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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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Wednesday, November 23, 1932, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
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1959
The Human Condition II: Road to EternityObara Nitôhei
1960
The Bad Sleep WellHitman
1962
SanjuroSamurai
1962
The Inheritance
1962
PitfallMan in White Suit
1965
KwaidanYasaku (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
1966
The Face of AnotherPatient at Mental Hospital
1966
The Sword of DoomSenkichi
1969
GoyokinHirosuke
1970
Dodes'ka-denHatsutaro Kawaguchi
1971
The Battle of Okinawa
1973
Battles Without Honor and HumanityMakihara Masakichi
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarMasakichi Makihara
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsMasakichi Makihara
1975
The Bullet TrainKoga's Brother
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