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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 28, 1941
Died
August 10, 2020
Place of Birth
Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
- 渡瀬道彦
- Michihiko Watase
- Tetsuya Watari
Tetsuya Watari
1.0 Popularity
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
6.7
Yukinobu Asada
No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35
2013
0.0
Masato Kogure
Villain
2012
8.2
東郷平八郎
Clouds Over the Hill
2009
9.0
Flower of Ice
2008
0.0
카스가이 류헤이
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
2007
🎬
0.0
Tuna
2007
0.0
Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband
2006
0.0
The Street Lawyers
2006
5.5
Yamato
2005
🎬
0.0
Middle-aged Divorce
2005
Credits
No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35
as Yukinobu Asada
2013
6.7
Villain
as Masato Kogure
2012
0.0
Clouds Over the Hill
as 東郷平八郎
2009
8.2
Flower of Ice
2008
9.0
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
as 카스가이 류헤이
2007
0.0
🎬
Tuna
2007
0.0
Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband
2006
0.0
The Street Lawyers
2006
0.0
Yamato
2005
5.5
🎬
Middle-aged Divorce
2005
0.0
Gion Bayashi
2005
6.0
Yoshitsune
as Taira no Kiyomori (Hei-shi)
2005
8.5
Lady Joker
as Seizo Monoi
2004
7.5
Marusa!!
as Chikara Kokuryo
2003
0.0
🎬
スクープ
2002
0.0
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
as Muneaki Seta
2002
7.6
🎬
渡哲也サスペンス 絆
2002
0.0
Shura Group Part 3
2002
0.0
Brother
as Jinseikai Boss
2000
7.1
It Is a Long Walk
2000
8.0
Diary of Early Winter Shower
as Kounosuke Mibu
1998
8.0
Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi
as Kondo Isami
1998
0.0
Abduction
1997
0.0
🎬
Night Train to the Stars
as Masajiro Miyazawa
1996
5.7
SMAP×SMAP
as Skit Guest
1996
8.5
Hideyoshi
as Oda Nobunaga
1996
9.5
Kin chan no Cinema Jack
1993
0.0
Sangokushi: The Yangtze Is Burning!
as Cao Cao (voice)
1993
6.3
Great Conquest: The Romance of Three Kingdoms
as Cao Cao (voice)
1992
6.8
🎬
The Unruly Ronin's Journey
1991
0.0
🎬
Daihyô torishimariyaku deka
1990
0.0
Goryokaku
as Toshizo Hijikata
1988
0.0
Clockwork- Goodbye Winter
1986
0.0
Again
1984
0.0
浮浪云
1978
5.5
Haguregumo
1978
6.5
Big City: Days of Struggle
1976
0.0
Yakuza Graveyard
as Ryu Kuroiwa
1976
6.5
Human Revolution II
1976
0.0
Conflagration
as Third Officer Inoue
1975
6.5
Graveyard of Honor
as Rikio Ishikawa
1975
6.6
Katsu Kaishu
as Katsu Kaishu (adult)
1974
0.0
Wild Cop 2
1973
6.5
The Blossom and the Sword
as Seijirô Tanaka
1973
7.0
Stray Dog
as Detective Murakami
1973
7.0
The Human Revolution
1973
0.0
Wild Cop
1973
6.0
Flower and Dragon
1973
10.0
Rebellion Reward
as Shun Muraki
1973
0.0
Theater Of Life
1972
10.0
Sword and Flower
1972
0.0
Chase That Man
1972
0.0
Law of the Outlaw
as Goro Takei
1971
0.0
Expelled from the Kanto Mob
1971
0.0
Challenge at Dawn
1971
0.0
Kanto Kanbu-kai
1971
0.0
The Earth is Born Again
as Hironosuke Nakadate
1971
0.0
Kanto Drifter
1971
0.0
Epic Chushingura
as Horibe Yasubei
1971
10.0
Step on the Gas!
1970
7.0
Pay Off Your Debt!
1970
0.0
Spartan Education
1970
0.0
Showdown in Gangland
1970
0.0
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
as Yohei Kada
1970
0.0
Profile of a Boss' Son
1970
0.0
The Cleanup
as Kurasawa
1969
0.0
やくざ番外地 抹殺
1969
0.0
Showdown at Nagasaki
as Keiji Takama
1969
0.0
The Wild Sea
as Yoji Kitami
1969
0.0
The Fatal Raid
1969
0.0
Ruthless Gambler
1969
0.0
前科・仮釈放
as Ôhara Ryûji
1969
0.0
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969
0.0
Outlaw: Kill!
as Goro Fujikawa
1969
6.6
Savage Wolf Pack
1969
5.4
Exiled to Hell
1969
0.0
Outlaw: Black Dagger
as Goro Fujikawa
1968
6.3
The Blazing Continent
1968
0.0
Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
as Goro Fujikawa
1968
6.5
East China Sea
as Naoyoshi
1968
0.0
Monument to the Girl's Corps
as Young man
1968
0.0
The Final Winner?
1968
0.0
Outlaw: Heartless
as Goro Fujikawa
1968
6.6
Song of my Life
as Takuya Tsugami
1968
0.0
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
as Goro Fujikawa
1968
6.7
The Code of Man
1968
0.0
Outlaw: Gangster VIP
as Goro Fujikawa
1968
6.7
The Aftermath of War
1967
0.0
My Sweetheart
as Akai
1967
0.0
Velvet Hustler
as Goro
1967
6.3
Rusty Pendant
1967
0.0
Burning Clouds
1967
0.0
The Man of Victory
1967
0.0
Dreams Come True at Night
as Makoto Katagiri
1967
0.0
The Black Sheep
1967
0.0
Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love
as Tetsu
1966
0.0
The Swan Elegy
1966
0.0
The Stormy Man
as Shôichi Kokubu
1966
0.0
The Heart of Hiroshima
as Yukio Mihara
1966
0.0
Your Life
1966
0.0
Love Eternal
as Makoto Kanô
1966
0.0
Till We Meet Again
1966
0.0
Red Glass
as Hiroshi
1966
0.0
Tokyo Drifter
as Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo
1966
7.1
In Tears
1965
0.0
The Stars and I Decided...
as Saburo Ohinata
1965
0.0
Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze
1965
0.0
Seishun no Sabaki
1965
0.0