Kunie Tanaka

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.

Casted

Sanjuro

Played Samurai

Average Rating

8.0

680 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1962

65 years ago
Kwaidan

Played Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Average Rating

7.7

428 votes

Release Date

Jan 06, 1965

62 years ago
The Face of Another

Played Mentally Ill Man #1

Average Rating

7.8

272 votes

Release Date

Jul 15, 1966

60 years ago
The Bad Sleep Well

Played Hitman

Average Rating

7.7

271 votes

Release Date

Sep 19, 1960

66 years ago
The Sword of Doom

Played Senkichi

Average Rating

7.7

247 votes

Release Date

Feb 25, 1966

60 years ago
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

Played Obara Nitôhei

Average Rating

8.2

208 votes

Release Date

Nov 20, 1959

67 years ago
Dodes'ka-den

Played Hatsutaro Kawaguchi

Average Rating

7.0

144 votes

Release Date

Oct 31, 1970

56 years ago
The Hidden Blade

Played Kanbê Katagiri

Average Rating

7.4

118 votes

Release Date

Oct 30, 2004

21 years ago
Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Played Masakichi Makihara

Average Rating

7.3

115 votes

Release Date

Jan 13, 1973

54 years ago
Pitfall

Played Man in White Suit

Average Rating

7.3

106 votes

Release Date

Jul 01, 1962

64 years ago
Sword of the Beast

Played Tanji

Average Rating

7.5

70 votes

Release Date

Sep 18, 1965

61 years ago
Goyokin

Played Hirosuke

Average Rating

7.5

63 votes

Release Date

May 01, 1969

57 years ago
The Bullet Train

Played Koga's Brother

Average Rating

6.8

62 votes

Release Date

Jul 05, 1975

51 years ago
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Played Masakichi Makihara

Average Rating

7.0

52 votes

Release Date

Sep 25, 1973

53 years ago
Graveyard of Honor

Played Katsuji Ozaki

Average Rating

6.6

50 votes

Release Date

Feb 15, 1975

51 years ago
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

Played Storyteller

Average Rating

7.1

46 votes

Release Date

Aug 12, 1966

60 years ago
Evil of Dracula

Played Dr. Shimomura

Average Rating

6.8

43 votes

Release Date

Jul 20, 1974

52 years ago
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Played Masakichi Makihara

Average Rating

7.0

42 votes

Release Date

Jan 15, 1974

52 years ago
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

Played Masakichi Makihara

Average Rating

7.3

41 votes

Release Date

Jun 29, 1974

52 years ago
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

Average Rating

6.6

40 votes

Release Date

Aug 12, 1970

56 years ago
Tenchu!

Played Rokkaku Prison Officer

Average Rating

6.9

39 votes

Release Date

Aug 09, 1969

57 years ago
The Demon

Played Policeman

Average Rating

6.4

37 votes

Release Date

Oct 07, 1978

48 years ago
The Sun's Burial

Played Thief

Average Rating

6.4

28 votes

Release Date

Aug 09, 1960

66 years ago
Cops vs. Thugs

Played Kinpachi Komiya

Average Rating

6.1

27 votes

Release Date

Apr 26, 1975

51 years ago
The Inheritance

Average Rating

7.2

25 votes

Release Date

Feb 16, 1962

65 years ago
Manhunt

Played Yokomichi Keiji

Average Rating

6.2

22 votes

Release Date

Feb 11, 1976

50 years ago
The Wolves

Played Matsuzo Tsumura

Average Rating

7.4

20 votes

Release Date

Oct 30, 1971

55 years ago
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

Played Rikichi Komadera

Average Rating

5.9

19 votes

Release Date

Jul 01, 1978

48 years ago
Silence Has No Wings

Average Rating

6.8

18 votes

Release Date

Feb 11, 1966

61 years ago
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

Played Gen Sakagami

Average Rating

5.6

16 votes

Release Date

Dec 28, 1974

52 years ago
Resurrection

Played Dr. Saito

Average Rating

5.7

15 votes

Release Date

Jan 18, 2003

23 years ago
The Last Ronin

Average Rating

6.6

15 votes

Release Date

Dec 18, 2010

15 years ago
The Human Bullet

Average Rating

5.8

13 votes

Release Date

Oct 22, 1968

58 years ago
Ronin-gai

Played Magozaemon Doi

Average Rating

5.9

13 votes

Release Date

Aug 18, 1990

36 years ago
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict

Played Buddhist Priest

Average Rating

7.6

12 votes

Release Date

Feb 06, 1993

33 years ago
Station

Played Sugawara

Average Rating

6.1

12 votes

Release Date

Nov 07, 1981

45 years ago
The Battle of Okinawa

Average Rating

7.5

12 votes

Release Date

Aug 14, 1971

55 years ago
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy

Played Daisuke Jigen

Average Rating

6.0

11 votes

Release Date

Aug 03, 1974

52 years ago
The Inferno

Played Unpei Ikegata

Average Rating

6.6

11 votes

Release Date

Jun 03, 1979

47 years ago
All About Our House

Played Chouichirou Iwata

Average Rating

6.0

10 votes

Release Date

Jun 09, 2001

25 years ago
Cash Calls Hell

Played Umegaya

Average Rating

7.6

10 votes

Release Date

Jan 15, 1966

61 years ago
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2

Played Katsuji Nemoto

Average Rating

6.7

9 votes

Release Date

Apr 28, 1968

58 years ago
Outlaw: Black Dagger

Played Doctor Michio Hongô

Average Rating

6.3

9 votes

Release Date

Dec 28, 1968

58 years ago
Village of Eight Gravestones

Average Rating

6.7

9 votes

Release Date

Oct 29, 1977

49 years ago
My Sons

Average Rating

7.7

9 votes

Release Date

Oct 12, 1991

34 years ago
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers

Played Ohno

Average Rating

6.4

8 votes

Release Date

Oct 25, 1972

54 years ago
Abashiri Prison

Played Otsuki

Average Rating

7.1

8 votes

Release Date

Apr 18, 1965

61 years ago
Blood Type: Blue

Average Rating

5.5

7 votes

Release Date

Nov 23, 1978

48 years ago
Never Give Up

Played Bartender

Average Rating

5.7

7 votes

Release Date

Oct 07, 1978

48 years ago
Early Spring Story

Played Okino, Hitomi's father

Average Rating

6.3

6 votes

Release Date

Sep 14, 1985

41 years ago
The International Gang of Kobe

Played Teruo Maruyama

Average Rating

5.7

6 votes

Release Date

Oct 14, 1975

51 years ago
The Threat

Average Rating

7.3

6 votes

Release Date

Feb 17, 1966

61 years ago
Take Me Out to the Snowland

Played Yûichirô Tayama

Average Rating

8.8

6 votes

Release Date

Nov 21, 1987

38 years ago
Demon

Played Keita

Average Rating

7.0

5 votes

Release Date

Aug 31, 1985

41 years ago
Battle Cry

Average Rating

6.0

5 votes

Release Date

Mar 14, 1975

51 years ago
Duel at Fort Ezo

Played Kurobei

Average Rating

5.4

5 votes

Release Date

Feb 09, 1970

56 years ago
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

Played Lt. Todoroki

Average Rating

6.4

5 votes

Release Date

Jul 14, 1979

47 years ago
Stray Dog

Played Sagawa

Average Rating

7.0

5 votes

Release Date

Sep 29, 1973

53 years ago
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy

Average Rating

4.8

5 votes

Release Date

Oct 10, 1986

40 years ago
Dynamite Don-Don

Played Sakuzo

Average Rating

7.4

5 votes

Release Date

Oct 07, 1978

48 years ago
The Story of Pure Love

Played Satoyan

Average Rating

6.8

5 votes

Release Date

Oct 15, 1957

69 years ago
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan

Played Teacher Fukushi

Average Rating

7.8

5 votes

Release Date

Apr 28, 1971

55 years ago
Hymn to a Tired Man

Played Hisataro Ohno

Average Rating

7.8

4 votes

Release Date

Jun 08, 1968

58 years ago
Luminous Moss

Played Hachizo

Average Rating

5.5

4 votes

Release Date

Apr 25, 1992

34 years ago
A Class to Remember

Played Ino

Average Rating

7.5

4 votes

Release Date

Nov 06, 1993

32 years ago
Big Shots Die at Dawn

Average Rating

6.2

4 votes

Release Date

Apr 09, 1961

65 years ago
Winter's Flower

Played Kokichi Minami

Average Rating

6.2

4 votes

Release Date

Jun 17, 1978

48 years ago
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

Played Masakichi Makihara

Average Rating

5.5

4 votes

Release Date

Apr 05, 1980

46 years ago
Sasuke and His Comedians

Average Rating

5.8

4 votes

Release Date

Dec 11, 1963

63 years ago
Koto—The Lake of Tears

Played Kenkichi Ohara

Average Rating

6.5

4 votes

Release Date

Nov 13, 1966

60 years ago
The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

Played Kuroki Taro

Average Rating

7.8

4 votes

Release Date

Sep 17, 1977

49 years ago
Summer Soldiers

Played Fujimura

Average Rating

6.0

4 votes

Release Date

Mar 25, 1972

54 years ago
Tomorrow

Played Shoji's stepfather

Average Rating

7.5

4 votes

Release Date

Aug 13, 1988

38 years ago
Three Yakuza

Average Rating

7.8

4 votes

Release Date

May 22, 1965

61 years ago
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage

Played Inoue

Average Rating

6.2

4 votes

Release Date

Oct 17, 1998

27 years ago
Tora-san to the Rescue

Played Ship Captain

Average Rating

7.3

3 votes

Release Date

Dec 23, 1995

30 years ago
At This Late Date, the Charleston

Played Army Minister

Average Rating

6.3

3 votes

Release Date

Dec 19, 1981

44 years ago
Choji Snack Bar

Played Iwashita

Average Rating

7.0

3 votes

Release Date

Nov 12, 1983

43 years ago
The Machine Gun Dragon

Average Rating

6.3

3 votes

Release Date

Feb 28, 1976

50 years ago
Campus A Go-Go

Average Rating

7.7

3 votes

Release Date

Dec 19, 1965

61 years ago
Japan's Don

Average Rating

7.5

2 votes

Release Date

Jan 22, 1977

49 years ago
The Desperate

Played Chiba

Average Rating

7.0

2 votes

Release Date

Apr 18, 1964

62 years ago
Free and Easy Special

Average Rating

7.5

2 votes

Release Date

Jul 16, 1994

32 years ago
Murder in the Doll House

Played Detective Naraki

Average Rating

6.5

2 votes

Release Date

Apr 28, 1979

47 years ago
Birth of a Fighter

Average Rating

7.0

2 votes

Release Date

Feb 04, 1967

60 years ago
Love on a Daily Basis

Average Rating

1.0

2 votes

Release Date

Dec 17, 1988

37 years ago
The Fixer

Average Rating

6.0

2 votes

Release Date

Oct 27, 1979

47 years ago
Light of Africa

Played Katsuhiro

Average Rating

6.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jun 21, 1975

51 years ago
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2

Played Kirikawa

Average Rating

7.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jul 10, 1965

61 years ago
Kamigata Kugaizoshi

Average Rating

1.0

2 votes

Release Date

Feb 09, 1991

35 years ago
A Desirable Marriage

Played Mr. Kawamata

Average Rating

6.0

2 votes

Release Date

May 18, 1991

35 years ago
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel

Average Rating

6.0

2 votes

Release Date

Apr 28, 1984

42 years ago
Tale of Ninja Duty

Average Rating

1.0

2 votes

Release Date

Feb 25, 1965

62 years ago
Oración

Average Rating

6.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jul 23, 1988

38 years ago
Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo

Average Rating

8.0

2 votes

Release Date

Mar 31, 1989

37 years ago
Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu

Average Rating

5.0

2 votes

Release Date

Sep 27, 1984

42 years ago
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

May 22, 1992

34 years ago
Young Guy at Sea

Played 石山新次郎（青大））

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Aug 08, 1965

61 years ago
Bravo, Young Guy

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

May 27, 1970

56 years ago
Kewaishi

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Feb 09, 2002

24 years ago

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