Tatsuo Umemiya

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Biography

Tatsuo Umemiya (梅宮辰夫, Umemiya Tatsuo, 11 March 1938 – 12 December 2019) was a Japanese actor, talent, and businessman. He was represented by the agency Pickles. His daughter is model and talent Anna Umemiya.

The son of a doctor, Umemiya gave up a medical career to debut as a Toei New Face at the Toei Studios. As an actor, he appeared in films and television dramas and also in restaurant variety shows.

Umemiya died of kidney failure on 12 December 2019. He was 81 years old.

Known For

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Hiroshi Wakasugi

Graveyard of Honor

Kozaburo Imai

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Shinichi Iwai

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Shinichi Iwai

Yakuza Graveyard

Goro Iwaki

Prince of Space

Prince of Space / Wally

Cops vs. Thugs

Lt. Kaida

Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather

Self

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2013	Unification Of Japan 3 MOVIE	Tadao Kawabata
2013	Unification Of Japan 2 MOVIE	Tadao Kawabata
2013	Unification Of Japan MOVIE	Tadao Kawabata
2013	Unification of Japan: Compilation I — Rise of Ambition MOVIE	Self
2009	千年の松完結編 MOVIE	Self
2008	Mr. Tadano's Secret Mission: From Japan With Love MOVIE	Juzo Kurokawa
2007	Hadaka no Taishō TV	Self
2007	Dear Father TV	Komiya Ryuuji
2006	Shin Japan's Don: FINAL CHAPTER MOVIE	Self
2006	Shin Japan's Don 8 MOVIE	Self
2005	Fugitive Joichiro Kijima MOVIE	Self
2005	Shin Japan's Don 6 MOVIE	Self
2005	Shin Japan's Don 5 MOVIE	Self
2005	Shin Japan's Don 4 MOVIE	Self
2004	Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio MOVIE	Self
2003	True Account: Tohoku Yakuza War — Road to Power MOVIE	Self
2003	Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game TV	Guest
2003	Hitoshi Tadano, the Extraordinary Undercover Detective TV	总裁
2003	Okite MOVIE	Self
2002	Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution 2 MOVIE	Self
2002	Shura Group MOVIE	Self
2002	Shura Group Part 1 MOVIE	Self
2001	Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution MOVIE	Self
2000	The True Story of The Hiroshima Yakuza War: Final Chapter MOVIE	Self
2000	The True Story of The Hiroshima Yakuza War MOVIE	Self
2000	Otoko Michi MOVIE	Self
1999	Dream Maker MOVIE	Self
1999	Hagure Keiji '99 TV	Self
1997	Children of Promise TV	Self
1997	Hagure Keiji '97 TV	Self
1997	The Seven Chefs MOVIE	Seizo Matsuki
1997	Shura ga Yuku 4 MOVIE	Self
1996	SMAP×SMAP TV	Skit Guest
1995	Gokudo Otoko Juku MOVIE	Self
1995	Wave in Mind TV	Self
1994	Coming Home TV	Shirota Shintaro
1994	The Man Who Shot the Don MOVIE	Self
1994	Yokohama Bakkuretai MOVIE	Self
1993	Iron Chef TV	Self
1992	Succession MOVIE	Toshimitsu Hanamura
1991	Ryakudatsu ai MOVIE	Self
1991	Lone Wolf Cop: The Sex Doll Case MOVIE	Self
1991	Some Like It Hot MOVIE	Self
1991	The Man Who Became The Don MOVIE	Self
1991	Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo) MOVIE	Self
1990	Killing Melody Lady Smith MOVIE	Self
1989	Afternoon When Flowers Fell MOVIE	Self
1989	Four Days of Snow and Blood MOVIE	Owner of Hotel Sanno
1989	Sensei MOVIE	Ken Tadokoro
1988	Love on a Daily Basis MOVIE	Self
1988	Dragonfly TV	Takejiri Kenzo
1988	The School Cop TV	Kenichiro Totsuka
1988	Girls In The Wind TV	Matsumoto
1988	The Naive Rogue Detective TV	Yokomizo Shigetada
1986	Metamorphosis MOVIE	Self
1985	The Last True Yakuza MOVIE	Otomo
1985	Break Town Story MOVIE	Self
1985	Nuclear Gypsies MOVIE	Self
1985	Capone Cries a Lot MOVIE	Kyubei Hori
1984	School Wars TV	Self
1984	Okita Soji: Swordsman of Fire MOVIE	Self
1984	The Awesome Circus Bastard MOVIE	Detective Hattori
1984	A Samurai's Sorrow: The Deadly Sword MOVIE	Self
1983	Headphone Lullaby MOVIE	Self
1982	Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 4 MOVIE	Self
1982	Domineering MOVIE	Muraoka
1982	The Imperial Japanese Empire MOVIE	Self
1982	Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather MOVIE	Self
1982	Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword MOVIE	Self
1982	Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 3 MOVIE	Self
1982	The Buddy: Yaji and Kita MOVIE	Saigo Takamori
1981	Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories 2 MOVIE	Self
1981	Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories MOVIE	Self
1981	Sabu to Ichi Dorimono Hikae TV	Self
1981	Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell MOVIE	Self
1981	Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage MOVIE	Self
1981	The Dump Truck Rascal MOVIE	Masao Machida
1980	Daughter of Time MOVIE	Sotaro
1980	不良少年 MOVIE	Self
1980	Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai MOVIE	Self
1980	Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga MOVIE	Shinichi Iwai
1979	The Fixer MOVIE	Self
1979	The Shogun Assassins MOVIE	Sanada Nobuyuki
1979	Hunter in the Dark MOVIE	Kawazu
1979	Down with The Big Boss MOVIE	Self
1979	Devil's Flute MOVIE	Shunroku Kazama
1978	Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron MOVIE	Jûdayû Araki
1977	The Gate of Youth Part 2 MOVIE	Self
1977	Japan's Don MOVIE	Fukushima
1976	Yakuza Graveyard MOVIE	Goro Iwaki
1976	The Great Okinawa Yakuza War MOVIE	Kaizu
1976	Truckster Goes to Hokkaido MOVIE	Self
1976	Karate Warriors MOVIE	Prisoner
1976	The Roads Men Travel TV	Jun'ichi
1976	Operation Plazma in Osaka MOVIE	Self
1975	Scoundrel Boss MOVIE	Sumitomo Mitsui
1975	Company Buggers MOVIE	Self
1975	Gambling Den Heist MOVIE	Noshiro
1975	Japan's Violent Archipelago: The Keihanshin Murder Corps MOVIE	Self
1975	Cops vs. Thugs MOVIE	Lt. Kaida
1975	Graveyard of Honor MOVIE	Kozaburo Imai
1974	The Rapacious Jailbreaker MOVIE	Yuji Suenaga
1974	Yakuza vs. Gang Leader MOVIE	Self
1974	Violent Fraternity MOVIE	Self
1974	City of Corruption MOVIE	Self
1974	A Single Flower Withered MOVIE	Self
1974	Father of the Kamikaze MOVIE	Self
1974	Oh Wonderful Utamaro! MOVIE	Self
1974	The Tattooed Hitman MOVIE	Ichiro Ishino
1974	A Blood Stained Love Affair MOVIE	Self
1974	Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics MOVIE	Shinichi Iwai
1973	The Ando Gang Documentary Film MOVIE	Self
1973	Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War MOVIE	Shinichi Iwai
1973	A True Story of the Private Ginza Police MOVIE	Self
1973	Dangerous Trade in Kobe MOVIE	Ryusuke Akutsu
1973	A Woman’s Road MOVIE	Self
1973	Battles Without Honor and Humanity MOVIE	Hiroshi Wakasugi
1972	Delinquent Boss: Devour to the Bone MOVIE	Self
1972	Woman His Prey MOVIE	Self
1972	Shōwa Gokudōshi MOVIE	Self
1972	Rogue Of The Night MOVIE	Self
1972	The Lucky Status Symbol MOVIE	Self
1972	Delinquent Boss: Alley Dog Commando MOVIE	Self
1972	Wandering Ginza Butterfly MOVIE	Self
1971	Wolves of the City: First to Fight MOVIE	Self
1971	Troops of Darkness MOVIE	Self
1971	Delinquent Boss: Smooth Talking, Good Fighting MOVIE	Self
1971	The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup MOVIE	Self
1971	Wolves on Motorcycles MOVIE	Self
1971	The Big Chase MOVIE	Self
1971	King of Pornography MOVIE	Self
1971	King of the Widow-Killers MOVIE	Self
1971	Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival MOVIE	Takashi Shinohara (Taku The Heart)
1970	The Swindlers MOVIE	Self
1970	The Last Kamikaze MOVIE	Self
1970	Hooligans on Buggies MOVIE	Self
1970	Kigeki Gyanburu Hisshôhô MOVIE	Self
1970	The Experience MOVIE	Self
1970	Delinquent Girl Boss: Blossoming Night Dreams MOVIE	Shinjiro Asahi
1970	The Kingpin of Fair Ladies MOVIE	Hiroshi Matsunaga
1970	Wolves of the City, Take Your Chance MOVIE	Self
1970	King of the Night Life MOVIE	Self
1970	The Japan Derby Race MOVIE	Self
1970	Wolves of the City, Money Hunters MOVIE	Self
1970	Kanto Street Peddlers: Clan Violent Loyalty MOVIE	Shiota
1970	The Final Gamble MOVIE	Self
1970	Bloodstained Clan of Honor MOVIE	Hayami
1970	Wolves of the City: Checkmate MOVIE	Self
1969	Woman MOVIE	Self
1969	Wolves of the City, Operation "Rat" MOVIE	Self
1969	Okatsu the Fugitive MOVIE	Self
1969	The Bad Guy Blues MOVIE	Self
1969	Wolf Escort MOVIE	Self
1969	Port City Blues MOVIE	Self
1969	The Bad Boss 3 MOVIE	Self
1969	Nagasaki Blues MOVIE	Self
1969	Girl in College MOVIE	Self
1969	Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage MOVIE	Self
1969	Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City MOVIE	Hiroshi Kosaka
1968	Blue in Isezaki MOVIE	Miyata
1968	Even If Life Withers MOVIE	Wataru Emoto
1968	Downtown Blues MOVIE	Self
1968	Night Guy MOVIE	Self
1968	The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze MOVIE	Self
1968	Industrial Spy MOVIE	Takeshi Kogure
1968	The Bad Boss MOVIE	Self
1968	Henchmen MOVIE	Kazusaburo Funakoshi
1968	Once and For All Pt.２ MOVIE	Goro
1968	Human Torpedoes MOVIE	Self
1968	Secret Turkish Bath MOVIE	Self
1967	A Story from Abashiri Prison—Duel in Snow Storm MOVIE	Masa
1967	Gambler's World 2 MOVIE	Otojirô
1967	Code of Chivalry MOVIE	Self
1967	Yanagase Blues MOVIE	Jiro Fukumoto
1967	Gambler's World MOVIE	Shinjirô Ôizumi
1967	Once and For All MOVIE	Self
1967	Flower Cards Chivalry MOVIE	Ryuichi Kitagawa
1967	Wild Spirit MOVIE	Eijiro Kikukawa
1966	Rampaging Dragon of the North MOVIE	Self
1966	Nerves for Victory MOVIE	Self
1966	Nocturnal Lights MOVIE	Self
1966	Greatest Boss of the Showa Era MOVIE	Self
1966	Three Generations of Yakuza MOVIE	Self
1966	Night Bitch MOVIE	Shigeru Shoji
1965	Gang's Upward Strategy MOVIE	Self
1965	Secret Club 000 MOVIE	Self
1965	Chained Bitch MOVIE	Self
1965	Dupe MOVIE	Self
1965	Brutal Tales of Chivalry MOVIE	Goro
1965	Vermin MOVIE	Self
1965	Color MOVIE	Self
1965	A Lonely Gamble MOVIE	Toshihiko Takagi
1965	Sex Peddlers MOVIE	Self
1964	Raised in a Palace MOVIE	Shigemi Nitta
1964	Night Scandal MOVIE	Eisuke Enjo
1964	Main Street in the Underworld MOVIE	Self
1964	Orders from Hell MOVIE	Self
1963	A Life of Intimidation MOVIE	Self
1963	Gang Loyalty and Vengeance MOVIE	Self
1963	Legends of Honor MOVIE	Self
1963	Element of Surprise MOVIE	Self
1963	The Navy MOVIE	Self
1963	The Revenge and the Death MOVIE	Hideo Matsunaga
1963	Duel of the Underworld MOVIE	Self
1963	Life of Hishakaku 2 MOVIE	Self
1963	The Big Boss MOVIE	Self
1963	Life of Hishakaku MOVIE	Self
1963	Kizu-darake no futeki-sha MOVIE	Self
1963	Gang and G-Men Part 2 MOVIE	Self
1963	Eleven Gangsters MOVIE	Self
1962	Uragirimono wa jigoku daze MOVIE	Self
1962	Gang vs. G-Men MOVIE	Kuroki
1962	Hell's Kitchen MOVIE	Self
1962	Nerai uchi buraikan MOVIE	Self
1962	Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori MOVIE	Self
1962	Gang vs. Gang MOVIE	Self
1962	G-Men in the Pacific MOVIE	Munekata
1962	The Challenge MOVIE	Self
1962	South Pacific Waves Are High MOVIE	Self
1961	The Eighth Enemy MOVIE	Dr. Hatsushi
1961	The Happy-Go-Lucky Guy MOVIE	Self
1961	Mist and Shadows MOVIE	Self
1961	Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō MOVIE	Self
1961	Orera wa sora no abarenbō MOVIE	Self
1961	Otoko no chiheisen MOVIE	Self
1961	Botchan yarō seizoroi MOVIE	Self
1960	World War III Breaks Out MOVIE	正木記者
1960	Challenge Beneath the Waves MOVIE	Self
1960	G-men of Japan 5: Skyscraper Wolves MOVIE	Self
1960	Won't Stand for Dying MOVIE	Kenji Mamiya
1960	The Great Road MOVIE	Self
1960	The World's Most Noble Guy: Taro's Eternity MOVIE	Self
1959	Speed Crazy MOVIE	Self
1959	Four Hours of Terror MOVIE	Fujio
1959	Moonlight Mask: The Last Death of the Devil MOVIE	Self
1959	Planet Prince - The Terrifying Spaceship MOVIE	Planet Prince / Waku-san
1959	Prince of Space MOVIE	Prince of Space / Wally
1959	Planet Prince MOVIE	Planet Prince / Waku-san
1959	The Boy Detectives Club – The Enemy Is an Atomic Submarine MOVIE	Kogoro Akechi
	Fierce Fighting Mad Police '80 TV	Self

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