
as Fujimura1972 Summer Soldiers
as Johei Yawata1972 Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
1972 Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972 New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1971 New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
as Matsuzo Tsumura1971 The Wolves
as Teacher Fukushi1971 Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971 The Battle of Okinawa
as Taro1970 Banner of the young
1970 Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970 Bravo, Young Guy
as Tadao Ueda1970 The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi1970 Dodes'ka-den
as Kurobei1970 Duel at Fort Ezo
as Takashi Takai1970 Zoku Isoginchaku
1969 Tenchu!
as Kanegai1969 The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
as Hirosuke1969 Goyokin
as Taro1969 Forward, young people!
as Taro1968 Young People
1968 Hymn to a Tired Man
1968 How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1968 Women and Miso Soup
1968 The Woman Gambler's Revenge
1968 The Woman Champion
1968 The Human Bullet
1968 The Day the Sun Rose
as Katsuji Nemoto1968 Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
as Doctor Michio Hongô1968 Outlaw: Black Dagger
1967 Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
1967 Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
1967 Game of Chance 2
1966 Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
1966 Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
as Senkichi1966 The Sword of Doom
1966 Cash Calls Hell
1966 Silence Has No Wings
1966 The Bullet and the Horse
as Storyteller1966 Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966 The Threat
as Sawamura1966 The Front Line Showdown
as Patient at Mental Hospital1966 The Face of Another
as Risuke1966 Golden Ninja
as Kenkichi Ohara1966 Koto—The Lake of Tears
1965 Tale of Ninja Duty
1965 Abashiri Prison
1965 Three Yakuza
1965 Campus A Go-Go
as Masayoshi Imanishi1965 Yakuza G-Men
1965 Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
as Kirikawa1965 Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
1965 The Last Judgment
1965 Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
as Tanji1965 Sword of the Beast
1964 The Desperate
as George Takase1964 Red Diamond
1964 Shingo's Final Duel
as Yasaku (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")1964 Kwaidan
1963 Sasuke and His Comedians
1963 A Fishmonger's Tour
as 石山新次郎（青大将）1963 The Young Ace in Hawaii
1962 The Inheritance
as Samurai1962 Sanjuro
as Private Anayama1962 Operation Sewer Rats
as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)1962 Pride of the Campus
as Man in White Suit1962 Pitfall
1961 The Merciless Trap
1961 Big Shots Die at Dawn
as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)1961 Sir Galahad in Campus
as Hitman1960 The Bad Sleep Well
as Thief1960 The Sun's Burial
as Obara Nitôhei1959 The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Satoyan1957 The Story of Pure Love

TV Shows/Series with Kunie Tanaka as Actor(5)

as Han-Emon of Otowa1991 Baian the Assassin
as Kuoita Goro1981 Kita no kuni kara
as Kintaro1977 Older brother
as Yoshitoshi Kogure1975 The Dark Magistrate
as Tatsuno1974 Submersion of Japan

Full Name: Kunie Tanaka
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Wednesday, 11/23 1932 (November) in Gifu Prefecture (Japan)
Died: Wednesday, 03/24 2021 (March) in Yokohama (aged: 88)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Reitaku Junior College, Reitaku Mizunami Junior high school and High school
Employer: Haiyuza Theatre Company
Children: Junko Tanaka
Other names for Kunie Tanaka (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"田中邦衛"
"田中邦卫"
"田中 邦衛"
"たなか くにえ" (Kana/Japanese)
Kunie Tanaka frequently works together with these people:
Masaru Satō (27x, Crew)
Ken Takakura (26x, Actor)
Teruo Ishii (24x, Crew)
Tatsuya Nakadai (22x, Actor)
Ichirô Nakatani (21x, Actor)
Bunta Sugawara (19x, Actor)
Kihachi Okamoto (19x, Crew)
Tetsurō Tamba (17x, Actor)
Hideo Murota (17x, Actor)
Rinichi Yamamoto (17x, Actor)
Hisashi Igawa (17x, Actor)
Koichi Kawakita (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:171799, Added: 07/09/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024