Acting
Tamio Kawachi
Born 1938-07-21
Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Tamio Kawachi
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Gozu
2003
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Tokyo Drifter
1966
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
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Youth of the Beast
1963
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The Bullet Train
1975
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Ultraman Dyna
1997
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Kogarashi Monjiro
1972
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Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
1967
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Pro Hunter
1981
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Story of a Prostitute
1965
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (193 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Conquest 11 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2017 |
 | Conquest 10 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Lion Who Conquers Shura 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2011 |
 | The Lion Who Conquers Shura | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2011 |
 | Exiled | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2010 |
 | Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 10 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2009 |
 | Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 9 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2009 |
 | 修羅之魂 ～激動渡世編～ | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 |
 | 修羅之魂 ～侠客立志編～ | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 |
 | Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 8 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 |
 | Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 7 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 |
 | Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 6 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 |
 | Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 5 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 |
 | Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 4 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 |
 | Road to New Don 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2008 |
 | Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 3 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2007 |
 | Yakuza Emblem Chapter 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2007 |
 | Tainted Emblem: The Final Chapter | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2007 |
 | Yakuza no daimon | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2007 |
 | True Account: The Chivalrous Dragon of Japan | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2007 |
 | The History of Yakuza Struggles in Kyushu - The Ogura War | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2007 |
 | Tainted Emblem | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2007 |
 | Road to New Don | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2007 |
 | Cool Dimension: Innocent Assassin | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2006 |
 | Yakuza Don | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2006 |
 | Waru: The End | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2006 |
 | Proud Ambition 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2006 |
| Sakura no daimon: chi no hōshū | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2005 | |
 | Proud Ambition 3 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2005 |
 | Isolation Letter | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2005 |
 | Road to the Don 23 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2004 |
 | 修羅のみち10 九州全面戦争 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2004 |
 | 修羅のみち9 北九州烈死篇 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2004 |
 | Kanto Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2003 |
 | Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle | Owada | Movie | 2003 |
 | Gozu | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2003 |
 | Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North Sea | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2003 |
| Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2002 | |
 | Gunball | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2001 |
 | A Yakuza Christian: A Battle in Hell | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2001 |
 | Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2001 |
 | Ultraman Tiga Gaiden: Revival of the Ancient Giant | Osa | Movie | 2001 |
 | Fighting Knife Yoshi | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2000 |
 | Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey | Souichiro Sawai | Movie | 2000 |
 | Shura ga Yuku 9 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2000 |
 | Shin Mahjong Demon 5: Shinjuku Mahjong Showdown | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2000 |
 | East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1998 |
 | Confinement Escape: Plundered Love | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1997 |
 | Ultraman Dyna | Sawai So-Ichiro | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Remembering the Cosmos Flower | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1997 |
 | KISS ME | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1996 |
 | Sukiyaki | Ryohel Mihara | Movie | 1995 |
 | Emperor of Upheaval | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1993 |
 | The Setting Sun | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1992 |
 | The Gambler | Honorable | Movie | 1992 |
 | Gorotsuki | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1992 |
 | Investigation of a Typical Love | Takimura | Movie | 1992 |
 | Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1992 |
 | Heat Wave | Shinkichi, Hashiba | Movie | 1991 |
 | Bad Guys Only | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1990 |
 | Beppin Town | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1989 |
 | Soul Music: Lovers Only | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1988 |
| The Forced Marriage with Children | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1987 | |
 | Osomatsu-kun: Iyami and Chibita's Cooking Showdown | Yasu the Gourmet | Movie | 1985 |
 | Break Town Story | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1985 |
 | Kekkon Annai Mystery | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1985 |
 | Chi-n-pi-ra | Otani | Movie | 1984 |
 | Kazoku no sentaku | Yoichi Kanazawa | Movie | 1983 |
 | Empress | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Imperial Japanese Empire | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1982 |
 | Pro Hunter | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1981 |
| Tokugawa no Onnatachi | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1980 | |
 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga | Seiichi Kanbara | Movie | 1980 |
 | Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Yonaki Numa | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1979 |
 | Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu | Kenji Igarashi | Movie | 1977 |
 | A Kawachi Rascal's Song | Doctor | Movie | 1976 |
 | Daihijôsen | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1976 |
 | The Bullet Train | Satô | Movie | 1975 |
 | Shimane Prison Riot | Dog breeder | Movie | 1975 |
 | Pimp Heaven | Yoshiichi | Movie | 1975 |
 | The Viper Brothers and the Young General | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers | Katsu | Movie | 1973 |
 | Professional Killers | Gozamatsu no Magohachi | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity | Kanbara Seiichi | Movie | 1973 |
 | Informal Dress | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | Kogarashi Monjiro | Sentaro | TV Series | 1972 |
 | The Viper Brothers Rage Again | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | The Viper Brothers | Katsuji (Immortal Katsu) | Movie | 1971 |
 | Night Butterflies | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | The Earth is Born Again | Yokoyama | Movie | 1971 |
 | A Man's World | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | Waterfront Blues | Chiba | Movie | 1970 |
 | Spartan Education | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | Fossil of Love | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | Abare chōhan | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
| A Gangster's Morals | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 | |
 | Biographies of Killers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Yoru no mesu - Hana no inochi | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Penitentiary Brothers | Jiro Matsubara | Movie | 1969 |
 | Mini-Skirt Lynchers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Savage Wolf Pack | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Outlaw: Black Dagger | Sueo Shige | Movie | 1968 |
 | 若い川の流れ | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 |
 | Retaliation | Naruse | Movie | 1968 |
 | Wind of Youth | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 |
 | Outlaw: Gangster VIP | Isamu Tsujikawa | Movie | 1968 |
 | My Sweetheart | Kawachi | Movie | 1967 |
 | Aruhi watashi wa | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
 | A Bumpkin of Tokyo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding | Ishikawa no Torakichi | Movie | 1967 |
 | Gappa, the Triphibian Monster | Hiroshi Kurosaki | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Black Sheep | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
 | Star of Destiny | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1966 |
 | Lost in the Rain | Nozaki Masaya | TV Series | 1966 |
 | Watashi, chigatteiru kashira | Yoshida | Movie | 1966 |
 | Story of Japanese Chivalry: Flower of a Chivalrous Man | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1966 |
 | Tokyo Drifter | Tatsuzo the Viper | Movie | 1966 |
 | Cheers to the Sky | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1966 |
 | Carmen from Kawachi | Seiji Takano | Movie | 1966 |
 | In Tears | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Rule for a Vagabond | Naojiro | Movie | 1965 |
 | Loss of Innocence | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | Gambling is My Destiny | Masa (The Drifter) | Movie | 1965 |
 | Story of a Prostitute | Shinkichi Mikami | Movie | 1965 |
 | Whirlpool of Flesh | Kenichi Sekiguchi | Movie | 1964 |
 | Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel | Kurokawa | Movie | 1964 |
 | Ningen ni kakeruna | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | Kaze to Ki to Sora to | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | Black Sun | Akira | Movie | 1964 |
 | Welcome, My Baby | Toshio Tanimura | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Flower and the Angry Waves | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | Cruel Gun Story | Takizawa | Movie | 1964 |
 | Red Handkerchief | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1964 |
 | Jidanya | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | Prince of Wolves | Ginji Tachibana | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Hill is Full of Flowers | Masaya Nozaki | Movie | 1963 |
 | 午前零時の出獄 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1963 |
 | Youth of the Beast | Hideo Nomoto | Movie | 1963 |
 | I Fly for Kicks | Kenji Yoshioka | Movie | 1963 |
 | Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! | Manabe | Movie | 1963 |
 | Utau abarenbō | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Guys Who Put Money on Me | Kenjiro Yoshida | Movie | 1962 |
 | Night of Bloody Hell | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Youth Turned Sideways | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Naku n janai ze | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | I Hate But Love | Hiroshi Ozaki | Movie | 1962 |
 | Teenage Yakuza | Jiro | Movie | 1962 |
 | Taiyō no yō ni akaruku | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Hana no saigetsu | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1962 |
 | Zurari oretacha yōjinbō | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Wharf Temperament | Eiji Iwasa | Movie | 1961 |
 | Lost in the Sun | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Blue Hunter | Kawamura | Movie | 1961 |
 | Kitakami Nocturne | Keisuke Shirato | Movie | 1961 |
 | Aoime no Sugao | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Hotbed of Crime | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Shokei zen'ya | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Yabure Kabure | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Shōjo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1961 |
 | Flowers in the rain | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Wild, Unruly Drifter | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Everything Goes Wrong | Jirô Sugita | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Warped Ones | Akira | Movie | 1960 |
 | Boku wa naichicchi | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | Return of the Vagabond | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Drifter from the Sea | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1960 |
 | When a Man Risks His Life | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Mighty Rules | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Sky Is Mine | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Woman from the Sea | Toshio | Movie | 1959 |
 | Dream Young Man's Dream | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Downhill Youth | Yasuo Kawase | Movie | 1959 |
 | Umi wa kurutte iru | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Gun Number Zero | Yoshio | Movie | 1959 |
 | Wounded Beast | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Hijo tehai | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | Unripe Fruit | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Stream of Youth | Yasuo Kitaoka | Movie | 1959 |
 | Friendship of Jazz | Kenji Kawazoe | Movie | 1959 |
 | Osaka no kaze | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | Taiyō o buchi otose | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow | Kaoru Shirafuji | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Man Who Rode the Typhoon | Shiro Nezu | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Coming of Age | Yasushi Nanjô | Movie | 1958 |
 | A Slope in the Sun | Tamio Takagi | Movie | 1958 |