Person

Tamio Kawachi

Acting · 1938–2018 · Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan

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

Filmography

2017Conquest 11
2017Conquest 10
2011The Lion Who Conquers Shura 2
2011The Lion Who Conquers Shura
2010Exiled
2009Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 10
2009Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 9
2008修羅之魂～激動渡世編～
2008修羅之魂～侠客立志編～
2008Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 8
2008Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 7
2008Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 6
2008Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 5
2008Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 4
2008Road to New Don 2
2007Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 3
2007Yakuza Emblem Chapter 2
2007Tainted Emblem: The Final Chapter
2007Yakuza no daimon
2007True Account: The Chivalrous Dragon of Japan
2007The History of Yakuza Struggles in Kyushu - The Ogura War
2007Tainted Emblem
2007Road to New Don
2006Cool Dimension: Innocent Assassin
2006Yakuza Don
2006Waru: The End
2006Proud Ambition 2
2005Sakura no daimon: chi no hōshū
2005Proud Ambition 3
2005Isolation Letter
2004Road 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
2003Kanto Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura
2003Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final BattleOwada
2003Gozu
2003Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North Sea
2002Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution 2
2001Gunball
2001A Yakuza Christian: A Battle in Hell
2001Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution
2001Ultraman Tiga Gaiden: Revival of the Ancient GiantOsa
2000Fighting Knife Yoshi
2000Ultraman Tiga: The Final OdysseySouichiro Sawai
2000Shura ga Yuku 9
2000Shin Mahjong Demon 5: Shinjuku Mahjong Showdown
1998East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights
1997Confinement Escape: Plundered Love
1997Ultraman DynaSawai So-Ichiro
1997Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1996KISS ME
1995SukiyakiRyohel Mihara
1993Emperor of Upheaval
1992The Setting Sun
1992The GamblerHonorable
1992Gorotsuki
1992Investigation of a Typical LoveTakimura
1992Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1991Heat WaveShinkichi, Hashiba
1990Bad Guys Only
1989Beppin Town
1988Soul Music: Lovers Only
1987The Forced Marriage with Children
1985Break Town Story
1985Kekkon Annai Mystery
1984Chi-n-pi-raOtani
1983Kazoku no sentakuYoichi Kanazawa
1983Empress
1982The Imperial Japanese Empire
1981Pro Hunter
1980Tokugawa no Onnatachi
1980Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete SagaSeiichi Kanbara
1979Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Yonaki Numa
1977Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer TetsuKenji Igarashi
1976A Kawachi Rascal's SongDoctor
1976Daihijôsen
1975The Bullet TrainSatô
1975Shimane Prison RiotDog breeder
1975Pimp HeavenYoshiichi
1975The Viper Brothers and the Young General
1974The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
1974The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
1973The Viper Brothers: The BlackmailersKatsu
1973Professional KillersGozamatsu no Magohachi
1973The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1973Battles Without Honor and HumanityKanbara Seiichi
1972Informal Dress
1972The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
1972The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
1972Kogarashi MonjiroSentaro
1971The Viper Brothers Rage Again
1971The Viper BrothersKatsuji (Immortal Katsu)
1971Night Butterflies
1971The Earth is Born AgainYokoyama
1971A Man's World
1970Waterfront BluesChiba
1970Spartan Education
1970Fossil of Love
1970Abare chōhan
1970A Gangster's Morals
1969Biographies of Killers
1969Yoru no mesu - Hana no inochi
1969Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
1969Penitentiary BrothersJiro Matsubara
1969Mini-Skirt Lynchers
1969Savage Wolf Pack
1969Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
1968Outlaw: Black DaggerSueo Shige
1968若い川の流れ
1968RetaliationNaruse
1968Wind of Youth
1968Outlaw: Gangster VIPIsamu Tsujikawa
1967My SweetheartKawachi
1967Aruhi watashi wa
1967A Bumpkin of Tokyo
1967The Kanto Region Is Also ExpandingIshikawa no Torakichi
1967Gappa, the Triphibian MonsterHiroshi Kurosaki
1967The Black Sheep
1966Star of Destiny
1966Lost in the RainNozaki Masaya
1966Watashi, chigatteiru kashiraYoshida
1966Story of Japanese Chivalry: Flower of a Chivalrous Man
1966Tokyo DrifterTatsuzo the Viper
1966Cheers to the Sky
1966Carmen from KawachiSeiji Takano
1965In Tears
1965The Rule for a VagabondNaojiro
1965Loss of Innocence
1965Gambling is My Destiny
1965Story of a ProstituteShinkichi Mikami
1964Whirlpool of FleshKenichi Sekiguchi
1964Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune DuelKurokawa
1964Ningen ni kakeruna
1964Kaze to Ki to Sora to
1964Black SunAkira
1964Welcome, My BabyToshio Tanimura
1964The Flower and the Angry Waves
1964Cruel Gun StoryTakizawa
1964Red Handkerchief
1963Jidanya
1963Prince of WolvesGinji Tachibana
1963The Hill is Full of FlowersMasaya Nozaki
1963午前零時の出獄
1963Youth of the BeastHideo Nomoto
1963I Fly for Kicks
1963Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!Manabe
1962Utau abarenbō
1962The Guys Who Put Money on MeKenjiro Yoshida
1962Night of Bloody Hell
1962Youth Turned Sideways
1962Naku n janai ze
1962I Hate But LoveHiroshi Ozaki
1962Teenage YakuzaJiro
1962Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
1962Hana no saigetsu
1961Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
1961Wharf TemperamentEiji Iwasa
1961Lost in the Sun
1961Blue HunterKawamura
1961Kitakami NocturneKeisuke Shirato
1961Aoime no Sugao
1961Hotbed of Crime
1961Shokei zen'ya
1961Yabure Kabure
1961Shōjo
1960Flowers in the rain
1960The Angry Rambler
1960Everything Goes WrongJirô Sugita
1960The Warped OnesAkira
1960Boku wa naichicchi
1960Return of the Vagabond
1960The Guitarist from the Sea
1959When a Man Risks His Life
1959Mighty Rules
1959The Sky Is Mine
1959Woman from the SeaToshio
1959Dream Young Man's Dream
1959Downhill YouthYasuo Kawase
1959Umi wa kurutte iru
1959Gun Number ZeroYoshio
1959Wounded Beast
1959Hijo tehai
1959Unripe Fruit
1959The Stream of YouthYasuo Kitaoka
1959Friendship of JazzKenji Kawazoe
1958Osaka no kaze
1958Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
1958Taiyō o buchi otose
1958The Man Who Wagers TomorrowKaoru Shirafuji
1958The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
1958The Coming of AgeYasushi Nanjô
1958A Slope in the SunTamio Takagi

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