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.
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.
Known For
281 titles
Operation Sewer Rats
The Sun's Burial
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
The Demon
Rice Curry
Third Generation Boss
Yakuza of the Present
The Last Ronin
Choji Snack Bar
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
The Human Bullet
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
Lucky Dragon No. 5
Young Guy in Hawaii
Winter's Flower
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
Demon
Sugata Sanshiro
Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
Dynamite Don-Don
Hymn to a Tired Man
Pitfall
Private Detective Dobu
Hobo General
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