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. 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.

Cast

Hymn to a Tired Man

Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Tora-san to the Rescue

Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict

Buddhist Priest

Hatsutaro Kawaguchi

The Hidden Blade

Kanbê Katagiri

Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Masakichi Makihara

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms

Seiji Matsumiya

A Fishmonger's Tour

Matsuzo Tsumura

Zorome no San Kyoudai

In Broad Daylight

The Face of Another

Mentally Ill Man #1

Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1

The Crimson Sky

The Human Bullet

Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow

Sword of the Beast

Women and Miso Soup

Sankichi Fujita

Rebel Against Glory

The Sword of Doom

Man in White Suit

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

The School Deviate Waru

Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy

Tonga Adventure Family

How to Be the Worst of Office Workers

Forward, Young People!

Banner of the Young

The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club

All About Our House

Chouichirou Iwata

The Undercover Ninja Organization

The Great Department Store Robbery

At This Late Date, the Charleston

A Class to Remember

The Kingpin of Fair Ladies

Duel at Fort Ezo

Graveyard of Honor

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

Troubleman Laughs and Kills

Young Guy at Sea

石山新次郎（青大））

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Masakichi Makihara

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

Masakichi Makihara

The House of Wedlock

Young Guy in the South Pacific

Shinjiro Ishiyama

Bravo, Young Guy

Evil of Dracula

Free and Easy Special

As the River Flows

Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

The Boat to Heaven

The Rainbow Seeker

Big Shots Die at Dawn

Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu

River of Forever

Hoshi wo tsugu mono

Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women

Punishment of a Lawless Villian

北の国から記憶前編

北の国から記憶

Winter's Flower

Tokimeki Kaigan Monogatari

The Bad Sleep Well

Murder in the Doll House

Detective Naraki

Eitaro Imanishi

Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu

Private Detective DOBU 1

Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2

Blood Type: Blue

The Merciless Trap

The Inheritance

Kuramoto Kuraji

Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2

Choji Snack Bar

Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy

Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case

Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case

Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case

Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case

Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case

Dynamite Don-Don

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

Masakichi Makihara

北の国から ’95秘密後編

Birth of a Fighter

The Day the Sun Rose

Love on a Daily Basis

Early Spring Story

Okino, Hitomi's father

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Masakichi Makihara

Prison Walls of Abashiri 3

Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers

The Machine Gun Dragon

Hangyaku no Tabi

The International Gang of Kobe

The Truck Rascals Go to The North

The Bullet Train

Abashiri Prison

Light of Africa

Prison Walls of Abashiri 4

The Woman Champion

The Woman Gambler's Revenge

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter

Kinpachi Komiya

Deeper Than Blue

Yakuza of the Present

The Rainbow Seeker 2

Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2

Third Generation Boss

Sasuke and His Comedians

Outlaw: Black Dagger

Doctor Michio Hongô

Village of Eight Gravestones

Masayoshi Imanishi

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'

Koto—The Lake of Tears

The Extravagant Cops

Down with The Big Boss

Sir Galahad in Campus

Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)

Pride of the Campus

Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)

Salaryman Senka

Shimane Prison Riot

Yoshikazu Minagawa

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

Rikichi Komadera

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

The Sun's Burial

The Wild Trucker

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

Yokomichi Keiji

Nogare no machi

The Bullet and the Horse

Highschool Scramble

Kamigata Kugaizoshi

Great Jailbreak

Cash Calls Hell

Shingo's Final Duel

Game of Chance 2

The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth

Summer Soldiers

Silence Has No Wings

300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations

Japan's Top Gangster

A Desirable Marriage

Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On

Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country

Zoku Isoginchaku

May Love Be Restored

Yugiri-ro client

Let's Go! Young Guy

Shinjirou Ishiyama

The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel

Tale of Ninja Duty

Blood on the Sea

The Story of Pure Love

Company Buggers

The Front Line Showdown

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

The Battle of Okinawa

The Instant Services Bureau

My Voiceless Friends

Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo

Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu

Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi

Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu

Operation Sewer Rats

Private Anayama

Sugata Sanshiro

Shoji's stepfather

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan

Teacher Fukushi

Take Me Out to the Snowland

Yûichirô Tayama

Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil

Detective Story: A Brother's Rule

Rokkaku Prison Officer

Baian the Assassin: Showdown

Baian the Assassin

The Last Judgment

Young Guy in Hawaii

石山新次郎（青大将）

Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den

Toramatsu Otani

Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack

A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage

The love song of farewell later

Pink Lady's Motion Picture

It Started In The Alps

Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô

Young Guy, the Ace Rider

The Summit of Mt. Fuji

Cry of the Mountain

I Love You So Much

The Witty Samurai

Sensation Seekers

Wakarete ikiru toki mo

It's a Man's Way of Life

Heihachirou Yanai

Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man

イルカに逢える日

The Thief and the Expelled Master

An Angel's Temptation

Circuit-A-Go-Go

Get Your Sky, Young Guy

Walleyed Nippon

Inside the Storm of Love

Inspector Joichi Uno

Triumphant Song of Youth

Young Guy Graduates

Young Guy on Mt. Cook

Return of the Champ

Shinjiro Ishiyama

Third Class Soldier Boss

若い野ばら

明日また生きる