Kunie Tanaka
Toki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
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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.
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Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: Snowbound Deserter
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
