Kunie Tanaka
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Acting · Born 1932-11-23 · age 88 at death · Toki, Gifu, Japan
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.
Titles
Sanjuro
Kwaidan
The Bad Sleep Well
The Face of Another
The Sword of Doom
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Dodes'ka-den
The Hidden Blade
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Pitfall
Sword of the Beast
The Bullet Train
Goyokin
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Graveyard of Honor
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Evil of Dracula
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Tenchu!
The Demon
The Sun's Burial
The Inheritance
Cops vs. Thugs
The Wolves
Manhunt
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Silence Has No Wings
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
The Last Ronin
Yomigaeri
Ronin-gai
The Battle of Okinawa
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
Cash Calls Hell
The Human Bullet
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
Station
My Sons
The Inferno
All About Our House
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
Village of Eight Gravestones
Outlaw: Black Dagger
Abashiri Prison
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
Never Give Up
Blood Type: Blue
From the Northern Country
The Threat
Take Me Out to the Snowland
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
Stray Dog
Demon
Early Spring Story
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
Battle Cry
Dynamite Don-Don
A Class to Remember