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Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Actor · Born 1932-11-23 · Toki, Gifu, Japan

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Biography

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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Sanjuro (1962) — Samurai
  2. Kwaidan (1965) — Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
  3. The Bad Sleep Well (1960) — Hitman
  4. The Face of Another (1966) — Mentally Ill Man #1
  5. The Sword of Doom (1966) — Senkichi
  6. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) — Obara Nitôhei
  7. Dodes'ka-den (1970) — Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
  8. The Hidden Blade (2004) — Kanbê Katagiri
  9. Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) — Masakichi Makihara
  10. Pitfall (1962) — Man in White Suit
  11. Sword of the Beast (1965) — Tanji
  12. Goyokin (1969) — Hirosuke
  13. The Bullet Train (1975) — Koga's Brother
  14. Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973) — Masakichi Makihara
  15. Graveyard of Honor (1975) — Katsuji Kozaki
  16. Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966) — Storyteller
  17. Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974) — Masakichi Makihara
  18. Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974) — Masakichi Makihara
  19. Evil of Dracula (1974) — Dr. Shimomura
  20. Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
  21. Tenchu! (1969) — Rokkaku Prison Officer
  22. The Demon (1978) — Policeman
  23. The Sun's Burial (1960) — Thief
  24. The Inheritance (1962)
  25. Cops vs. Thugs (1975) — Kinpachi Komiya
  26. The Wolves (1971) — Matsuzo Tsumura
  27. Manhunt (1976) — Yokomichi Keiji
  28. Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978) — Rikichi Komadera
  29. New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974) — Gen Sakagami
  30. Silence Has No Wings (1966)
  31. Yomigaeri (2003) — Dr. Saito
  32. The Last Ronin (2010)
  33. Ronin-gai (1990) — Magozaemon Doi
  34. The Human Bullet (1968) — Platoon Leader
  35. Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict (1993) — Buddhist Priest
  36. Cash Calls Hell (1966) — Umegaya
  37. The Battle of Okinawa (1971)
  38. Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (1974) — Daisuke Jigen
  39. Station (1981) — Sugawara
  40. My Sons (1991)