A few days ago, Japanese actor Kuniyoshi Tanaka passed away at the age of 88, and the reason for his death has not yet been announced.
Kuniyoshi Tanaka, born on November 23, 1932, has participated in more than 200 film and television works in his lifetime, and is known as one of Japan's greatest supporting actors, whose main film and television works include "Love in the North Country", "Hunting", "Betrayal", "Extraordinary Courage", "Eight Tombs Village", "Shinkansen Explosion" and so on.
Tanaka Kuniwei's most familiar character for Chinese moviegoers is still the villain Keiji Yokoji in the movie "The Hunt".
In 1978, the Japanese film "The Hunt" was introduced to China, which immediately caused a huge sensation, and "Duqiu", "Mayumi" and "Yokoji Keiji" became household names.
In the film, Keiji Yokoji, played by Kuniyoshi Tanaka, is used to deliberately frame the prosecutor Du qiu, played by Ken Takakura, and then sealed his mouth, and is designed to take neurotoxins and become a delirious mental patient.
Although it is only a supporting role, Tanaka Kuniyoshi vividly portrays the hateful and pitiful role of this role in his limited appearances.
Later, in 1983, Tanaka Kuniyoshi co-starred with Ken Takakura in "The Tavern of Shōji", which won the Best Supporting Actor Award for The Blue Ribbon that year.
In addition to shining on the big screen, Kuniaki Tanaka has also starred in many TV series, and another of his most impressive roles is his father, Chalkboard Goro, in "Love in the NorthLand".
The drama tells the story of Goro, who was betrayed by his wife, and with a pair of young children, he left bustling Tokyo and returned to the mountains of his hometown of Furano to start a new life.
In the play, he changed the image of bravery and fierceness on the screen in the past days, and Goro was silent and taciturn and had deep fatherly love, simple, industrious, loyal, and devoted a lifetime of energy to a pair of children.
After 24 episodes from 1981 to 1982, the show released eight specials from 1983 to 2002, and the entire series lasted 21 years. China's CCTV", the "Jiayi Theater", has also been introduced and broadcast.
There are also many young viewers who know about this actor, probably because of One Piece.
Originally, Eiichiro Oda, the author of "One Piece", referred to several drama bones in the Japanese showbiz circle when creating the image of the admiral of the Naval Headquarters.
Among them, the "yellow ape" Porusalino is based on Tanaka Kuni, especially the "big nose" feature is impressive, he also with this iconic facial features all over the world.
All the way!
Source: Thoughtful