Kunie Tanaka

    Kunie Tanaka

    November 23, 1932 (92 years old) in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

    Kunie Tanaka (็”ฐไธญ ้‚ฆ่ก› 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 Aodaishล, the antagonist of the hero, played by Yลซzล Kayama, in all of the Wakadaishล series of films. The character Kizaru, from Eiichiro Oda's manga series One Piece, is modeled after Tanaka.

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    Kita no kuni karaKita no kuni kara
    Baian the AssassinBaian the Assassin
    The Password is CourageThe Password is Courage
    Rice CurryRice Curry
    Submersion of JapanSubmersion of Japan

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