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
Machi no Hi
Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil
The Witty Samurai
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
Hangyaku no Tabi
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
Walleyed Nippon
Women and Miso Soup
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
Young Guy on Mt. Cook
The Woman Gambler's Revenge
It's a Man's Way of Life
Highschool Scramble
It Started In The Alps
Game of Chance 2
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
The Threat
Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den
Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
Sensation Seekers
Fukumimi
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
The Last Judgment
Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
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