Kunie Tanaka
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Kwaidan
1965
as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
The Bad Sleep Well
1960
as Hitman
Sanjuro
1962
as Samurai
The Face of Another
1966
as Mentally Ill Man #1
The Inferno
1979
as Unpei Ikegata
The Bullet Train
1975
as Koga's Brother
The Sword of Doom
1966
as Senkichi
May Love Be Restored
1980
as Yugiri-ro client
Blood Type: Blue
1978
Dodes'ka-den
1970
as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
as Masakichi Makihara
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
as Obara Nitôhei
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
as Masakichi Makihara
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978
as Rikichi Komadera
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
Never Give Up
1978
as Bartender
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
as Masakichi Makihara
Graveyard of Honor
1975
as Katsuji Ozaki
Japan's Don
1977
Manhunt
1976
as Yokomichi Keiji