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 For70
The Bullet Train
Sanjuro
The Shootout
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Graveyard of Honor
Manhunt
The Sword of Doom
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Goyokin
Ronin-gai
Tenchu!
Never Give Up
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Sword of the Beast
Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
Cops vs. Thugs
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
Karate Cop
The School Deviate Waru
Cash Calls Hell
Shimane Prison Riot
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
Japan's Top Gangster
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
The Threat
Tale of Ninja Duty
The Machine Gun Dragon
Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
Three Yakuza
Sugata Sanshiro
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
Outlaw: Black Dagger
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
The Wild Trucker
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
Duel at Fort Ezo
Dynamite Don-Don
Birth of a Fighter
Sasuke and His Comedians
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
The Truck Rascals Go to The North
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
Zorome no San Kyoudai
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
Rebel Against Glory
Great Jailbreak
Young Guy at Sea
The Undercover Ninja Organization
Hell Festival
Big Shots Die at Dawn
Punishment of a Lawless Villian
The Thief and the Expelled Master
Three Rogues
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
Shingo's Final Duel
Private Detective DOBU 1
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
Hangyaku no Tabi
