Tamio Kawachi

Known for: Acting
Born: July 21, 1938, Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan
Died: February 10, 2018
Movies: 187

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).

Best-Known Movies

6.8

Gozu

2003

7.1

Tokyo Drifter

1966

7.3

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973

6.9

Youth of the Beast

1963

6.9

The Bullet Train

1975

5.6

Gappa, the Triphibian Monster

1967

6.6

Story of a Prostitute

1965

6.5

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!

1963

6.8

Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey

2000

7.1

The Warped Ones

1960

Filmography

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

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