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.
Acting (253 movies)
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968
Kwaidan
1965
Sanjuro
1962
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
1993
Dodes'ka-den
1970
The Hidden Blade
2004
Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
1983
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
Resurrection
2003
Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms
1969
A Fishmonger's Tour
1963
Shy Security
1991
The Wolves
1971
Zorome no San Kyoudai
1972
In Broad Daylight
1968
Fukumimi
2003
The Face of Another
1966
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
1992
The Crimson Sky
1962
The Human Bullet
1968
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1997
Sword of the Beast
1965
Women and Miso Soup
1968
Okashina yatsu
1963
Goyokin
1969
Rebel Against Glory
1970
The Sword of Doom
1966
Pitfall
1962
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966
The School Deviate Waru
1973
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
1974
Tonga Adventure Family
1982
Japan's Don
1977
How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
1968
Young People
1968
Banner of the Young
1970
Forward, Young People!
1969
The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
1969
All About Our House
2001
The Undercover Ninja Organization
1983
Station
1981
Demon
1985
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Battle Cry
1975
At This Late Date, the Charleston
1981
Luminous Moss
1992
A Class to Remember
1993
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
1970
Duel at Fort Ezo
1970
The Desperate
1964
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
Graveyard of Honor
1975
Troubleman Laughs and Kills
1979
Young Guy at Sea
1965
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
Three Rogues
1968
The House of Wedlock
1986
Young Guy in the South Pacific
1967
Bravo, Young Guy
1970
Evil of Dracula
1974
Karate Cop
1982
Free and Easy Special
1994
As the River Flows
2000
The Last Ronin
2010
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
1979
Kewaishi
2002
The Boat to Heaven
2003
The Rainbow Seeker
1996
Big Shots Die at Dawn
1961
Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu
1971
River of Forever
1967
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
1990
Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
1975
幽霊列車
1978
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
1964
Hidden Fangs
1961
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
北の国から記憶
2002
Winter's Flower
1978
Tasmania Story
1990
Tokimeki Coast Story
1984
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
Murder in the Doll House
1979
Castle of Sand
1991
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
1995
Seasonal Wind
1977
Doterai Man
1975
Private Detective DOBU 1
1981
Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
2002
Blood Type: Blue
1978
The Merciless Trap
1961
The Inheritance
1962
Charming Men
1970
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
1968
Choji Snack Bar
1983
Red Diamond
1964
Stray Dog
1973
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