Kunie Tanaka

Known for ActingBorn 1932-11-23Died 2021-03-24Toki, Gifu, Japan

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Fukumimi

Baian the Assassin

Highschool Scramble

Return of the Champ

Sugata Sanshiro

Hobo General

Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack

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

Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man

The Woman Champion

A Fishmonger's Tour

As the River Flows

Mourning Work

The Great Department Store Robbery

Karate Cop

The Last Game

The Truck Rascals Go to The North

Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On

300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations

My Voiceless Friends

Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu

The Instant Services Bureau

Charming Men

Women and Miso Soup

Young People

Cry of the Mountain

River of Forever

Abashiri Prison: Challenge to the Evil

Kita no kuni kara

The Bullet and the Horse

Prison Walls of Abashiri 4

Sensation Seekers

The Crimson Sky

Kewaishi

Take Me Out to the Snowland

Tasmania Story

Doterai Man

The Boat to Heaven

The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

Pride of the Campus

Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu

The Last Judgment

Rainbow Bridge

Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1

Hoshi wo tsugu mono

Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo

Tomorrow

The House of Wedlock