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 Kurosawas The Bad Sleep Well and worked with the director again on Sanjuro Tanaka is well known for his roles in Kinji Fukasakus yakuza films namely the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series He also appeared in Masaki Kobayashis 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 Odas manga series One Piece is modeled after Tanaka
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