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.
Filmography
The Last Ronin
2010
as Okuno Shōgen
The Hidden Blade
2004
as Kanbê Katagiri
Fukumimi
2003
The Boat to Heaven
2003
as Masato Sakurai
北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
as 演员
Yomigaeri
2003
as Dr. Saito
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
2002
as Self
Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
2002
北の国から記憶
2002
as 演员
Kewaishi
2002
All About Our House
2001
as Chouichirou Iwata
- No poster
Proof of the Man 2001
2001
As the River Flows
2000
as Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1998
as Inoue
The Rainbow Seeker 2
1997
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1997
The Rainbow Seeker
1996
as Tsune-san
Oishinbo
1996
as Tattsan
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995
as Ship Captain
Salaryman Senka
1995
北の国から ’95秘密 後編
1995
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
1995
イルカに逢える日
1994