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Kunie Tanaka

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Kunie Tanaka

🎂 Nov 23, 1932 — 🕯️ Mar 24, 2021 (88 years) Toki, Gifu, Japan
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Kunie Tanaka, born in Toki, Gifu, Japan, is an actor and producer. Made their debut in 1956 with Triumphant Song of Youth. Best known for Sanjuro, playing Samurai. Also starred in Kwaidan and The Face of Another. Their filmography spans 269 movies and 14 TV shows over 70 years, across genres including drama, action, crime.
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Kita no kuni kara
Kita no kuni kara
as Goru Kuroita (黑板五郎)
 Submersion of Japan
Submersion of Japan
as Tatsuno
 The Shin Hasegawa Series
The Shin Hasegawa Series
as 蛙ヶ池の仙太
 The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles
as Yoshitoshi Kogure
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The Sun in Kurobe
The Sun in Kurobe
Genkichi
2009
TV The Hidden Blade
The Hidden Blade
Kanbê Katagiri
2004
🎬 The Boat to Heaven
The Boat to Heaven
Masato Sakurai
2003
🎬 北の国から 記憶 前編
北の国から 記憶 前編
演员
2003
🎬 Resurrection
Resurrection
Dr. Saito
2003
🎬 北の国から記憶
北の国から記憶
演员
2002
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How old is Kunie Tanaka? Kunie Tanaka is 93 years old. Born on November 23, 1932 in Toki, Gifu, Japan.
How many movies has Kunie Tanaka been in? Kunie Tanaka has appeared in 269 movies and 14 TV shows.
What was Kunie Tanaka's first movie? Kunie Tanaka's first movie was Triumphant Song of Youth (1956).
What are Kunie Tanaka's best movies? The highest-rated movies by Kunie Tanaka are: Sanjuro (1962), Kwaidan (1965), The Face of Another (1966), The Bad Sleep Well (1960), The Sword of Doom (1966).
How long has Kunie Tanaka been acting? Kunie Tanaka has been active since 1956, 54 years with 269 movies.
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Kunie Tanaka
Kunie Tanaka
1932-11-23 · Toki, Gifu, Japan

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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