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Birthday
November 23, 1932
Day of Death
2021-03-24
(88 years old)
Place of Birth
Toki, Gifu Prefecture, 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.
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as Borsalino 2
300 Million Thief: Statute of Limitations
as Toyama
The International Gang of Kobe
as Teruo Maruyama
The Bullet Train
as Koga's Brother
Light of Africa
as Katsuhiro
Shimane Prison Riot
as Yoshikazu Minagawa
Cops vs. Thugs
as Kinpachi Komiya
Great Jailbreak
as Goda
Graveyard of Honor
as Katsuji Ozaki
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
as Gen Sakagami
Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
as Daisuke Jigen
Evil of Dracula
as Dr. Shimomura
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
as Masakichi Makihara
Machi no Hi
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