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.
Birthday: 23 November 1932
Birth place: Toki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Known for: Acting
Movies known for
Hymn to a Tired Man
Kwaidan
Sanjuro
Tora-san to the Rescue
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
Dodes'ka-den
The Hidden Blade
Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Resurrection
Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms
A Fishmonger's Tour
Shy Security
The Wolves
Zorome no San Kyoudai
In Broad Daylight
Fukumimi
The Face of Another
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
The Crimson Sky
The Human Bullet
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
Sword of the Beast
Women and Miso Soup
Okashina yatsu
Goyokin
Rebel Against Glory
The Sword of Doom
Pitfall
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
The School Deviate Waru
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
Tonga Adventure Family
Japan's Don
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
Young People
Forward, Young People!
Banner of the Young
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
All About Our House
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The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
The Shin Hasegawa Series
世界で一番熱い夏
The Sun in Kurobe