Tamio Kawachi

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Biography

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).

Known For

Gozu

Self

Tokyo Drifter

Tatsuzo the Viper

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Kanbara Seiichi

Youth of the Beast

Hideo Nomoto

The Bullet Train

Satô

Gappa, the Triphibian Monster

Hiroshi Kurosaki

Story of a Prostitute

Shinkichi Mikami

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!

Manabe

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2017	Conquest 11 MOVIE	Self
2017	Conquest 10 MOVIE	Self
2011	The Lion Who Conquers Shura 2 MOVIE	Self
2011	The Lion Who Conquers Shura MOVIE	Self
2010	Exiled MOVIE	Self
2009	Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 10 MOVIE	Self
2009	Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 9 MOVIE	Self
2008	修羅之魂～激動渡世編～ MOVIE	Self
2008	修羅之魂～侠客立志編～ MOVIE	Self
2008	Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 8 MOVIE	Self
2008	Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 7 MOVIE	Self
2008	Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 6 MOVIE	Self
2008	Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 5 MOVIE	Self
2008	Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 4 MOVIE	Self
2008	Road to New Don 2 MOVIE	Self
2007	Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 3 MOVIE	Self
2007	Yakuza Emblem Chapter 2 MOVIE	Self
2007	Tainted Emblem: The Final Chapter MOVIE	Self
2007	Yakuza no daimon MOVIE	Self
2007	True Account: The Chivalrous Dragon of Japan MOVIE	Self
2007	The History of Yakuza Struggles in Kyushu - The Ogura War MOVIE	Self
2007	Tainted Emblem MOVIE	Self
2007	Road to New Don MOVIE	Self
2006	Cool Dimension: Innocent Assassin MOVIE	Self
2006	Yakuza Don MOVIE	Self
2006	Waru: The End MOVIE	Self
2006	Proud Ambition 2 MOVIE	Self
2005	Sakura no daimon: chi no hōshū MOVIE	Self
2005	Proud Ambition 3 MOVIE	Self
2004	Road to the Don 23 MOVIE	Self
2004	修羅のみち10 九州全面戦争 MOVIE	Self
2004	修羅のみち9 北九州烈死篇 MOVIE	Self
2003	Kanto Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura MOVIE	Self
2003	Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle MOVIE	Owada
2003	Gozu MOVIE	Self
2003	Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North Sea MOVIE	Self
2002	Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution 2 MOVIE	Self
2001	Gunball MOVIE	Self
2001	極道はクリスチャン　修羅の抗争 MOVIE	Self
2001	Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution MOVIE	Self
2001	Ultraman Tiga Gaiden: Revival of the Ancient Giant MOVIE	Osa
2000	Fighting Knife Yoshi MOVIE	Self
2000	Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey MOVIE	Souichiro Sawai
2000	Shura ga Yuku 9 MOVIE	Self
2000	Shin Mahjong Demon 5: Shinjuku Mahjong Showdown MOVIE	Self
1998	East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights MOVIE	Self
1997	Confinement Escape: Plundered Love MOVIE	Self
1997	Ultraman Dyna TV	Sawai So-Ichiro
1997	Remembering the Cosmos Flower MOVIE	Self
1996	KISS ME MOVIE	Self
1995	Sukiyaki MOVIE	Ryohel Mihara
1993	Emperor of Upheaval MOVIE	Self
1992	The Setting Sun MOVIE	Self
1992	The Gambler MOVIE	Honorable
1992	Gorotsuki MOVIE	Self
1992	Investigation of a Typical Love MOVIE	Takimura
1992	Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan MOVIE	Self
1991	Heat Wave MOVIE	Shinkichi, Hashiba
1990	Bad Guys Only MOVIE	Self
1988	Soul Music: Lovers Only MOVIE	Self
1987	The Forced Marriage with Children MOVIE	Self
1985	Break Town Story MOVIE	Self
1985	Kekkon Annai Mystery MOVIE	Self
1984	Chi-n-pi-ra MOVIE	Otani
1983	Kazoku no sentaku MOVIE	Yoichi Kanazawa
1983	Empress MOVIE	Self
1982	The Imperial Japanese Empire MOVIE	Self
1981	Pro Hunter TV	Self
1980	Tokugawa no Onnatachi TV	Self
1980	Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga MOVIE	Seiichi Kanbara
1979	Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Yonaki Numa MOVIE	Self
1977	Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu MOVIE	Kenji Igarashi
1976	A Kawachi Rascal's Song MOVIE	Doctor
1976	Daihijôsen TV	Self
1975	The Bullet Train MOVIE	Satô
1975	Shimane Prison Riot MOVIE	Dog breeder
1975	Pimp Heaven MOVIE	Yoshiichi
1975	The Viper Brothers and the Young General MOVIE	Self
1974	The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers MOVIE	Self
1974	The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges MOVIE	Self
1973	The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers MOVIE	Katsu
1973	Professional Killers MOVIE	Gozamatsu no Magohachi
1973	The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail MOVIE	Self
1973	Battles Without Honor and Humanity MOVIE	Kanbara Seiichi
1972	Informal Dress MOVIE	Self
1972	The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats MOVIE	Self
1972	The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13 MOVIE	Self
1972	Kogarashi Monjiro TV	Sentaro
1971	The Viper Brothers Rage Again MOVIE	Self
1971	The Viper Brothers MOVIE	Katsuji (Immortal Katsu)
1971	Night Butterflies MOVIE	Self
1971	The Earth is Born Again MOVIE	Yokoyama
1971	A Man's World MOVIE	Self
1970	Waterfront Blues MOVIE	Chiba
1970	Spartan Education MOVIE	Self
1970	Fossil of Love MOVIE	Self
1970	Abare chōhan MOVIE	Self
1970	A Gangster's Morals MOVIE	Self
1969	Biographies of Killers MOVIE	Self
1969	Yoru no mesu - Hana no inochi MOVIE	Self
1969	Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza MOVIE	Self
1969	Penitentiary Brothers MOVIE	Jiro Matsubara
1969	Mini-Skirt Lynchers MOVIE	Self
1969	Savage Wolf Pack MOVIE	Self
1969	Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower MOVIE	Self
1968	Outlaw: Black Dagger MOVIE	Sueo Shige
1968	若い川の流れ MOVIE	Self
1968	Retaliation MOVIE	Naruse
1968	Wind of Youth MOVIE	Self
1968	Outlaw: Gangster VIP MOVIE	Isamu Tsujikawa
1967	My Sweetheart MOVIE	Kawachi
1967	Aruhi watashi wa MOVIE	Self
1967	A Bumpkin of Tokyo MOVIE	Self
1967	The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding MOVIE	Ishikawa no Torakichi
1967	Gappa, the Triphibian Monster MOVIE	Hiroshi Kurosaki
1967	The Black Sheep MOVIE	Self
1966	Star of Destiny MOVIE	Self
1966	Lost in the Rain TV	Nozaki Masaya
1966	Watashi, chigatteiru kashira MOVIE	Yoshida
1966	Story of Japanese Chivalry: Flower of a Chivalrous Man MOVIE	Self
1966	Tokyo Drifter MOVIE	Tatsuzo the Viper
1966	Cheers to the Sky MOVIE	Self
1966	Carmen from Kawachi MOVIE	Seiji Takano
1965	In Tears MOVIE	Self
1965	The Rule for a Vagabond MOVIE	Naojiro
1965	Loss of Innocence MOVIE	Self
1965	Gambling is My Destiny MOVIE	Self
1965	Story of a Prostitute MOVIE	Shinkichi Mikami
1964	Whirlpool of Flesh MOVIE	Kenichi Sekiguchi
1964	Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel MOVIE	Kurokawa
1964	Ningen ni kakeruna MOVIE	Self
1964	Kaze to Ki to Sora to MOVIE	Self
1964	Black Sun MOVIE	Akira
1964	Welcome, My Baby MOVIE	Toshio Tanimura
1964	The Flower and the Angry Waves MOVIE	Self
1964	Cruel Gun Story MOVIE	Takizawa
1964	Red Handkerchief MOVIE	Self
1963	Jidanya MOVIE	Self
1963	Prince of Wolves MOVIE	Ginji Tachibana
1963	The Hill is Full of Flowers MOVIE	Masaya Nozaki
1963	午前零時の出獄 MOVIE	Self
1963	Youth of the Beast MOVIE	Hideo Nomoto
1963	I Fly for Kicks MOVIE	Self
1963	Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! MOVIE	Manabe
1962	Utau abarenbō MOVIE	Self
1962	The Guys Who Put Money on Me MOVIE	Kenjiro Yoshida
1962	Jigoku no yoru wa makka da ze MOVIE	Self
1962	Youth Turned Sideways MOVIE	Self
1962	Naku n janai ze MOVIE	Self
1962	I Hate But Love MOVIE	Hiroshi Ozaki
1962	Teenage Yakuza MOVIE	Jiro
1962	Taiyō no yō ni akaruku MOVIE	Self
1962	Hana no saigetsu MOVIE	Self
1961	Zurari oretacha yōjinbō MOVIE	Self
1961	Wharf Temperament MOVIE	Eiji Iwasa
1961	Lost in the Sun MOVIE	Self
1961	Kitakami Nocturne MOVIE	Keisuke Shirato
1961	Aoime no Sugao MOVIE	Self
1961	Hotbed of Crime MOVIE	Self
1961	Shokei zen'ya MOVIE	Self
1961	Yabure Kabure MOVIE	Self
1961	Shōjo MOVIE	Self
1960	Flowers in the rain MOVIE	Self
1960	The Angry Rambler MOVIE	Self
1960	Everything Goes Wrong MOVIE	Jirô Sugita
1960	The Warped Ones MOVIE	Akira
1960	Boku wa naichicchi MOVIE	Self
1960	Return of the Vagabond MOVIE	Self
1960	The Guitarist from the Sea MOVIE	Self
1959	When a Man Risks His Life MOVIE	Self
1959	Mighty Rules MOVIE	Self
1959	The Sky Is Mine MOVIE	Self
1959	Woman from the Sea MOVIE	Toshio
1959	Dream Young Man's Dream MOVIE	Self
1959	Downhill Youth MOVIE	Yasuo Kawase
1959	Umi wa kurutte iru MOVIE	Self
1959	Gun Number Zero MOVIE	Yoshio
1959	Wounded Beast MOVIE	Self
1959	Hijo tehai MOVIE	Self
1959	Unripe Fruit MOVIE	Self
1959	The Stream of Youth MOVIE	Yasuo Kitaoka
1959	Friendship of Jazz MOVIE	Kenji Kawazoe
1958	Osaka no kaze MOVIE	Self
1958	Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha MOVIE	Self
1958	Taiyō o buchi otose MOVIE	Self
1958	The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow MOVIE	Kaoru Shirafuji
1958	The Man Who Rode the Typhoon MOVIE	Self
1958	The Coming of Age MOVIE	Yasushi Nanjô
1958	A Slope in the Sun MOVIE	Tamio Takagi

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