映画やドラマでDrama, Aksiを漁ってるなら、Kunie Tanakaって名前はわりと何度も目に入るはず。ここではざっくり経歴と代表作、つまみ食いできるフィルモグラフィをまとめたよ。
公式のプロフィールが薄めでも大丈夫。下の「おすすめフィルモグラフィ」を見れば、どこから入るか決めやすい。
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.
