Kunie Tanaka

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.

Filmografi

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity1959 · Obara NitôheiKwaidan1965 · Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")Young Guy Graduates1969 · Sanjuro1962 · SamuraiThe Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop1987 · Yutaro HatoriThe Face of Another1966 · Mentally Ill Man #1The Bad Sleep Well1960 · HitmanGraveyard of Honor1975 · Katsuji KozakiThe Bullet Train1975 · Koga's BrotherThe Sword of Doom1966 · SenkichiStation1981 · SugawaraThe Last Judgment1965 · White Love1979 · A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment1963 · Third Class Soldier Boss1966 · Dodes'ka-den1970 · Hatsutaro KawaguchiKewaishi2002 · The love song of farewell later1991 · The Bride of the Ghost Lake1979 · Inspector Joichi UnoBattles Without Honor and Humanity1973 · Masakichi MakiharaPath of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack1975 · The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 3 - I Saw a Woman's Corpse in the Steam of Beppu Onsen!1987 · Yutaro HatoriVillage of Eight Gravestones1977 · The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 2 - I Saw the Bride's Corpse in the Sea of Toba!1986 · Yutaro Hatori