Kunie Tanaka (ç”°ä¸ é‚¦čˇ› 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 AodaishĹŤ, the antagonist of the hero, played by YĹ«zĹŤ Kayama, in all of the WakadaishĹŤ series of films. The character Kizaru, from Eiichiro Oda's manga series One Piece, is modeled after Tanaka.
Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hidden Blade (2004) | KanbĂŞ Katagiri | 9 |
| 2 | A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage (1998) | Inoue | 3 |
| 3 | Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict (1993) | Buddhist Priest | - |
| 4 | My Sons (1991) | - | 5 |
| 5 | Ronin-gai (1990) | Magozaemon Doi | 8 |
| 6 | Demon (1985) | Keita | - |
| 7 | Station (1981) | Sugawara | 3 |
| 8 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga (1980) | Masakichi Makihara | - |
| 9 | Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978) | Rikichi Komadera | 5 |
| 10 | The Demon (1978) | Policeman | 5 |
| 11 | Graveyard of Honor (1975) | Katsuji Kozaki | 5 |
| 12 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974) | Masakichi Makihara | - |
| 13 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974) | Masakichi Makihara | 7 |
| 14 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973) | Masakichi Makihara | 5.5 |
| 15 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) | Masakichi Makihara | 7 |
| 16 | Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers (1972) | Ohno | 8 |
| 17 | The Battle of Okinawa (1971) | - | - |
| 18 | Dodes'ka-den (1970) | Hatsutaro Kawaguchi | - |
| 19 | Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970) | - | 6.5 |
| 20 | Tenchu! (1969) | Rokkaku Prison Officer | 4 |
| 21 | The Human Bullet (1968) | Platoon Leader | 8 |
| 22 | The Sword of Doom (1966) | Senkichi | 6.8 |
| 23 | Cash Calls Hell (1966) | Umegaya | 4 |
| 24 | Silence Has No Wings (1966) | - | 6 |
| 25 | The Face of Another (1966) | Mentally Ill Man #1 | 7 |
| 26 | Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966) | Storyteller | 6 |
| 27 | Sword of the Beast (1965) | Tanji | 7 |
| 28 | Kwaidan (1965) | Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless") | 7 |
| 29 | Prison Walls of Abashiri 3 (1965) | Otsuki | 6 |
| 30 | Sanjuro (1962) | Samurai | 7.6 |
| 31 | The Bad Sleep Well (1960) | Hitman | 7 |
| 32 | The Sun's Burial (1960) | Thief | 5 |
| 33 | The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959) | Obara NitĂ´hei | 8 |
