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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1941-12-28

Died: 2020-08-10

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1965	Seishun no Sabaki		0
2	1965	Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze		0
3	1965	The Stars and I Decided...	Saburo Ohinata	0
4	1965	In Tears		0
5	1966	Tokyo Drifter	Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo	71
6	1966	Red Glass	Hiroshi	0
7	1966	Till We Meet Again		0
8	1966	Love Eternal	Makoto Kanô	0
9	1966	Your Life		0
10	1966	The Heart of Hiroshima	Yukio Mihara	0
11	1966	The Stormy Man	Shôichi Kokubu	0
12	1966	The Swan Elegy		0
13	1966	Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love	Tetsu	0
14	1967	The Black Sheep		0
15	1967	Dreams Come True at Night	Makoto Katagiri	0
16	1967	The Man of Victory		0
17	1967	Burning Clouds		0
18	1967	Rusty Pendant		0
19	1967	Velvet Hustler	Goro	63
20	1967	My Sweetheart	Akai	0
21	1967	The Aftermath of War		0
22	1968	Outlaw: Gangster VIP	Goro Fujikawa	67
23	1968	The Code of Man		0
24	1968	Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2	Goro Fujikawa	68
25	1968	Song of my Life	Takuya Tsugami	0
26	1968	Outlaw: Heartless	Goro Fujikawa	66
27	1968	The Final Winner?		0
28	1968	Monument to the Girl's Corps	Young man	0
29	1968	East China Sea	Naoyoshi	0
30	1968	Outlaw: Goro the Assassin	Goro Fujikawa	66
31	1968	The Blazing Continent		0
32	1968	Outlaw: Black Dagger	Goro Fujikawa	64
33	1969	Exiled to Hell		0
34	1969	Savage Wolf Pack		58
35	1969	Outlaw: Kill!	Goro Fujikawa	67
36	1969	前科・仮釈放	Ôhara Ryûji	0
37	1969	Ruthless Gambler		0
38	1969	The Fatal Raid		0
39	1969	The Wild Sea	Yoji Kitami	0
40	1969	Showdown at Nagasaki	Keiji Takama	0
41	1969	やくざ番外地　抹殺		0
42	1969	The Cleanup	Kurasawa	0
43	1970	Profile of a Boss' Son		0
44	1970	The Summit of Mt. Fuji	Yohei Kada	0
45	1970	Showdown in Gangland		0
46	1970	Spartan Education		0
47	1970	Pay Off Your Debt!		0
48	1970	Step on the Gas!		70
49	1971	Kanto Drifter		0
50	1971	The Earth is Born Again	Hironosuke Nakadate	0
51	1971	Kanto Kanbu-kai		0
52	1971	Expelled from the Kanto Mob		0
53	1971	Law of the Outlaw	Goro Takei	0
54	1972	Chase That Man		0
55	1972	Sword and Flower		0
56	1972	Theater Of Life		100
57	1973	Rebellion Reward	Shun Muraki	0
58	1973	Flower and Dragon		100
59	1973	Wild Cop		60
60	1973	The Human Revolution		0
61	1973	Stray Dog	Detective Murakami	70
62	1973	The Blossom and the Sword	Seijirô Tanaka	70
63	1973	Wild Cop 2		65
64	1975	Graveyard of Honor	Rikio Ishikawa	67
65	1975	Conflagration	Third Officer Inoue	40
66	1976	Human Revolution II		0
67	1976	Yakuza Graveyard	Ryu Kuroiwa	67
68	1984	Again		0
69	1986	Clockwork- Goodbye Winter		0
70	1988	Goryokaku	Toshizo Hijikata	0
71	1991	The Unruly Ronin's Journey		0
72	1992	Great Conquest: The Romance of Three Kingdoms	Cao Cao (voice)	63
73	1993	Sangokushi: The Yangtze Is Burning!	Cao Cao (voice)	63
74	1993	Kin chan no Cinema Jack		0
75	1996	Night Train to the Stars	Masajiro Miyazawa	57
76	1997	Abduction		0
77	1998	Diary of Early Winter Shower	Kounosuke Mibu	80
78	2000	It Is a Long Walk		80
79	2000	Brother	Jinseikai Boss	71
80	2002	Shura Group Part 3		0
81	2004	Lady Joker	Seizo Monoi	75
82	2005	Yamato		54
83	2012	Villain	Masato Kogure	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Epic Chushingura	Horibe Yasubei	0
2	1974	Katsu Kaishu	Katsu Kaishu (adult)	0
3	1976	Big City: Days of Struggle		0
4	1978	Haguregumo		65
5	1978	浮浪云		0
6	1990	Daihyô torishimariyaku deka		0
7	1996	Hideyoshi	Oda Nobunaga	95
8	1996	SMAP×SMAP	Skit Guest	85
9	1998	Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi	Kondo Isami	0
10	2002	渡哲也サスペンス絆		0
11	2002	AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo	Muneaki Seta	79
12	2002	スクープ		0
13	2003	Marusa!!	Chikara Kokuryo	0
14	2005	Yoshitsune	Taira no Kiyomori (Hei-shi)	85
15	2005	Gion Bayashi		60
16	2005	Middle-aged Divorce		0
17	2006	The Street Lawyers		0
18	2006	Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband		0
19	2006	Kazoku	Saeki Shinji	0
20	2007	マグロ		0
21	2007	Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop	카스가이 류헤이	0
22	2008	Flower of Ice		90
23	2009	Clouds Over the Hill	東郷平八郎	81
24	2013	No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35	Yukinobu Asada	67

Tetsuya Watari

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