Where to watch Kunie Tanaka in the UK
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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…
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- Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby (1973) as Soldier Mania
- From the Northern Country (1981) as Goru Kuroita (黑板五郎)
- Submersion of Japan (1974) as Tatsuno
- Sanjuro (1962) as Samurai
- Kwaidan (1965) as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
- The Bullet Train (1975) as Koga's Brother
- The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles (1975) as Yoshitoshi Kogure
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) as Masakichi Makihara
- Dazzling Cops (1977) as Nangou Goro
- Red Diamond (1964) as George Takase
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960) as Hitman
- Sir Galahad in Campus (1961) as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
- Station (1981) as Sugawara
- Dodes'ka-den (1970) as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
- The Face of Another (1966) as Mentally Ill Man #1
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) as Obara Nitôhei
- Graveyard of Honor (1975) as Katsuji Kozaki
- Troubleman Laughs and Kills (1979) Cast
- The Shin Hasegawa Series (1972) as 蛙ヶ池の仙太
- The Merciless Trap (1961) Cast
- Blood on the Sea (1961) Cast
- The House of Wedlock (1986) as Kazuya Enomoto
- Nogare no machi (1983) Cast
- White Love (1979) Cast
- Debt of Honor (1966) Cast
- The Shootout (1982) as Iwai
- The Password is Courage (2000) Cast
- The Sword of Doom (1966) as Senkichi
- The Battle of Okinawa (1971) Cast
- Older brother (1977) as Kintaro
- The love song of farewell later (1991) Cast
- The Sun's Burial (1960) as Thief
- The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop (1987) as Yutaro Hatori
- Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai (1980) as ボオルチュ
- May Love Be Restored (1980) as Yugiri-ro client
- Tenchu! (1969) as Rokkaku Prison Officer
- The Inferno (1979) as Unpei Ikegata
- Manhunt (1976) as Yokomichi Keiji
- Goyokin (1969) as Hirosuke
- Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966) as Storyteller
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Most-watched Kunie Tanaka films currently: Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby (1973), Sanjuro (1962), Kwaidan (1965), The Bullet Train (1975), Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973).
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Selected TV credits: From the Northern Country (1981), Submersion of Japan (1974), The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles (1975), Dazzling Cops (1977), The Shin Hasegawa Series (1972).
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