Tetsuya Watari
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 28, 1941
- Died
- August 10, 2020 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Biography
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.
Known For
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Filmography
No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35
TV · as Yukinobu Asada · 11 eps
Villain
Movie · as Masato Kogure
Clouds Over the Hill
TV · as 東郷平八郎 · 5 eps
Flower of Ice
TV · 2 eps
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
TV · as 카스가이 류헤이 · 8 eps
Tuna
TV · 2 eps
Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband
TV · 8 eps
The Street Lawyers
TV · 8 eps
Yamato
Movie
Yoshitsune
TV · as Taira no Kiyomori (Hei-shi) · 49 eps
Middle-aged Divorce
TV · 6 eps
Gion Bayashi
TV · 1 ep
Lady Joker
Movie · as Seizo Monoi
Western Police Special
Movie · as Keisuke Daimon
弟
TV · 5 eps
Marusa!!
TV · as Chikara Kokuryo · 12 eps
Shura Group Part 3
Movie
スクープ
TV · 1 ep
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
TV · as Muneaki Seta · 2 eps
渡哲也サスペンス 絆
TV · 1 ep
明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-
Movie
It Is a Long Walk
Movie
Brother
Movie · as Jinseikai Boss
Diary of Early Winter Shower
Movie · as Kounosuke Mibu
Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi
TV · as Kondo Isami · 10 eps
Abduction
Movie · as Hiroshi Tsuba
Night Train to the Stars
Movie · as Masajiro Miyazawa
SMAP×SMAP
TV · as Skit Guest · 1 ep
Hideyoshi
TV · as Oda Nobunaga · 49 eps
Kin chan no Cinema Jack
Movie
Sangokushi: The Yangtze Is Burning!
Movie · as Cao Cao (voice)
The Four Beast Guardians 5 - Scarecrow Hanbei's Lawless Journey
Movie · as Tetsuya Watari
Great Conquest: The Romance of Three Kingdoms
Movie · as Cao Cao (voice)
My Beloved Detective
TV · as Section Chief Daisuke Takakura · 20 eps
The Unruly Ronin's Journey
Movie
Representative Director Detective
TV · 20 eps
Gorilla - Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Investigation Division 8
TV · as Sho Kuramoto · 46 eps
Goryokaku
Movie · as Toshizo Hijikata
Clockwork- Goodbye Winter
Movie
Again
Movie
Western Police: Goodbye, Western Police
Movie
Western Police
TV · as Daimon Keisuke · 50 eps
Haguregumo
TV · 20 eps
浮浪云
TV · 1 ep
Yakuza Graveyard
Movie · as Ryu Kuroiwa
Human Revolution II
Movie
Big City: Days of Struggle
TV · 35 eps
Graveyard of Honor
Movie · as Rikio Ishikawa
Conflagration
Movie · as Third Officer Inoue
Katsu Kaishu
TV · as Katsu Kaishu (adult) · 52 eps
Rebellion Reward
Movie · as Shun Muraki
Stray Dog
Movie · as Detective Murakami
Flower and Dragon
Movie
The Blossom and the Sword
Movie · as Seijirô Tanaka
Wild Cop 2
Movie
Wild Cop
Movie
The Human Revolution
Movie · as Shimatani
Chase That Man
Movie
Sword and Flower
Movie
Theater of Life
Movie
Roar At The Sun!
TV · as Hyogo Tachibana (Inspector) · 20 eps
Kanto Kanbu-kai
Movie
Kanto Drifter
Movie
Expelled from the Kanto Mob
Movie
Law of the Outlaw
Movie · as Goro Takei
The Earth is Born Again
Movie · as Hironosuke Nakadate
Challenge at Dawn
Movie
Epic Chushingura
TV · as Horibe Yasubei · 52 eps
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
Movie · as Yohei Kada
Profile of a Boss' Son
Movie
Spartan Education
Movie
Step on the Gas!
Movie · as Yuuji Nishigami
Showdown in Gangland
Movie
Pay Off Your Debt!
Movie
The Cleanup
Movie · as Kurasawa
The Wild Sea
Movie · as Yoji Kitami
前科・仮釈放
Movie · as Ôhara Ryûji
Exiled to Hell
Movie
Ruthless Gambler
Movie
Outlaw: Kill!
Movie · as Goro Fujikawa
Savage Wolf Pack
Movie
Showdown at Nagasaki
Movie · as Keiji Takama
The Fatal Raid
Movie
やくざ番外地 抹殺
Movie
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
Movie
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
Movie
The Blazing Continent
Movie
East China Sea
Movie · as Naoyoshi
The Code of Man
Movie
Outlaw: Gangster VIP
Movie · as Goro Fujikawa
Monument to the Girl's Corps
Movie · as Young man
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
Movie · as Goro Fujikawa
Outlaw: Heartless
Movie · as Goro Fujikawa
Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
Movie · as Goro Fujikawa
Outlaw: Black Dagger
Movie · as Goro Fujikawa
The Final Winner?
Movie
Song of my Life
Movie · as Takuya Tsugami
Velvet Hustler
Movie · as Goro
The Aftermath of War
Movie
The Black Sheep
Movie
My Sweetheart
Movie · as Akai
Burning Clouds
Movie
Dreams Come True at Night
Movie · as Makoto Katagiri
The Man of Victory
Movie
Rusty Pendant
Movie
The Debt of Blood
Movie
陽のあたる坂道
Movie
The Hurricane Drummer
Movie
Tokyo Drifter
Movie · as Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo
Your Life
Movie
The Stormy Man
Movie · as Shôichi Kokubu
Love Eternal
Movie · as Makoto Kanô
The Heart of Hiroshima
Movie · as Yukio Mihara
The Swan Elegy
Movie
Till We Meet Again
Movie
Red Glass
Movie · as Hiroshi
Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love
Movie · as Tetsu
Seishun no Sabaki
Movie
The Stars and I Decided...
Movie · as Saburo Ohinata
In Tears
Movie
Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze
Movie