
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.…
Filmography

Baian the Assassin
1991 · 10.0

Sugata Sanshiro
1977 · 10.0

The Woman Champion
1968 · 10.0

Hobo General
1976 · 10.0

Return of the Champ
1981 · 10.0

Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man
1971 · 10.0

Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
1975 · 10.0

A Fishmonger's Tour
1963 · 10.0

Fukumimi
2003 · 10.0

Highschool Scramble
1982 · 10.0

New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972 · 10.0

Karate Cop
1982 · 9.0
Mourning Work
1991 · 9.0

My Voiceless Friends
1972 · 9.0

Sensation Seekers
1963 · 9.0

The Last Game
1979 · 9.0

300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
1975 · 9.0

The Truck Rascals Go to The North
1978 · 9.0

Young People
1968 · 9.0

Women and Miso Soup
1968 · 9.0

River of Forever
1967 · 9.0

As the River Flows
2000 · 9.0

The Bullet and the Horse
1966 · 9.0

Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
1971 · 9.0

The Crimson Sky
1962 · 9.0

Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
1965 · 9.0

Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
1976 · 9.0

The Great Department Store Robbery
1987 · 9.0

Cry of the Mountain
1968 · 9.0

Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
1967 · 9.0

Charming Men
1970 · 9.0

The Instant Services Bureau
1971 · 9.0

From the Northern Country
1981 · 8.9

Kewaishi
2002 · 8.5

Tasmania Story
1990 · 8.5

Doterai Man
1975 · 8.5

Take Me Out to the Snowland
1987 · 8.3

Pride of the Campus
1962 · 8.3

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959 · 8.2

Hymn to a Tired Man
1968 · 8.2

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
1977 · 8.2

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971 · 8.0

Third Generation Boss
1974 · 8.0

Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
1989 · 8.0

Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
1992 · 8.0

Down with The Big Boss
1979 · 8.0

The Last Judgment
1965 · 8.0

It Started In The Alps
1966 · 8.0

Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
1965 · 8.0

The House of Wedlock
1986 · 8.0

Deeper Than Blue
1973 · 8.0

Eternity of Love
1961 · 8.0

The Merciless Trap
1961 · 8.0

The Front Line Showdown
1966 · 8.0

Tomorrow
1988 · 8.0

Rainbow Bridge
1993 · 8.0

Campus A Go-Go
1965 · 8.0

Hoshi wo tsugu mono
1990 · 8.0
The Day the Sun Rose
1968 · 8.0

Machi no Hi
1974 · 8.0

Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
1967 · 8.0

The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1969 · 8.0

Walleyed Nippon
1963 · 8.0

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
1971 · 8.0

It's a Man's Way of Life
1970 · 8.0

Hidden Fangs
1961 · 8.0

Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
1995 · 8.0

An Angel's Temptation
1968 · 8.0

Forward, Young People!
1969 · 8.0

The Woman Gambler's Revenge
1968 · 8.0

The Boat to Heaven
2003 · 8.0

Sanjuro
1962 · 7.9

Stray Dog
1973 · 7.9

The Battle of Okinawa
1971 · 7.8

Three Yakuza
1965 · 7.8

Tora-san to the Rescue
1995 · 7.8

My Sons
1991 · 7.8

Dynamite Don-Don
1978 · 7.8

The Sword of Doom
1966 · 7.8

The Face of Another
1966 · 7.8

Kwaidan
1965 · 7.7

The Bad Sleep Well
1960 · 7.7

The Wild Trucker
1975 · 7.7

Murder in the Doll House
1979 · 7.7

Demon
1985 · 7.6

Cash Calls Hell
1966 · 7.5

Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
1993 · 7.5

Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959 · 7.5

Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
1965 · 7.5

College Champ
1962 · 7.5

Sukanpin Walk
1984 · 7.5

Young Guy at Sea
1965 · 7.5

Let's Go! Young Guy
1967 · 7.5

Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
1987 · 7.5

Sword of the Beast
1965 · 7.5

Goyokin
1969 · 7.5

The Hidden Blade
2004 · 7.4

The Wolves
1971 · 7.4

A Class to Remember
1993 · 7.4

Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973 · 7.3

Pitfall
1962 · 7.3

The Inheritance
1962 · 7.3

Free and Easy Special
1994 · 7.3

The Threat
1966 · 7.3

Japanese Godfather
1977 · 7.2

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974 · 7.2

Choji Snack Bar
1983 · 7.2

Abashiri Prison
1965 · 7.2

Koto—The Lake of Tears
1966 · 7.2

Dodes'ka-den
1970 · 7.1

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966 · 7.1

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974 · 7.0

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973 · 7.0

Village of Eight Gravestones
1977 · 7.0

Tenchu!
1969 · 7.0

Great Jailbreak
1975 · 7.0

Operation Sewer Rats
1962 · 7.0

Japan's Top Gangster
1973 · 7.0

Sir Galahad in Campus
1961 · 7.0

The Revolt
1980 · 7.0

Company Buggers
1975 · 7.0

Birth of a Fighter
1967 · 7.0

Yakuza of the Present
1973 · 7.0

The Rainbow Seeker
1996 · 7.0

The Shootout
1982 · 7.0

Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den
1976 · 7.0

Red Diamond
1964 · 7.0

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
1966 · 7.0

Nogare no machi
1983 · 7.0

In Broad Daylight
1968 · 7.0

A Desirable Marriage
1991 · 7.0

Yojo no jidai
1988 · 7.0

Nichiren
1979 · 7.0

The Desperate
1964 · 7.0

Young Guy in the South Pacific
1967 · 7.0

Fear of Sex
1970 · 7.0

Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
1983 · 7.0

Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
1968 · 7.0

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
1966 · 7.0

At This Late Date, the Charleston
1981 · 7.0

Ekisutora
1982 · 7.0

Private Detective DOBU 1
1981 · 7.0

Bravo, Young Guy
1970 · 7.0

Three Rogues
1968 · 7.0

Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
1983 · 7.0

How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1968 · 7.0

The Bullet Train
1975 · 6.9

The Inferno
1979 · 6.9

Silence Has No Wings
1966 · 6.9

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970 · 6.8

Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
1972 · 6.8

Evil of Dracula
1974 · 6.8

Pink Lady's Motion Picture
1978 · 6.8

The Story of Pure Love
1957 · 6.8

Graveyard of Honor
1975 · 6.7

The Last Ronin
2010 · 6.7

Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
1974 · 6.7

Oración
1988 · 6.7

The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
1984 · 6.7

Light of Africa
1975 · 6.7

Summer Soldiers
1972 · 6.7

The Demon
1978 · 6.6

A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1998 · 6.6

Sasuke and His Comedians
1963 · 6.6

Young Guy Graduates
1969 · 6.5

White Love
1979 · 6.5

Shimane Prison Riot
1975 · 6.5

The Sun's Burial
1960 · 6.5

All About Our House
2001 · 6.5

Winter's Flower
1978 · 6.5

Oishinbo
1996 · 6.5

Outlaw: Black Dagger
1968 · 6.5

The Machine Gun Dragon
1976 · 6.5

Young Guy in Hawaii
1963 · 6.5

Young Guy on Mt. Cook
1969 · 6.5

Never Give Up
1978 · 6.4

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979 · 6.4

Early Spring Story
1985 · 6.4

Big Shots Die at Dawn
1961 · 6.4

Manhunt
1976 · 6.2

Ronin-gai
1990 · 6.2

Station
1981 · 6.2

Luminous Moss
1992 · 6.2

Yomigaeri
2003 · 6.1

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978 · 6.1

Cops vs. Thugs
1975 · 6.1

Blood Type: Blue
1978 · 6.1

The Human Bullet
1968 · 6.0

Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
1973 · 6.0

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
1972 · 6.0

Circuit-A-Go-Go
1967 · 6.0

Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
1984 · 6.0

The Fixer
1979 · 6.0

Game of Chance 2
1967 · 6.0

Young Guy in Rio
1968 · 6.0

Get Your Sky, Young Guy
1970 · 6.0

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974 · 5.9

Battle Cry
1975 · 5.9

Duel at Fort Ezo
1970 · 5.8

The International Gang of Kobe
1975 · 5.7

Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
1986 · 5.7

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980 · 5.5

The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
1987 · 5.5

The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
1970 · 5.5

Kamigata Kugaizoshi
1991 · 4.0

イルカに逢える日
1994 · 4.0

Love on a Daily Basis
1988 · 1.0

Tale of Ninja Duty
1965 · 1.0

Submersion of Japan
1974 · 0.0

The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
1975 · 0.0

The Shin Hasegawa Series
1972 · 0.0

Older brother
1977 · 0.0

The Password is Courage
2000 · 0.0
The Sun in Kurobe
2009 · 0.0

Rice Curry
1986 · 0.0
世界で一番熱い夏
2001 · 0.0

Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993 · 0.0

Private Detective Dobu
1991 · 0.0

Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
1980 · 0.0

Dazzling Cops
1977 · 0.0

Hangyaku no Tabi
1976 · 0.0

The Rainbow Seeker 2
1997 · 0.0

Salaryman Senka
1995 · 0.0

The love song of farewell later
1991 · 0.0

The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970 · 0.0

Baian the Assassin: Showdown
1993 · 0.0

間諜
1964 · 0.0

The Extravagant Cops
1977 · 0.0

This Heartbeat
1988 · 0.0

Ghost Reunion
1984 · 0.0

Punishment of a Lawless Villian
1964 · 0.0

Tokimeki Kaigan Monogatari
1984 · 0.0

May Love Be Restored
1980 · 0.0

Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
1982 · 0.0

Okashina yatsu
1963 · 0.0

The Saturday Tiger
1966 · 0.0
Proof of the Man 2001
2001 · 0.0

Baian the Assassin
1990 · 0.0

Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
1975 · 0.0

Yakuza G-Men
1965 · 0.0

Banner of the Young
1970 · 0.0

Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
1983 · 0.0

Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms
1969 · 0.0

Kagami no naka no razō
1963 · 0.0

Troubleman Laughs and Kills
1979 · 0.0

北の国から 記憶 前編
2003 · 0.0

The War Without Weapons
1960 · 0.0

Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
1982 · 0.0

Blood on the Sea
1961 · 0.0

The School Deviate Waru
1973 · 0.0

Golden Ninja
1966 · 0.0

北の国から記憶
2002 · 0.0

Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
1983 · 0.0

Ghost Train
1978 · 0.0

Shingo's Final Duel
1964 · 0.0

The Three Musketeers of Japan: The Tale of Hakata Obi
1973 · 0.0

Seasonal Wind
1977 · 0.0

What is Love?
1973 · 0.0

Rebel Against Glory
1970 · 0.0

A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment
1963 · 0.0

The Thief and the Expelled Master
1987 · 0.0

Detective Story: A Brother's Rule
1971 · 0.0

The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 2 - I Saw the Bride's Corpse in the Sea of Toba!
1986 · 0.0

The Witty Samurai
1972 · 0.0

北の国から ’95秘密 後編
1995 · 0.0

The Bride of the Ghost Lake
1979 · 0.0

Young Guy, the Ace Rider
1971 · 0.0

The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 3 - I Saw a Woman's Corpse in the Steam of Beppu Onsen!
1987 · 0.0

Zorome no San Kyoudai
1972 · 0.0

Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
1983 · 0.0

The Undercover Ninja Organization
1983 · 0.0

Inside the Storm of Love
1978 · 0.0

Angel's Lover
1968 · 0.0

The Free Island
1967 · 0.0

Third Class Soldier Boss
1966 · 0.0

Shy Security
1991 · 0.0

Hell Festival
1963 · 0.0

Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1997 · 0.0

Wakai nobara
1965 · 0.0

Debt of Honor
1966 · 0.0

I Love You So Much
1988 · 0.0
Zoku Isoginchaku
1970 · 0.0

Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
1967 · 0.0

Ghost Coast
1978 · 0.0

Castle of Sand
1991 · 0.0

Live Again Tomorrow
1970 · 0.0

Ghost Festival in Zenjin Village
1979 · 0.0

The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective - I Saw a Female Ghost in Hida Takayama!
1985 · 0.0

夕月
1969 · 0.0

Triumphant Song of Youth
1956 · 0.0