| Tetsuro Tamba (丹波 哲郎?) | |
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| Born | July 17, 1922 Tokyo, Japan
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| Died | September 22 2006 (aged 84) Tokyo, Japan
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Tetsuro Tamba (丹波 哲郎 Tanba Tetsurō?, July 17, 1922 - September 25, 2006) was a Japanese actor.
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Biography
He was perhaps best known by Western audiences for his role as Tiger Tanaka in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice (1967). He did not speak English so he was dubbed by Robert Rietti. By then, he had among other roles appeared in two films by director Masaki Kobayashi: Harakiri and Kwaidan. He also portrayed the lead character in the police dramas KeyHunter and G-Men '75, the latter of which remains his best-known role in Japan.[1] He also portrayed the voice of the "Cat King" in the original Japanese version of the Studio Ghibli anime film The Cat Returns. More recently, he had parts in Twilight Samurai and two Takashi Miike films, The Happiness of the Katakuris and Gozu, as well as acting as a spokesperson for the Dai Rei Kai spiritual movement. Tamba's son, Yoshitaka Tamba, is also an actor. In February 2005, Tamba was hospitalized for influenza and appendicitis. He lost weight drastically and his health degenerated. On September 25, 2006, he died in Tokyo at the age of 84 of pneumonia.
Filmography
Movies
- Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi [The Ghost of Kasane] (1957)
- Meijitennou to nichi ro dai sensou (1957)
- Tange hidari zen (1963)
- Juu san nin no shikaku (1963)
- Ansatsu (1964)
- You Only Live Twice (1967)
- The Five Man Army (1969)
- Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972)
- Japan Sinks (1973)
- Castle of Sand (1974)
- Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
- Shinkansen dai bakuha (1975)
- Zoku ningen kakumei (1976)
- Ozora no samurai (1976)
- Hakkoudasan (1977)
- Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (1978)
- Koutei no inai hachigatsu (1978)
- Message from Space (1978)
- Akou jou danzetsu (1978)
- 203 kochi (1980)
- Rengou kantai (1981)
- Makai Tensho: Samurai Reincarnation (1981)
- Dai nippon teikoku (1982)
- Giwaku (1982)
- Nihonkai taikai sen umi yuka ba (1983)
- Shura no mure (1984)
- Kukai (1984)
- Rei sen yu (1984)
- Shuto Shoushitsu (1987)
- Hai kara-san ga tooru (1987)
- 226 (1989)
- Teito Taisen (1991)
- Edojou Tairan (1991)
- Riki-Oh (1991)
- (1997)
- Neji Shiki (1998)
- Crayon Shin-chan Bakuhatsu! Onsen waku waku dai kessen (1999)
- Inou Chuukei ~Shigosen no Yume~ (2001)
- Neko no Ongaeshi (2002)
- Duri baka nisshi 13 hama chan kikiippatsu! (2002)
- Japan Sinks (2006)
TV Dramas
- Tange hidari zen
- Supai kyacchaa J3
- Ki hanta
- Jikiru to hai do (1973)
- Aifuru dai sakusen
- Baadii dai sakusen
- G men '75 (1975)
- G men '82 (1982)
- Aoi hitomi no hijiri raifu
- Super porisu (1985 TBS)
- HOTEL (TBS)
- Chou shichirou edo nikki (NHK)
- Ougon no hinichi(1978 NHK)
- Jishi no jidai (1980 NHK)
- Touge no gunzou (1982 NHK)
- Miyamoto musashi (1984 NHK)
- Sanada ouhira ki (1985-86 NHK)
- Chuushingura (1985)
- Kayou sasupensu gekijou bengoshi takabayashi ayuko shiriizu (1986-2005 NTV)
- Mito Koumon (1986 TBS)
- Byakkotai (1986)
- Inochi (1986 NHK)
- Tabaruzaka (1987)
- Shunjitsu kyoku (1989 NHK)
- Juu san nin no shikaku (1990)
- Minamotonoyoshitsune (1991)
- Tairanokiyomori (1992 TBS)
- Hashi ran ka! (1995 NHK)
- Jikuu keisatsu sousa ichi ka (2001)
- Toshiie to matsu (2002 NHK)
- Yoshitsune (2005 NHK)
Awards and Nominations
Awards Won
- 2000: Nikkan Sports Film Award: Best Supporting Actor for
- 1981: Award of the Japanese Academy: Best Supporting Actor 203 kochi
- 1981: Blue Ribbon Award: Best Supporting Actor for 203 kochi
- 1974: Mainichi Film Concours: Best Actor for Ningen kakumei
Awards Nominated
- 2001: Award of the Japanese Academy: Best Supporting Actor for
Footnotes
External links
- Tetsuro Tamba at the Internet Movie Database
- Japanese wikipedia page (also source)
- BBC article, retrieved December 10, 2006.
