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 f...
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 (Cast)
Bravo, Young Guy
Oración
Tomorrow
Sanjuro
The Hidden Blade
The Sword of Doom
The Face of Another
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Kwaidan
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
The Bad Sleep Well
My Sons
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
The Wild Trucker
The Bullet Train
The Inheritance
Tenchu!
Demon
Goyokin
Dodes'ka-den
Tora-san to the Rescue
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
Cash Calls Hell
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
Ronin-gai
The Demon
The Sun's Burial
Tale of Ninja Duty
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den
Sword of the Beast
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga