
Acting
November 22, 1932 (88 years old)
March 23, 2021
Toki, Gifu, Japan
Also Known As
田中邦卫
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.

The Last Ronin
2010

The Sun in Kurobe
2009
as Genkichi

The Hidden Blade
2004
as Kanbê Katagiri

Fukumimi
2003

The Boat to Heaven
2003
as Masato Sakurai

北の国から 記憶 前編
2003
as 演员

Resurrection
2003
as Dr. Saito

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Sanjuro'
2002
as Self

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
2002
as Self

Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2
2002

北の国から記憶
2002
as 演员

Kewaishi
2002

All About Our House
2001
as Chouichirou Iwata

The Password is Courage
2000

As the River Flows
2000
as Matsuda (The Shopkeeper)

A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1998
as Inoue

The Rainbow Seeker 2
1997

Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1997

The Rainbow Seeker
1996
as Tsune-san

Oishinbo
1996
as Tattsan