Kunie Tanaka
ActingKunie 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
Okuno Shōgen
The Last Ronin
2010
Kanbê Katagiri
The Hidden Blade
2004
Fukumimi
2003
Masato Sakurai
The Boat to Heaven
2003
演员
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
Dr. Saito
Yomigaeri
2003
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
2002
Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
2002
演员
北の国から記憶
2002
Kewaishi
2002
Chouichirou Iwata
All About Our House
2001
Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
As the River Flows
2000
Inoue
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1998
The Rainbow Seeker 2
1997
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1997
Tsune-san
The Rainbow Seeker
1996
Tattsan
Oishinbo
1996
Ship Captain
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995
Salaryman Senka
1995
TV Shows
Genkichi
The Sun in Kurobe
2009
The Password is Courage
2000
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
Han-Emon of Otowa
Baian the Assassin
1991
Private Detective Dobu
1991
Rice Curry
1986
Goru Kuroita (黑板五郎)
From the Northern Country
1981
ボオルチュ
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
1980
Kintaro
Older brother
1977
Nangou Goro
Dazzling Cops
1977
Yoshitoshi Kogure
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
1975
Tatsuno
Submersion of Japan
1974
蛙ヶ池の仙太
The Shin Hasegawa Series
1972
The Saturday Tiger
1966
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