Tetsuya Watari

Career timeline

1. 1941 · Born

   Born in Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

2. 1965 · Screen debut

   Seishun no Sabaki (Movie)

3. 2000 · Breakthrough

   Brother (Movie)

4. 2013 · Latest release

   No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35 (TV)

5. 2020 · Died

   August 10, 2020

Career in numbers

22 1960s

20 1970s

3 1980s

13 1990s

18 2000s

2 2010s

• Drama47
• Crime28
• Action27
• Thriller14
• War & Politics6
• Action & Adventure6

Highest-rated title Brother 2000 7.1 Most popular title AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo 2002 7.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Tetsuya Watari in our catalogue.

Taro Ishida

3 titles together

Toshio Masuda

3 titles together

Yutaka Mizutani

2 titles together

Ryotaro Sugi

2 titles together

Joe Shishido

2 titles together

Shun Oguri

2 titles together

Gorō Mutsumi

2 titles together

Hiroshi Tachi

2 titles together

Harumi Sone

2 titles together

Tetsuro Tamba

2 titles together

1. 2013 No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35 as Yukinobu Asada TV
2. 2012 Villain as Masato Kogure Movie
3. 2009 Clouds Over the Hill as 東郷平八郎 TV
4. 2008 Flower of Ice TV
5. 2007 Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop as 카스가이 류헤이 TV
6. 2007 Tuna TV
7. 2006 Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband TV
8. 2006 The Street Lawyers TV
9. 2005 Yamato 5.5 Movie
10. 2005 Middle-aged Divorce TV
11. 2005 Gion Bayashi TV
12. 2005 Yoshitsune as Taira no Kiyomori (Hei-shi) TV
13. 2004 Lady Joker as Seizo Monoi Movie
14. 2004 弟 TV
15. 2004 Western Police Special as Keisuke Daimon Movie
16. 2003 Marusa!! as Chikara Kokuryo TV
17. 2002 スクープ TV
18. 2002 AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo as Muneaki Seta 7.5 TV
19. 2000 Brother as Jinseikai Boss 7.1 Movie
20. 2000 It Is a Long Walk Movie
21. 1998 Diary of Early Winter Shower as Kounosuke Mibu Movie
22. 1998 Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi as Kondo Isami TV
23. 1997 Abduction as Hiroshi Tsuba Movie
24. 1996 Night Train to the Stars as Masajiro Miyazawa Movie
25. 1996 Hideyoshi as Oda Nobunaga TV
26. 1993 Kin chan no Cinema Jack Movie
27. 1993 Sangokushi: The Yangtze Is Burning! as Cao Cao (voice) Movie
28. 1993 The Four Beast Guardians 5 - Scarecrow Hanbei's Lawless Journey as Tetsuya Watari Movie
29. 1992 My Beloved Detective as Section Chief Daisuke Takakura TV
30. 1992 Great Conquest: The Romance of Three Kingdoms as Cao Cao (voice) Movie
31. 1991 The Unruly Ronin's Journey Movie
32. 1990 Representative Director Detective TV
33. 1989 Gorilla - Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Investigation Division 8 as Sho Kuramoto TV
34. 1988 Goryokaku as Toshizo Hijikata Movie
35. 1986 Clockwork- Goodbye Winter Movie
36. 1979 Western Police as Daimon Keisuke TV
37. 1978 Haguregumo TV
38. 1978 浮浪云 TV
39. 1976 Big City: Days of Struggle TV
40. 1976 Yakuza Graveyard as Ryu Kuroiwa 6.6 Movie
41. 1976 Human Revolution II Movie
42. 1975 Conflagration as Third Officer Inoue Movie
43. 1975 Graveyard of Honor as Rikio Ishikawa 6.7 Movie
44. 1974 Katsu Kaishu as Katsu Kaishu (adult) TV
45. 1973 The Blossom and the Sword as Seijirô Tanaka Movie
46. 1973 Stray Dog as Detective Murakami Movie
47. 1973 The Human Revolution as Shimatani Movie
48. 1973 Rebellion Reward as Shun Muraki Movie
49. 1972 Roar At The Sun! as Hyogo Tachibana (Inspector) TV
50. 1972 Theater of Life Movie
51. 1972 Chase That Man Movie
52. 1971 Expelled from the Kanto Mob Movie
53. 1971 Challenge at Dawn Movie
54. 1971 Epic Chushingura as Horibe Yasubei TV
55. 1970 The Summit of Mt. Fuji as Yohei Kada Movie
56. 1969 The Cleanup as Kurasawa Movie
57. 1969 The Fatal Raid Movie
58. 1969 Ruthless Gambler Movie
59. 1969 前科・仮釈放 as Ôhara Ryûji Movie
60. 1969 Outlaw: Kill! as Goro Fujikawa Movie
61. 1969 Savage Wolf Pack Movie
62. 1969 Exiled to Hell Movie
63. 1968 Outlaw: Black Dagger as Goro Fujikawa Movie
64. 1968 Outlaw: Goro the Assassin as Goro Fujikawa Movie
65. 1968 Monument to the Girl's Corps as Young man Movie
66. 1968 Outlaw: Heartless as Goro Fujikawa Movie
67. 1968 Song of my Life as Takuya Tsugami Movie
68. 1968 Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 as Goro Fujikawa Movie
69. 1968 The Code of Man Movie
70. 1968 Outlaw: Gangster VIP as Goro Fujikawa Movie
71. 1967 My Sweetheart as Akai Movie
72. 1967 Velvet Hustler as Goro Movie
73. 1967 陽のあたる坂道 Movie
74. 1966 Tokyo Drifter 2: The Sea Is Bright Red as the Color of Love as Tetsu Movie
75. 1966 Red Glass as Hiroshi Movie
76. 1966 Tokyo Drifter as Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo 7.1 Movie
77. 1965 Seishun no Sabaki Movie

1. 1998 Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi TV
2. 1992 三国志 TV

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