Takuzō Kawatani

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Biography

Takuzo Kawatani was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 165 films between 1967 and 1995. He was most famous for playing villains.

Known For

Empire of Passion

Inspector Hotta

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Ryoichi Enami

The Street Fighter

Skull Crushed Yakuza Thug Ôshima

Return of the Street Fighter

Self

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Mitsuo Iwashita

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Katsuji Saijo

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

Self

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Policeman at hospital

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1995	The King of Minami: Sweet Trap MOVIE	Self
1995	The Third Gangster MOVIE	Self
1994	The Man Who Shot the Don MOVIE	Self
1994	Momotarō Zamurai III MOVIE	Self
1993	Baian the Assassin: Showdown MOVIE	Self
1993	Haruka, Nostalgia MOVIE	Tosaku Satoh
1993	悪女Ⅱ　サンテミリオン殺人事件 TV	Self
1992	Succession MOVIE	Kyozo Shigeta
1992	Izakaya Chōji TV	Self
1992	The Dream of Russia MOVIE	Koichi
1991	The Man Who Became The Don MOVIE	Self
1991	Let's Shoot Ridiculously MOVIE	Self
1991	Deer Friend MOVIE	Self
1991	Maji! MOVIE	Self
1991	Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit MOVIE	Self
1991	Hokui 15° no duo MOVIE	Takuzō
1991	Heat Wave MOVIE	Ryukichi Ineda
1989	Four Days of Snow and Blood MOVIE	Sergeant Major Nagata
1989	Harimao MOVIE	Tani Tamakichi
1989	Hana no Furu Gogo TV	Self
1989	Osomatsu-kun: Greetings From The Watermelon Planet-zansu! MOVIE	Dayon (voice) / Kemunpasu (voice)
1989	Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally MOVIE	Self
1988	Crane MOVIE	Umaemon
1988	Mother MOVIE	Self
1987	The Great Department Store Robbery MOVIE	Self
1987	Eien no 1/2 MOVIE	Self
1987	Ronin on a Mission MOVIE	Mori Kojiro
1987	Guys Who Never Learn MOVIE	Self
1987	Chotchan TV	野々村泰輔
1987	River of Fireflies MOVIE	Self
1986	Death Shadows MOVIE	Yasuke
1986	Sure Death! 3 MOVIE	Self
1986	Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma MOVIE	Kogoro Katsura
1985	Tora-san's Island Encounter MOVIE	Sakai
1985	Tracked MOVIE	Ichiro Makabe
1985	Kimi ga kagayaku toki MOVIE	Self
1985	The Burmese Harp MOVIE	Sgt. Ido
1985	Kokugo Gannen TV	Self
1984	For Kayako MOVIE	Irujun Im
1983	Kigeki kazoku dōmei MOVIE	Self
1982	Kidnapping Blues MOVIE	Farmer
1982	The Buddy: Yaji and Kita MOVIE	Tajibee
1980	Keishi-K TV	Self
1980	Aitsu to Ore TV	Self
1979	Goodbye, Flickmania MOVIE	Dan
1978	Empire of Passion MOVIE	Inspector Hotta
1978	Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro MOVIE	Self
1978	Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron MOVIE	Sanji
1977	Doberman Cop MOVIE	Hiyoshi Kinoshita
1977	Japanese Humanity and Justice MOVIE	Self
1977	Short and Fat MOVIE	Kazuto Tonoma
1977	The Life of Chikuzan MOVIE	Senta
1977	The Smart Aleck Ten MOVIE	Self
1977	Decapitation of an Evil Woman MOVIE	Self
1976	Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On MOVIE	Matsutaro Tokuda
1976	The Yakuza Code Still Lives MOVIE	Teruhisa Yoshinaga
1976	A Kawachi Rascal's Song MOVIE	Matsutaro Tokuda
1976	Yakuza Graveyard MOVIE	Detective Kajiyama
1976	The Three Ginza Rascals MOVIE	Self
1976	Oxen Split Torturing MOVIE	Self
1976	Truckster Goes to Hokkaido MOVIE	Self
1976	The Most Perverted Post War Crimes MOVIE	Self
1976	A Savage Beast Goes Mad MOVIE	Saburo Tanimura
1976	New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss MOVIE	Kazunari Tsugawa
1976	Violent Panic: The Big Crash MOVIE	Self
1976	Virgin Breaker Yuki II: Western Licensed District MOVIE	Self
1976	Operation Plazma in Osaka MOVIE	Self
1975	Evil Doers MOVIE	Self
1975	New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss MOVIE	Detective
1975	Scoundrel Boss MOVIE	Katsuo Rojo
1975	前略おふくろ様 TV	Self
1975	Story of a Nymphomaniac MOVIE	Hisamatsu
1975	Company Buggers MOVIE	Self
1975	Gambling Den Heist MOVIE	Tetsuya bessho
1975	Shimane Prison Riot MOVIE	Yakuza underling
1975	Pimp Heaven MOVIE	Mr Zen
1975	Virgin Breaker Yuki MOVIE	Rokuzo
1975	Cops vs. Thugs MOVIE	Self
1975	The Viper Brothers and the Young General MOVIE	Self
1975	The Karate 3 MOVIE	Self
1974	New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 MOVIE	Self
1974	The Fancy Man MOVIE	Shoji Akita
1974	The Rapacious Jailbreaker MOVIE	Osamu Miyabe
1974	Yakuza vs. Gang Leader MOVIE	Self
1974	Code of Wolves MOVIE	Self
1974	The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers MOVIE	Self
1974	Third Generation Boss MOVIE	Self
1974	Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode MOVIE	Moriya Hitoshi
1974	The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers MOVIE	Self
1974	Return of the Street Fighter MOVIE	Self
1974	The Tattooed Hitman MOVIE	Kiyoshi
1974	Jeans Blues: No Future MOVIE	Ishimatsu
1974	人妻セックス地獄 MOVIE	Self
1974	Woman Mobsters MOVIE	Self
1974	Student Yakuza MOVIE	Self
1974	The Street Fighter MOVIE	Skull Crushed Yakuza Thug Ôshima
1974	Bohachi Bushido: The Villain MOVIE	Self
1974	Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics MOVIE	Policeman at hospital
1973	Yakuza of the Present MOVIE	Uno
1973	Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War MOVIE	Katsuji Saijo
1973	Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle MOVIE	Self
1973	Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group MOVIE	Tokumaru
1973	The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers MOVIE	Self
1973	The High Cost of Virginity MOVIE	Self
1973	Dangerous Trade in Kobe MOVIE	Self
1973	Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School MOVIE	Detective B
1973	Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima MOVIE	Mitsuo Iwashita
1973	The Kyoto Connection MOVIE	Self
1973	Aesthetics of a Bullet MOVIE	Self
1973	Battles Without Honor and Humanity MOVIE	Ryoichi Enami
1972	Eight Men to Kill MOVIE	Guard
1972	Lustful Shogun and His 21 Mistresses MOVIE	Prisoner
1972	Hikage-Mono MOVIE	Self
1972	The Red Silk Gambler MOVIE	Self
1972	Girl Boss Guerilla MOVIE	Yakuza henchman
1972	The Pledge MOVIE	Self
1972	Turtle Geisha MOVIE	Murata
1972	Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro MOVIE	Self
1972	Organized Crime: Killer's Glory MOVIE	Self
1972	Modern Lady Gambler MOVIE	Self
1972	The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang MOVIE	Gang member
1972	A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell MOVIE	Self
1972	Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty MOVIE	Self
1971	The Man MOVIE	Self
1971	A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers MOVIE	Self
1971	Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler MOVIE	Self
1971	A Scarred Life MOVIE	Self
1971	Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You MOVIE	Self
1971	The Viper Brothers MOVIE	Togo Shinkawa (thug)
1971	Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments MOVIE	Self
1971	Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival MOVIE	Kazuo Tsukamoto
1971	Fate Deals the Card of Death MOVIE	Yakuza
1971	Okoma, the Orphan Gambler MOVIE	Self
1970	The Silk Hat Boss 2 MOVIE	Self
1970	The Silk Hat Boss 2 MOVIE	Thug
1970	Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder MOVIE	Self
1970	A Wad of Notes MOVIE	Yakuza
1970	A Lively Geisha MOVIE	Self
1970	Silk Hat Boss MOVIE	Self
1970	House of Gamblers MOVIE	Self
1970	Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return MOVIE	Henchman
1970	Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back MOVIE	Self
1970	A Yakuza Goes Home MOVIE	Tatsuo
1969	Gambler's Legacy MOVIE	Self
1969	Kanto Street Peddlers MOVIE	Iwase
1969	Memoir of Japanese Assassinations MOVIE	Soldier
1969	Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room MOVIE	Self
1969	Killer's Mission MOVIE	Guard
1969	Samurai Geisha MOVIE	Self
1969	Japan Organized Crime Boss MOVIE	Policeman (uncredited)
1969	Yakuza Law MOVIE	Self
1969	Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage MOVIE	Self
1969	The Biggest Gamble MOVIE	Self
1969	Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony MOVIE	Self
1969	Yakuza on Foot MOVIE	Self
1969	Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage MOVIE	Self
1968	Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder MOVIE	Thug
1968	Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation MOVIE	Thug
1968	Red Peony Gambler MOVIE	Henchman
1968	Wicked Priest MOVIE	Yakuza henchman
1968	Return of the Outlaw MOVIE	Self
1968	Gamblers: The Raid MOVIE	Umekichi
1968	Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger MOVIE	Henchman
1967	Eleven Samurai MOVIE	Self
1967	Shogun and His Mistress 2 MOVIE	Self
1967	Heiji, the Detective MOVIE	Self
1967	Code Between Brothers 5 MOVIE	Yakuza henchman
1967	Three Gamblers MOVIE	Prison Guard
1966	The Protector MOVIE	Self
1965	Code of Ruffians MOVIE	Self
1965	Blood of Revenge MOVIE	Self
1965	The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry MOVIE	Self
	Downtown Story TV	Self

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