Acting
Takuzō Kawatani
Born 1941-07-21
Changchun, Jilin, China
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Takuzō Kawatani
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Empire of Passion
1978
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
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The Street Fighter
1974
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Return of the Street Fighter
1974
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
1973
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Oxen Split Torturing
1976
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
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Girl Boss Guerilla
1972
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Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (176 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The King of Minami: Sweet Trap | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1995 |
 | The Third Gangster | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1995 |
 | The Man Who Shot the Don | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1994 |
 | Momotarō Zamurai III | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1994 |
 | Rainbow Bridge | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1993 |
 | Baian the Assassin: Showdown | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1993 |
 | Haruka, Nostalgia | Tosaku Satoh | Movie | 1993 |
| 悪女Ⅱ サンテミリオン殺人事件 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1993 | |
 | Succession | Kyozo Shigeta | Movie | 1992 |
 | Izakaya Chōji | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1992 |
 | The Dream of Russia | Koichi | Movie | 1992 |
 | The Man Who Became The Don | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1991 |
 | Let's Shoot Ridiculously | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1991 |
 | Deer Friend | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1991 |
 | Maji! | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1991 |
| Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1991 | |
 | Hokui 15° no duo | Takuzō | Movie | 1991 |
 | Heat Wave | Ryukichi Ineda | Movie | 1991 |
 | Four Days of Snow and Blood | Sergeant Major Nagata | Movie | 1989 |
 | Harimao | Tani Tamakichi | Movie | 1989 |
| Hana no Furu Gogo | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1989 | |
 | Osomatsu-kun: Greetings From The Watermelon Planet-zansu! | Dayon (voice) / Kemunpasu (voice) | Movie | 1989 |
 | Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1989 |
 | Crane | Umaemon | Movie | 1988 |
 | Mother | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1988 |
 | The Great Department Store Robbery | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1987 |
 | Eien no 1/2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1987 |
 | Ronin on a Mission | Mori Kojiro | Movie | 1987 |
 | Guys Who Never Learn | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1987 |
 | Chotchan | 野々村泰輔 | TV Series | 1987 |
 | River of Fireflies | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1987 |
 | Death Shadows | Yasuke | Movie | 1986 |
 | Sure Death! 3 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1986 |
 | Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma | Kogoro Katsura | Movie | 1986 |
 | Tora-san's Island Encounter | Sakai | Movie | 1985 |
 | Tracked | Ichiro Makabe | Movie | 1985 |
 | Kimi ga kagayaku toki | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1985 |
 | The Burmese Harp | Sgt. Ido | Movie | 1985 |
 | Kokugo Gannen | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1985 |
 | For Kayako | Irujun Im | Movie | 1984 |
 | Kigeki kazoku dōmei | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1983 |
 | Kidnapping Blues | Farmer | Movie | 1982 |
| The Buddy: Yaji and Kita | Tajibee | Movie | 1982 | |
 | Keishi-K | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1980 |
| Aitsu to Ore | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1980 | |
 | 本日ただいま誕生 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1979 |
 | Goodbye, Flickmania | Dan | Movie | 1979 |
 | Empire of Passion | Inspector Hotta | Movie | 1978 |
 | Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1978 |
 | Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron | Sanji | Movie | 1978 |
 | Doberman Cop | Hiyoshi Kinoshita | Movie | 1977 |
 | Japanese Humanity and Justice | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1977 |
 | Short and Fat | Kazuto Tonoma | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Life of Chikuzan | Senta | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Smart Aleck Ten | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1977 |
 | Decapitation of an Evil Woman | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1977 |
 | Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On | Matsutaro Tokuda | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Yakuza Code Still Lives | Teruhisa Yoshinaga | Movie | 1976 |
 | A Kawachi Rascal's Song | Matsutaro Tokuda | Movie | 1976 |
 | Yakuza Graveyard | Detective Kajiyama | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Three Ginza Rascals | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | Oxen Split Torturing | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | Truckster Goes to Hokkaido | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Most Perverted Post War Crimes | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | A Savage Beast Goes Mad | Saburo Tanimura | Movie | 1976 |
 | New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss | Kazunari Tsugawa | Movie | 1976 |
 | Violent Panic: The Big Crash | Sakuji Hatano | Movie | 1976 |
 | Virgin Breaker Yuki II: Western Licensed District | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | Operation Plazma in Osaka | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | Evil Doers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss | Detective | Movie | 1975 |
 | Scoundrel Boss | Katsuo Rojo | Movie | 1975 |
 | 前略おふくろ様 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1975 |
 | Story of a Nymphomaniac | Hisamatsu | Movie | 1975 |
 | Company Buggers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | Gambling Den Heist | Tetsuya bessho | Movie | 1975 |
 | Shimane Prison Riot | Yakuza underling | Movie | 1975 |
 | Pimp Heaven | Mr Zen | Movie | 1975 |
 | Virgin Breaker Yuki | Rokuzo | Movie | 1975 |
 | Cops vs. Thugs | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | The Viper Brothers and the Young General | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | The Karate 3 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 | Nanba Family Member | Movie | 1974 |
| The Fancy Man | Shoji Akita | Movie | 1974 | |
 | The Rapacious Jailbreaker | Osamu Miyabe | Movie | 1974 |
 | Yakuza vs. Gang Leader | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | Code of Wolves | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | Third Generation Boss | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode | Moriya Hitoshi | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | Return of the Street Fighter | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Tattooed Hitman | Kiyoshi | Movie | 1974 |
 | Jeans Blues: No Future | Ishimatsu | Movie | 1974 |
 | 人妻セックス地獄 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | Woman Mobsters | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | Student Yakuza | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Street Fighter | Skull Crushed Yakuza Thug Ôshima | Movie | 1974 |
 | Bohachi Bushido: The Villain | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics | Policeman at hospital | Movie | 1974 |
 | Yakuza of the Present | Uno | Movie | 1973 |
 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War | Katsuji Saijo | Movie | 1973 |
 | Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group | Tokumaru | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | The High Cost of Virginity | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | Dangerous Trade in Kobe | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School | Detective B | Movie | 1973 |
 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima | Mitsuo Iwashita | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Kyoto Connection | Gohara | Movie | 1973 |
 | Aesthetics of a Bullet | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight | Ninja (uncredited) | Movie | 1973 |
 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity | Ryoichi Enami | Movie | 1973 |
 | Eight Men to Kill | Guard | Movie | 1972 |
 | Lustful Shogun and His 21 Mistresses | Prisoner | Movie | 1972 |
 | Hikage-Mono | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Red Silk Gambler | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | Girl Boss Guerilla | Yakuza henchman | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Pledge | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | Turtle Geisha | Murata | Movie | 1972 |
 | Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | Organized Crime: Killer's Glory | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | Modern Lady Gambler | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang | Gang member | Movie | 1972 |
 | A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Man | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | A Scarred Life | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | The Viper Brothers | Togo Shinkawa (thug) | Movie | 1971 |
 | Wicked Priest 5: Breaking the Commandments | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival | Kazuo Tsukamoto | Movie | 1971 |
 | Fate Deals the Card of Death | Yakuza | Movie | 1971 |
 | Okoma, the Orphan Gambler | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | The Silk Hat Boss 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
| The Silk Hat Boss 2 | Thug | Movie | 1970 |
 | Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | A Wad of Notes | Yakuza | Movie | 1970 |
 | A Lively Geisha | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | Silk Hat Boss | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | House of Gamblers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return | Henchman | Movie | 1970 |
 | Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | A Yakuza Goes Home | Tatsuo | Movie | 1970 |
 | Gambler's Legacy | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Kanto Street Peddlers | Iwase | Movie | 1969 |
 | Memoir of Japanese Assassinations | Soldier | Movie | 1969 |
 | Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Killer's Mission | Guard | Movie | 1969 |
 | Samurai Geisha | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Japan Organized Crime Boss | Policeman (uncredited) | Movie | 1969 |
 | Yakuza Law | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | The Biggest Gamble | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Yakuza on Foot | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1969 |
 | Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder | Thug | Movie | 1968 |
 | Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation | Thug | Movie | 1968 |
 | Red Peony Gambler | Henchman | Movie | 1968 |
 | Wicked Priest | Yakuza henchman | Movie | 1968 |
 | Return of the Outlaw | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1968 |
 | Gamblers: The Raid | Umekichi | Movie | 1968 |
 | Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger | Henchman | Movie | 1968 |
 | Eleven Samurai | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
 | Shogun and His Mistress 2 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
 | Heiji, the Detective | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1967 |
 | Code Between Brothers 5 | Yakuza henchman | Movie | 1967 |
 | Three Gamblers | Prison Guard | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Protector | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1966 |
 | Code of Ruffians | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | Blood of Revenge | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1965 |
 | Downtown Story | Self / Appearance | TV Series | — |