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

Ultraman Dyna
1997
Kogarashi Monjiro
1972
Pro Hunter
1981
The Bullet Train
1975
Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle
2003
East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights
1998
Story of a Prostitute
1965
Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey
2000
Cool Dimension: Innocent Assassin
2006
Daihijôsen
1976
Gozu
2003
Lost in the Rain
1966

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
193
2017
Conquest 10
2017
Conquest 11
2011
The Lion Who Conquers Shura
2011
The Lion Who Conquers Shura 2
2010
Exiled
2009
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 9
2009
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 10
2008
Road to New Don 2
2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 5
2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 4
2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 7
2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 6
2008
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 8
2008
修羅之魂 ～激動渡世編～
2008
修羅之魂 ～侠客立志編～
2007
The History of Yakuza Struggles in Kyushu - The Ogura War
2007
Road to New Don
2007
Tainted Emblem: The Final Chapter
2007
Yakuza no daimon
2007
Yakuza Emblem: Chapter 3
2007
Yakuza Emblem Chapter 2
2007
Tainted Emblem
2007
True Account: The Chivalrous Dragon of Japan
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9 北九州烈死篇
2004
修羅のみち10 九州全面戦争
2003
Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle
as Owada
2003
Gozu
2003
Kanto Yakuza War: Chalice of Shura
2003
Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North Sea
2002
Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution 2
2001
Ultraman Tiga Gaiden: Revival of the Ancient Giant
as Osa
2001
Memories : Osaka Yakuza War Retribution
2001
Gunball
2001
A Yakuza Christian: A Battle in Hell
2000
Fighting Knife Yoshi
2000
Shura ga Yuku 9
2000
Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey
as Souichiro Sawai
2000
Shin Mahjong Demon 5: Shinjuku Mahjong Showdown
1998
East Side Waltz Garden of Earthly Delights
1997
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1997
Confinement Escape: Plundered Love
1997
Ultraman Dyna
as Sawai So-Ichiro
1996
KISS ME
1995
Sukiyaki
as Ryohel Mihara
1993
Emperor of Upheaval
1992
Gorotsuki
1992
The Setting Sun
1992
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992
Investigation of a Typical Love
as Takimura
1992
The Gambler
as Honorable
1991
Heat Wave
as Shinkichi, Hashiba
1990
Bad Guys Only
1989
Beppin Town
1988
Soul Music: Lovers Only
1987
The Forced Marriage with Children
1985
Kekkon Annai Mystery
1985
Break Town Story
1985
Osomatsu-kun: Iyami and Chibita's Cooking Showdown
as Yasu the Gourmet
1984
Chi-n-pi-ra
as Otani
1983
Empress
1983
Kazoku no sentaku
as Yoichi Kanazawa
1982
The Imperial Japanese Empire
1981
Pro Hunter
1980
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
as Seiichi Kanbara
1980
Tokugawa no Onnatachi
1979
Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Yonaki Numa
1977
Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
as Kenji Igarashi
1976
A Kawachi Rascal's Song
as Doctor
1976
Daihijôsen
1975
Shimane Prison Riot
as Dog breeder
1975
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
1975
Pimp Heaven
as Yoshiichi
1975
The Bullet Train
as Satô
1974
The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
1974
The Viper Brothers: Up on 30 Charges
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as Kanbara Seiichi
1973
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1973
Professional Killers
as Gozamatsu no Magohachi
1973
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
as Katsu
1972
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
1972
Informal Dress
1972
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
1972
Kogarashi Monjiro
as Sentaro
1971
The Viper Brothers
as Katsuji (Immortal Katsu)
1971
The Viper Brothers Rage Again
1971
A Man's World
1971
The Earth is Born Again
as Yokoyama
1971
Night Butterflies
1970
A Gangster's Morals
1970
Abare chōhan
1970
Spartan Education
1970
Waterfront Blues
as Chiba
1970
Fossil of Love
1969
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
1969
Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower
1969
Savage Wolf Pack
1969
Mini-Skirt Lynchers
1969
Penitentiary Brothers
as Jiro Matsubara
1969
Yoru no mesu - Hana no inochi
1969
Biographies of Killers
1968
Wind of Youth
1968
若い川の流れ
1968
Retaliation
as Naruse
1968
Outlaw: Gangster VIP
as Isamu Tsujikawa
1968
Outlaw: Black Dagger
as Sueo Shige
1967
Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
as Hiroshi Kurosaki
1967
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
as Ishikawa no Torakichi
1967
Aruhi watashi wa
1967
The Black Sheep
1967
My Sweetheart
as Kawachi
1967
A Bumpkin of Tokyo
1966
Tokyo Drifter
as Tatsuzo the Viper
1966
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
as Yoshida
1966
Story of Japanese Chivalry: Flower of a Chivalrous Man
1966
Carmen from Kawachi
as Seiji Takano
1966
Star of Destiny
1966
Cheers to the Sky
1966
Lost in the Rain
as Nozaki Masaya
1965
Story of a Prostitute
as Shinkichi Mikami
1965
Gambling is My Destiny
as Masa (The Drifter)
1965
Loss of Innocence
1965
The Rule for a Vagabond
as Naojiro
1965
In Tears
1964
Cruel Gun Story
as Takizawa
1964
Quick-Draw Joe: Sand Dune Duel
as Kurokawa
1964
Black Sun
as Akira
1964
Red Handkerchief
1964
The Flower and the Angry Waves
1964
Welcome, My Baby
as Toshio Tanimura
1964
Whirlpool of Flesh
as Kenichi Sekiguchi
1964
Ningen ni kakeruna
1964
Kaze to Ki to Sora to
1963
Jidanya
1963
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
as Manabe
1963
Youth of the Beast
as Hideo Nomoto
1963
Prince of Wolves
as Ginji Tachibana
1963
I Fly for Kicks
as Kenji Yoshioka
1963
The Hill is Full of Flowers
as Masaya Nozaki
1963
午前零時の出獄
1962
Hana no saigetsu
1962
I Hate But Love
as Hiroshi Ozaki
1962
Taiyō no yō ni akaruku
1962
Naku n janai ze
1962
Youth Turned Sideways
1962
Utau abarenbō
1962
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
as Kenjiro Yoshida
1962
Teenage Yakuza
as Jiro
1962
Night of Bloody Hell
1961
Wharf Temperament
as Eiji Iwasa
1961
Hotbed of Crime
1961
Yabure Kabure
1961
Lost in the Sun
1961
Kitakami Nocturne
as Keisuke Shirato
1961
Shōjo
1961
Aoime no Sugao
1961
Shokei zen'ya
1961
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
1961
Blue Hunter
as Kawamura
1960
The Wild, Unruly Drifter
1960
The Warped Ones
as Akira
1960
Everything Goes Wrong
as Jirô Sugita
1960
Return of the Vagabond
1960
The Drifter from the Sea
1960
Flowers in the rain
1960
Boku wa naichicchi
1959
Woman from the Sea
as Toshio
1959
Friendship of Jazz
as Kenji Kawazoe
1959
The Sky Is Mine
1959
Wounded Beast
1959
Downhill Youth
as Yasuo Kawase
1959
Gun Number Zero
as Yoshio
1959
The Stream of Youth
as Yasuo Kitaoka
1959
Umi wa kurutte iru
1959
Dream Young Man's Dream
1959
Mighty Rules
1959
Hijo tehai
1959
When a Man Risks His Life
as Masao Taniguchi
1959
Unripe Fruit
1958
A Slope in the Sun
as Tamio Takagi
1958
The Coming of Age
as Yasushi Nanjô
1958
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
as Kaoru Shirafuji
1958
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
as Shiro Nezu
1958
Orera wa nagashi no ninkisha
1958
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958
Osaka no kaze