Kunie Tanaka
Known for: Acting
Born: November 23, 1932
Died: March 24, 2021
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 f…
Known for
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
1992
Tonga Adventure Family
1982
Young People
1968
Banner of the Young
1970
Forward, Young People!
1969
Ghost Train
1978
Tasmania Story
1990
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
1995
Private Detective DOBU 1
1981
Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
2002
Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
1983
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
1982
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
1982
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
1983
北の国から ’95秘密 後編
1995
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977
The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
1987
Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
1989
Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1983
Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
1987
Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
1984
Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
1971
Ghost Coast
1978
Ghost Festival in Zenjin Village
1979
The Bride of the Ghost Lake
1979
Ghost Reunion
1984
The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
1973
The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective - I Saw a Female Ghost in Hida Takayama!
1985
The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 2 - I Saw the Bride's Corpse in the Sea of Toba!
1986
The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 3 - I Saw a Woman's Corpse in the Steam of Beppu Onsen!
1987
Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
1983
Fukumimi
2003
All About Our House
2001
A Class to Remember
1993
The House of Wedlock
1986
As the River Flows
2000
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
1990
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
北の国から記憶
2002
Castle of Sand
1991
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972
The Woman Gambler's Revenge
1968
Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
1976
Young Guy, the Ace Rider
1971
I Love You So Much
1988
Inside the Storm of Love
1978
Return of the Champ
1981
Live Again Tomorrow
1970
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
Zorome no San Kyoudai
1972
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1997
Women and Miso Soup
1968
Rebel Against Glory
1970
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966
The School Deviate Waru
1973
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
1974
Demon
1985
Young Guy at Sea
1965
Three Rogues
1968
Young Guy in the South Pacific
1967
Evil of Dracula
1974
Tokimeki Kaigan Monogatari
1984
Early Spring Story
1985
Yojo no jidai
1988
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
1965
Salaryman Senka
1995
Nogare no machi
1983
Campus A Go-Go
1965
The Bullet and the Horse
1966
Shingo's Final Duel
1964
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
1972
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
1966
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
1967
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
1993
The Last Judgment
1965
Young Guy in Hawaii
1963
Cry of the Mountain
1968
Sensation Seekers
1963
The Free Island
1967
Shy Security
1991
Sword of the Beast
1965
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1969
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
The Rainbow Seeker
1996
River of Forever
1967
Hidden Fangs
1961
Winter's Flower
1978
Seasonal Wind
1977
Blood Type: Blue
1978
Choji Snack Bar
1983
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
1983
Dynamite Don-Don
1978
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
1965
Golden Ninja
1966
Yakuza of the Present
1973
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002
Japan's Top Gangster
1973
A Desirable Marriage
1991
Zoku Isoginchaku
1970
Sukanpin Walk
1984
The Front Line Showdown
1966
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972
Baian the Assassin
1990
The Inferno
1979
The Thief and the Expelled Master
1987
An Angel's Temptation
1968
Third Class Soldier Boss
1966
Wakai nobara
1965
Hell Festival
1963
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968
Okashina yatsu
1963
Pitfall
1962
The Undercover Ninja Organization
1983
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970
The Desperate
1964
Doterai Man
1975
Stray Dog
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
Nichiren
1979
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
1978
The Woman Champion
1968
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
1971
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
1965
The Rainbow Seeker 2
1997
Yakuza G-Men
1965
Shimane Prison Riot
1975
Great Jailbreak
1975
Cash Calls Hell
1966
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
1967
The Shootout
1982
Operation Sewer Rats
1962
It's a Man's Way of Life
1970
イルカに逢える日
1994
A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment
1963
In Broad Daylight
1968
Goyokin
1969
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1968
Station
1981
At This Late Date, the Charleston
1981
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
The Last Ronin
2010
Mourning Work
1991
Red Diamond
1964
The Day the Sun Rose
1968
The Fixer
1979
Deeper Than Blue
1973
Outlaw: Black Dagger
1968
Game of Chance 2
1967
Let's Go! Young Guy
1967
The Instant Services Bureau
1971
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
Take Me Out to the Snowland
1987
Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den
1976
The love song of farewell later
1991
Circuit-A-Go-Go
1967
Fear of Sex
1970
Young Guy on Mt. Cook
1969
The Hidden Blade
2004
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms
1969
The Wolves
1971
Graveyard of Honor
1975
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
Bravo, Young Guy
1970
The Revolt
1980
Abashiri Prison
1965
Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
1966
Tomorrow
1988
My Sons
1991
間諜
1964
夕月
1969
Young Guy Graduates
1969
Luminous Moss
1992
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
1986
The Wild Trucker
1975
Kamigata Kugaizoshi
1991
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
1984
Machi no Hi
1974
Three Yakuza
1965
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
1975
The Last Game
1979
Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man
1971
Get Your Sky, Young Guy
1970
Walleyed Nippon
1963
What is Love?
1973
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
1979
Karate Cop
1982
The Boat to Heaven
2003
The Merciless Trap
1961
Charming Men
1970
Love on a Daily Basis
1988
Third Generation Boss
1974
Pride of the Campus
1962
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970
Manhunt
1976
Tale of Ninja Duty
1965
College Champ
1962
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1998
Ekisutora
1982
Young Guy in Rio
1968
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
1967
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995
Yomigaeri
2003
A Fishmonger's Tour
1963
The Crimson Sky
1962
The Sword of Doom
1966
The Threat
1966
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
2002
Summer Soldiers
1972
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970
Dodes'ka-den
1970
Kewaishi
2002
The Sun's Burial
1960
Silence Has No Wings
1966
Angel's Lover
1968
Debt of Honor
1966
It Started In The Alps
1966
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
1993
The Face of Another
1966
The Human Bullet
1968
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
1975
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
1964
Murder in the Doll House
1979
The International Gang of Kobe
1975
Highschool Scramble
1982
Sugata Sanshiro
1977
Ronin-gai
1990
Hobo General
1976
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
1978
The Machine Gun Dragon
1976
Hangyaku no Tabi
1976
Sasuke and His Comedians
1963
Sir Galahad in Campus
1961
Oración
1988
The Demon
1978
Tenchu!
1969
Triumphant Song of Youth
1956
Sanjuro
1962
Free and Easy Special
1994
Big Shots Die at Dawn
1961
White Love
1979
Battle Cry
1975
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
1971
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
1968
Never Give Up
1978
Birth of a Fighter
1967
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
1975
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
1970
The Extravagant Cops
1977
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
My Voiceless Friends
1972
The Bullet Train
1975
Down with The Big Boss
1979
Blood on the Sea
1961
The Witty Samurai
1972
Oishinbo
1996
May Love Be Restored
1980
The Inheritance
1962
Cops vs. Thugs
1975
This Heartbeat
1988
Light of Africa
1975
Village of Eight Gravestones
1977
Eternity of Love
1961
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Kwaidan
1965
Japan's Don
1977
Rainbow Bridge
1993
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
1973
The Story of Pure Love
1957
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959
Company Buggers
1975
The Password is Courage
2000
Rice Curry
1986
Older brother
1977
Private Detective Dobu
1991
From the Northern Country
1981
Submersion of Japan
1974
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
Baian the Assassin
1991
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
1975
The Shin Hasegawa Series
1972
世界で一番熱い夏
2001
The Sun in Kurobe
2009
Dazzling Cops
1977
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
1980
The Saturday Tiger
1966