Kunie Tanaka
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: November 23, 1932
Place of Birth: Toki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Filmography
as Genkichi
as Kanbê Katagiri
as Masato Sakurai
as 演员
as Dr. Saito
as 演员
as Chouichirou Iwata
as Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)
as Tattsan
as Ship Captain
as Ino
as Buddhist Priest
as Hachizo
as Han-Emon of Otowa
as Eitaro Imanishi
as Mr. Kawamata
as Magozaemon Doi
as Kenji Yoshida
as Shoji's stepfather
as Yûichirô Tayama
as Yutaro Hatori
as Okino, Hitomi's father
as Keita
as Keizo Fukami
as Iwashita
as Iwai
as Neighbor
as Army Minister
as Sugawara
as 黑板五郎
as Shinjiro Ishiyama
as Yugiri-ro client
as Masakichi Makihara
as Lt. Todoroki
as Unpei Ikegata
as Detective Naraki
as Inspector Joichi Uno
as Sakuzo
as Policeman
as Bartender
as Rikichi Komadera
as Kokichi Minami
as Kintaro
as Kuroki Taro
as Nangou Goro
as Toramatsu Otani
as Yokomichi Keiji
as Borsalino 2
as Teruo Maruyama
as Koga's Brother
as Katsuhiro
as Yoshikazu Minagawa
as Kinpachi Komiya
as Yoshitoshi Kogure
as Goda
as Katsuji Ozaki
as Gen Sakagami
as Tatsuno
as Daisuke Jigen
as Dr. Shimomura
as Masakichi Makihara
as Goro
as Masakichi Makihara
as Zen san
as Sagawa
as Masakichi Makihara
as Ajikawa
as Masakichi Makihara
as 蛙ヶ池の仙太
as Johei Yawata
as Fujimura
as Matsuzo Tsumura
as Teacher Fukushi
as Taro
as Heihachirou Yanai
as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
as Tadao Ueda
as Kuramoto Kuraji
as Kurobei
as Kanegai
as Rokkaku Prison Officer
as Taro
as Hirosuke
as Doctor Michio Hongô
as Taro
as March
as Hisataro Ohno
as Katsuji Nemoto
as Shinjiro Ishiyama
as Shinjirou Ishiyama
as Risuke
as Kenkichi Ohara
as Storyteller
as Mentally Ill Man #1
as Sawamura
as Shinjiro Ishiyama / Aodaisyô
as Senkichi
as Umegaya
as 石丸雄吉
as Masayoshi Imanishi
as Otsuki
as Tanji
as 石山新次郎（青大））
as Kirikawa
as Otsuki
as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
as George Takase
as Chiba
as Sankichi Fujita
as Shirosaka
as 石山新次郎（青大将）
as Man in White Suit
as Private Anayama
as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
as Samurai
as Shinjiro Ishiyama (Aodaisho)
as Obara nitôhei
as Hitman
as Thief
as Obara Nitôhei
as Satoyan