Kunie Tanaka

Biography

Kunie Tanaka was born on November 23, 1932 in Gifu, Japan. He is an actor, known for Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973), Sanjuro (1962) and The Hidden Blade (2004).

Movie Career

Films: 17
Career span: 22 years1959 to 1981

Genres

Drama88%, 15 films
Action53%, 9 films
Crime35%, 6 films
History12%, 2 films
Adventure6%, 1 film

First and latest

Kunie Tanaka movies on Netflix

Station1981IMDb rating 7.0as Sugawara
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga1980IMDb rating 6.6as Masakichi Makihara
May Love Be Restored1980IMDb rating 6.8as Client of the Yûgiri Brothel
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode1974IMDb rating 7.3as Masakichi Makihara
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics1974IMDb rating 7.3as Masakichi Makihara
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 11974IMDb rating 6.9as Gen Sakagami
Battles Without Honor and Humanity1973IMDb rating 7.4as Masakichi Makihara
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War1973IMDb rating 7.3as Masakichi Makihara
Dodes'ka-den1970IMDb rating 7.3as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Goyokin1969IMDb rating 7.6as Hirosuke
Tenchu!1969IMDb rating 7.4as Rokkaku Prison Officer
The Face of Another1966IMDb rating 7.8as Patient at Mental Hospital
The Sword of Doom1966IMDb rating 7.9as Senkichi
Sword of the Beast1965IMDb rating 7.5as Tanji
Sanjuro1962IMDb rating 8.0as Samurai
The Sun's Burial1960IMDb rating 6.9as Thief
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity1959IMDb rating 8.5as Obara Nitôhei

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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Battles Without Honor and Humanity1973 Crime, Dramaas Masakichi Makihara
IMDb rating 7.44.9K votes
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics1974 Action, Crime, Dramaas Masakichi Makihara
IMDb rating 7.31.5K votes
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War1973as Masakichi Makihara
IMDb rating 7.31.8K votes
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity1959as Obara Nitôhei
IMDb rating 8.59.4K votes
Sword of the Beast1965as Tanji
IMDb rating 7.53.4K votes
Sanjuro1962as Samurai
IMDb rating 8.044K votes
The Sword of Doom1966as Senkichi
IMDb rating 7.913K votes
Goyokin1969as Hirosuke
IMDb rating 7.62.9K votes

Most often with

Kinji Fukasaku directed six of these films, Hideo Gosha three and Akira Kurosawa two. Three actors appear in six of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Tatsuya Nakadai

Bunta Sugawara

Nobuo Kaneko

Hiroki Matsukata

Kei Satô

Tsunehiko WataseKinji FukasakuDirector, 6 films Hideo GoshaDirector, 3 filmsAkira KurosawaDirector, 2 films

Films together

Tatsuya Nakadai6 films together, 1959 to 1969
Tatsuya Nakadai's page
- Goyokin1969IMDb rating 7.6Tanaka as HirosukeNakadai as Magobei Wakizaka
- Tenchu!1969IMDb rating 7.4Tanaka as Rokkaku Prison OfficerNakadai as Hanpeita Takechi
- The Face of Another1966IMDb rating 7.8Tanaka as Patient at Mental HospitalNakadai as Mr. Okuyama
- The Sword of Doom1966IMDb rating 7.9Tanaka as SenkichiNakadai as Ryunosuke Tsukue
- Sanjuro1962IMDb rating 8.0Tanaka as SamuraiNakadai as Hanbei Muroto
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity1959IMDb rating 8.5Tanaka as Obara NitôheiNakadai as Kaji
Bunta Sugawara6 films together, 1973 to 1980
Bunta Sugawara's page
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga1980IMDb rating 6.6Tanaka as Masakichi MakiharaSugawara as Shozo Hirono
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode1974IMDb rating 7.3Tanaka as Masakichi MakiharaSugawara as Shozo Hirono
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics1974IMDb rating 7.3Tanaka as Masakichi MakiharaSugawara as Shozo Hirono
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 11974IMDb rating 6.9Tanaka as Gen SakagamiSugawara as Makio Miyoshi
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity1973IMDb rating 7.4Tanaka as Masakichi MakiharaSugawara as Shozo Hirono
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War1973IMDb rating 7.3Tanaka as Masakichi MakiharaSugawara as Shozo Hirono
Nobuo Kaneko6 films together, 1973 to 1980
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- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga1980IMDb rating 6.6Tanaka as Masakichi MakiharaKaneko as Yoshio Yamamori
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode1974IMDb rating 7.3Tanaka as Masakichi MakiharaKaneko as Yoshio Yamamori
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics1974IMDb rating 7.3Tanaka as Masakichi MakiharaKaneko as Yoshio Yamamori
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 11974IMDb rating 6.9Tanaka as Gen SakagamiKaneko as Yoshio Yamamori
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity1973IMDb rating 7.4Tanaka as Masakichi MakiharaKaneko as Yoshio Yamamori
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War1973IMDb rating 7.3Tanaka as Masakichi MakiharaKaneko as Yoshio Yamamori
Hiroki Matsukata5 films together, 1973 to 1980
Hiroki Matsukata's page
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga1980IMDb rating 6.6Tanaka as Masakichi MakiharaMatsukata as Tetsuya Sakai
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode1974IMDb rating 7.3Tanaka as Masakichi MakiharaMatsukata as Ichioka
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics1974IMDb rating 7.3Tanaka as Masakichi MakiharaMatsukata as Shoichi Fujita
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 11974IMDb rating 6.9Tanaka as Gen SakagamiMatsukata as Masaru Seki
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity1973IMDb rating 7.4Tanaka as Masakichi MakiharaMatsukata as Tetsuya Sakai
Kei Satô4 films together, 1959 to 1981
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- Station1981IMDb rating 7.0Tanaka as Sugawara
- The Sword of Doom1966IMDb rating 7.9Tanaka as SenkichiSatô as Kamo Serizawa
- The Sun's Burial1960IMDb rating 6.9Tanaka as ThiefSatô as Sakaguchi, doctor
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity1959IMDb rating 8.5Tanaka as Obara NitôheiSatô as Shinjô Ittôhei
Tsunehiko Watase4 films together, 1973 to 1980
Tsunehiko Watase's page
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga1980IMDb rating 6.6Tanaka as Masakichi Makihara
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 11974IMDb rating 6.9Tanaka as Gen SakagamiWatase as Noboru Kitami
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity1973IMDb rating 7.4Tanaka as Masakichi MakiharaWatase as Toshio Arita
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War1973IMDb rating 7.3Tanaka as Masakichi MakiharaWatase as Takeshi Kuramoto
Kinji FukasakuDirector, 6 films, 1973 to 1980
All films by Kinji Fukasaku
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga1980IMDb rating 6.6Tanaka as Masakichi Makihara
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode1974IMDb rating 7.3Tanaka as Masakichi Makihara
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics1974IMDb rating 7.3Tanaka as Masakichi Makihara
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 11974IMDb rating 6.9Tanaka as Gen Sakagami
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity1973IMDb rating 7.4Tanaka as Masakichi Makihara
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War1973IMDb rating 7.3Tanaka as Masakichi Makihara
Hideo GoshaDirector, 3 films, 1965 to 1969
- Goyokin1969IMDb rating 7.6Tanaka as Hirosuke
- Tenchu!1969IMDb rating 7.4Tanaka as Rokkaku Prison Officer
- Sword of the Beast1965IMDb rating 7.5Tanaka as Tanji
Akira KurosawaDirector, 2 films, 1962 to 1970
- Dodes'ka-den1970IMDb rating 7.3Tanaka as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
- Sanjuro1962IMDb rating 8.0Tanaka as Samurai
Also four films together4 more actors
- Asao UchidaBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974), Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974), Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) and Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)
- Shingo YamashiroBattles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980), Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974), Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974) and Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)
- Toshie KimuraBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974), Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973), Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973) and Sword of the Beast (1965)
- Akira KobayashiBattles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980), Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974), Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974) and Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)
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