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Kunie Tanaka
Actor
Born November 23, 1932Died March 24, 2021 (88 years)
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.
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
Filmography
| 2010 | |
| 2004 | The Hidden Blade · as Kanbê Katagiri |
| 2004 | Shinsengumi! (TV Series) · as Shusuke Kondo |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | Yomigaeri · as Dr. Saito |
| 2001 | All About Our House · as Chouichirou Iwata |
| 1998 | A Class to Remember 3: The New Voyage · as Inoue |
| 1997 | |
| 1996 | |
| 1995 | Tora-san to the Rescue · as Ship Captain |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | |
| 1993 | A Class to Remember · as Ino |
| 1993 | Kozure Ôkami: Sono chîsaki te ni · as Buddhist Priest |
| 1992 | Luminous Moss · as Hachizo |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | Okappiki dobu (TV Series) |
| 1990 | Ronin Gai · as Magozaemon Doi |
| 1990 | |
| 1988 | Tomorrow · as Shoji's Stepfather |
| 1987 | Take Me Out to the Snowland · as Yûichirô Tayama |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | Early Spring Story · as Okino, Hitomi's Father |
| 1985 | Yasha · as Keita |
| 1984 | From Oregon with Love (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1984 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | Choji Snack Bar · as Iwashita |
| 1983 | Okinawan Boys · as Cast |
| 1983 | Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold · as Cast |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1983 | The Undercover Ninja Organization · as Cast |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | Kyôdan · as Iwai |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | Keiji monogatari · as Neighbor |
| 1981 | At This Late Date, the Charleston · as Army Minister |
| 1981 | Station · as Sugawara |
| 1981 | From the Northern Country (TV Series) · as 黑板五郎 |
| 1981 | Kaettekita wakadaishô · as Shinjiro Ishiyama |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | May Love Be Restored · as Yugiri-Ro Client |
| 1980 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga · as Masakichi Makihara |
| 1980 | |
| 1979 | |
| 1979 | |
| 1979 | The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi · as Lt. Todoroki |
| 1979 | Hell · as Unpei Ikegata |
| 1979 | Midare karakuri · as Detective Naraki |
| 1979 | |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | Never Give Up · as Bartender |
| 1978 | Noisy Dynamite · as Sakuzo |
| 1978 | The Demon · as Policeman |
| 1978 | Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron · as Rikichi Komadera |
| 1978 | Winter's Flower · as Kokichi Minami |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro · as Kuroki Taro |
| 1977 | |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | Manhunt · as Yokomichi Keiji |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | Jitsuroku 3 okuen jiken: Jiko seiritsu · as Toyama |
| 1975 | Kobe Kokusai Gang · as Teruo Maruyama |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | Bullet Train · as Koga's Brother |
| 1975 | Bôdô Shimane keimusho · as Yoshikazu Minagawa |
| 1975 | Cops vs. Thugs · as Kinpachi Komiya |
| 1975 | Great Jailbreak · as Goda |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | Graveyard of Honor · as Katsuji Ozaki |
| 1975 | |
| 1974 | The Dark Magistrate (TV Series) · as Yoshitoshi Kogure |
| 1974 | New Battles Without Honor and Humanity · as Gen Sakagami |
| 1974 | Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (TV Series) · as Boss Genzo |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy · as Daisuke Jigen |
| 1974 | Evil of Dracula · as Dr. Shimomura |
| 1974 | Final Episode · as Masakichi Makihara |
| 1974 | Police Tactics · as Masakichi Makihara |
| 1973 | Gendai ninkyô-shi · as Zen San |
| 1973 | Stray Dog · as Sagawa |
| 1973 | Proxy War · as Masakichi Makihara |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | Rica 3: Juvenile Lullabay · as Soldier Mania |
| 1973 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity · as Masakichi Makihara |
| 1972 | Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers · as Ohno |
| 1972 | Kogarashi Monjirô: Kakawari gozansen · as Johei Yawata |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | Summer Soldiers · as Fujimura |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | The Wolves · as Matsuzo Tsumura |
| 1971 | Konto Gojugo-go to Miko no zettai zetsumei · as Saburo |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Tora-san, the Good Samaritan · as Teacher Fukushi |
| 1971 | Wakadaishô tai Aodaishô · as Cast |
| 1970 | Dodes'ka-den · as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi |
| 1970 | Maruhi sex kyôfushô · as Cast |
| 1970 | Ore no sora da ze! Wakadaishô · as Cast |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | Ezo yakata no ketto · as Kurobei |
| 1970 | |
| 1969 | Hitokiri · as Rokkaku Prison Officer |
| 1969 | Nyu jirando no wakadaishô · as Shinjirô Ishiyama |
| 1969 | The Steel Edge of Revenge · as Hirosuke |
| 1969 | Furesshuman wakadaishô · as Ishiyama |
| 1968 | Outlaw: Black Dagger · as Doctor Michio Hongô |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | Rio no wakadaishô · as Cast |
| 1968 | Hymn to a Tired Man · as Hisataro Ohno |
| 1968 | Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 · as Katsuji Nemoto |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | Judo Champion · as Shinjiro Ishiyama |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | Let's Go! Young Guy · as Shinjirou Ishiyama |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Bôken daikatsugeki: Ôgon no touzoku · as Risuke |
| 1966 | Zatoichi's Pilgrimage · as Storyteller |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | The Face of Another · as Mentally Ill Man #1 |
| 1966 | Hoodlum Soldier's Escape · as Sawamura |
| 1966 | Arupusu no wakadaishô · as Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | The Sword of Doom · as Senkichi |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Cash Calls Hell · as Umegaya |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | Abashiri bangaichi: Bôkyô hen · as Otsuki |
| 1965 | Sword of the Beast · as Tanji |
| 1965 | Umi no wakadaishô · as Cast |
| 1965 | Zoku Abashiri bangaichi · as Kirikawa |
| 1965 | Abashiri Prison · as Otsuki |
| 1964 | Kwaidan · as Yasaku (segment "hoichi The Earless") |
| 1964 | Akai daiya · as George Takase |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Hawai no wakadaishô · as 石山新次郎（青大将） |
| 1963 | |
| 1962 | Pitfall · as Man In White Suit |
| 1962 | Dobunezumi sakusen · as Private Anayama |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Pride of the Campus · as Shinjiro Ishiyama (aodaisho) |
| 1962 | Sanjuro · as Samurai |
| 1961 | Sir Galahad in Campus · as Shinjiro Ishiyama (aodaisho) |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1960 | The Bad Sleep Well · as Hitman |
| 1960 | The Sun's Burial · as Thief |
| 1959 | The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity · as Obara Nitôhei |
| 1959 | Kiku to Isamu · as Cast |
| 1959 | Lucky Dragon No. 5 · as Cast |
| 1957 | Jun'ai monogatari · as Satoyan |