Kunie Tanaka
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: November 23, 1932
Day of Death: March 24, 2021 (88 years old)
Place of Birth: Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
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.
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Deadly Swords in Search of Hidden Gold
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The Undercover Ninja Organization
Actor Iwashita
Choji Snack Bar
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Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
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Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
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Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
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Nogare no machi
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Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu
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Battle Cry
Actor Katsuji Ozaki
Graveyard of Honor
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Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women
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Doterai Man
Actor Teruo Maruyama
The International Gang of Kobe
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The Bullet Train
Actor Katsuhiro
Light of Africa
Actor Kinpachi Komiya
Cops vs. Thugs
Actor Yoshikazu Minagawa
Shimane Prison Riot
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The Wild Trucker
Actor Goda
Great Jailbreak
Actor Toyama
300 Million Thief Immune to Charges Begins
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Company Buggers
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Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
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Actor Daisuke Jigen
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
Actor Gen Sakagami
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
Actor Masakichi Makihara
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Actor Masakichi Makihara
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
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Evil of Dracula
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Third Generation Boss
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Machi no Hi
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Actor Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
Dodes'ka-den
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Rebel Against Glory
Actor Taro
Banner of the Young
Actor Tadao Ueda
The Kingpin of Fair Ladies
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Duel at Fort Ezo
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Bravo, Young Guy
Actor Kuramoto Kuraji
Charming Men
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Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
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Zoku Isoginchaku
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The Summit of Mt. Fuji
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Actor Hisataro Ohno
Hymn to a Tired Man
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In Broad Daylight
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The Human Bullet
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Women and Miso Soup
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How to Be the Worst of Office Workers
Actor Taro
Young People
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Three Rogues
Actor Katsuji Nemoto
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
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The Day the Sun Rose
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The Woman Champion
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The Woman Gambler's Revenge
Actor Doctor Michio Hongô
Outlaw: Black Dagger
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Angel's Lover
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The Face of Another
Actor Senkichi
The Sword of Doom
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Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
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Golden Ninja
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The Threat
Actor Kenkichi Ohara
Koto—The Lake of Tears
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The Bullet and the Horse
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Cash Calls Hell
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Silence Has No Wings
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Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
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Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
Actor Sawamura
The Front Line Showdown
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Debt of Honor
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Arupusu no wakadaishô
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Actor Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Kwaidan
Actor Tanji
Sword of the Beast
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Young Guy at Sea
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Prison Walls of Abashiri 3
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Abashiri Prison
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Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
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