Kunie Tanaka
Actor
- Born
- November 23, 1932 · Toki, Gifu, Japan
- Died
- March 24, 2021 (age 88)
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 for
Sanjuro
January 1, 1962
Kwaidan
January 6, 1965
The Bad Sleep Well
September 19, 1960
The Face of Another
July 15, 1966
The Sword of Doom
February 25, 1966
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
November 20, 1959
Dodes'ka-den
October 31, 1970
The Hidden Blade
October 30, 2004
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
January 13, 1973
Pitfall
July 1, 1962
Sword of the Beast
September 18, 1965
Goyokin
May 1, 1969
Acting279
- 2010The Last Ronin as Okuno Shōgen
- 2004The Hidden Blade as Kanbê Katagiri
- 2003Fukumimi
- 2003The Boat to Heaven as Masato Sakurai
- 2003北の国から 記憶 前編 as 演员
- 2003Yomigaeri as Dr. Saito
- 2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' as Self
- 2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' as Self
- 2002Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
- 2002北の国から記憶 as 演员