Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

November 22, 1932 (92 years old)

Place of Birth

Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

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.

Known For

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms

Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode

Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case

Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case

Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case

Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case

Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'

The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth

300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations

Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country

New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm

Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack

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