Highest rated movie: The Sword of Doom (1966)
Lowest rated movie: Evil of Dracula (1974)
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Movies starring Kunie Tanaka have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 71%.
The Sword of Doom - released in 1966 - is Kunie Tanaka's highest rated movie, with a score of 82% based on 195 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Kunie Tanaka is Evil of Dracula - released in 1974 - with a score of 56% based on 2 reviews.
Kunie Tanaka (?? ?? Kunie Tanaka, born November 23, 1932) is 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.
Kunie Tanaka has acted in films with Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsuro Tamba, Kyōichi Satō and Kei Satō.
Kunie Tanaka has worked with these film directors: Hideo Gosha, Kazuo Kuroki, Yoji Yamada and Koki Mitani.
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