Kunie Tanaka
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 f...
Also Known As
田中邦卫
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Kunie Tanaka's Movies
Sanjuro
01 Jan 1962
Kwaidan
06 Jan 1965
The Bad Sleep Well
19 Sept 1960
The Face of Another
15 Jul 1966
The Sword of Doom
25 Feb 1966
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
20 Nov 1959
Dodes'ka-den
31 Oct 1970
The Hidden Blade
30 Oct 2004
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
13 Jan 1973
Pitfall
01 Jul 1962
Sword of the Beast
18 Sept 1965
The Bullet Train
05 Jul 1975
Goyokin
01 May 1969
Graveyard of Honor
15 Feb 1975
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
25 Sept 1973
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
12 Aug 1966
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
15 Jan 1974
Evil of Dracula
20 Jul 1974
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
12 Aug 1970
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
29 Jun 1974
Kunie Tanaka's TV Shows
Kita no kuni kara
09 Oct 1981
Baian the Assassin
09 Oct 1991
The Password is Courage
06 Jul 2000
Rice Curry
03 Apr 1986
Older brother
07 Oct 1977
Private Detective Dobu
10 Apr 1991
Submersion of Japan
06 Oct 1974
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
17 Nov 1993
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
06 Apr 1975
The Shin Hasegawa Series
04 Oct 1972
世界で一番熱い夏
06 Jul 2001
The Sun in Kurobe
21 Mar 2009
Dazzling Cops
04 Apr 1977
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
06 Oct 1980
The Saturday Tiger
05 Feb 1966