Overview

Know for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
23 Nov, 1932 (92 years old)

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.

Known For

All About Our House
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116 min 2001

All About Our House

Comedy
A Class to Remember
HD
128 min 1993

A Class to Remember

Drama
Early Spring Story
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96 min 1985

Early Spring Story

Drama
The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
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113 min 1979

The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi

Comedy
Evil of Dracula
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83 min 1974

Evil of Dracula

Horror
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
HD
99 min 1973

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Drama

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