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
Koto—The Lake of Tears
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
Early Spring Story
Hidden Fangs
The Crimson Sky
間諜
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
Pink Lady's Motion Picture
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
The Great Department Store Robbery
Silence Has No Wings
北の国から 記憶 前編
Duel at Fort Ezo
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
The Front Line Showdown
The Woman Champion
Yakuza G-Men
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
The Boat to Heaven
Tomorrow
Outlaw: Black Dagger
The Desperate
Kewaishi
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