Kunie Tanaka

Born in November 23rd, 1932

From 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.

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Kunie Tanaka Movies

The Hidden Blade Poster
October 16, 2005
The Bullet Train Poster
January 1, 1976
Evil of Dracula Poster
April 2, 1975
Dodes'ka-den Poster
October 1, 1970
The Face of Another Poster
June 9, 1967
The Sword of Doom Poster
July 1, 1966
Kwaidan Poster
July 15, 1965
Sanjuro Poster
May 7, 1963

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