Tetsuya Watari
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
107
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-12-28
Day of death
2020-08-10 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Tetsuya Watari
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
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
SMAP×SMAP
Epic Chushingura
Challenge at Dawn
Katsu Kaishu
Tokyo Drifter
Brother
Clouds Over the Hill
Big City: Days of Struggle
Yoshitsune
The Earth is Born Again
Hideyoshi
Rusty Pendant
Velvet Hustler
The Code of Man
Diary of Early Winter Shower
Profile of a Boss' Son
Red Glass
Pay Off Your Debt!
Burning Clouds
The Cleanup
The Black Sheep
Abduction
Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love
Night Train to the Stars
Again
Seishun no Sabaki
The Stormy Man
やくざ番外地 抹殺
It Is a Long Walk
The Blazing Continent
Human Revolution II
The Fatal Raid
Monument to the Girl's Corps
Sword and Flower
Chase That Man
Outlaw: Black Dagger
Dreams Come True at Night
My Sweetheart
Law of the Outlaw
The Heart of Hiroshima
The Unruly Ronin's Journey
No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35
Step on the Gas!
Goryokaku
Showdown in Gangland
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
Ruthless Gambler
Theater Of Life
The Stars and I Decided...
Song of my Life
Exiled to Hell
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
The Man of Victory
Rebellion Reward
前科・仮釈放
In Tears
Your Life
The Final Winner?
The Blossom and the Sword
The Wild Sea
Outlaw: Kill!
The Aftermath of War
Yakuza Graveyard
Wild Cop 2
Savage Wolf Pack
Outlaw: Heartless
Spartan Education
Lady Joker
Love Eternal
The Human Revolution
Villain
East China Sea
Conflagration
Till We Meet Again
Flower and Dragon
Stray Dog
Outlaw: Gangster VIP
Wild Cop
Expelled from the Kanto Mob
Sangokushi: The Yangtze Is Burning!
Kanto Drifter
Shinkuna umi ga yon deru ze
Shura Group Part 3
Yamato
Great Conquest: The Romance of Three Kingdoms
Kin chan no Cinema Jack
Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi
Clockwork- Goodbye Winter
Haguregumo
Flower of Ice
Middle-aged Divorce
The Swan Elegy
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband
Gion Bayashi
浮浪云
Marusa!!
Daihyô torishimariyaku deka
Graveyard of Honor
マグロ
The Street Lawyers
渡哲也サスペンス 絆
スクープ
Kanto Kanbu-kai
Showdown at Nagasaki
