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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- May Love Be Restored (1980) as Yugiri-ro client
- Submersion of Japan (1974) as Tatsuno
- From the Northern Country (1981) as Goru Kuroita (黑板五郎)
- Sanjuro (1962) as Samurai
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) as Obara Nitôhei
- Kwaidan (1965) as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960) as Hitman
- Dazzling Cops (1977) as Nangou Goro
- The Password is Courage (2000) Cast
- Ronin-gai (1990) as Magozaemon Doi
- The Face of Another (1966) as Mentally Ill Man #1
- The Sword of Doom (1966) as Senkichi
- 世界で一番熱い夏 (2001) Cast
- Yomigaeri (2003) as Dr. Saito
- The Shin Hasegawa Series (1972) as 蛙ヶ池の仙太
- Older brother (1977) as Kintaro
- The Bullet Train (1975) as Koga's Brother
- Dodes'ka-den (1970) as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) as Masakichi Makihara
- The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop (1987) as Yutaro Hatori
- Station (1981) as Sugawara
- Goyokin (1969) as Hirosuke
- Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978) as Rikichi Komadera
- Tenchu! (1969) as Rokkaku Prison Officer
- The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles (1975) as Yoshitoshi Kogure
- The Battle of Okinawa (1971) as Barber Higa
- The Revolt (1980) Cast
- Graveyard of Honor (1975) as Katsuji Kozaki
- As the River Flows (2000) as Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
- Village of Eight Gravestones (1977) Cast
- The House of Wedlock (1986) as Kazuya Enomoto
- White Love (1979) Cast
- Rice Curry (1986) Cast
- Demon (1985) as Keita
- Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai (1980) as ボオルチュ
- A Class to Remember (1993) as Ino
- Sir Galahad in Campus (1961) as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
- The Sun's Burial (1960) as Thief
- Sugata Sanshiro (1977) as Yasuyoshi
- Kewaishi (2002) Cast
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Most-watched Kunie Tanaka films currently: May Love Be Restored (1980), Sanjuro (1962), The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959), Kwaidan (1965), The Bad Sleep Well (1960).
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Selected TV credits: Submersion of Japan (1974), From the Northern Country (1981), Dazzling Cops (1977), The Password is Courage (2000), 世界で一番熱い夏 (2001).
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