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.
Fotos
Películas (93)
Villain
2012 · Masato Kogure
Yamato
2005
Lady Joker
2004 · Seizo Monoi
Western Police Special
2004 · Keisuke Daimon
Shura Group Part 3
2002
明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-
2001
Brother
2000 · Jinseikai Boss
It Is a Long Walk
2000
Diary of Early Winter Shower
1998 · Kounosuke Mibu
Abduction
1997 · Hiroshi Tsuba
Night Train to the Stars
1996 · Masajiro Miyazawa
Kin chan no Cinema Jack
1993
Sangokushi: The Yangtze Is Burning!
1993 · Cao Cao (voice)
The Four Beast Guardians 5 - Scarecrow Hanbei's Lawless Journey
1993 · Tetsuya Watari
Great Conquest: The Romance of Three Kingdoms
1992 · Cao Cao (voice)
The Unruly Ronin's Journey
1991
Goryokaku
1988 · Toshizo Hijikata
Clockwork- Goodbye Winter
1986
Western Police: Goodbye, Western Police
1984
Again
1984
Yakuza Graveyard
1976 · Ryu Kuroiwa
Human Revolution II
1976
Conflagration
1975 · Third Officer Inoue
Graveyard of Honor
1975 · Rikio Ishikawa
Wild Cop 2
1973
The Blossom and the Sword
1973 · Seijirô Tanaka
Stray Dog
1973 · Detective Murakami
The Human Revolution
1973 · Shimatani
Wild Cop
1973
Flower and Dragon
1973
Rebellion Reward
1973 · Shun Muraki
Theater of Life
1972
Sword and Flower
1972
Chase That Man
1972
Law of the Outlaw
1971 · Goro Takei
Expelled from the Kanto Mob
1971
Challenge at Dawn
1971
Kanto Kanbu-kai
1971
The Earth is Born Again
1971 · Hironosuke Nakadate
Kanto Drifter
1971
Step on the Gas!
1970 · Yuuji Nishigami
Pay Off Your Debt!
1970
Spartan Education
1970
Showdown in Gangland
1970
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970 · Yohei Kada
Profile of a Boss' Son
1970
The Cleanup
1969 · Kurasawa
やくざ番外地 抹殺
1969
Showdown at Nagasaki
1969 · Keiji Takama
The Wild Sea
1969 · Yoji Kitami
The Fatal Raid
1969
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969
Ruthless Gambler
1969
前科・仮釈放
1969 · Ôhara Ryûji
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
Outlaw: Kill!
1969 · Goro Fujikawa
Savage Wolf Pack
1969
Exiled to Hell
1969
Outlaw: Black Dagger
1968 · Goro Fujikawa
The Blazing Continent
1968
Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
1968 · Goro Fujikawa
East China Sea
1968 · Naoyoshi
Monument to the Girl's Corps
1968 · Young man
The Final Winner?
1968
Outlaw: Heartless
1968 · Goro Fujikawa
Song of my Life
1968 · Takuya Tsugami
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
1968 · Goro Fujikawa
The Code of Man
1968
Outlaw: Gangster VIP
1968 · Goro Fujikawa
The Aftermath of War
1967
My Sweetheart
1967 · Akai
Velvet Hustler
1967 · Goro
The Hurricane Drummer
1967
Rusty Pendant
1967
The Debt of Blood
1967
Burning Clouds
1967
The Man of Victory
1967
Dreams Come True at Night
1967 · Makoto Katagiri
The Black Sheep
1967
陽のあたる坂道
1967
Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love
1966 · Tetsu
The Swan Elegy
1966
The Stormy Man
1966 · Shôichi Kokubu
The Heart of Hiroshima
1966 · Yukio Mihara
Your Life
1966
Love Eternal
1966 · Makoto Kanô
Till We Meet Again
1966
Red Glass
1966 · Hiroshi
Tokyo Drifter
1966 · Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo
In Tears
1965
The Stars and I Decided...
1965 · Saburo Ohinata
Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze
1965
Seishun no Sabaki
1965
Series (29)
No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35
2013 · Yukinobu Asada
Clouds Over the Hill
2009 · 東郷平八郎
Flower of Ice
2008
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
2007 · 카스가이 류헤이
Tuna
2007
Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband
2006
The Street Lawyers
2006
Middle-aged Divorce
2005
Gion Bayashi
2005
Yoshitsune
2005 · Taira no Kiyomori (Hei-shi)
弟
2004
Marusa!!
2003 · Chikara Kokuryo
スクープ
2002
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002 · Muneaki Seta
渡哲也サスペンス 絆
2002
Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi
1998 · Kondo Isami, Creator
SMAP×SMAP
1996 · Skit Guest
Hideyoshi
1996 · Oda Nobunaga
My Beloved Detective
1992 · Section Chief Daisuke Takakura
三国志
1992 · Creator
Representative Director Detective
1990
Gorilla - Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Investigation Division 8
1989 · Sho Kuramoto
Western Police
1979 · Daimon Keisuke
Haguregumo
1978
浮浪云
1978
Big City: Days of Struggle
1976
Katsu Kaishu
1974 · Katsu Kaishu (adult)
Roar At The Sun!
1972 · Hyogo Tachibana (Inspector)
Epic Chushingura
1971 · Horibe Yasubei