Kunie Tanaka — Actor (145)
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Japan's Top Gangster (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
山口組三代目
director: Kōsaku Yamashita actor: Ken Takakura / Tetsuro Tamba …
other title: 山口組三代目
A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on the road to becoming boss of Japan's largest gang.
This epic film is the first part of greatest true-life series based on autobiography of the Yamaguchi-gumi's third leader, Taoka Kazuo.
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Golden Ninja (1966) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
冒険大活劇 黄金の盗賊
director: Tadashi Sawashima actor: Hiroki Matsukata / Koichi Ose …
other title: 冒険大活劇 黄金の盗賊
Just after the Battle of Sekigahara, a pair of children Denji and Kichizo witnessed a team of the defeated forces hide the Toyotomi treasure. When the leader cuts down the rest of the team, a bloodstained footman seems to be the only survivor, and his image haunts the pair for the next twenty years. As they are serving a prison sentence a plan is hatched to get them released so they can lead their captors to the hidden gold on Hikone Beach. Danger and excitement await the two as they run into unexpected and dangerous obstacles!
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Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
網走番外地 南国の対決
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Ken Takakura / Teruo Yoshida …
other title: 網走番外地 南国の対決
This is the sixth film in the "Abashiri Series," based on an original idea by Hajime Ito, and written and directed by Teruo Ishii of "Operation Big Bad" fame. The film was shot by Kiichi Inada, who also worked with Ito.
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Game of Chance 2 (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
続浪曲子守唄
director: Ryuichi Takamori actor: Sonny Chiba / Akiko Koyama …
other title: 続浪曲子守唄
Bungo is released from prison to find his son Kenichi in the care of strangers. Teruko, the woman originally looking after the boy, was forced to leave town and sell herself into prostitution. Bungo and Kenichi, in their search for Teruko, arrive in a new place and find work running a peddling stall for the upright Tatsumaki family. However, the drifting father and son soon find themselves caught up in a struggle for territory. Boss Negishi, the head of the yakuza family responsible for the death of the former Tatsumaki leader, will stop at nothing to take over the marketplace. Sickened by the injustice, Bungo takes on the rival boss knowing it might cost him his newly acquired freedom..
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The Wild Trucker (1975) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
トラック野郎　爆走一番星
director: Norifumi Suzuki actor: Bunta Sugawara / Kin'ya Aikawa …
other title: Truck Rascals 2: The Wild Trucker / トラック野郎　爆走一番星
The comical adventures of two long-distance truck drivers, Momojiro and Kinzo, continue. Momojiro and Eizo help bring home the father of two young children in time to celebrate New Year’s together.
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Stray Dog (1973) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
野良犬
director: Azuma Morisaki actor: Tetsuya Watari / Shinsuke Ashida …
other title: Cão Danado / 野良犬
When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior, Chief Detective Sato, Murakami works feverishly to trace the location of his pistol, ultimately clashing with a gang of youthful Okinawans.
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Take Me Out to the Snowland (1987) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
私をスキーに連れてって
director: Yasuo Baba actor: Tomoyo Harada / Hiroshi Mikami …
other title: 私をスキーに連れてって
Fumio Yano is an unassuming young businessman in the ski wear line. His own skiing ability is close to professional level, and he assists a former world champion, Tayama, on the sales team. Fumio meets and falls in love with Yu, a young secretary, but initially finds it hard to express his true feelings for her. A St Valentine's Day fashion show provides an unexpected backdrop for crisis resolution, and a mad scramble ensues to beat the clock and make it to a neighboring ski resort in time for the press and photographers. A pack of chocolate is a symbol of true love...
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300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations (1975) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
実録三億円事件 時効成立
director: Teruo Ishii actor: Mayumi Ogawa / Yusuke Okada …
other title: 実録三億円事件 時効成立
In this retelling of an infamous unsolved heist, a couple tries to outlast the statute of limitations after successfully stealing 300 million yen.
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The Threat (1966) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
脅迫
director: Kinji Fukasaku actor: Rentaro Mikuni / Masumi Harukawa …
other title: Chantage / 脅迫
Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family. They will force him to collect the child's ransom for them.