Actor
Tetsuya Watari
December 28, 1941 · Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Chieko Matsubara
7 titles together
Tokyo Drifter, Outlaw: Gangster VIP, Outlaw: Black Dagger
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Toshizō Kudō
6 titles together
Outlaw: Black Dagger, Outlaw: Heartless, Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
Eiji Gō
5 titles together
Tokyo Drifter, Graveyard of Honor, Outlaw: Black Dagger
Shōki Fukae
5 titles together
Outlaw: Gangster VIP, Outlaw: Black Dagger, Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
Tamio Kawachi
4 titles together
Tokyo Drifter, Outlaw: Gangster VIP, Outlaw: Black Dagger
Tatsuya Fuji
4 titles together
Outlaw: Gangster VIP, Outlaw: Goro the Assassin, Velvet Hustler
Full filmography · 109
Villain
as Masato Kogure
2012
Yamato
cast
20055.4
Lady Joker
as Seizo Monoi
2004
Shura Group Part 3
cast
2002
明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-
cast
2001
Brother
as Jinseikai Boss
20007.1
It Is a Long Walk
cast
2000
Diary of Early Winter Shower
as Kounosuke Mibu
1998
Abduction
as Hiroshi Tsuba
1997Night Train to the Stars
as Masajiro Miyazawa
1996
Kin chan no Cinema Jack
cast
1993
Sangokushi: The Yangtze Is Burning!
as Cao Cao (voice)
1993