Kunie Tanaka
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.
Acting
Movie
Sanjuro
as Samurai
1962
Movie
Kwaidan
as Yasaku (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
1965
Movie
The Bad Sleep Well
as Hitman
1960
Movie
The Face of Another
as Mentally Ill Man #1
1966
Movie
The Sword of Doom
as Senkichi
1966
Movie
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
as Obara Nitôhei
1959
Movie
Dodes'ka-den
as Hatsutaro Kawaguchi
1970
Movie
The Hidden Blade
as Kanbê Katagiri
2004
Movie
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as Masakichi Makihara
1973
Movie
Pitfall
as Man in White Suit
1962
Movie
Sword of the Beast
as Tanji
1965
Movie
The Bullet Train
as Koga's Brother
1975
Movie
Goyokin
as Hirosuke
1969
Movie
Graveyard of Honor
as Katsuji Ozaki
1975
Movie
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
as Masakichi Makihara
1973
Movie
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
as Storyteller
1966
Movie
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
as Masakichi Makihara
1974
Movie
Evil of Dracula
as Dr. Shimomura
1974
Movie
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
1970
Movie
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
as Masakichi Makihara
1974
Movie
Tenchu!
as Rokkaku Prison Officer
1969
Movie
The Demon
as Policeman
1978
Movie
The Sun's Burial
as Thief
1960
Movie
The Inheritance
1962