Tetsuya Watari
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 28, 1941
- Died
- Aug 10, 2020 (aged 78)
- Place of birth
- Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
- Credits
- 116
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
Filmography
No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35
2013TV
Yukinobu Asada
Villain
2012Movie
Masato Kogure
Clouds Over the Hill
2009TV
東郷平八郎
Flower of Ice
2008TV
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
2007TV
카스가이 류헤이
Tuna
2007TV
Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband
2006TV
The Street Lawyers
2006TV
Yamato
2005Movie
Middle-aged Divorce
2005TV
Gion Bayashi
2005TV
Yoshitsune
2005TV
Taira no Kiyomori (Hei-shi)
Lady Joker
2004Movie
Seizo Monoi
弟
2004TV
Western Police Special
2004Movie
Keisuke Daimon
Marusa!!
2003TV
Chikara Kokuryo
スクープ
2002TV
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
2002TV
Muneaki Seta
渡哲也サスペンス 絆
2002TV
Shura Group Part 3
2002Movie
明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-
2001Movie
Brother
2000Movie
Jinseikai Boss
It Is a Long Walk
2000Movie
Diary of Early Winter Shower
1998Movie
Kounosuke Mibu
Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi
1998TV
Kondo Isami
Abduction
1997Movie
Hiroshi Tsuba
Night Train to the Stars
1996Movie
Masajiro Miyazawa
SMAP×SMAP
1996TV
Skit Guest
Hideyoshi
1996TV
Oda Nobunaga
Kin chan no Cinema Jack
1993Movie
Sangokushi: The Yangtze Is Burning!
1993Movie
Cao Cao (voice)
Great Conquest: The Romance of Three Kingdoms
1992Movie
Cao Cao (voice)
The Unruly Ronin's Journey
1991Movie
Daihyô torishimariyaku deka
1990TV
Goryokaku
1988Movie
Toshizo Hijikata
Clockwork- Goodbye Winter
1986Movie
Again
1984Movie
Seibu Keisatsu
1979TV
Daimon Keisuke
Haguregumo
1978TV
浮浪云
1978TV
Big City: Days of Struggle
1976TV
Yakuza Graveyard
1976Movie
Ryu Kuroiwa
Human Revolution II
1976Movie
Conflagration
1975Movie
Third Officer Inoue
Graveyard of Honor
1975Movie
Rikio Ishikawa
Katsu Kaishu
1974TV
Katsu Kaishu (adult)
Wild Cop 2
1973Movie
The Blossom and the Sword
1973Movie
Seijirô Tanaka
Stray Dog
1973Movie
Detective Murakami
The Human Revolution
1973Movie
Wild Cop
1973Movie
Flower and Dragon
1973Movie
Rebellion Reward
1973Movie
Shun Muraki
Theater of Life
1972Movie
Sword and Flower
1972Movie
Chase That Man
1972Movie
Law of the Outlaw
1971Movie
Goro Takei
Expelled from the Kanto Mob
1971Movie
Challenge at Dawn
1971Movie
Kanto Kanbu-kai
1971Movie
The Earth is Born Again
1971Movie
Hironosuke Nakadate
Kanto Drifter
1971Movie
Epic Chushingura
1971TV
Horibe Yasubei
Step on the Gas!
1970Movie
Yuuji Nishigami
Pay Off Your Debt!
1970Movie
Spartan Education
1970Movie
Showdown in Gangland
1970Movie
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970Movie
Yohei Kada
Profile of a Boss' Son
1970Movie
The Cleanup
1969Movie
Kurasawa
やくざ番外地 抹殺
1969Movie
Showdown at Nagasaki
1969Movie
Keiji Takama
The Wild Sea
1969Movie
Yoji Kitami
The Fatal Raid
1969Movie
Ex Convict: Sword Storm
1969Movie
Ruthless Gambler
1969Movie
前科・仮釈放
1969Movie
Ôhara Ryûji
Yakuza Wanderer: Villainous Livelihood
1969Movie
Outlaw: Kill!
1969Movie
Goro Fujikawa
Savage Wolf Pack
1969Movie
Exiled to Hell
1969Movie
Outlaw: Black Dagger
1968Movie
Goro Fujikawa
The Blazing Continent
1968Movie
Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
1968Movie
Goro Fujikawa
East China Sea
1968Movie
Naoyoshi
Monument to the Girl's Corps
1968Movie
Young man
The Final Winner?
1968Movie
Outlaw: Heartless
1968Movie
Goro Fujikawa
Song of my Life
1968Movie
Takuya Tsugami
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
1968Movie
Goro Fujikawa
The Code of Man
1968Movie
Outlaw: Gangster VIP
1968Movie
Goro Fujikawa
The Aftermath of War
1967Movie
My Sweetheart
1967Movie
Akai
Velvet Hustler
1967Movie
Goro
The Hurricane Drummer
1967Movie
Rusty Pendant
1967Movie
The Debt of Blood
1967Movie
Burning Clouds
1967Movie
The Man of Victory
1967Movie
Dreams Come True at Night
1967Movie
Makoto Katagiri
The Black Sheep
1967Movie
陽のあたる坂道
1967Movie
Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love
1966Movie
Tetsu
The Swan Elegy
1966Movie
The Stormy Man
1966Movie
Shôichi Kokubu
The Heart of Hiroshima
1966Movie
Yukio Mihara
Your Life
1966Movie
Love Eternal
1966Movie
Makoto Kanô
Till We Meet Again
1966Movie
Red Glass
1966Movie
Hiroshi
Tokyo Drifter
1966Movie
Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo
In Tears
1965Movie
The Stars and I Decided...
1965Movie
Saburo Ohinata
Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze
1965Movie
Seishun no Sabaki
1965Movie