Jun Kunimura Biography
Jun Kunimura is a Japanese actor who has appeared in the United States, Japan, and Hong Kong. At the 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards, he received Best Supporting Actor and Popular Star for his work in the South Korean horror film The Wailing, directed by Na Hong-jin.
Jun Kunimura Age
Jun Kunimura was born in Yatsushiro, Japan on 16 November 1955. She is 68 years old.
Jun Kunimura Height
Jun stands at a height of 5ft 6in/1.7m tall.
Jun Kunimura Education
Jun graduated from an Osaka Broadcasting Corporation theatrical program, a theatre group owned and maintained by a local NHK affiliate. He cites actor Ysaku Matsuda as an inspiration.
Jun Kunimura Family
Jun is very private about his parents and siblings; we will update this as soon as we receive more information.
Jun Kunimura Wife
Jun has kept mute on topics concerning his love life; it is unknown whether he is single, dating, married, or divorced; this will be updated shortly.
Jun Kunimura Net worth
Jun has an estimated net worth of $3 Million.
Jun Kunimura Career
Kunimura’s acting career began with a cameo in Shir Moritani’s 1973 catastrophe drama Tidal Wave. After appearing in the TV dramas Ayu no Uta and Yôi don, he landed his first starring role in Kazuyuki Izutsu’s Gaki Teikoku. Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, he starred in several Hong Kong-produced films, including a significant cameo part as a Triad shooter in the film’s opening teahouse shootout in John Woo’s Hard Boiled. Black Rain, his debut American feature, was released in 1989.
The Yakuza action film, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Kunimura’s mentor Ysaku Matsuda, was shot on location in Kunimura’s hometown of Osaka. He is well-known for his collaborations with Western filmmakers such as Ridley Scott, Quentin Tarantino, and Roland Emmerich. He has worked with several well-known Japanese filmmakers, including Takashi Miike, Lee Sang-il, Hideaki Anno, and Ryuhei Kitamura.
He received critical and popular acclaim for his performance in Na Hong-jin’s Korean horror film The Wailing in 2016. It earned him nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Popular Star at the 37th Blue Dragon Film Awards, making him the first non-Korean and Japanese actor to do so.
Jun Kunimura Movies and TV Shows
Movies
- 2020 Step
- 2020 Minamata -Junichi Nojima
- 2020 Tracing Her Shadow
- 2020 Poupelle of Chimney Tow -Dan (voice)
- 2021 Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction -Daisaku Nikaidō
- 2021 Gift of Fire
- 2021 Zokki
- 2021 Suicide Forest Village
- 2021 Kate -Kijima
- 2022 Just Remembering -Nakaido
- 2022 I Am Makimoto
- 2023 The Roundup: No Way Out -Ichijo Gumi’s Chairman
- 2023 The Boy and the Heron -The Parakeet King (voice)
- 2023 Tokyo Cowboy
- 2024 Goban-giri -Yorozuya Genbei
Tv Shows
- 2015 Keisei Saimin no Otoko Part 3 -Takashi Miki
- 2016 Shizumanu Taiyō
- 2016 Ishikawa Goemon -Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- 2017 Hello, Detective Hedgehog
- 2019–21 The Naked Director – Iori Furuya
- 2020 Gift of Fire -Bunsaku Arakatsu
- 2021 Japan Sinks: People of Hope -Professor Tōru Sera
- 2021 Isoroku Yamamoto in London -Tsuneo Matsudaira
- 2022 The 13 Lords of the Shogun -Ōba Kagechika
- 2022 Modern Love Tokyo -Yoshimoto
- 2023 Trillion Game -Kazuma Kokuryū
- TBA Sunny – Yuki Tanaka
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