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Tetsuya Watari
Actor 1941 - 2020

Tetsuya Watari

Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

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... Read full bio →

Filmography

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12 titles
Brother

Brother

Takeshi Kitano 2000 1h 53m 6.9

A Japanese Yakuza gangster’s deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, California where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother’s gang. This is the first English film by Takeshi Kitano.

Yakuza no hakaba: Kuchinashi no hana

Yakuza no hakaba: Kuchinashi no hana

Kinji Fukasaku 1976 1h 37m

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.

Jingi no hakaba

Jingi no hakaba

Kinji Fukasaku 1975 1h 34m 8.0

A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.

Burai: Barase

Burai: Barase

Keiichi Ozawa 1969 1h 25m 7.0

Although Goro is a known assassin, he has always been against the ways of the yakuza. In "Outlaw Kill!" he deals with the dilemma of living such a lifestyle more than ever: the sacrifices, the time wasted in prison.

Daikanbu - burai

Daikanbu - burai

Keiichi Ozawa 1968 1h 37m 7.0

YAKUZA GANGSTER THRILLER

Burai yori daikanbu

Burai yori daikanbu

Toshio Masuda 1968 1h 34m 6.5

YAKUZA GANGSTER THRILLER.

Burai hijô

Burai hijô

Mio Ezaki 1968 1h 32m 7.0

Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) was indebted to Mitsugimoto. Sawada, a low rank yakuza with a gambling problem, owed Mitsugimoto three million yen. This equation can only lead to one answer. Mitsugimoto needs to pay and Goro's coming to collect.

Burai Hitokiri Goro

Burai Hitokiri Goro

Keiichi Ozawa 1968 1h 27m 6.5

On a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of Meishin-Kai. The deed costs them time in prison, but Goro had no shred of regret.

Burai - kuro dosu

Burai - kuro dosu

Keiichi Ozawa 1968 1h 26m 6.0

A street war breaks loose between two rival gangs in the Kansai region of Japan. Goro is in the middle of action. Through a knife fight against Sueo, a high profile gangster from Busou-kai, Goro notices a familiar face approaching him from amidst the chaos - his girlfriend, Yuri.

Kurenai no nagareboshi

Kurenai no nagareboshi

Toshio Masuda 1967 1h 37m

A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He hangs out with loose women and hard men and always manages to stay one step ahead of the law. In his exile, he comes under suspicion for a murder and meets the girlfriend of the murdered man.

Zoku Tokyo nagaremono - Umi wa makka na koi no iro

Zoku Tokyo nagaremono - Umi wa makka na koi no iro

Kenjirō Morinaga 1966 1h 13m

Sequel to Tokyo Drifter

Tôkyô nagaremono

Tôkyô nagaremono

Seijun Suzuki 1966 1h 23m 7.1

Tetsu has joined his yakuza boss in going straight, but when a rival gang threatens to bring them back into the gang wars, Tetsu must become a drifter to keep the pressure off his old boss

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