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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".