Kita no kuni kara
1981
star 8.9
Narrated by the son, Jun, the tale follows the lives of two children torn between their parents and their paren...
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Acting
Kunie Tanaka
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 of the hero, played by Yūzō Kayama, in all of the Wakadaishō series of films. The character Kizaru, from Eiichiro Oda's manga series One Piece, is modeled after Tanaka.
Filmography
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Submersion of Japan
1974
In this TV series of the hit 1973 film, Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes shake Japan. Firestorms burn beautif...
Sanjuro
1962
star 8.0
In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warri...
Kwaidan
1965
star 7.7
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A...
Rice Curry
1986
Set in the majestic Canadian wilderness, the drama depicts the adolescence and love of three young men who were...
Older brother
1977
The series tells about the life of construction foreman Eiji and his sister. Both have a love interest: she has...
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
star 7.7
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese...
The Bullet Train
1975
star 6.8
A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 k...
The Shin Hasegawa Series
1972
From the Taisho era to the Showa 30s, known as the father of popular literature who left many masterpieces and...
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
A jidaieki drama where a hard-nosed doshin, Shinpachiro Kariya, takes on difficult cases with exquisite teamwor...
The Sun in Kurobe
2009
Shingo Katori stars as Kuramatsu, a manager- foreman for Kumagaya Construction. In order to solve an acute ener...
The Sword of Doom
1966
star 7.7
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral...
The Face of Another
1966
star 7.8
A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his new doctor, but the mask starts altering...
Dodes'ka-den
1970
star 7.1
On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “drives” an ima...
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
star 8.2
Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive tr...
My Sons
1991
star 7.8
Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. He has always felt jeal...
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
star 7.4
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war betwee...
The Password is Courage
2000
The story takes place in a small rural village surrounded by beautiful nature. However, it is about to be destr...
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
1975
The drama depicts in the late Edo period in Nagasaki, Hiramatsu takes up Nagasaki bugyō`s head post. He likes a...
Manhunt
1976
star 6.2
A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the bea...
Station
1981
star 6.3
A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police office...
Goyokin
1969
star 7.4
A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
star 7.3
While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two...
The Inheritance
1962
star 7.2
A dying businessman intends to will ¥200 million to his three illegitimate children, but his associates scheme...
The Sun's Burial
1960
star 6.4
In Osaka's slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and t...
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
star 7.8
The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial comma...
Japan's Don
1977
star 7.3
A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domest...
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
star 7.0
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from th...
The Inferno
1979
star 6.9
Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief f...
May Love Be Restored
1980
A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk.
Private Detective Dobu
1991
Dobu, an unconventional detective, teams up with Yoriki Samon to solve crimes in Yaoyacho, Edo, showcasing thei...
Tenchu!
1969
star 6.9
A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leade...
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
star 6.1
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves....
Baian the Assassin
1991
star 10.0
During the day, Dr. Baian is the friendly and trusted village acupuncturist. At night, he becomes Baian, the as...
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970
star 6.7
The blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a jealous husban...
Graveyard of Honor
1975
star 6.7
A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the...