Tetsuya Watari
Acting
Born December 28, 1941 · Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
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 no…
Known For · 40 titles
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
SMAP×SMAP
Yoshitsune
Hideyoshi
Epic Chushingura
Seibu Keisatsu
Clouds Over the Hill
Big City: Days of Struggle
No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35
Katsu Kaishu
Daihyô torishimariyaku deka
浮浪云
Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband
Showdown in Gangland
Yamato
Brother
Sword and Flower
Haguregumo
Marusa!!
Graveyard of Honor
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
The Street Lawyers
Night Train to the Stars
Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi
Tokyo Drifter
Gion Bayashi
弟
Middle-aged Divorce
Human Revolution II
Flower of Ice
The Debt of Blood
Yakuza Graveyard
Kin chan no Cinema Jack
Diary of Early Winter Shower
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
Kanto Kanbu-kai
Great Conquest: The Romance of Three Kingdoms
Theater of Life
Outlaw: Gangster VIP
Tuna