Jun Kunimura
Japanese actor

Jun Kunimura

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Japanese actor
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16 November 1955(Kumamoto Prefecture)
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Introduction

Jun Kunimura (國村 隼, Kunimura Jun, born 16 November 1955) is a Japanese actor.

Career

Born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Kunimura made his film debut in 1981 in Kazuyuki Izutsu's Gaki Teikoku and has since appeared in over 100 films. He has worked for Western directors such as Ridley Scott and Quentin Tarantino, as well as acted on Japanese television.

Selected filmography

Film

1980s
  • Gaki Teikoku (1981)
  • Black Rain (1989)
1990s
  • Hard Boiled (1992)
  • Suzaku (1997)
  • Begging for Love (1998)
  • The Story of PuPu (1998)
  • Audition (1999)
  • Keiho (1999)
2000s
  • Chaos (2000)
  • Ichi the Killer (2001)
  • Sorry (2002)
  • Tomie: Forbidden Fruit (2002)
  • The Laughing Frog (2002)
  • Alive (2002)
  • Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003)
  • Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
  • Lady Joker (2004)
  • Vital (2004)
  • Half a Confession (2004)
  • 69 (2004)
  • Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005)
  • Hana (2006)
  • Baruto no Gakuen (2006)
  • Silk (2007)
  • Paco and the Magical Book (2008)
  • K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008)
2010s
  • Here Comes the Bride, My Mom! (2010)
  • My Darling Is a Foreigner (2010)
  • Outrage (2010)
  • Reunion (2012)
  • Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
  • Like Father, Like Son (2013)
  • Unforgiven (2013)
  • A Story of Yonosuke (2013)
  • The World of Kanako (2014)
  • Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)
  • The Big Bee (2015)
  • Attack on Titan (2015)
  • A Man Called Pirate (2016)
  • Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku (2016)
  • Chihayafuru: Shimo no Ku (2016)
  • The Wailing (2016)
  • Shin Godzilla (2016)
  • Fullmetal Alchemist (2017)
  • Hamon (2017)
  • Shinobi no Kuni (2017) – Kitabatake Tomonori
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2017) – Ryohei Higashikata

Television

  • Aikotoba wa Yūki (2000)
  • Andō Natsu (2008)
  • Saka no Ue no Kumo (2009)
  • Carnation (2012)
  • Taira no Kiyomori (2012) – Fujiwara no Tadazane
  • Alice no Toge (2014)
  • Keisei Saimin no Otoko Part 3 (2015) – Takashi Miki
  • Shizumanu Taiyō (2016)
  • Ishikawa Goemon (2016) – Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2016 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Supporting Actor The Wailing Won
Popular Star Award Won
2017 11th Asian Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Pending