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{{Infobox person
| name = Jun Kunimur<br>國村隼
| name = Jun Kunimura<br />國村隼
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| image = Jun Kunimura 20190724.jpg
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| caption = Jun Kunimura in 2019
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|11|16}}
| birth_name = Yoshihiro Yonemura
| birth_place = [[Kumamoto Prefecture]], [[Japan]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|11|15|df=y}}
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| birth_place = [[Yatsushiro, Kumamoto|Yatsushiro]], [[Kumamoto Prefecture|Kumamoto]], Japan
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| occupation = [[Actor]]
| occupation = Actor
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| years_active = 1976–present
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| website = t.me/junkunimura
| module = {{Infobox Chinese | child = yes
| kanji = 國村 隼
| romaji = Kunimura Jun
| hiragana = くにむら じゅん
| katakana = クニムラ ジュン
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{{nihongo|'''Jun Kunimura'''|國村 隼|Kunimura Jun|born 16 November 1955}} is a Japanese [[actor]].
| kanji = 米村 喜洋
| romaji = Yonemura Yoshihiro
| hiragana = よねむら よしひろ
| katakana = ヨネムラ ヨシヒロ
}}
}}
{{nihongo|'''Jun Kunimura'''|國村 隼|''Kunimura Jun''|born {{nihongo|'''Yoshihiro Yonemura'''|米村 喜洋|Yonemura Yoshihiro}}; 15 November 1955}} is a Japanese actor who has performed in Japan, Hollywood and Hong Kong. He won Best Supporting Actor and the Popular Star Award at the [[37th Blue Dragon Film Awards]] for his performance in the South Korean horror film ''[[The Wailing (2016 film)|The Wailing]]'', directed by [[Na Hong-jin]].


== Early life and education ==
==Career==
Kunimura was born '''Yoshihiro Yonemura''' (米村 喜洋 ''Yonemura Yoshihiro'') in [[Yatsushiro]], [[Kumamoto Prefecture]], but his family moved to [[Amagasaki]], [[Hyōgo Prefecture]] soon after, before moving again to [[Osaka]] when he was two years old. He graduated from a theatre program operated by the [[Osaka Broadcasting Corporation]], a theatre company owned and operated by a local [[NHK]] affiliate. He has cited actor [[Yūsaku Matsuda]] as an influence.
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.<ref name=Doraku>{{cite web|title=Akumade hishatai de aritai|url=http://doraku.asahi.com/hito/interview/html/081024.html|work=Dōraku|publisher=Asahi Shinbun|accessdate=18 August 2013}}</ref> He has worked for such foreign directors as [[Ridley Scott]] and [[Quentin Tarantino]], as well as acted on Japanese television.<ref name=Gokujo>{{cite web|title=Konkai no "Gokujō Kūkan"|url=http://www.bs-asahi.co.jp/gokujou/prg_101.html|publisher=BS Asahi|accessdate=18 August 2013}}</ref>


==Selected filmography==
== Career ==
Kunimura began his acting career with a bit part in [[Shirō Moritani]]'s 1973 disaster film [[Tidal Wave (1973 film)|''Tidal Wave'']]. He went on to appear in the TV dramas ''Ayu no Uta'' and ''Yôi don,'' before holding his first starring role in [[Kazuyuki Izutsu]]'s ''Gaki Teikoku''.<ref name="Doraku2">{{cite web|url=http://doraku.asahi.com/hito/interview/html/081024.html|title=Akumade hishatai de aritai|work=Dōraku|publisher=Asahi Shinbun|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916171515/http://doraku.asahi.com/hito/interview/html/081024.html|archive-date=16 September 2013|access-date=18 August 2013}}</ref> Throughout the late 80s and early 90s, he appeared in a number of Hong Kong-produced films, including a prominent cameo role in [[John Woo]]'s ''[[Hard Boiled]],'' as a Triad gunman in the film's opening teahouse shootout. In 1989, he starred in his first American film, ''[[Black Rain (American film)|Black Rain]].'' The [[Ridley Scott]]-helmed Yakuza action film was shot on-location in Kunimura's hometown of Osaka, and starred his mentor Yūsaku Matsuda.
===Film===
* ''[[Suzaku (film)|Suzaku]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Ichi the Killer (film)|Ichi the Killer]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Unforgiven (2013 film)|Unforgiven]]'' (2013)


Kunimura is known internationally for his work with Western directors such as [[Ridley Scott]], [[Quentin Tarantino]], and [[Roland Emmerich]].<ref name="Gokujo2">{{cite web|url=http://www.bs-asahi.co.jp/gokujou/prg_101.html|title=Konkai no "Gokujō Kūkan"|publisher=BS Asahi|access-date=18 August 2013|archive-date=26 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126135735/http://www.bs-asahi.co.jp/gokujou/prg_101.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has collaborated with prominent Japanese filmmakers like [[Takashi Miike]], [[Lee Sang-il (film director)|Lee Sang-il]], [[Hideaki Anno]], and [[Ryuhei Kitamura]]. In 2016, he starred in [[Na Hong-jin]]'s Korean horror film ''[[The Wailing (2016 film)|The Wailing]],'' which earned him critical and popular acclaim. It earned him the Best Supporting Actor and Popular Star Awards at the [[37th Blue Dragon Film Awards]], making him the first-ever non-Korean and Japanese actor to be nominated for the award.
===Television===
* ''[[Saka no Ue no Kumo (TV series)|Saka no Ue no Kumo]]'' (2009)


==References==
== Filmography ==

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
| 1973
|[[Tidal Wave (1973 film)|''Tidal Wave'']]
|Shoichi
|
|-
|1981
|''Gaki Teikoku''
|Choi
|
|-
|1989
|''[[Black Rain (American film)|Black Rain]]''
|Yashimoto
|1st non-Japanese film
|-
| rowspan="3" |1991
|''Au Revoir, Mon Amour''
|Keiji
|
|-
|''The Blue Jean Monster''
|Kai
|
|-
|''[[Ōte]]''
|Emisu
|
|-
|1992
|''[[Hard Boiled]]''
|Teahouse Gunman
|1st Hong Kong Film
|-
|1993
|''[[All Under the Moon]]''
|Tada
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1994
|[[Treasure Hunt (1994 film)|''Treasure Hunt'']]
|Yamamoto
|2nd Hong Kong Film
|-
|''[[Tokarefu]]''
|Det. Takahashi
|
|-
|1995
|''Heisei musekinin-ikka: Tokyo de luxe''
|Yoichi
|
|-
|1996
|[[Somebody Up There Likes Me (1996 film)|''Somebody Up There Likes Me'']]
|Japanese Trainer
|3rd Hong Kong Film
|-
| rowspan="3" |1997
|''[[Suzaku (film)|Suzaku]]''
|Kōzō Tahara
|
|-
|''Wild Life''
|Ijima
|
|-
|''Ningen isu''
|Shoichiro Shimizu
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1998
|''[[Begging for Love]]''
|Saburo Wachi
|
|-
|''[[The Story of PuPu]]''
|Kijima
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1999
|''[[Keiho]]''
|Shibata Toshimitsu
|
|-
|''[[Audition (1999 film)|Audition]]''
|Yasuhisa Yoshikawa
|
|-
|''Mayonaka made''
|Noriyuki
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2000
|''Ryûsei''
|Kirishima
|
|-
|''Dokuritsu shônen gasshô-dan''
|Michio's Father
|
|-
|''[[Chaos (2000 film)|Chaos]]''
|Inspector Hamaguchi
|
|-
|[[Face (2000 film)|''Face'']]
|Kenta Kariyama
|
|-
|''[[Gojoe]]''
|Suzaku-hougan
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2001
|[[Desert Moon (2001 film)|''Desert Moon'']]
|Kosugi
|
|-
|''[[Ichi the Killer (film)|Ichi the Killer]]''
|Funaki
|
|-
|''Ye long''
|The Contractor
|
|-
| rowspan="6" |2002
|''Misutâ rûkî''
|Yang
|
|-
|''Hi wa mata noboru''
|Koide
|
|-
|''[[Tomie: Forbidden Fruit]]''
|Kazuhiko Hashimoto
|
|-
|''[[The Laughing Frog]]''
|Akio Yoshizumi
|
|-
|''[[Alive (2002 film)|Alive]]''
|Kojima
|
|-
|''[[Sorry (2002 film)|Sorry]]''
|Sei's Father
|
|-
| rowspan="6" |2003
|''Hoshi ni negaio''
|Jin Kirishima
|
|-
|''[[Samurai Resurrection]]''
|Saemon Jinno
|
|-
|''[[9 Souls]]''
|Yamamoto
|
|-
|''[[Tsuribaka Nisshi 14]]''
|Kawashima
|
|-
|''[[Kill Bill: Volume 1]]''
|Boss Tanaka
|
|-
|''[[Dead End Run]]''
|Jun
|
|-
| rowspan="8" |2004
|''[[Half a Confession]]''
|Manabu Uemura
|
|-
|''[[Kill Bill: Volume 2]]''
|Boss Tanaka
|
|-
|[[Umizaru (film)|''Umizaru'']]
|Admiral Masaki Igarashi
|
|-
|''[[69 (film)|69]]''
|Sasaki
|
|-
|''[[Vital (film)|Vital]]''
|Hideyoshi Ooyama
|
|-
|''[[Blood and Bones]]''
|Yong-sang Jo
|
|-
|''[[Lady Joker]]''
|Satoru Hirase
|
|-
|''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]''
|Major Komuro
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |2005
|''Fuyu no Undoukai''
|Kitazawa Ryousuke
|
|-
|''[[Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean]]''
|Matoi Tokioka
|
|-
|''Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi''
|Kataoka
|
|-
|[[Hanging Garden (2005 film)|''Hanging Garden'']]
|Dan Kyobashi
|
|-
| rowspan="6" |2006
|''[[Limit of Love: Umizaru]]''
|Masaki Igarashi
|
|-
|''[[Hana (film)|Hana]]''
|Isekan
|
|-
|''[[Baruto no Gakuen]]''
|Takagi
|
|-
|''[[Sinking of Japan]]''
|Kyosuke Nozaki
|
|-
|''Children''
|Shugoro Kihara
|
|-
|''Tsubakiyama Kacho no Nanokakan''
|Daisuke Ichikawa
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2007
|[[Three for the Road (2007 film)|''Three for the Road'']]
|Rental Salesman
|
|-
|''[[Silk (2007 film)|Silk]]''
|Umon
|
|-
| rowspan="7" |2008
|''[[Team Batista no Eikō]]''
|Gonta Takashina
|
|-
|''[[Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess]]''
|Nagakura
|
|-
|''[[God's Puzzle]]''
|Murakami
|
|-
|''[[Paco and the Magical Book]]''
|Kinomoto
|
|-
|''Yesterdays''
|Akihiko Yanagida
|
|-
|''[[K-20: Legend of the Mask]]''
|Genji
|
|-
|''Miyagino''
|Sharaku
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2009
|''King of the Escape''
|Kanemura
|
|-
|''[[Mt. Tsurugidake]]''
|Seiichiro Yaguchi
|
|-
| rowspan="8" |2010
|''Saru Lock the Movie''
|Ogasawara
|
|-
|''After the Flowers''
|Jinzaemon Terat
|
|-
|''[[My Darling Is a Foreigner]]''
|Noriyuki Oguri
|
|-
|''Sunshine Ahead''
|Tatsuhei Hiki
|
|-
|''[[Outrage (2010 film)|Outrage]]''
|Ikemoto
|
|-
|''[[Here Comes the Bride, My Mom!]]''
|Akira Murakami
|
|-
|''[[Saya Zamurai]]''
|The Lord
|
|-
|''Aibou: The Movie II''
|Muneo Hasegawa
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2011
|''Synchronicity Shinju Tenshi''
|Ai's Father
|
|-
|''Moonlight Mask''
|The Impresario
|
|-
|''Monsters Club''
|Mr. Kakiuchi
|
|-
|2012
|''[[Reunion (2012 film)|Reunion]]''
|Yoshito Shibata
|
|-
| rowspan="8" |2013
|''[[A Story of Yonosuke]]''
|Mr. Yosano
|
|-
|''The Incredible Truth''
|Sato Tsuyoshi
|
|-
|''[[Like Father, Like Son (2013 film)|Like Father, Like Son]]''
|Kazushi Kamiyama
|
|-
|''[[The Wind Rises]]''
|Hattori (voice)
|Japanese-language version
|-
|''[[A Boy Called H]]''
|Yoshimura
|
|-
|''[[Why Don't You Play in Hell?]]''
|Muto
|
|-
|''[[Unforgiven (2013 film)|Unforgiven]]''
|Masaharu Kitaoji
|
|-
|''Asa Hiru Ban''
|Asamoto
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2014
|''[[Dakishimetai: Shinjitsu no Monogatari]]''
|Toshiro
|
|-
|''[[The World of Kanako]]''
|Dr. Tsujimura
|
|-
|''[[Parasyte: Part 1]]''
|[[Parasyte#Humans|Det. Hirama]]
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |2015
|[[Attack on Titan (film)|''Attack on Titan'']]
|Kubal / Colossal Titan
|
|-
|''At Home''
|Genji
|
|-
|''[[Parasyte: Part 2]]''
|[[Parasyte#Humans|Det. Hirama]]
|
|-
|''[[The Big Bee]]''
|Nakatsuka
|
|-
| rowspan="6" |2016
|''Kokoro''
|Daisuke
|
|-
|''[[Chihayafuru Part 1]]''
| rowspan="2" |Hideo Harada
|
|-
|''[[Chihayafuru Part 2]]''
|
|-
|''[[The Wailing (2016 film)|The Wailing]]''
|The Japanese Man
|South Korean film
|-
|''[[Shin Godzilla]]''
|Chief of Staff Masao Zaizen
|
|-
|''[[Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate]]''
|Takumi Ukawa
|
|-
| rowspan="6" |2017
|''Hamon: Yakuza Boogie''
|Katsuji Shimada
|
|-
|''[[Mumon: The Land of Stealth]]''
|[[Kitabatake Tomonori]]
|
|-
|''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I]]''
|Ryohei Higashikata
|
|-
|''[[Manhunt (2017 film)|Manhunt]]''
|Yoshihiro Sakai
|Chinese-Hong Kong-Japanese Co-Produced Film
|-
|[[Fullmetal Alchemist (film)|''Fullmetal Alchemist'']]
|[[List of Fullmetal Alchemist characters#Tim Marcoh|Tim Marcoh]]
|
|-
|''Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura''
|Chief Daibutsu
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2018
|''Punk Samurai Slash Down''
|Shuzen Oura
|
|-
|''The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan''
|Toshio
|
|-
|''Our Departures''
|Setsuo Okuzono
|
|-
|''[[Chihayafuru Part 3]]''
|Hideo Harada
|
|-
|''Jû-nen: Ten Years Japan''
|Shigeta
|Segment: "Itazura dômei"
|-
| rowspan="4" |2019
|''[[The Great War of Archimedes]]''
|Marshal Admiral [[Osami Nagano]]
|
|-
|''Taro the Fool''
|Oda
|
|-
|''The Witness''
|Takashi Hirayama
|
|-
|''[[Midway (2019 film)|Midway]]''
|[[Vice admiral|Vice Admiral]] [[Chūichi Nagumo]]
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |2020
|''Step''
|
|
|-
|''[[Minamata (film)|Minamata]]''
| Junichi Nojima
|
|-
|''Tracing Her Shadow''
|
|
|-
|''[[Poupelle of Chimney Town (film)|Poupelle of Chimney Tow]]''
|Dan (voice)
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2021
|''Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction''
|Daisaku Nikaidō
|
|-
|''Gift of Fire''
|
|
|-
|''Zokki''
|
|
|-
|''Suicide Forest Village''
|
|
|-
|''[[Kate (film)|Kate]]''
| Kijima
|
|-
|rowspan="2" |2022
|''Just Remembering''
|Nakaido
|
|-
|''I Am Makimoto''
|
|
|-
|rowspan="3" |2023
|''[[The Roundup: No Way Out]]''
|Ichijo-gumi's Chairman
|South Korean film<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/100450/|title= 犯罪都市 NO WAY OUT|access-date= November 7, 2023|work= eiga.com}}</ref>
|-
|''[[The Boy and the Heron]]''
|The Parakeet King (voice)
|<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:「君たちはどう生きるか」ストーリー、声優、主題歌が明らかに|url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/532717|website=[[Natalie (website)|Eiga Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 14, 2023|language=ja|date=July 14, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|''Tokyo Cowboy''
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url= https://hiff.org/events/tokyocowboy/|title= TOKYO COWBOY|access-date= November 16, 2023|work= Hawaii International Film Festival}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2" |2024
|''Bushido''
|Yorozuya Genbei
|<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/542398|title= 草なぎ剛×白石和彌「碁盤斬り」に清原果耶、中川大志、斎藤工、小泉今日子、國村隼ら|access-date= September 29, 2023|work= Natalie}}</ref>
|-
|''The Yin Yang Master Zero''
|Kamo no Tadayuki
|<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/100612/|title= 陰陽師0|access-date= December 7, 2023|work= eiga.com}}</ref>
|-
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Network
! Notes
! class="unsortable"| Ref.
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Aikotoba wa Yūki]]''
| Kagetora Anzai
| [[Fuji TV]]
|
|
|-
| 2008
| ''Andō Natsu''
| Umekichi Yasuda
| [[Tokyo Broadcasting System Television|TBS]]
|
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Saka no Ue no Kumo (TV series)|Saka no Ue no Kumo]]''
| [[Kawakami Soroku]]
| [[NHK]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2012
| ''[[Carnation (TV series)|Carnation]]''
| Kiichi Hanamura
| NHK
| ''[[Asadora]]''
|
|-
| ''[[Taira no Kiyomori (TV series)|Taira no Kiyomori]]''
| [[Fujiwara no Tadazane]]
| NHK
| [[Taiga drama|''Taiga'' drama]]
| <ref>{{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/program/0000006598/cast/|title= 平清盛の出演者・キャスト一覧|access-date= April 26, 2024|work= The Television}}</ref>
|-
| 2014
| ''Alice no Toge''
|
| TBS
|
|
|-
| 2015
| ''Keisei Saimin no Otoko Part 3''
| Takashi Miki
| NHK
| TV movie
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2016
| ''[[Shizumanu Taiyō]]''
|
| [[Wowow]]
|
|
|-
| ''Ishikawa Goemon''
| [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]
| [[TV Tokyo]]
|
|
|-
| 2017
| ''Hello, Detective Hedgehog''
|
| TBS
|
|
|-
| 2019–2021
| ''[[The Naked Director]]''
| Iori Furuya
| [[Netflix]]
| 2 seasons
|
|-
| 2020
| ''Gift of Fire''
| [[Bunsaku Arakatsu]]
| NHK
| TV movie
|
|-
| rowspan=3|2021
| ''Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses''
| Section chief
| NHK
| Miniseries
| <ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/431859|title= オダギリジョー脚本・演出のドラマ「オリバーな犬」NHKで放送、主演は池松壮亮|accessdate= 16 June 2021|work= Natalie}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Japan Sinks: People of Hope]]''
| Professor Tōru Sera
| TBS
|
| <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.crank-in.net/news/93676/1|title= 國村隼『日本沈没』出演 "田所博士"香川照之と対立する重要キャラ|access-date= 8 September 2021|work= Crank-in!}}</ref>
|-
| ''Isoroku Yamamoto in London''
| [[Tsuneo Matsudaira]]
| NHK
| TV movie
| <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2215882/full/|title= 香取慎吾主演『倫敦ノ山本五十六』追加キャストに高良健吾&片岡愛之助ら メインビジュアルも公開|access-date= December 9, 2021|work= Oricon}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|2022
| ''[[The 13 Lords of the Shogun]]''
| [[Ōba Kagechika]]
| NHK
| ''Taiga'' drama
|<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202107090000588.html|title= NHK大河「鎌倉殿の13人」国村隼が大庭景親役|access-date= 9 July 2021|work= Nikkan Sports}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Modern Love Tokyo]]''
| Yoshimoto
| [[Amazon Prime Video]]
| Episode 5
| <ref>{{cite web |url= https://realsound.jp/movie/2022/09/post-1134840.html|title= 『モダンラブ・東京』新キャストに高良健吾、三浦透子ら 本予告＆キービジュアルも公開|access-date= September 26, 2022|work= Real Sound}}</ref>
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Trillion Game]]''
| Kazuma Kokuryū
| TBS
|
| <ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:ドラマ「トリリオンゲーム」ドラゴンバンク経営者・黒龍役は國村隼、長瀬役は竹財輝之助|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/529697|website=[[Natalie (website)|Comic Natalie]]|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=June 27, 2023|language=ja|date=June 22, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| TBA
| ''[[Sunny (upcoming TV series)|Sunny]]''
| Yuki Tanaka
| [[Apple TV+]]
|
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/sunny-rashida-jones-apple-tv-dark-comedy-series-cast-joanna-sotomura-more-1235155716/|title=''Sunny'': Rashida Jones' Apple TV+ Dark Comedy Series Rounds Out Cast With Joanna Sotomura, 4 More|date=October 26, 2022|first=Denise|last=Petski|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=October 26, 2022}}</ref>
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2016
| rowspan="2"| [[37th Blue Dragon Film Awards]]
| Best Supporting Actor
| rowspan="4"| {{center|''[[The Wailing (2016 film)|The Wailing]]''}}
| {{won}} <ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/asia/inside-men-the-wailing-korea-blue-dragon-awards-1201926853/|title='Inside Men,' 'The Wailing' Top Korea's Blue Dragon Awards|work=Variety|date=25 November 2016|access-date=27 November 2016}}</ref>
|-
| Popular Star Award
| {{won}} <ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/asia/inside-men-the-wailing-korea-blue-dragon-awards-1201926853/|title='Inside Men,' 'The Wailing' Top Korea's Blue Dragon Awards|work=Variety|date=25 November 2016|access-date=27 November 2016}}</ref>
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| [[25th Buil Film Awards]]
| Best Supporting Actor
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| 2017
| [[11th Asian Film Awards]]
| [[Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| {{nom}}
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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 08:22, 9 May 2024

Jun Kunimura
國村隼
Jun Kunimura in 2019
Born
Yoshihiro Yonemura

(1955-11-15) 15 November 1955 (age 68)
Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active1976–present
Japanese name
Kanji國村 隼
Hiraganaくにむら じゅん
Katakanaクニムラ ジュン
Japanese name
Kanji米村 喜洋
Hiraganaよねむら よしひろ
Katakanaヨネムラ ヨシヒロ
Websitet.me/junkunimura

Jun Kunimura (國村 隼, Kunimura Jun, born Yoshihiro Yonemura (米村 喜洋, Yonemura Yoshihiro); 15 November 1955) is a Japanese actor who has performed in Japan, Hollywood and Hong Kong. He won Best Supporting Actor and the Popular Star Award at the 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards for his performance in the South Korean horror film The Wailing, directed by Na Hong-jin.

Early life and education[edit]

Kunimura was born Yoshihiro Yonemura (米村 喜洋 Yonemura Yoshihiro) in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, but his family moved to Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture soon after, before moving again to Osaka when he was two years old. He graduated from a theatre program operated by the Osaka Broadcasting Corporation, a theatre company owned and operated by a local NHK affiliate. He has cited actor Yūsaku Matsuda as an influence.

Career[edit]

Kunimura began his acting career with a bit part in Shirō Moritani's 1973 disaster film Tidal Wave. He went on to appear in the TV dramas Ayu no Uta and Yôi don, before holding his first starring role in Kazuyuki Izutsu's Gaki Teikoku.[1] Throughout the late 80s and early 90s, he appeared in a number of Hong Kong-produced films, including a prominent cameo role in John Woo's Hard Boiled, as a Triad gunman in the film's opening teahouse shootout. In 1989, he starred in his first American film, Black Rain. The Ridley Scott-helmed Yakuza action film was shot on-location in Kunimura's hometown of Osaka, and starred his mentor Yūsaku Matsuda.

Kunimura is known internationally for his work with Western directors such as Ridley Scott, Quentin Tarantino, and Roland Emmerich.[2] He has collaborated with prominent Japanese filmmakers like Takashi Miike, Lee Sang-il, Hideaki Anno, and Ryuhei Kitamura. In 2016, he starred in Na Hong-jin's Korean horror film The Wailing, which earned him critical and popular acclaim. It earned him the Best Supporting Actor and Popular Star Awards at the 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards, making him the first-ever non-Korean and Japanese actor to be nominated for the award.

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1973 Tidal Wave Shoichi
1981 Gaki Teikoku Choi
1989 Black Rain Yashimoto 1st non-Japanese film
1991 Au Revoir, Mon Amour Keiji
The Blue Jean Monster Kai
Ōte Emisu
1992 Hard Boiled Teahouse Gunman 1st Hong Kong Film
1993 All Under the Moon Tada
1994 Treasure Hunt Yamamoto 2nd Hong Kong Film
Tokarefu Det. Takahashi
1995 Heisei musekinin-ikka: Tokyo de luxe Yoichi
1996 Somebody Up There Likes Me Japanese Trainer 3rd Hong Kong Film
1997 Suzaku Kōzō Tahara
Wild Life Ijima
Ningen isu Shoichiro Shimizu
1998 Begging for Love Saburo Wachi
The Story of PuPu Kijima
1999 Keiho Shibata Toshimitsu
Audition Yasuhisa Yoshikawa
Mayonaka made Noriyuki
2000 Ryûsei Kirishima
Dokuritsu shônen gasshô-dan Michio's Father
Chaos Inspector Hamaguchi
Face Kenta Kariyama
Gojoe Suzaku-hougan
2001 Desert Moon Kosugi
Ichi the Killer Funaki
Ye long The Contractor
2002 Misutâ rûkî Yang
Hi wa mata noboru Koide
Tomie: Forbidden Fruit Kazuhiko Hashimoto
The Laughing Frog Akio Yoshizumi
Alive Kojima
Sorry Sei's Father
2003 Hoshi ni negaio Jin Kirishima
Samurai Resurrection Saemon Jinno
9 Souls Yamamoto
Tsuribaka Nisshi 14 Kawashima
Kill Bill: Volume 1 Boss Tanaka
Dead End Run Jun
2004 Half a Confession Manabu Uemura
Kill Bill: Volume 2 Boss Tanaka
Umizaru Admiral Masaki Igarashi
69 Sasaki
Vital Hideyoshi Ooyama
Blood and Bones Yong-sang Jo
Lady Joker Satoru Hirase
Godzilla: Final Wars Major Komuro
2005 Fuyu no Undoukai Kitazawa Ryousuke
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean Matoi Tokioka
Negotiator: Mashita Masayoshi Kataoka
Hanging Garden Dan Kyobashi
2006 Limit of Love: Umizaru Masaki Igarashi
Hana Isekan
Baruto no Gakuen Takagi
Sinking of Japan Kyosuke Nozaki
Children Shugoro Kihara
Tsubakiyama Kacho no Nanokakan Daisuke Ichikawa
2007 Three for the Road Rental Salesman
Silk Umon
2008 Team Batista no Eikō Gonta Takashina
Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess Nagakura
God's Puzzle Murakami
Paco and the Magical Book Kinomoto
Yesterdays Akihiko Yanagida
K-20: Legend of the Mask Genji
Miyagino Sharaku
2009 King of the Escape Kanemura
Mt. Tsurugidake Seiichiro Yaguchi
2010 Saru Lock the Movie Ogasawara
After the Flowers Jinzaemon Terat
My Darling Is a Foreigner Noriyuki Oguri
Sunshine Ahead Tatsuhei Hiki
Outrage Ikemoto
Here Comes the Bride, My Mom! Akira Murakami
Saya Zamurai The Lord
Aibou: The Movie II Muneo Hasegawa
2011 Synchronicity Shinju Tenshi Ai's Father
Moonlight Mask The Impresario
Monsters Club Mr. Kakiuchi
2012 Reunion Yoshito Shibata
2013 A Story of Yonosuke Mr. Yosano
The Incredible Truth Sato Tsuyoshi
Like Father, Like Son Kazushi Kamiyama
The Wind Rises Hattori (voice) Japanese-language version
A Boy Called H Yoshimura
Why Don't You Play in Hell? Muto
Unforgiven Masaharu Kitaoji
Asa Hiru Ban Asamoto
2014 Dakishimetai: Shinjitsu no Monogatari Toshiro
The World of Kanako Dr. Tsujimura
Parasyte: Part 1 Det. Hirama
2015 Attack on Titan Kubal / Colossal Titan
At Home Genji
Parasyte: Part 2 Det. Hirama
The Big Bee Nakatsuka
2016 Kokoro Daisuke
Chihayafuru Part 1 Hideo Harada
Chihayafuru Part 2
The Wailing The Japanese Man South Korean film
Shin Godzilla Chief of Staff Masao Zaizen
Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate Takumi Ukawa
2017 Hamon: Yakuza Boogie Katsuji Shimada
Mumon: The Land of Stealth Kitabatake Tomonori
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I Ryohei Higashikata
Manhunt Yoshihiro Sakai Chinese-Hong Kong-Japanese Co-Produced Film
Fullmetal Alchemist Tim Marcoh
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura Chief Daibutsu
2018 Punk Samurai Slash Down Shuzen Oura
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan Toshio
Our Departures Setsuo Okuzono
Chihayafuru Part 3 Hideo Harada
Jû-nen: Ten Years Japan Shigeta Segment: "Itazura dômei"
2019 The Great War of Archimedes Marshal Admiral Osami Nagano
Taro the Fool Oda
The Witness Takashi Hirayama
Midway Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo
2020 Step
Minamata Junichi Nojima
Tracing Her Shadow
Poupelle of Chimney Tow Dan (voice)
2021 Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction Daisaku Nikaidō
Gift of Fire
Zokki
Suicide Forest Village
Kate Kijima
2022 Just Remembering Nakaido
I Am Makimoto
2023 The Roundup: No Way Out Ichijo-gumi's Chairman South Korean film[3]
The Boy and the Heron The Parakeet King (voice) [4]
Tokyo Cowboy [5]
2024 Bushido Yorozuya Genbei [6]
The Yin Yang Master Zero Kamo no Tadayuki [7]

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2000 Aikotoba wa Yūki Kagetora Anzai Fuji TV
2008 Andō Natsu Umekichi Yasuda TBS
2009 Saka no Ue no Kumo Kawakami Soroku NHK
2012 Carnation Kiichi Hanamura NHK Asadora
Taira no Kiyomori Fujiwara no Tadazane NHK Taiga drama [8]
2014 Alice no Toge TBS
2015 Keisei Saimin no Otoko Part 3 Takashi Miki NHK TV movie
2016 Shizumanu Taiyō Wowow
Ishikawa Goemon Toyotomi Hideyoshi TV Tokyo
2017 Hello, Detective Hedgehog TBS
2019–2021 The Naked Director Iori Furuya Netflix 2 seasons
2020 Gift of Fire Bunsaku Arakatsu NHK TV movie
2021 Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses Section chief NHK Miniseries [9]
Japan Sinks: People of Hope Professor Tōru Sera TBS [10]
Isoroku Yamamoto in London Tsuneo Matsudaira NHK TV movie [11]
2022 The 13 Lords of the Shogun Ōba Kagechika NHK Taiga drama [12]
Modern Love Tokyo Yoshimoto Amazon Prime Video Episode 5 [13]
2023 Trillion Game Kazuma Kokuryū TBS [14]
TBA Sunny Yuki Tanaka Apple TV+ [15]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2016 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Supporting Actor
The Wailing
 Won [16]
Popular Star Award Won [17]
25th Buil Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated
2017 11th Asian Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Akumade hishatai de aritai". Dōraku. Asahi Shinbun. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Konkai no "Gokujō Kūkan"". BS Asahi. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  3. ^ "犯罪都市 NO WAY OUT". eiga.com. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  4. ^ 「君たちはどう生きるか」ストーリー、声優、主題歌が明らかに. Eiga Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  5. ^ "TOKYO COWBOY". Hawaii International Film Festival. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  6. ^ "草なぎ剛×白石和彌「碁盤斬り」に清原果耶、中川大志、斎藤工、小泉今日子、國村隼ら". Natalie. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  7. ^ "陰陽師0". eiga.com. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  8. ^ "平清盛の出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  9. ^ "オダギリジョー脚本・演出のドラマ「オリバーな犬」NHKで放送、主演は池松壮亮". Natalie. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  10. ^ "國村隼『日本沈没』出演 "田所博士"香川照之と対立する重要キャラ". Crank-in!. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  11. ^ "香取慎吾主演『倫敦ノ山本五十六』追加キャストに高良健吾&片岡愛之助ら メインビジュアルも公開". Oricon. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  12. ^ "NHK大河「鎌倉殿の13人」国村隼が大庭景親役". Nikkan Sports. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  13. ^ "『モダンラブ・東京』新キャストに高良健吾、三浦透子ら 本予告＆キービジュアルも公開". Real Sound. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  14. ^ ドラマ「トリリオンゲーム」ドラゴンバンク経営者・黒龍役は國村隼、長瀬役は竹財輝之助. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  15. ^ Petski, Denise (26 October 2022). "Sunny: Rashida Jones' Apple TV+ Dark Comedy Series Rounds Out Cast With Joanna Sotomura, 4 More". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  16. ^ "'Inside Men,' 'The Wailing' Top Korea's Blue Dragon Awards". Variety. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  17. ^ "'Inside Men,' 'The Wailing' Top Korea's Blue Dragon Awards". Variety. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

External links[edit]

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