Deceased

How Did Tetsuro Tamba Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 84

Also known as丹波哲郎, Tetzuro Tamba, Tetsurô Tanba , Tetsuro Tambo, Tetsurô Tamba, Tetsurou TanbaGenderMaleNationalityEmpire of JapanBorn17/07/1922Born inShinjuku, Tokyo, JapanDied24/09/2006 (aged 84)Died inMitakaCausepneumoniaWikidataQ1488230 ↗Buried atTama CemeteryTMDb#10071 ↗

Tetsurō Tamba , born Shozaburo Tanba , was a Japanese actor with a career spanning five decades. He appeared in nearly 300 film and television productions, both in leading and supporting roles, and was the winner of the 1981 Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Supporting Actor.

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Filmography334 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2006	Teruo Ishii Fan ClubMovie	—	84
2005	YoshitsuneSeries	Minamoto no Yorimasa (Gen-ji)	83
2005	Demon PondMovie	—	83
2004	Capone: Roppongi Renkin no TeioMovie	—	82
2004	Order Made ~Shiawase Iro no Shinshi Fuku Mise~Series	—	82
2003	Yakuza DemonMovie	Michitane Tendou	81
2003	A Case of Murder by the Atami Station Taxi StandMovie	—	81
2003	T.R.Y.Movie	—	81
2002	The Twilight SamuraiMovie	Tozaemon Iguchi	80
2002	The Happiness of the KatakurisMovie	Granpa Jinpei Katakuri	80
2002	Toshiie and MatsuSeries	Tarozaemon Iguchi	80
2002	Deadly Outlaw: RekkaMovie	Sanada	80
2002	Graveyard of HonorMovie	Tetsuji Tokura	80
2002	Shura GroupMovie	—	80
2002	Shura Group Part 2Movie	—	80
2002	The Cat ReturnsMovie	Cat King (voice)	80
2001	Blind Beast vs Killer DwarfMovie	—	79
2001	Ino Tadataka: Meridian DreamsMovie	—	79
2001	The Making Of The KatakurisMovie	—	79
2000	Sakuya: The Slayer of DemonsMovie	Old Master	78
2000	The Stupid TeacherMovie	Utaemon Baba	78
2000	A Class to Remember IV: FifteenMovie	Tetsuo Hatake	78
1999	Japanese HellMovie	Asu Shino	77
1999	Crayon Shin-chan: Explosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final BattleMovie	Tamba (voice)	77
1999	The Veteran TrioSeries	Inui Sanshiro	77
1999	Jubaku: SpellboundMovie	Tajiro Kawakami	77
1998	ScrewedMovie	Landlord	76
1997	The Peking ManMovie	Osone	75
1995	Gokenin ZankuroSeries	—	73
1994	Psychic: Traveler to the UnknownMovie	—	72
1994	Tetsuro Tamba’s Great Spiritual World 3: Amazing Reincarnation Story That Ran Around the WholeMovie	—	72
1993	Emperor of UpheavalMovie	—	71
1993	The Supernormal IIMovie	—	71
1993	新幹線物語'93夏Series	黒木哲也	71
1992	Hanshichi TorimonochōSeries	—	70
1991	The Great Shogunate BattleMovie	—	69
1991	Heat WaveMovie	Denkichi Tsuzaki	69
1991	Minamoto YoshitsuneMovie	—	69
1991	The Hitman: Blood Smells Like RosesMovie	—	69
1991	Kim's WarMovie	—	69
1991	Female Neo-NinjasMovie	Time Patrol leader	69
1991	The Tale of GenjiSeries	—	69
1991	Riki-Oh: The Story of RickyMovie	Master Zhang	69
1991	Yakuza WarfareMovie	—	69
1991	源氏九郎颯爽記　秘剣揚羽の蝶Movie	—	69
1990	Aurora BorealisMovie	Tsuneiro Kamisaka	68
1990	Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari TokubetsuhenSeries	—	68
1990	1750 Days of TurbulenceMovie	—	68
1990	13 AssassinsMovie	—	68
1990	The Great White TowerSeries	Professor Ukai	68
1990	Be-In Bully High SchoolMovie	Ryotaro Sakurazawa	68
1989	Four Days of Snow and BloodMovie	Jinzaburi Shinzaki	67
1989	Tokyo: The Last WarMovie	Kanaami Kohou	67
1989	Tokyo: The Last WarMovie	Kan'ami Kouou	67
1989	Yakuza Ladies 3Movie	Takeo Sakanishi	67
1989	The Political GameMovie	—	67
1989	Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You DieMovie	吉野博士	67
1989	The Ginger TreeSeries	Hirushi Tsushima	67
1989	Shogun's ShadowMovie	Hotta Masamori	67
1989	長七郎江戸日記スペシャル長七郎大奥まかり通るMovie	—	67
1988	A Taxing Woman's ReturnMovie	Sadohara	66
1988	Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord SpecialMovie	—	66
1988	Tokyo PopMovie	Mr. Dota	66
1987	Shinran: Path to PurityMovie	—	65
1987	Ronin on a MissionMovie	Ōishi Kuranosuke	65
1987	You're My DestinyMovie	—	65
1987	There Goes Benio, the Smart GirlMovie	—	65
1987	Night TrainMovie	Isaburo Tamura	65
1987	TabaruzakaSeries	Ôyama Tunayoshi	65
1987	Twilight of the CockroachesMovie	Grandpa (voice)	65
1986	ByakkotaiSeries	Jinbo Kuranosuke	64
1986	CabaretMovie	Yakuza boss	64
1986	April FishMovie	Panapora Chief Handa	64
1986	Be Free!Movie	Keizo Hasegawa	64
1986	InochiSeries	Takahara Masamichi	64
1985	The Last True YakuzaMovie	Kazumasa Tashiro	63
1985	The Sound of the WavesMovie	—	63
1985	Sanada TaiheikiSeries	Sanada Masayuki	63
1985	Love: Starting on a JourneyMovie	—	63
1984	Nezumi Kozō kaitō denMovie	—	62
1984	The Story of a Man Among MenMovie	—	62
1984	ZeroMovie	Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto	62
1984	KukaiMovie	—	62
1984	Heaven StationMovie	—	62
1984	Fireflies in the NorthMovie	Ishikura	62
1984	Kōgen ni ressha ga hashittaMovie	—	62
1984	Choshichiro's Edo Diaries: The Yagyu ConspiracyMovie	Yagyu Munefuyu	62
1984	Life of St. Blue EyesSeries	Takeyoshi Takagi	62
1983	Battle AnthemMovie	Yamamoto	61
1983	The Tale of SaikaidoMovie	—	61
1983	The Brave Man Says LittleSeries	—	61
1983	Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the ShogunMovie	—	61
1983	A Madcap CorporationMovie	Yoshiteru Suma (Suma-gumi Boss)	61
1983	Masked BladeSeries	—	61
1983	The GeishaMovie	Kochi Notable	61
1983	Lady Vengeance and the 47 RoninMovie	—	61
1983	L・O・V・I・N・GMovie	—	61
1983	The Duel in the Forbidden TerritoryMovie	—	61
1982	Marco PoloSeries	Vasaio	60
1982	SuspicionMovie	Kanetaka Okamura	60
1982	The Villain from Edo Kochiyama SoshunMovie	—	60
1982	Onimasa: A Japanese GodfatherMovie	Uichi Suda, The Big Boss	60
1982	The Imperial Japanese EmpireMovie	Hideki Tojo	60
1982	To Trap a KidnapperMovie	—	60
1982	Matsudaira Ukon JikenchoSeries	—	60
1981	Flames of BloodMovie	—	59
1981	The Imperial NavyMovie	Jisaburo Ozawa	59
1981	Call from DarknessMovie	Sugibayashi	59
1981	The Wild DaisyMovie	Gozaburo Saito	59
1981	Samurai ReincarnationMovie	Muramasa	59
1981	The Last Days of Planet EarthMovie	Dr. Nishiyama	59
1981	I Saw a Monster FishMovie	ryuji	59
1980	The Way to The Gold MedalsMovie	President Sakakibara	58
1980	Port ArthurMovie	Gentaro Kodama	58
1980	Shogun's NinjaMovie	Tozawa Hakuunsai	58
1980	Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete SagaMovie	Tatsuo Akashi	58
1980	The Sand BoatMovie	—	58
1980	Drive for the FutureMovie	Akiji Nishikawa	58
1979	Dead AngleMovie	—	57
1979	The Shogun AssassinsMovie	Kato Kiyomasa	57
1979	Hunter in the DarkMovie	Okitsugu Tanuma	57
1979	NichirenMovie	—	57
1978	Ōgon no HibiSeries	Imai Sōkyū	56
1978	Bandits vs. Samurai SquadronMovie	Kichibei	56
1978	August Without EmperorMovie	Army General Mikami	56
1978	The Fall of Ako CastleMovie	Yanagisawa	56
1978	Message from SpaceMovie	Ernest Noguchi	56
1978	The IncidentMovie	Lawyer Kikuchi	56
1978	Never Give UpMovie	General Wada	56
1978	Monument to Holy ServiceMovie	—	56
1978	Shogun's SamuraiMovie	Ogasawara Gensinsai	56
1977	High Seas HijackMovie	Captain Munekata	55
1977	Mount HakkodaMovie	Colonel Kojima	55
1977	Sugata SanshiroMovie	Iinuma	55
1977	Flickering FlamesMovie	—	55
1977	The Alaska StoryMovie	Arashuk	55
1976	Zero FighterMovie	Captain Saito	54
1976	The CorporationMovie	Kawamata	54
1976	Human Revolution IIMovie	—	54
1976	Operation Plazma in OsakaMovie	—	54
1976	Between Women and WivesMovie	—	54
1976	Seven Nights in JapanMovie	Terrorist Leader (uncredited)	54
1976	The Classroom of TerrorMovie	—	54
1975	The International Gang of KobeMovie	Rinsei	53
1975	Tidal WaveMovie	Prime Minister Yamato	53
1975	ConflagrationMovie	Captain Munekata	53
1975	The Bullet TrainMovie	Sunaga	53
1975	All Men Are BrothersMovie	Lu Chun I	53
1975	Company BuggersMovie	—	53
1975	A Picture of Madame YukiMovie	—	53
1975	G-Men '75Series	黒木警視	53
1974	Karafuto 1945 SummerMovie	—	52
1974	Violent StreetsMovie	Shimamura	52
1974	Prophecies of NostradamusMovie	Dr. Nishiyama	52
1974	The Castle of SandMovie	Detective Eitaro Imanishi	52
1974	Zero Woman: Red HandcuffsMovie	Nagumo	52
1974	The Executioner II: Karate InfernoMovie	Kimitake Shugi / Moroki	52
1974	Secret Prophecies of NostradamusMovie	Himself	52
1973	Submersion of JapanMovie	Prime Minister Yamamoto	51
1973	The Ando Gang Documentary FilmMovie	—	51
1973	Battles Without Honor and HumanityMovie	—	51
1973	Wild Cop 2Movie	—	51
1973	The Human RevolutionMovie	—	51
1973	Quarreling with YakuzaMovie	—	51
1973	Big Bad WolfMovie	—	51
1973	The School Deviate WaruMovie	—	51
1973	Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarMovie	Tatsuo Akashi	51
1973	Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten EightMovie	Shino	51
1973	Japan's Top GangsterMovie	Noboru Yamaguchi	51
1972	Shōwa GokudōshiMovie	—	50
1972	The Water MarginMovie	Jade Unicorn, Lu Chun I	50
1972	Yakuza SkirmishesMovie	—	50
1972	Shadow HuntersMovie	—	50
1972	Informal DressMovie	—	50
1972	New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the StormMovie	—	50
1972	Organized Crime: Killer's GloryMovie	—	50
1972	Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of DestinyMovie	Kagemetsuke	50
1972	Under the Flag of the Rising SunMovie	Sergeant Katsuo Togashi	50
1971	The WolvesMovie	Genryu Asakura	49
1971	The Armed OrganizationMovie	—	49
1971	SilenceMovie	Cristóvão Ferreira	49
1971	The Gambler's CounterattackMovie	Chief Inspector	49
1971	The Battle of OkinawaMovie	Lieutenant General Isamu Cho	49
1971	Troops of DarknessMovie	—	49
1971	King of PornographyMovie	—	49
1970	Men and War I: Prelude to DestinyMovie	—	48
1970	The Scandalous Adventures of BuraikanMovie	Soshun Kochiyama	48
1970	Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or AliveMovie	Hyoe	48
1970	Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!Movie	—	48
1970	Postwar SecretsMovie	Kuroki	48
1970	Rise and Fall of ChivalryMovie	—	48
1969	Thirteen Times a LoserMovie	Shinji Kaizuka	47
1969	Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling RoomMovie	—	47
1969	The 5-Man ArmyMovie	Samurai	47
1969	The Private PoliceMovie	—	47
1969	Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the KillersMovie	—	47
1969	やくざ番外地　抹殺Movie	—	47
1969	Penitentiary BrothersMovie	—	47
1969	GoyokinMovie	Rokugo Tatewaki	47
1969	Sky Scraper!Movie	—	47
1969	Lone RebelMovie	—	47
1968	Black LizardMovie	Kuroki	46
1968	Diamonds of the AndesMovie	—	46
1968	Blackmail Is My LifeMovie	—	46
1968	Key HunterSeries	黒木鉄也	46
1968	The Young Eagles of the KamikazeMovie	—	46
1968	Gambler's FarewellMovie	Tetsuji Kasai	46
1968	Snake Woman's CurseMovie	Commander	46
1968	The Bad BossMovie	—	46
1968	Hot VacationMovie	—	46
1968	The Code of ManMovie	—	46
1968	Army IntelligenceMovie	Lieutenant Colonel Akiyama	46
1967	Organized Violence IIMovie	Police Inspector Kitagawa	45
1967	Organized ViolenceMovie	—	45
1967	Portrait of ChiekoMovie	Kotaro Takamura	45
1967	Dissolution RitesMovie	Sakai	45
1967	You Only Live TwiceMovie	Tiger Tanaka	45
1967	Abashiri Prison: Duel in HokkaidoMovie	—	45
1967	King of the GangMovie	—	45
1967	Gamblers: The Dragon TattooMovie	—	45
1967	Hawk of the HarbourMovie	—	45
1967	Once and For AllMovie	—	45
1967	Escape ManMovie	—	45
1967	Game of Chance 3Movie	—	45
1967	The Return of the Filthy SevenMovie	—	45
1966	The Kii RiverMovie	Shintani Kosaku	44
1966	Thirst for LoveMovie	Kosuke Aso	44
1966	Sazen Tange and The Secret of the UrnMovie	Lord Tsushima Yagyu	44
1966	Spycatcher J3: SOS Close ShaveMovie	J1 (TULIP Japan Branch Chief)	44
1966	Continental DrifterMovie	—	44
1965	KwaidanMovie	Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")	43
1965	Blood and LawMovie	—	43
1965	Samurai SpyMovie	Sakon Takatani	43
1965	Abashiri PrisonMovie	Tsumaki	43
1965	The Domain: Kanto Legends of ChivalryMovie	—	43
1965	Tokyo UntouchableMovie	Goro Kawamoto	43
1965	Underworld CodeMovie	—	43
1965	High-Ranking YakuzaMovie	—	43
1965	The GamblerMovie	—	43
1965	Tale of Ninja DutyMovie	Mumyo Tsunataro	43
1965	Blood of RevengeMovie	Yutaro Nomura	43
1964	DetectiveMovie	—	42
1964	Giant RumbleMovie	—	42
1964	Three Outlaw SamuraiMovie	Sakon Shiba	42
1964	Ninja KillersMovie	—	42
1964	AssassinationMovie	Hachiro Kiyokawa	42
1964	Samurai from NowhereMovie	Gunjuro Ohba	42
1964	Gamblers and RacketeersMovie	—	42
1964	HomicideMovie	Lieutenant Aikawa	42
1964	The Kingdom of Jirocho 3Movie	—	42
1964	Destroyer YukikazeMovie	—	42
1964	An OutlawMovie	—	42
1964	RevengeMovie	Shume Okuno	42
1964	Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong GangMovie	—	42
1964	The Shogun's VaultMovie	—	42
1964	Samurai from SomewhereMovie	Masagi Shohei	42
1964	Tokyo UntouchablesMovie	—	42
1964	The 7th DawnMovie	Ng	42
1964	Jakoman and TetsuMovie	Jakoman	42
1963	13 AssassinsMovie	Doi Ōkō Toshi	41
1963	Ano hito wa imaMovie	—	41
1963	Tokyo Untouchable: EscapeMovie	Goro Kawamoto	41
1963	Gang Loyalty and VengeanceMovie	Gu Shimizu	41
1963	Gang vs. G-Men: Safe BreakersMovie	手塚徹	41
1963	Kizu-darake no futeki-shaMovie	—	41
1963	Eleven GangstersMovie	—	41
1963	Element of SurpriseMovie	—	41
1963	Futari dake no torideMovie	—	41
1963	Tange SazenMovie	—	41
1962	Hell's KitchenMovie	—	40
1962	Gang vs. G-MenMovie	Toru Tezuka	40
1962	G-Men in the PacificMovie	Mizuhara	40
1962	All RascalsMovie	—	40
1962	Gang vs. GangMovie	—	40
1962	Four SistersMovie	Masao Igarashi	40
1962	Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3Movie	—	40
1962	Black and Red Flower PetalsMovie	—	40
1962	HarakiriMovie	Hikokuro Omodaka	40
1962	Uragirimono wa jigoku dazeMovie	—	40
1962	South Pacific Waves Are HighMovie	—	40
1962	Operation DiamondMovie	Kazuo Kasami	40
1962	The ChallengeMovie	Takayama	40
1962	Zankokuna tsukiMovie	—	40
1962	A Flame at the PierMovie	—	40
1962	Umineko ga tondeMovie	—	40
1961	Pigs and BattleshipsMovie	Slasher Tetsuji	39
1961	Standing Towards the Great ForestMovie	—	39
1961	Daredevil in the CastleMovie	Sadamasa Ishikawa	39
1961	KaachanMovie	—	39
1961	Greed in Broad DaylightMovie	Miyahara	39
1961	The Yellow ClimateMovie	—	39
1961	Mist and ShadowsMovie	Yusuke Komiya	39
1961	Kill the Killer!Movie	Narumi	39
1961	Structure of HateMovie	—	39
1961	Bridge to the SunMovie	Jiro	39
1960	The Gambling SamuraiMovie	Fumizo Mitsuki	38
1960	Female Slave ShipMovie	—	38
1960	Get 'em AllMovie	Tanabe	38
1960	Zero sen no jorō gunMovie	—	38
1959	The Pacific War and the International Military TribunalMovie	—	37
1959	Nude Woman and Murder MazeMovie	Senba	37
1959	Kingorō no kaigun taishôMovie	—	37
1959	No PoliceMovie	—	37
1958	Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese WarMovie	Keisuke Otori	36
1958	Bloody History of SoldiersMovie	Shumei Okawa	36
1958	Underwater MurderMovie	—	36
1958	A Wicked WomanMovie	Ihei Ôsawa	36
1958	Quick on the TriggerMovie	—	36
1958	Kyōen KobanzameMovie	—	36
1957	Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese WarMovie	Rear Admiral Shimamura	35
1957	Queen of AsiaMovie	—	35
1957	Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic DeedMovie	Aboshi Samajirô	35
1957	剣聖　暁の三十六番斬りMovie	—	35
1957	The Ghost of KasaneMovie	Jinjûrô Ômura	35
1957	Storming Osaka Castle: The Sanada Ten BravesMovie	Mondonoshô Hirano	35
1957	Hibari's Triple Role: The Transformation of Yukinojo — Part IIMovie	—	35
1957	Hibari's Triple Role: The Dazzling Transformation of YukinojoMovie	—	35
1956	Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied FleetsMovie	—	34
1956	Devil Princess’ Beauty CompetitionMovie	—	34
1956	The Prosecutor and His SisterMovie	—	34
1956	Speed KingMovie	—	34
1956	The Fencing CollegianMovie	—	34
1956	The Ceiling at UtsunomiyaMovie	Kurozumi Tenzen	34
1956	Kuronekokan ni Kieta OtokoMovie	—	34
1956	President Rai of KingoroMovie	—	34
1956	Kingoro's SoldierMovie	—	34
1955	HanamazuMovie	—	33
1955	The Sacrifice of the Human TorpedoesMovie	—	33
1955	The Vassal's NeckMovie	—	33
1955	Twilight SaloonMovie	Morimoto	33
1955	Mysterious DwarfMovie	—	33
1954	日本敗れずMovie	—	32
1954	Submarine Ro Hasn't SurfacedMovie	—	32
1954	HanranMovie	Captain Koda	32