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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.
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Movies
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TV Shows
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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.
Baian the Assassin
1991
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.
Gender
Male
Birthday
November 23, 1932
Died
March 24, 2021
Birthplace
Toki, Gifu, Japan
Also Known As
Kwaidan
1965
Station
1981
Sanjuro
1962
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
1974
The Demon
1978
The Human Bullet
1968
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
The Last Ronin
2010
The Face of Another
1966
The Inferno
1979
The Thief and the Expelled Master
1987
Pitfall
1962
Third Generation Boss
1974
Blood Type: Blue
1978
Women and Miso Soup
1968
The Bullet Train
1975
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
Ronin-gai
1990
Walleyed Nippon
1963
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Kita no kuni kara
1981
Submersion of Japan
1974
世界で一番熱い夏
2001
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
1975
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1986
Baian the Assassin
1991
Older brother
1977
The Shin Hasegawa Series
1972
The Password is Courage
2000
Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
1993
Dazzling Cops
1977
Private Detective Dobu
1991
The Sun in Kurobe
2009
Aoki Ookami Narukichiomoase no Shougai
1980
