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Kunie Tanaka
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.
As actor
The Last Ronin
The Hidden Blade
Yomigaeri
Fukumimi
The Boat to Heaven
北の国から 記憶 前編
Kewaishi
北の国から記憶
Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
All About Our House
As the River Flows
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
The Rainbow Seeker 2
The Rainbow Seeker
Oishinbo
Tora-san to the Rescue
Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
北の国から ’95秘密 後編
Salaryman Senka
Free and Easy Special
イルカに逢える日
Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
A Class to Remember
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
Rainbow Bridge
Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
Luminous Moss