Kunie Tanaka
Actor
Born Nov 23, 1932 · Toki, Gifu, Japan
Active 1956–2021
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.
Filmography
Sanjuro (1962) — SamuraiKwaidan (1965) — Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) — Obara NitôheiThe Face of Another (1966) — Mentally Ill Man #1The Bad Sleep Well (1960) — HitmanThe Sword of Doom (1966) — SenkichiThe Hidden Blade (2004) — Kanbê KatagiriDodes'ka-den (1970) — Hatsutaro KawaguchiBattles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) — Masakichi MakiharaPitfall (1962) — Man in White SuitSword of the Beast (1965) — TanjiGoyokin (1969) — HirosukeThe Bullet Train (1975) — Koga's BrotherBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973) — Masakichi MakiharaBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974) — Masakichi MakiharaZatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966) — StorytellerBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974) — Masakichi MakiharaGraveyard of Honor (1975) — Katsuji KozakiTenchu! (1969) — Rokkaku Prison OfficerZatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)Evil of Dracula (1974) — Dr. ShimomuraThe Inheritance (1962)The Wolves (1971) — Matsuzo TsumuraFrom the Northern Country (1981) — Goru Kuroita (黑板五郎)