Tetsuya Watari
He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University. Watari belonged to the karate club at university. He made his screen debut in 1964, in Isamu Kosugi's Abare Kishidō, and received one of the Elan d'or Awards. At Nikkatsu, Watari appeared in such films as Tokyo Drifter and the Outlaw series. Watari was mentored at Nikkatsu by Yujiro Ishihara. When Nikkatsu shifted to focusing on Roman Porno films in the early seventies, Watari was one of many actors who left the studio. Watari was due to play the main role in Kinji Fukasaku’s film Battles Without Honor and Humanity, but because of illness he was not able to appear. In 1974, he was forced to step down from the lead role of Katsu Kaishū in the Taiga drama Katsu Kaishū on NHK, again because of illness, after appearing in only nine episodes. In 1976, Watari won best actor of Blue Ribbon Award for his role in Kinji Fukasaku`s film Yakuza Graveyard. In Japan, Watari is probably still best known for his role as Keisuke Daiomon in the detective series "Seibu Keisatsu" on TV Asahi. He also appeared in the popular detective drama "Taiyō ni Hoero!" as a replacement for Yujiro Ishihara in 1986. Watari became the president of Ishihara Promotion after Yujiro's death in 1987 but in 2011 he resigned due to his declining health. On June 10, 2015 he was hospitalised after suffering a heart attack and underwent surgery. Seven days later it was announced that he was in rehabilitation and would be discharged from hospital in about a month. He had a younger brother, Tsunehiko Watase, who was also an actor. As a singer, Watari is known for his hit song "Kuchinashi no Hana" and he appeared in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 1974 and 1993. He died of pneumonia on August 10, 2020, at the age of 78.
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as Jinseikai BossA Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles,...
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Tokyo Drifter
as Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" HondoAfter yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to...
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Yamato
as uncreditedDirected by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the...
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Graveyard of Honor
as Rikio IshikawaA self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the Japanese mafia but quickly loses his...
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Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
as Goro FujikawaOn a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of...
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Yakuza Graveyard
as KuroiwaA police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in...
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Great Conquest: The Romance of Three Kingdoms
as Cao Cao (voice)Beginning during the Yellow Turban rebellion that initiated the downfall of the ruling Han...
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Diary of Early Winter Shower
as Kounosuke MibuKounosuke Mibu and Tae Horikawa are unable to forget each other, even though they met and fell...
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Monument to the Girl's Corps
as Young manIn 1943, critical developments in the Pacific War have placed Japan at a disadvantage, although...
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Velvet Hustler
as GoroA young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He...
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Savage Wolf Pack
as uncreditedA professional hunter, Tetsuya, returns from Alaska to find that his hometown had become a...
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Goryokaku
as Toshizo HijikataAfter the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former...
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP
as Goro FujikawaGoro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime...
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The Stormy Man
as Shôichi KokubuA remake of the 1957 classic "Man Who Raised a Storm" with Watari Tetsuya in the title role.
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The Fatal Raid
as uncreditedKazama and three others defeated Yoshie Sangyo, but the Nishio group was disbanded due to public...
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Conflagration
as Third Officer InoueGlobal South guerrillas hijack the Japanese oil tanker Arabian Light, threatening to blow it up...
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Human Revolution II
as uncreditedDramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.
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The Cleanup
as KurasawaA real all-star cast turns out for this modern yakuza yarn.
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Flower and Dragon
as uncreditedKingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the...
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It Is a Long Walk
as uncreditedScreen icon Sayuri Yoshinaga stars in this historical melodrama about geishas in the southern...
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The Blossom and the Sword
as Seijirô TanakaTai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who...
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Profile of a Boss' Son
as uncreditedFour years ago, Teppei Hondo killed two people from the Shinwa group for the murder of his...
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The Swan Elegy
as uncreditedOne day, Reiko, who is engaged, meets a young man named Kondo, and she likes him, although she...
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Outlaw: Heartless
as Goro FujikawaGoro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) was indebted to Mitsugimoto. Sawada, a low rank yakuza with a...
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The Aftermath of War
as uncreditedAfter World War II life in Japan was hard. There was lawlessness, rapine, never enough food or...
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Ruthless Gambler
as uncreditedUnlike traditional gangster movies, it is a gangster swashbuckler that mixes romance and...
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Chase That Man
as uncreditedThe story of the desperate struggle between the police and a large crime syndicate.
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Outlaw: Black Dagger
as Goro FujikawaA street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the...
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Sangokushi: The Yangtze Is Burning!
as Cao Cao (voice)Covering roughly 13 years, from Cao Cao's victory over Lu Bu in 198 CE, through the Battle of...
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Stray Dog
as Detective MurakamiWhen his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is...
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Lady Joker
as Seizo MonoiMen and women caught up in a downward spiral of corruption, discrimination, poverty and death...
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Outlaw: Kill!
as Goro FujikawaGoro has always been a lone wolf. When he arrives at an industrial city in Keihin, there is...
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Spartan Education
as uncreditedIn a match where professional baseball referee Yuzo Tagami was observing a young referee, Hara,...
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The Wild Sea
as Yoji KitamiYoji Kitami, a fisherman's son, is a student in Tokyo. His father had died at sea and Taichiro,...
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Shura Group Part 3
as uncreditedRyuji Inahara changed the name of the Inahara-gumi to the Inahara-kai, and accordingly unified...
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Step on the Gas!
as uncreditedYūji, fresh out of prison on parole, meets a stranger named Nao that asks for his assistance...
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The Code of Man
as uncreditedTetsuya Watari, a modern youth idol, co-stars with Tetsuro Tamba for the first time, and a young...
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Showdown in Gangland
as uncreditedRivalry between two young gangster groups who seek to extend their influence.
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The Summit of Mt. Fuji
as Yohei KadaThe Japanese government decides to install a radar on the top of Mt. Fuji, in order to detect...
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Your Life
as uncreditedA moodo/akushon yakuza picture with heavy emphasis on poignant seishun romance.
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Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love
as TetsuSequel to Tokyo Drifter
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East China Sea
as NaoyoshiRokurō starts a part-time job on a fishing boat, but the ship has an engine failure in the...
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Abduction
as uncreditedThe film opens with kidnappers of a corporate executive making an unusual ransom demand: that a...
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The Black Sheep
as uncreditedYoung female teacher Kyoko Miyake relocates to a small seaside town with her runaway little...
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Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
as Goro FujikawaGoro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his...
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Again
as uncreditedAn anthology that embodies the essence of Toei action films with a stylish flair, this movie...
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Sword and Flower
as uncreditedMasuda Toshio film starring Watari Tetsuya and Mori Masayuki, about a lone-wolf type (Watari)...
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The Blazing Continent
as uncreditedA youthful Nikkatsu drama about a Japanese painter who travels to Australia and falls in love.
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Theater Of Life
as uncreditedCentred on Aonari Hyokichi, a young literary man with aspirations to become a writer, and the...
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Kanto Drifter
as uncreditedYoung man returns from prison and sets out to destroy the gang that killed his friends and boss...
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Till We Meet Again
as uncreditedCollege life starts off great for Michiko. She and her friend join the Italian Culture Research...
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The Heart of Hiroshima
as Yukio MiharaOne morning, Kazue is nearly knocked over by a motorbike in front of an instrument store,...
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Expelled from the Kanto Mob
as uncreditedIn the late Taisho era. Umeshima Jinbei, the president of the Kanto Umeshima Kai, divided the...
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Love Eternal
as Makoto KanôA deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an...
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The Stars and I Decided...
as Saburo OhinataThe brother of an up-and-coming kendoka is mysteriously murdered while working on a new model of...
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Rebellion Reward
as Shun MurakiThe film tells about drug trafficking from Vietnam to Tokyo and Okinawa. Tetsuya Watari plays a...
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My Sweetheart
as AkaiIt had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by...
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Exiled to Hell
as uncreditedIt is the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), and at the Hanazuki-tei theatre in Asakusa, the...
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Pay Off Your Debt!
as uncreditedAsakura was told he could leave the gang if he killed Takahata, but he failed and was sentenced...
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第1回欽ちゃんのシネマジャック
as uncreditedKin chan no Cinema Jack is an anthology film starring Yuen Biao and produced by Jackie Chan
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Seishun no Sabaki
as uncreditedUniversity karate club member Kikuo is actually the son of a yakuza boss. However, he disliked...
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The Final Winner?
as uncreditedIn a high school, two men are fighting over a beautiful female teacher who has been assigned as...
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Showdown at Nagasaki
as Keiji TakamaWhen Keiji Takama returns to Nagasaki, he finds many changes. The rights of the entertainment...
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The Earth is Born Again
as Hironosuke NakadateA dramatic film that recorded the history of Japan in the period of high economic growth. This...
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In Tears
as uncreditedHiroshi is the second officer on board the Hakuromaru. Lead by his captain, he heads out to town...
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Clockwork- Goodbye Winter
as uncreditedAyumi Ishida won the Blue Ribbon for the Best Actress.
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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
as Muneaki SetaDetective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner...
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SMAP×SMAP
as Skit GuestSMAP×SMAP was an ongoing weekly Japanese variety show on Kansai TV and Fuji TV starring the...
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Hideyoshi
as Oda NobunagaA dramatized biography of the second of Japan's three legendary leaders. Rising from obscurity,...
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Epic Chushingura
as Horibe YasubeiDaichūshingura is a television dramatization of the events of the Forty-seven Ronin. The first...
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Yoshitsune
as Taira no Kiyomori (Hei-shi)Yoshitsune is a Japanese television drama series originally broadcast between 9 January and 11...
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Haguregumo
as uncreditedSet at the end of the Edo period, the series depicts Kumo's family with his wife, Kame, their...
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Katsu Kaishu
as Katsu Kaishu (adult)Katsu Kaishū deals with end of the Edo period. Based on Kan Shimozawa's novels "Katsu Kaishū "
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No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35
as Yukinobu AsadaThe drama will center around how a 35 year old changes the school and influences her fellow...
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Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband
as uncreditedKamikawa Ryohei is a 35-year-old man who works in a foreign company and lives a happy family...
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Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi
as Kondo IsamiThe arrival of Matthew Perry's Black Ships rudely awakened Japan from 300 years of isolation...
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Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
as 카스가이 류헤이The series centers around Ryūhei Kasugai (Tetsuya Watari), the grumpy owner of a traditional...
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Flower of Ice
as uncreditedSeno Kyoko is a pianist who receives an inheritance from her uncle, and begins living happily...
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Gion Bayashi
as uncreditedIrie is ordered to investigate George Hakushu, a key person in the missile defense program. The...
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The Big City / Metropolis
as uncreditedClassic Japaneses TV show
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