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.
A Maldição de Drácula
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Sanjuro
Arapuca
Homem Mau Dorme Bem
Kwaidan: As Quatro Faces do Medo
As Aventuras de Kosuke Kindaichi
The Shootout
Hymn to a Tired Man
The Human Bullet
Dodeskaden - O Caminho da Vida
The School Deviate Waru
Summer Soldiers
The Sword of Doom
Never Give Up
Resurrection
A Face do Outro
A Espada Oculta
Guerra e Humanidade II: Estrada Para a Eternidade
Luta Sem Código de Honra
