Tamio Kawachi

Tamio Kawachi

Tamio Kawachi was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 120 feature films. He is best known for his collaborations with directors Koreyoshi Kurahara and Seijun Suzuki, starring in Kurahara's The Warped Ones (1960) and Black Sun (1964), and having a prominent role in Suzuki's Tokyo Drifter (1966).

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Known For

Pro Hunter

Pro Hunter

1981

Ultraman Dyna

Ultraman Dyna

1997 • as Sawai So-Ichiro

Gozu

Gozu

2003

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973 • as Kanbara Seiichi

Tokyo Drifter

Tokyo Drifter

1966 • as Tatsuzo the Viper

Youth of the Beast

Youth of the Beast

1963 • as Hideo Nomoto

Filmography

2017

Conquest 10
Conquest 10
Movie - Released: 2/17/2017
Conquest 11
Conquest 11
Movie - Released: 3/30/2017

2011

The Lion Who Conquers Shura
The Lion Who Conquers Shura
Movie - Released: 2/2/2011
The Lion Who Conquers Shura 2
The Lion Who Conquers Shura 2
Movie - Released: 3/2/2011

2009

Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 9
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 9
Movie - Released: 1/30/2009
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 10
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 10
Movie - Released: 11/26/2009

2008

Road to New Don 2
Road to New Don 2
Movie - Released: 1/17/2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 4
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 4
Movie - Released: 1/25/2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 5
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 5
Movie - Released: 2/22/2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 6
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 6
Movie - Released: 3/31/2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 7
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 7
Movie - Released: 4/25/2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 8
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 8
Movie - Released: 7/24/2008
修羅之魂 ～激動渡世編～
修羅之魂 ～激動渡世編～
Movie - Released: 9/25/2008
修羅之魂 ～侠客立志編～
修羅之魂 ～侠客立志編～
Movie - Released: 7/25/2008

2007

The History of Yakuza Struggles in Kyushu - The Ogura War
The History of Yakuza Struggles in Kyushu - The Ogura War
Movie - Released: 6/25/2007
Road to New Don
Road to New Don
Movie - Released: 1/15/2007
Kegareta daimon: kanketsu-hen
Kegareta daimon: kanketsu-hen
Movie - Released: 11/29/2007
Yakuza no daimon
Yakuza no daimon
Movie - Released: 11/13/2007
Yakuza Emblem Chapter 2
Yakuza Emblem Chapter 2
Movie - Released: 12/1/2007
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 3
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 3
Movie - Released: 12/28/2007
Kegareta daimon
Kegareta daimon
Movie - Released: 6/25/2007

2006

Cool Dimension: Innocent Assassin
Cool Dimension: Innocent Assassin
Movie - Released: 10/25/2006
Yakuza Don
Yakuza Don
Movie - Released: 9/25/2006
Waru: The End
Waru: The End
Movie - Released: 8/25/2006

2005

Movie
Sakura no daimon: chi no hōshū
Movie - Released: 11/11/2005

2004

Road to the Don 23
Road to the Don 23
Movie - Released: 6/10/2004
修羅のみち9 北九州烈死篇
修羅のみち9 北九州烈死篇
Movie - Released: 2/28/2004

2003

Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle
Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle
as Owada
Movie - Released: 8/2/2003
Gozu
Gozu
Movie - Released: 7/11/2003
Kanto Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura
Kanto Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura
Movie - Released: 10/25/2003
Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North Sea
Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North Sea
Movie - Released: 1/1/2003

2002

Movie
Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution 2
Movie - Released: 4/25/2002

2001

Ultraman Tiga Gaiden: Revival of the Ancient Giant
Ultraman Tiga Gaiden: Revival of the Ancient Giant
as Osa
Movie - Released: 1/25/2001
Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution
Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution
Movie - Released: 3/25/2001
Gunball
Gunball
Movie - Released: 12/25/2001
極道はクリスチャン　修羅の抗争
極道はクリスチャン　修羅の抗争
Movie - Released: 6/8/2001

2000

Fighting Knife Yoshi
Fighting Knife Yoshi
Movie - Released: 7/14/2000
Shura ga Yuku 9
Shura ga Yuku 9
Movie - Released: 2/18/2000
Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey
Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey
as Souichiro Sawai
Movie - Released: 3/8/2000

1998

East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights
East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights
Movie - Released: 1/1/1998

1997

Remembering the Cosmos Flower
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
Movie - Released: 5/3/1997
Escape Captivity Looting Love
Escape Captivity Looting Love
Movie - Released: 11/28/1997
Ultraman Dyna
Ultraman Dyna
as Sawai So-Ichiro
TV - Released: 9/6/1997

1996

KISS ME
KISS ME
Movie - Released: 6/6/1996

1995

Sukiyaki
Sukiyaki
as Ryohel Mihara
Movie - Released: 11/11/1995

1993

Emperor of Upheaval
Emperor of Upheaval
Movie - Released: 6/12/1993

1992

Gorotsuki
Gorotsuki
Movie - Released: 3/21/1992
The Setting Sun
The Setting Sun
Movie - Released: 9/15/1992
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
Movie - Released: 1/3/1992
Investigation of a Typical Love
Investigation of a Typical Love
as Takimura
Movie - Released: 3/21/1992
The Gambler
The Gambler
as Honorable
Movie - Released: 9/1/1992

1991

Heat Wave
Heat Wave
as Shinkichi, Hashiba
Movie - Released: 2/9/1991

1990

Bad Guys Only
Bad Guys Only
Movie - Released: 12/14/1990

1987

Movie
The Forced Marriage with Children
Movie - Released: 6/25/1987

1985

Kekkon Annai Mystery
Kekkon Annai Mystery
Movie - Released: 6/15/1985
Break Town Story
Break Town Story
Movie - Released: 8/24/1985

1984

Chi-n-pi-ra
Chi-n-pi-ra
as Otani
Movie - Released: 11/17/1984

1983

Empress
Empress
Movie - Released: 4/29/1983
Kazoku no sentaku
Kazoku no sentaku
as Yoichi Kanazawa
Movie - Released: 11/8/1983

1982

The Imperial Japanese Empire
The Imperial Japanese Empire
Movie - Released: 8/7/1982

1981

Pro Hunter
Pro Hunter
TV - Released: 4/7/1981

1980

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
as Seiichi Kanbara
Movie - Released: 4/5/1980
Tokugawa no Onnatachi
Tokugawa no Onnatachi
TV - Released: 4/14/1980

1979

Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Yonaki Numa
Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Yonaki Numa
Movie - Released: 8/8/1979

1977

Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
as Kenji Igarashi
Movie - Released: 4/8/1977

1976

A Kawachi Rascal's Song
A Kawachi Rascal's Song
Movie - Released: 11/17/1976
Daihijôsen
Daihijôsen
TV - Released: 1/1/1976

1975

Shimane Prison Riot
Shimane Prison Riot
as Dog breeder
Movie - Released: 6/7/1975
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
Movie - Released: 3/1/1975
Pimp Heaven
Pimp Heaven
as Yoshiichi
Movie - Released: 5/24/1975

1974

The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
Movie - Released: 8/31/1974
The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
Movie - Released: 3/1/1974

1973

Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as Kanbara Seiichi
Movie - Released: 1/13/1973
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
Movie - Released: 2/17/1973
Professional Killers
Professional Killers
as Gozamatsu no Magohachi
Movie - Released: 6/9/1973
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
as Katsu
Movie - Released: 9/1/1973

1972

The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
Movie - Released: 8/25/1972
Informal Dress
Informal Dress
Movie - Released: 10/12/1972
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
Movie - Released: 2/3/1972
Kogarashi Monjiro
Kogarashi Monjiro
as Sentaro
TV - Released: 1/1/1972

1971

The Viper Brothers Rage Again
The Viper Brothers Rage Again
Movie - Released: 10/1/1971
The Viper Brothers
The Viper Brothers
Movie - Released: 6/1/1971
A Man's World
A Man's World
Movie - Released: 1/13/1971
The Earth is Born Again
The Earth is Born Again
as Yokoyama
Movie - Released: 2/26/1971
Night Butterflies
Night Butterflies
Movie - Released: 4/24/1971

1970

A Gangster's Morals
A Gangster's Morals
Movie - Released: 1/24/1970
Abare chōhan
Abare chōhan
Movie - Released: 3/7/1970
Spartan Education
Spartan Education
Movie - Released: 8/12/1970
Waterfront Blues
Waterfront Blues
as Chiba
Movie - Released: 10/3/1970
Fossil of Love
Fossil of Love
Movie - Released: 3/21/1970

1969

Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
Movie - Released: 8/9/1969
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
Movie - Released: 1/22/1969
Savage Wolf Pack
Savage Wolf Pack
Movie - Released: 2/22/1969
Mini-Skirt Lynchers
Mini-Skirt Lynchers
Movie - Released: 6/28/1969
Penitentiary Brothers
Penitentiary Brothers
as Jiro Matsubara
Movie - Released: 7/26/1969

1968

Seishun no kaze
Seishun no kaze
Movie - Released: 3/30/1968
若い川の流れ
若い川の流れ
Movie - Released: 10/14/1968
Retaliation
Retaliation
as Naruse
Movie - Released: 10/5/1968
Outlaw: Gangster VIP
Outlaw: Gangster VIP
as Isamu Tsujikawa
Movie - Released: 1/13/1968
Outlaw: Black Dagger
Outlaw: Black Dagger
as Sueo Shige
Movie - Released: 12/28/1968

1967

Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
as Hiroshi Kurosaki
Movie - Released: 4/22/1967
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
as Ishikawa no Torakichi
Movie - Released: 6/28/1967
Aruhi watashi wa
Aruhi watashi wa
Movie - Released: 10/23/1967
The Black Sheep
The Black Sheep
Movie - Released: 1/3/1967
My Sweetheart
My Sweetheart
as Kawachi
Movie - Released: 11/3/1967

1966

Tokyo Drifter
Tokyo Drifter
as Tatsuzo the Viper
Movie - Released: 4/10/1966
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
as Yoshida
Movie - Released: 7/29/1966
Story of Japanese Chivalry: Flower of a Chivalrous Man
Story of Japanese Chivalry: Flower of a Chivalrous Man
Movie - Released: 6/15/1966
Carmen from Kawachi
Carmen from Kawachi
as Seiji Takano
Movie - Released: 2/7/1966
Star of Destiny
Star of Destiny
Movie - Released: 8/27/1966
Cheers to the Sky
Cheers to the Sky
Movie - Released: 2/25/1966
Lost in the Rain
Lost in the Rain
as Nozaki Masaya
TV - Released: 8/15/1966

1965

Story of a Prostitute
Story of a Prostitute
as Shinkichi Mikami
Movie - Released: 2/27/1965
Gambling is My Destiny
Gambling is My Destiny
Movie - Released: 4/4/1965
Loss of innocence
Loss of innocence
Movie - Released: 6/20/1965
The Rule for a Vagabond
The Rule for a Vagabond
as Naojiro
Movie - Released: 8/4/1965

1964

Cruel Gun Story
Cruel Gun Story
as Takizawa
Movie - Released: 2/1/1964
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
as Kurokawa
Movie - Released: 10/11/1964
Black Sun
Black Sun
as Akira
Movie - Released: 4/24/1964
Red Handkerchief
Red Handkerchief
Movie - Released: 1/3/1964
The Flower and the Angry Waves
The Flower and the Angry Waves
Movie - Released: 2/8/1964
Welcome, My Baby
Welcome, My Baby
as Toshio Tanimura
Movie - Released: 2/23/1964
Whirlpool of Flesh
Whirlpool of Flesh
as Kenichi Sekiguchi
Movie - Released: 10/21/1964
Ningen ni kakeruna
Ningen ni kakeruna
Movie - Released: 8/29/1964
Kaze to Ki to Sora to
Kaze to Ki to Sora to
Movie - Released: 7/12/1964

1963

Jidanya
Jidanya
Movie - Released: 10/30/1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
as Manabe
Movie - Released: 1/27/1963
Youth of the Beast
Youth of the Beast
as Hideo Nomoto
Movie - Released: 4/21/1963
Prince of Wolves
Prince of Wolves
as Ginji Tachibana
Movie - Released: 10/4/1963
I Fly for Kicks
I Fly for Kicks
Movie - Released: 3/3/1963
The Hill is Full of Flowers
The Hill is Full of Flowers
as Masaya Nozaki
Movie - Released: 9/11/1963
午前零時の出獄
午前零時の出獄
Movie - Released: 6/16/1963

1962

Hana no saigetsu
Hana no saigetsu
Movie - Released: 3/28/1962
I Hate But Love
I Hate But Love
as Hiroshi Ozaki
Movie - Released: 7/9/1962
Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
Movie - Released: 5/13/1962
Naku n janai ze
Naku n janai ze
Movie - Released: 8/8/1962
Yoko o muita seishun
Yoko o muita seishun
Movie - Released: 9/19/1962
Utau abarenbō
Utau abarenbō
Movie - Released: 12/26/1962
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
as Kenjiro Yoshida
Movie - Released: 12/9/1962
Teenage Yakuza
Teenage Yakuza
as Jiro
Movie - Released: 6/20/1962

1961

Wharf Temperament
Wharf Temperament
as Eiji Iwasa
Movie - Released: 10/14/1961
Hotbed of Crime
Hotbed of Crime
Movie - Released: 3/26/1961
Yabure Kabure
Yabure Kabure
Movie - Released: 2/11/1961
Lost in the Sun
Lost in the Sun
Movie - Released: 8/16/1961
Kitakami yakyoku
Kitakami yakyoku
as Keisuke Shirato
Movie - Released: 5/22/1961
Shōjo
Shōjo
Movie - Released: 1/15/1961
Aoime no Sugao
Aoime no Sugao
Movie - Released: 5/8/1961

1960

The Angry Rambler
The Angry Rambler
Movie - Released: 11/16/1960
The Warped Ones
The Warped Ones
as Akira
Movie - Released: 9/3/1960
Everything Goes Wrong
Everything Goes Wrong
as Jirô Sugita
Movie - Released: 10/8/1960
Return of the Vagabond
Return of the Vagabond
Movie - Released: 4/23/1960
The Guitarist from the Sea
The Guitarist from the Sea
Movie - Released: 2/28/1960
Flowers in the rain
Flowers in the rain
Movie - Released: 11/30/1960

1959

Woman from the Sea
Woman from the Sea
as Toshio
Movie - Released: 9/13/1959
Friendship of Jazz
Friendship of Jazz
as Kenji Kawazoe
Movie - Released: 1/3/1959
The Sky Is Mine
The Sky Is Mine
Movie - Released: 11/1/1959
Wounded Beast
Wounded Beast
Movie - Released: 4/1/1959
Downhill Youth
Downhill Youth
as Yasuo Kawase
Movie - Released: 6/30/1959
Umi wa kurutte iru
Umi wa kurutte iru
Movie - Released: 5/9/1959
The Stream of Youth
The Stream of Youth
as Yasuo Kitaoka
Movie - Released: 1/15/1959
Gun Number Zero
Gun Number Zero
as Yoshio
Movie - Released: 4/28/1959
Dream Young Man's Dream
Dream Young Man's Dream
Movie - Released: 8/9/1959
Mighty Rules
Mighty Rules
Movie - Released: 12/14/1959
Unripe Fruit
Unripe Fruit
Movie - Released: 2/4/1959
Hijo tehai
Hijo tehai
Movie - Released: 2/24/1959
When a Man Risks His Life
When a Man Risks His Life
Movie - Released: 12/27/1959

1958

A Slope in the Sun
A Slope in the Sun
as Tamio Takagi
Movie - Released: 4/15/1958
The Coming of Age
The Coming of Age
as Yasushi Nanjô
Movie - Released: 6/17/1958
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
as Kaoru Shirafuji
Movie - Released: 9/2/1958
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
Movie - Released: 8/12/1958
Taiyō o buchi otose
Taiyō o buchi otose
Movie - Released: 10/1/1958
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
Movie - Released: 10/29/1958
Osaka no kaze
Osaka no kaze
Movie - Released: 12/3/1958