Kunie Tanaka

Acting

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.

Known for:

Kita no kuni kara The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop Oración Station A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage Tomorrow Kewaishi Submersion of Japan The Bullet Train The Face of Another Kwaidan The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity