Personal Info
田中邦卫
Kunie Tanaka
Acting
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 for Gakko in 1993. He appeared as the lecherous Shinjiro Ishiyama, nicknamed Aodaishō, the antagonist…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Last Ronin
The Hidden Blade
as Kanbê Katagiri
Yomigaeri
as Dr. Saito
The Boat to Heaven
as Masato Sakurai
北の国から 記憶 前編
as 演员
Fukumimi
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
as Self
北の国から記憶
as 演员
Kewaishi
TV Shows
The Sun in Kurobe
as Genkichi · 2 ep.
世界で一番熱い夏
4 ep.
The Password is Courage
11 ep.
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
2 ep.
Private Detective Dobu
7 ep.
Baian the Assassin
as Han-Emon of Otowa · 5 ep.
Rice Curry
13 ep.
Kita no kuni kara
as Goru Kuroita (黑板五郎) · 24 ep.
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
as ボオルチュ · 2 ep.
Older brother
as Kintaro · 13 ep.
