Tetsuya Watari
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1941-12-28
Deathday 2020-08-10 (78 years old)
Place of Birth Japan
Also Known As 渡瀬道彦, Michihiko Watase
Tetsuya Watari
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
Actor
as Yukinobu Asada
as Masato Kogure
as 카스가이 류헤이
as Saeki Shinji
as Taira no Kiyomori (Hei-shi)
as Seizo Monoi
as Chikara Kokuryo
as Muneaki Seta
as Jinseikai Boss
as Kounosuke Mibu
as Kondo Isami
as Masajiro Miyazawa
as Skit Guest
as Oda Nobunaga
as Cao Cao (voice)
as Cao Cao (voice)
as Toshizo Hijikata
as Kuroiwa
as Third Officer Inoue
as Rikio Ishikawa
as Katsu Kaishu (adult)
as Seijirô Tanaka
as Detective Murakami
as Shun Muraki
as Goro Takei
as Hironosuke Nakadate
as Horibe Yasubei
as Yohei Kada
as Kurasawa
as Keiji Takama
as Yoji Kitami
as Ôhara Ryûji
as Goro Fujikawa
as Goro Fujikawa
as Goro Fujikawa
as Naoyoshi
as Young man
as Goro Fujikawa
as Takuya Tsugami
as Goro Fujikawa
as Goro Fujikawa
as Akai
as Goro
as Makoto Katagiri
as Shôichi Kokubu
as Yukio Mihara
as Makoto Kanô
as Hiroshi
as Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo
as Saburo Ohinata
Creator
as Creator
as Creator