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Tetsuya Watari (渡 哲也) is a Actor Japonais born on 28 december 1941 at Awaji (Japon)
Tetsuya Watari (渡 哲也, Watari Tetsuya, born December 28, 1941) is a Japanese film, stage, and television actor. He made his screen debut in 1964, in Isamu Kosugi's Abare Kishidō.
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 of their actors who left the studio.
He was the president of Ishihara Promotion after Yujiro's death in 1987 but in 2011 he resigned due to his health conditions.
On June 10th 2015 he was hospitalised for acute myocardial infarction and underwent surgery. On July 17th it was announced that he was in rehabilitation and would be discharged from hospital in about a month.
He has a younger brother, Tsunehiko Watase, who is also an actor.
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Birth name Michihikko Watase
Nationality Japon
Birth 28 december 1941 at Awaji (Japon)
Death 10 august 2020 (at 78 years)
Nationality Japon
Birth 28 december 1941 at Awaji (Japon)
Death 10 august 2020 (at 78 years)
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 of their actors who left the studio.
He was the president of Ishihara Promotion after Yujiro's death in 1987 but in 2011 he resigned due to his health conditions.
On June 10th 2015 he was hospitalised for acute myocardial infarction and underwent surgery. On July 17th it was announced that he was in rehabilitation and would be discharged from hospital in about a month.
He has a younger brother, Tsunehiko Watase, who is also an actor.
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Filmography of Tetsuya Watari (渡 哲也) (9 films)
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Yamato (2005)
, 2h25Directed by Jun'ya Satō
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Takashi Sorimachi, Nakamura Shidō II, Yu Aoi, Kenichi Matsuyama, Tatsuya Nakadai, Jyunichi Haruta
Roles 海軍中将 Kaigun Chūjō (Vice-Admiral) Seiichi Itō
Rating63%
The film begins with footage from Asahi Shimbun's special expedition to the Yamato wreckage in 1999, then to a woman, Makiko Uchida, visiting the Yamato Museum in Kure, Hiroshima on 6 April 2005. She is looking for a boat to take her to the site where the Yamato sank, to honor the crew on the 60th anniversary of the ship's last battle. Katsumi Kamio, a survivor who is now a fisherman, agrees to take her after he discovers she was an adopted daughter of Petty Officer First Class Mamoru Uchida, a crewman and close friend who he thought went down with the ship.
Lady Joker (2004)
, 2h1Directed by Hideyuki Hirayama
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Tetsuya Watari (渡 哲也), Jun Kunimura, Ren Osugi, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Miho Kanno, Ittoku Kishibe
Roles Seizo Monoi
Rating62%
Brother (2000)
, 1h54Directed by Takeshi Kitano
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Omar Epps, Takeshi Kitano, Claude Maki, Tetsuya Watari (渡 哲也), Masaya Katō, Susumu Terajima
Roles Jinseikai Boss
Rating70%
Takeshi Kitano plays Yamamoto, a lone yakuza officer. Defeated in a war with a rival family, his boss killed, he heads to Los Angeles, California.
Clockwork- Goodbye Winter (1986)
Genres Drama
Actors Tomoko Nakajima, Ayumi Ishida, Tetsuya Watari (渡 哲也), Toshiyuki Nagashima, Hideo Murota, Eri Ishida
Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
, 1h32Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Meiko Kaji, Tetsuya Watari (渡 哲也), Nagisa Ōshima, Seizō Fukumoto, Takuzo Kawatani, Hideo Murota
Roles Kuroiwa
Rating70%
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.
Graveyard of Honor (1975)
, 1h34Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Tetsuya Watari (渡 哲也), Reiko Ike, Yumi Takigawa, Noboru Ando, Hajime Hana, Mikio Narita
Roles Rikio Ishikawa
Rating70%
Rikio Ishikawa, a member of the Kawada yakuza family in Shinjuku, assaults and steals money from the Aoki gang, members of the rival Shinwa family from Ikebukuro, for operating in their territory. Ishikawa then robs a Sangokujin gambling den with Imai, whom he had become friends with in prison and whom asks Ishikawa to join his gang, he stashes his gun with a geisha named Cheiko. After being released from jail that night, he returns for the gun and rapes her.
Graveyard of Honor (1975)
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Tetsuya Watari (渡 哲也), Yumi Takigawa, Noboru Ando, Reiko Ike, Kunie Tanaka, Hajime Hana
Roles Rikio Ishikawa
Rating70%
Au lendemain de la seconde Guerre Mondiale, un yakuza devient totalement incontrolable. Ces incidents sont sur le point de faire naître une guerre de gangs.
Fuji sanchô (1970)
, 2h6Directed by Tetsutarō Murano
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Yujiro Ishihara, Tetsuya Watari (渡 哲也), Tsutomu Yamazaki, Jūkichi Uno, Shintarō Katsu, Shinsuke Ashida
Roles 加田雄平
Rating64%
Le gouvernement japonais décide d'installer un radar au sommet du mont Fuji, afin de détecter les typhons jusqu'à 800 km au sud de l'archipel nippon, mais la tâche ne sera pas facile.
Tokyo Drifter (1966)
, 1h29Directed by Seijun Suzuki
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Tetsuya Watari (渡 哲也), Hideaki Nitani, Chieko Matsubara, Ryūji Kita
Roles Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo
Rating70%
Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo is a member of a recently deactivated Yakuza gang. His boss, to whom he holds absolute loyalty, Kurata, has given up the life of crime for himself and his syndicate. Otsuka, a rival gang boss, attempts to recruit Tetsu into his organization, but is turned down. After failing, Otsuka sends an assassin to neutralize Tetsu, fearing he will interfere with a real estate scam. Looking to profit from the scheme himself and fearing that his group is threatened by his presence, Kurata asks Tetsu to leave and live the life of a drifter.