Kunie Tanaka — Movies & TV Free

Acting · Born 1932-11-23 · Toki, Gifu, Japan

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.

Also known as: 田中邦卫

Filmography

• Hymn to a Tired Man (1968) as Hisataro Ohno — rated 8.2/10
• Kwaidan (1965) as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless") — rated 7.7/10
• Sanjuro (1962) as Samurai — rated 7.9/10
• Tora-san to the Rescue (1995) as 船长 — rated 7.8/10
• Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict (1993) as Buddhist Priest — rated 7.5/10
• Dodes'ka-den (1970) as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi — rated 7.1/10
• The Hidden Blade (2004) as Kanbê Katagiri — rated 7.4/10
• Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold (1983)
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) as Masakichi Makihara — rated 7.3/10
• The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) as Obara Nitôhei — rated 8.2/10
• Yomigaeri (2003) as Dr. Saito — rated 6.1/10
• Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms (1969) as Seiji Matsumiya
• A Fishmonger's Tour (1963) — rated 10.0/10
• Shy Security (1991)
• The Wolves (1971) as Matsuzo Tsumura — rated 7.4/10
• Zorome no San Kyoudai (1972)
• In Broad Daylight (1968) as March — rated 7.0/10
• Fukumimi (2003) — rated 10.0/10
• The Face of Another (1966) as Mentally Ill Man #1 — rated 7.8/10
• Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1 (1992) — rated 8.0/10

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