Portrait of Tamio Kawachi

Tamio Kawachi

Acting

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).

Born: July 21, 1938

Place of Birth: Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan

Filmography

2010
2003
2000
1997
Ultraman Dyna

as Sawai So-Ichiro

1995
Sukiyaki

as Ryohel Mihara

1992
The Gambler

as Honorable

1991
Heat Wave

as Shinkichi, Hashiba

1984
Chi-n-pi-ra

as Otani

1983
Kazoku no sentaku

as Yoichi Kanazawa

1975
1975
Shimane Prison Riot

as Dog breeder

1975
Pimp Heaven

as Yoshiichi

1973
Professional Killers

as Gozamatsu no Magohachi

1972
1971
The Viper Brothers

as Katsuji (Immortal Katsu)

1970
1969
Penitentiary Brothers

as Jiro Matsubara

1968
1968
Retaliation

as Naruse

1968
Outlaw: Gangster VIP

as Isamu Tsujikawa

1967
My Sweetheart

as Kawachi

1967
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding

as Ishikawa no Torakichi

1967
1966
Lost in the Rain

as Nozaki Masaya

1966
Tokyo Drifter

as Tatsuzo the Viper

1966
Carmen from Kawachi

as Seiji Takano

1965
Story of a Prostitute

as Shinkichi Mikami

1964
Whirlpool of Flesh

as Kenichi Sekiguchi

1964
Black Sun

as Akira

1964
Welcome, My Baby

as Toshio Tanimura

1964
Cruel Gun Story

as Takizawa

1963
Prince of Wolves

as Ginji Tachibana

1963
1963
Youth of the Beast

as Hideo Nomoto

1962
1962
I Hate But Love

as Hiroshi Ozaki

1962
1961
Wharf Temperament

as Eiji Iwasa

1961
Kitakami yakyoku

as Keisuke Shirato

1961
1960
Everything Goes Wrong

as Jirô Sugita

1960
1959
1959
Downhill Youth

as Yasuo Kawase

1959
1959
The Stream of Youth

as Yasuo Kitaoka

1959
Friendship of Jazz

as Kenji Kawazoe

1958
The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow

as Kaoru Shirafuji

1958
The Coming of Age

as Yasushi Nanjô

1958
A Slope in the Sun

as Tamio Takagi