Tetsuya Watari
| Tetsuya Watari (渡 哲也) | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Michihiko Watase (渡瀬 道彦) [1] December 28, 1941 [1] Awaji, Hyōgo, Japan [1] |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1964-present |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Tetsuya Watari (渡 哲也 Watari Tetsuya, born December 28, 1941) is a Japanese film, stage, and television actor. He made his screen debut in 1964, in Isamu Kosugi's Abare Kishidō.[1]
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 of their actors who left the studio.[2]
He was the president of Ishihara Promotion after Yujiro's death in 1987[3] but in 2011 he resigned due to his health conditions.
On June 10, 2015 he was hospitalised for acute myocardial infarction and underwent surgery. On July 17 it was announced that he was in rehabilitation and would be discharged from hospital in about a month.
He has a younger brother, Tsunehiko Watase, who is also an actor.[4]
Filmography
- Films
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Other notes |
| 1965 | Abare Kishidō (あばれ騎士道) | |||
| Nakaseruze | ||||
| 1966 | Tokyo Drifter | Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo | Seijun Suzuki | |
| Ai to Shi no Kiroku | ||||
| 1967 | Kurenai no Nagareboshi | |||
| 1968 | Burai yori daikanbu | |||
| Moeru Tairiku | ||||
| 1973 | Gokiburi Keiji | Detective Narugami | ||
| The Gokiburi | Detective Narugami | |||
| Ningen Kakumei | Kumichō Shimatani | |||
| 1975 | Graveyard of Honor | Rikio Ishikawa | ||
| 1976 | Yakuza Graveyard | Detective Kuroiwa | ||
| 1986 | Tokei -Adieu l'Hiver- | |||
| 1993 | Kinchan no Cinema Jack "Minato" | |||
| 1996 | Waga Kokoro no Ginga Tetsudō Miyazawa Kenji Monogatari | Seijirō | ||
| 1997 | Yūkai | Inspector Tsunami | ||
| 1998 | Shigure no Toki | |||
| 2000 | Nagasaki Burabura bushi | Gakusha (Koga, Jûjirô) | ||
| 2001 | Brother | Jinseikai Kumichō | Takeshi Kitano | |
| 2002 | Shura no Mure[5] | |||
| 2004 | Lady Joker | Seizo Monoi | ||
| 2005 | Yamato | Vice-Admiral Seiichi Itō | Junya Sato | |
- Television
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 1976-79 | Daitokai (大都会) | Raisuke Kuroiwa | |
| 1979-84 | Seibu Keisatsu | Keisuke Daimon | |
| 1996 | Hideyoshi | Oda Nobunaga | Taiga drama |
| 2005 | Yoshitsune | Taira no Kiyomori | Taiga drama |
| 2009-2011 | Saka no Ue no Kumo | Tōgō Heihachirō | |
- Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 2005 | Ryū ga Gotoku | Shintaro Kazama | |
| 2006 | Ryū ga Gotoku 2 | Shintaro Kazama | |
| 2009 | Ryū ga Gotoku 3 | Jōji Kazama | |
| 2015 | Ryū ga Gotoku 0: Chikai no Basho | Shintaro Kazama | |
| 2016 | Ryū ga Gotoku: Kiwami | Shintaro Kazama |
Honours
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Tetsuya Watari official profile" (in Japanese). Ishihara Promotion. Retrieved October 10, 2008.
- ↑ Mes, Tom, Graveyard of Honor DVD booklet, 2004, Home Vision Entertainment. Retrieved 2014-08-29
- ↑ "Ishihara Promotion company profile" (in Japanese). Ishihara Promotion. Retrieved October 10, 2008.
- ↑ "Office Kitano: Brother". Office Kitano. Retrieved October 10, 2008.
- ↑ 修羅の群れ〈2001年〉 (in Japanese). PIA Corporation. Retrieved January 27, 2015.