Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka (田中 邦衛, Tanaka Kunie, November 23, 1932 – March 24, 2021[1]) 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.

Kunie Tanaka
Born(1932-11-23)November 23, 1932
Toki District, Gifu, Empire of Japan
DiedMarch 24, 2021(2021-03-24) (aged 88)
Japan
OccupationActor
Years active1955–2021
Known forKita no Kuni kara

He was nominated for five Japanese Academy Awards, winning the Best Supporting Actor statuette for Gakko in 1993.[2] 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.

Selected filmography

Honors

References
  1. "俳優の田中邦衛さん死去 88歳「北の国から」などで存在感".
  2. 第 17 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
  3. "おとし穴(1962)". Japanese Cinema Database. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  4. Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
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