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Acting

Kunie Tanaka

Career: Active from 1959 to 2010, busiest in 1965 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 46
top three billing

Average score: 72/100

Highest rated: The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
87/100

Characters

1

The characters Kunie Tanaka played, best-known titles first.

Kunie Tanaka as 黑板五郎

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 47 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Kunie Tanaka Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.9, average 5.4
Pop Culture
1.0, average 2.2
Wholesome
2.3, average 3.4
Situational Comedy
1.7, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Japanese Cinema 11
Political Intrigue 6
Social Commentary 5
Historical Drama 5
Crime Thriller 5
Character-Driven 5
Gritty Realism 4
Historical Setting 4
Gang Warfare 4
Character Study 4
Yakuza Warfare 3
Moral Conflict 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

162

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 70

The Last Ronin

70

as Okuno Shōgen

2000s

10 titles · average score 66

The Sun in Kurobe

TV show · as Genkichi

The Hidden Blade

78

as Kanbê Katagiri

Yomigaeri

63

as Dr. Saito

The Boat to Heaven

as Masato Sakurai

北の国から記憶前編

as 演员

北の国から記憶

as 演员

All About Our House

59

as Chouichirou Iwata - Master Carpenter

TV show

As the River Flows

as Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)

The Password is Courage

TV show

1990s

14 titles · average score 68

A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage

as Inoue

The Rainbow Seeker

as Tsune-san

Oishinbo

as Tattsan

Tora-san to the Rescue

as 船长

A Class to Remember

71

as Ino

Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict

as Buddhist Priest

Luminous Moss

as Hachizo

Baian the Assassin

TV show · as Han-Emon of Otowa

A Desirable Marriage

as Mr. Kawamata

Private Detective Dobu

TV show

Hoshi wo tsugu mono

as Kenji Yoshida

Ronin-gai

65

as Magozaemon Doi

1980s

29 titles · average score 74

Tomorrow

as Shoji's stepfather

Take Me Out to the Snowland

71

as Yûichirô Tayama

The House of Wedlock

as Kazuya Enomoto

Demon

72

as Keita

Early Spring Story

as Okino, Hitomi's father

Sukanpin Walk

as Keizo Fukami

Choji Snack Bar

as Iwashita

The Shootout

as Iwai

From the Northern Country

85

TV show · as Goru Kuroita (黑板五郎)

Station

68

as Sugawara

At This Late Date, the Charleston

as Army Minister

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

as Masakichi Makihara

1970s

61 titles · average score 70

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

as Lt. Todoroki

The Inferno

67

as Unpei Ikegata

Evil of Dracula

66

as Dr. Shimomura

Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy

61

as Daisuke Jigen

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

71

as Masakichi Makihara

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

73

as Masakichi Makihara

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

64

as Gen Sakagami

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

78

as Masakichi Makihara

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

72

as Masakichi Makihara

Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers

68

as Ohno

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth

as Johei Yawata

The Wolves

73

as Matsuzo Tsumura

1960s

45 titles · average score 76

Goyokin

78

as Hirosuke

Hymn to a Tired Man

78

as Hisataro Ohno

Young People

as Taro

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

71

as Storyteller

Cash Calls Hell

74

as Umegaya

Sword of the Beast

79

as Tanji

Prison Walls of Abashiri 3

68

as Otsuki

Abashiri Prison

71

as Otsuki

Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2

as Kirikawa

Kwaidan

78

as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Pitfall

74

as Man in White Suit

Sanjuro

87

as Samurai

1950s

2 titles · average score 87

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

87

as Obara Nitôhei

The Story of Pure Love

as Satoyan