Tamio Kawachi

Tamio Kawachi

Known for
Acting
Born
July 21, 1938
Died
February 10, 2018 (aged 79)
Birthplace
Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan

Biography

Tamio Kawachi was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 120 feature films. He is best known for his collaborations with directors Koreyoshi Kurahara and Seijun Suzuki, starring in Kurahara's The Warped Ones (1960) and Black Sun (1964), and having a prominent role in Suzuki's Tokyo Drifter (1966).

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2017
Conquest 11 poster

Conquest 11

Movie

2017
Conquest 10 poster

Conquest 10

Movie

2011
The Lion Who Conquers Shura poster

The Lion Who Conquers Shura

Movie

2011
The Lion Who Conquers Shura 2 poster

The Lion Who Conquers Shura 2

Movie

2010
Exiled poster

Exiled

Movie

2009
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 9 poster

Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 9

Movie

2009
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 10 poster

Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 10

Movie

2008
Road to New Don 2 poster

Road to New Don 2

Movie

2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 5 poster

Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 5

Movie

2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 4 poster

Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 4

Movie

2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 6 poster

Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 6

Movie

2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 7 poster

Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 7

Movie

2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 8 poster

Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 8

Movie

2008
修羅之魂 ~激動渡世編~ poster

修羅之魂 ~激動渡世編~

Movie

2008
修羅之魂 ~侠客立志編~ poster

修羅之魂 ~侠客立志編~

Movie

2007
The History of Yakuza Struggles in Kyushu - The Ogura War poster

The History of Yakuza Struggles in Kyushu - The Ogura War

Movie

2007
Road to New Don poster

Road to New Don

Movie

2007
Tainted Emblem: The Final Chapter poster

Tainted Emblem: The Final Chapter

Movie

2007
Yakuza no daimon poster

Yakuza no daimon

Movie

2007
Yakuza Emblem Chapter 2 poster

Yakuza Emblem Chapter 2

Movie

2007
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 3 poster

Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 3

Movie

2007
Tainted Emblem poster

Tainted Emblem

Movie

2007
True Account: The Chivalrous Dragon of Japan poster

True Account: The Chivalrous Dragon of Japan

Movie

2006
Cool Dimension: Innocent Assassin poster

Cool Dimension: Innocent Assassin

Movie

2006
Yakuza Don poster

Yakuza Don

Movie

2006
Waru: The End poster

Waru: The End

Movie

2006
Proud Ambition 2 poster

Proud Ambition 2

Movie

2005
Sakura no daimon: chi no hōshū

Sakura no daimon: chi no hōshū

Movie

2005
Proud Ambition 3 poster

Proud Ambition 3

Movie

2005
Isolation Letter poster

Isolation Letter

Movie

2004
Road to the Don 23 poster

Road to the Don 23

Movie

2004
修羅のみち9 北九州烈死篇 poster

修羅のみち9 北九州烈死篇

Movie

2004
修羅のみち10 九州全面戦争 poster

修羅のみち10 九州全面戦争

Movie

2003
Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle poster

Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle

Movie · as Owada

2003
Gozu poster

Gozu

Movie

2003
Kanto Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura poster

Kanto Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura

Movie

2003
Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North Sea poster

Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North Sea

Movie

2002
Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution 2

Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution 2

Movie

2001
Ultraman Tiga Gaiden: Revival of the Ancient Giant poster

Ultraman Tiga Gaiden: Revival of the Ancient Giant

Movie · as Osa

2001
Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution poster

Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution

Movie

2001
Gunball poster

Gunball

Movie

2001
A Yakuza Christian: A Battle in Hell poster

A Yakuza Christian: A Battle in Hell

Movie

2000
Fighting Knife Yoshi poster

Fighting Knife Yoshi

Movie

2000
Shura ga Yuku 9 poster

Shura ga Yuku 9

Movie

2000
Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey poster

Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey

Movie · as Souichiro Sawai

2000
Shin Mahjong Demon 5: Shinjuku Mahjong Showdown poster

Shin Mahjong Demon 5: Shinjuku Mahjong Showdown

Movie

1998
East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights poster

East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights

Movie

1997
Remembering the Cosmos Flower poster

Remembering the Cosmos Flower

Movie

1997
Confinement Escape: Plundered Love poster

Confinement Escape: Plundered Love

Movie

1997
Ultraman Dyna poster

Ultraman Dyna

TV · as Sawai So-Ichiro · 51 eps

1996
KISS ME poster

KISS ME

Movie

1995
Sukiyaki poster

Sukiyaki

Movie · as Ryohel Mihara

1993
Emperor of Upheaval poster

Emperor of Upheaval

Movie

1992
Gorotsuki poster

Gorotsuki

Movie

1992
The Setting Sun poster

The Setting Sun

Movie

1992
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan poster

Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan

Movie

1992
Investigation of a Typical Love poster

Investigation of a Typical Love

Movie · as Takimura

1992
The Gambler poster

The Gambler

Movie · as Honorable

1991
Heat Wave poster

Heat Wave

Movie · as Shinkichi, Hashiba

1990
Bad Guys Only poster

Bad Guys Only

Movie

1989
Beppin Town poster

Beppin Town

Movie

1988
Soul Music: Lovers Only poster

Soul Music: Lovers Only

Movie

1987
The Forced Marriage with Children

The Forced Marriage with Children

Movie

1985
Kekkon Annai Mystery poster

Kekkon Annai Mystery

Movie

1985
Break Town Story poster

Break Town Story

Movie

1985
Osomatsu-kun: Iyami and Chibita's Cooking Showdown poster

Osomatsu-kun: Iyami and Chibita's Cooking Showdown

Movie · as Yasu the Gourmet

1984
Chi-n-pi-ra poster

Chi-n-pi-ra

Movie · as Otani

1983
Empress poster

Empress

Movie

1983
Kazoku no sentaku poster

Kazoku no sentaku

Movie · as Yoichi Kanazawa

1982
The Imperial Japanese Empire poster

The Imperial Japanese Empire

Movie

1981
Pro Hunter poster

Pro Hunter

TV · 1 ep

1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga

Movie · as Seiichi Kanbara

1980
Tokugawa no Onnatachi

Tokugawa no Onnatachi

TV · 1 ep

1979
Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Yonaki Numa poster

Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Yonaki Numa

Movie

1977
Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu poster

Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu

Movie · as Kenji Igarashi

1976
A Kawachi Rascal's Song poster

A Kawachi Rascal's Song

Movie · as Doctor

1976
Daihijôsen poster

Daihijôsen

TV · 10 eps

1975
Shimane Prison Riot poster

Shimane Prison Riot

Movie · as Dog breeder

1975
The Viper Brothers and the Young General poster

The Viper Brothers and the Young General

Movie

1975
Pimp Heaven poster

Pimp Heaven

Movie · as Yoshiichi

1975
The Bullet Train poster

The Bullet Train

Movie · as Satô

1974
The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers poster

The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers

Movie

1974
The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges poster

The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges

Movie

1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity poster

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Movie · as Kanbara Seiichi

1973
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail poster

The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail

Movie

1973
Professional Killers poster

Professional Killers

Movie · as Gozamatsu no Magohachi

1973
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers poster

The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers

Movie · as Katsu

1972
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats poster

The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats

Movie

1972
Informal Dress poster

Informal Dress

Movie

1972
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13 poster

The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13

Movie

1972
Kogarashi Monjiro poster

Kogarashi Monjiro

TV · as Sentaro · 1 ep

1971
The Viper Brothers poster

The Viper Brothers

Movie · as Katsuji (Immortal Katsu)

1971
The Viper Brothers Rage Again poster

The Viper Brothers Rage Again

Movie

1971
A Man's World poster

A Man's World

Movie

1971
The Earth is Born Again poster

The Earth is Born Again

Movie · as Yokoyama

1971
Night Butterflies poster

Night Butterflies

Movie

1970
A Gangster's Morals

A Gangster's Morals

Movie

1970
Abare chōhan poster

Abare chōhan

Movie

1970
Spartan Education poster

Spartan Education

Movie

1970
Waterfront Blues poster

Waterfront Blues

Movie · as Chiba

1970
Fossil of Love poster

Fossil of Love

Movie

1969
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza poster

Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza

Movie

1969
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower poster

Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower

Movie

1969
Savage Wolf Pack poster

Savage Wolf Pack

Movie

1969
Mini-Skirt Lynchers poster

Mini-Skirt Lynchers

Movie

1969
Penitentiary Brothers poster

Penitentiary Brothers

Movie · as Jiro Matsubara

1969
Yoru no mesu - Hana no inochi poster

Yoru no mesu - Hana no inochi

Movie

1969
Biographies of Killers poster

Biographies of Killers

Movie

1968
Wind of Youth poster

Wind of Youth

Movie

1968
若い川の流れ poster

若い川の流れ

Movie

1968
Outlaw: Gangster VIP poster

Outlaw: Gangster VIP

Movie · as Isamu Tsujikawa

1968
Retaliation poster

Retaliation

Movie · as Naruse

1968
Outlaw: Black Dagger poster

Outlaw: Black Dagger

Movie · as Sueo Shige

1967
Gappa, the Triphibian Monster poster

Gappa, the Triphibian Monster

Movie · as Hiroshi Kurosaki

1967
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding poster

The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding

Movie · as Ishikawa no Torakichi

1967
Aruhi watashi wa poster

Aruhi watashi wa

Movie

1967
The Black Sheep poster

The Black Sheep

Movie

1967
My Sweetheart poster

My Sweetheart

Movie · as Kawachi

1967
A Bumpkin of Tokyo poster

A Bumpkin of Tokyo

Movie

1966
Tokyo Drifter poster

Tokyo Drifter

Movie · as Tatsuzo the Viper

1966
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira poster

Watashi, chigatteiru kashira

Movie · as Yoshida

1966
Story of Japanese Chivalry: Flower of a Chivalrous Man poster

Story of Japanese Chivalry: Flower of a Chivalrous Man

Movie

1966
Carmen from Kawachi poster

Carmen from Kawachi

Movie · as Seiji Takano

1966
Star of Destiny poster

Star of Destiny

Movie

1966
Cheers to the Sky poster

Cheers to the Sky

Movie

1966
Lost in the Rain poster

Lost in the Rain

TV · as Nozaki Masaya · 13 eps

1965
Story of a Prostitute poster

Story of a Prostitute

Movie · as Shinkichi Mikami

1965
Gambling is My Destiny poster

Gambling is My Destiny

Movie · as Masa (The Drifter)

1965
Loss of Innocence poster

Loss of Innocence

Movie

1965
The Rule for a Vagabond poster

The Rule for a Vagabond

Movie · as Naojiro

1965
In Tears poster

In Tears

Movie

1964
Cruel Gun Story poster

Cruel Gun Story

Movie · as Takizawa

1964
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel poster

Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel

Movie · as Kurokawa

1964
Black Sun poster

Black Sun

Movie · as Akira

1964
The Flower and the Angry Waves poster

The Flower and the Angry Waves

Movie

1964
Red Handkerchief poster

Red Handkerchief

Movie

1964
Welcome, My Baby poster

Welcome, My Baby

Movie · as Toshio Tanimura

1964
Whirlpool of Flesh poster

Whirlpool of Flesh

Movie · as Kenichi Sekiguchi

1964
Ningen ni kakeruna poster

Ningen ni kakeruna

Movie

1964
Kaze to Ki to Sora to poster

Kaze to Ki to Sora to

Movie

1963
Jidanya poster

Jidanya

Movie

1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! poster

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!

Movie · as Manabe

1963
Youth of the Beast poster

Youth of the Beast

Movie · as Hideo Nomoto

1963
Prince of Wolves poster

Prince of Wolves

Movie · as Ginji Tachibana

1963
I Fly for Kicks poster

I Fly for Kicks

Movie · as Kenji Yoshioka

1963
The Hill is Full of Flowers poster

The Hill is Full of Flowers

Movie · as Masaya Nozaki

1963
午前零時の出獄 poster

午前零時の出獄

Movie

1962
Hana no saigetsu poster

Hana no saigetsu

Movie

1962
I Hate But Love poster

I Hate But Love

Movie · as Hiroshi Ozaki

1962
Taiyō no yō ni akaruku poster

Taiyō no yō ni akaruku

Movie

1962
Naku n janai ze poster

Naku n janai ze

Movie

1962
Youth Turned Sideways poster

Youth Turned Sideways

Movie

1962
Utau abarenbō poster

Utau abarenbō

Movie

1962
The Guys Who Put Money on Me poster

The Guys Who Put Money on Me

Movie · as Kenjiro Yoshida

1962
Teenage Yakuza poster

Teenage Yakuza

Movie · as Jiro

1962
Night of Bloody Hell poster

Night of Bloody Hell

Movie

1961
Wharf Temperament poster

Wharf Temperament

Movie · as Eiji Iwasa

1961
Hotbed of Crime poster

Hotbed of Crime

Movie

1961
Yabure Kabure poster

Yabure Kabure

Movie

1961
Lost in the Sun poster

Lost in the Sun

Movie

1961
Kitakami Nocturne poster

Kitakami Nocturne

Movie · as Keisuke Shirato

1961
Shōjo poster

Shōjo

Movie

1961
Aoime no Sugao poster

Aoime no Sugao

Movie

1961
Shokei zen'ya poster

Shokei zen'ya

Movie

1961
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō poster

Zurari oretacha yōjinbō

Movie

1961
Blue Hunter poster

Blue Hunter

Movie · as Kawamura

1960
The Wild, Unruly Drifter poster

The Wild, Unruly Drifter

Movie

1960
The Warped Ones poster

The Warped Ones

Movie · as Akira

1960
Everything Goes Wrong poster

Everything Goes Wrong

Movie · as Jirô Sugita

1960
Return of the Vagabond poster

Return of the Vagabond

Movie

1960
The Drifter from the Sea poster

The Drifter from the Sea

Movie

1960
Flowers in the rain poster

Flowers in the rain

Movie

1960
Boku wa naichicchi poster

Boku wa naichicchi

Movie

1959
Woman from the Sea poster

Woman from the Sea

Movie · as Toshio

1959
Friendship of Jazz poster

Friendship of Jazz

Movie · as Kenji Kawazoe

1959
The Sky Is Mine poster

The Sky Is Mine

Movie

1959
Dream Young Man's Dream poster

Dream Young Man's Dream

Movie

1959
Umi wa kurutte iru poster

Umi wa kurutte iru

Movie

1959
Gun Number Zero poster

Gun Number Zero

Movie · as Yoshio

1959
Wounded Beast poster

Wounded Beast

Movie

1959
Downhill Youth poster

Downhill Youth

Movie · as Yasuo Kawase

1959
Mighty Rules poster

Mighty Rules

Movie

1959
The Stream of Youth poster

The Stream of Youth

Movie · as Yasuo Kitaoka

1959
When a Man Risks His Life poster

When a Man Risks His Life

Movie · as Masao Taniguchi

1959
Hijo tehai poster

Hijo tehai

Movie

1959
Unripe Fruit poster

Unripe Fruit

Movie

1958
A Slope in the Sun poster

A Slope in the Sun

Movie · as Tamio Takagi

1958
The Coming of Age poster

The Coming of Age

Movie · as Yasushi Nanjô

1958
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow poster

The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow

Movie · as Kaoru Shirafuji

1958
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon poster

The Man Who Rode the Typhoon

Movie · as Shiro Nezu

1958
Taiyō o buchi otose poster

Taiyō o buchi otose

Movie

1958
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha poster

Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha

Movie

1958
Osaka no kaze poster

Osaka no kaze

Movie