Kunie Tanaka
- Acting
- November 23, 1932 · Toki, Gifu, Japan
- March 24, 2021
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 for
Filmography
- The Last Ronin · Okuno Shōgen
- The Sun in Kurobe · Genkichi
- The Hidden Blade · Kanbê Katagiri
- Fukumimi
- The Boat to Heaven · Masato Sakurai
- 北の国から 記憶 前編 · 演员
- Yomigaeri · Dr. Saito
- Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro' · Self
- Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' · Self
- Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
- 北の国から記憶 · 演员
- Kewaishi
- 世界で一番熱い夏
- All About Our House · Chouichirou Iwata - Master Carpenter
- Proof of the Man 2001
- The Password is Courage
- As the River Flows · Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
- A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage · Inoue
- The Rainbow Seeker 2
- Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
- The Rainbow Seeker · Tsune-san
- Oishinbo · Tattsan
- Tora-san to the Rescue · 船长
- Salaryman Senka
- 北の国から ’95秘密 後編
- Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
- イルカに逢える日
- Free and Easy Special
- Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
- A Class to Remember · Ino
- Rainbow Bridge
- Baian the Assassin: Showdown
- Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict · Buddhist Priest
- Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
- Luminous Moss · Hachizo
- My Sons
- Baian the Assassin · Han-Emon of Otowa
- Castle of Sand · Eitaro Imanishi
- A Desirable Marriage · Mr. Kawamata
- The love song of farewell later
- Shy Security
- Private Detective Dobu
- Mourning Work
- Kamigata Kugaizoshi
- Baian the Assassin
- Ronin-gai · Magozaemon Doi
- Tasmania Story
- Hoshi wo tsugu mono · Kenji Yoshida
- Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo
- Love on a Daily Basis
- I Love You So Much
- Yojo no jidai
- This Heartbeat
- Tomorrow · Shoji's stepfather
- Oración
- The Great Department Store Robbery
- Take Me Out to the Snowland · Yûichirô Tayama
- The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop · Yutaro Hatori
- The Thief and the Expelled Master
- The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 3 - I Saw a Woman's Corpse in the Steam of Beppu Onsen! · Yutaro Hatori
- Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi
- The House of Wedlock · Kazuya Enomoto
- Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy · Man
- Rice Curry
- The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective 2 - I Saw the Bride's Corpse in the Sea of Toba! · Yutaro Hatori
- The Roaming Reporter and Rookie Detective - I Saw a Female Ghost in Hida Takayama! · Yutaro Hatori
- Early Spring Story · Okino, Hitomi's father
- Demon · Keita
- Ghost Reunion · Inspector Joichi Uno
- Kita no kuni kara '84 Natsu
- The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
- Sukanpin Walk · Keizo Fukami
- Tokimeki Kaigan Monogatari
- Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case · Dobu
- Choji Snack Bar · Iwashita
- Nogare no machi
- Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
- The Undercover Ninja Organization
- Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case · Dobu
- Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu