Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 28, 1941
Died
Aug 10, 2020
Place of Birth
Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Credits
117 titles
Tetsuya Watari
Biography
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. Watari was due to play the main role in Kinji Fukasaku’s film Battles Without Honor and Humanity, but because of illness he was not able to appear. In 1974, he was forced to step down from the lead role of Katsu Kaishū in the Taiga drama Katsu Kaishū on NHK, again because of illness, after appearing in only nine episodes. In 1976, Watari won best actor of Blue Ribbon Award for his role in Kinji Fukasaku`s film Yakuza Graveyard. In Japan, Watari is probably still best known for his role as Keisuke Daiomon in the detective series "Seibu Keisatsu" on TV Asahi. He also appeared in the popular detective drama "Taiyō ni Hoero!" as a replacement for Yujiro Ishihara in 1986. Watari became the president of Ishihara Promotion after Yujiro's death in 1987 but in 2011 he resigned due to his declining health. On June 10, 2015 he was hospitalised after suffering a heart attack and underwent surgery. Seven days later it was announced that he was in rehabilitation and would be discharged from hospital in about a month. He had a younger brother, Tsunehiko Watase, who was also an actor. As a singer, Watari is known for his hit song "Kuchinashi no Hana" and he appeared in the Kōhaku Uta Gassen in 1974 and 1993. He died of pneumonia on August 10, 2020, at the age of 78.
Known For
Filmography
No Dropping Out: Back to School at 35
Yukinobu Asada
Villain
Masato Kogure
Clouds Over the Hill
東郷平八郎
Flower of Ice
Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Rice Shop
카스가이 류헤이
Tuna
Family: Absence of the Wife, Existence of the Husband
The Street Lawyers
Yamato
Middle-aged Divorce
Gion Bayashi
Yoshitsune
Taira no Kiyomori (Hei-shi)
Lady Joker
Seizo Monoi
弟
Western Police Special
Keisuke Daimon
Marusa!!
Chikara Kokuryo
スクープ
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Muneaki Seta
渡哲也サスペンス 絆
Shura Group Part 3
明るいほうへ 明るいほうへ -童謡詩人 金子みすゞ-
Brother
Jinseikai Boss
It Is a Long Walk
Diary of Early Winter Shower
Kounosuke Mibu
Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi
Kondo Isami
Abduction
Hiroshi Tsuba
Night Train to the Stars
Masajiro Miyazawa
SMAP×SMAP
Skit Guest
Hideyoshi
Oda Nobunaga
Kin chan no Cinema Jack
Sangokushi: The Yangtze Is Burning!
Cao Cao (voice)
Great Conquest: The Romance of Three Kingdoms
Cao Cao (voice)
三国志
Creator
The Unruly Ronin's Journey
Daihyô torishimariyaku deka
Goryokaku
Toshizo Hijikata
Clockwork- Goodbye Winter
Again
Seibu Keisatsu
Daimon Keisuke
浮浪云
Haguregumo
Big City: Days of Struggle
Yakuza Graveyard
Ryu Kuroiwa
Human Revolution II
Conflagration
Third Officer Inoue
Graveyard of Honor
Rikio Ishikawa
Katsu Kaishu
Katsu Kaishu (adult)
Wild Cop 2
The Blossom and the Sword
Seijirô Tanaka
Stray Dog
Detective Murakami