fbpx
Wikipedia

Tetsurō Tamba

January 10, 2023

Tetsurō Tamba (Japanese: 丹波 哲郎, Hepburn: Tanba Tetsurō, July 17, 1922 – September 24, 2006) was a Japanese actor with a career spanning five decades. He is best known in the West for his role in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice as Tiger Tanaka.[1]

Tetsurō Tamba
丹波 哲郎
Born(1922-07-17)17 July 1922
Tokyo, Japan
Died24 September 2006(2006-09-24) (aged 84)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Education
OccupationActor
Years active1950–2006
Known for
Children2
RelativesYoshitaka Tamba
AwardsJapan Academy Prize

Biography

Tamba had a part-time job as an interpreter at Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers before becoming an actor.[2][3] In 1948, he graduated from Chuo University.[3] In 1951, he joined the Shintoho company and made his screen debut with Satsujinyogisha.[2]

Tamba was introduced to Western audiences in the 1961 film Bridge to the Sun directed by Etienne Périer. He also appeared in the 1964 film The 7th Dawn, directed by Lewis Gilbert. Tamba is perhaps best known by Western audiences for his role as Tiger Tanaka in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice, also directed by Gilbert (Tamba's voice 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 Key Hunter and G-Men '75, the latter of which remains his best-known role in Japan.[4][2] In 1981, he won the Best Actor in a Supporting Role award of Japan Academy Prize for his work in The Battle of Port Arthur.[2][3]

Tamba appeared in a lot of jidaigeki television dramas. His major historical roles were Imai Sōkyū in the 1978 taiga drama Ōgon no Hibi and Sanada Masayuki in the 1985 Sanada Taiheiki.[5]

He voiced the "Cat King" in the original Japanese version of the Studio Ghibli anime film The Cat Returns. 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.[2]

In February 2005, Tamba was hospitalized for influenza and appendicitis. He lost weight drastically and his health degenerated. On September 24, 2006, he died in Tokyo at the age of 84 of pneumonia.[3][1] His last appearance in the television series is the 2005 Taiga drama Yoshitsune and his last film appearance is Sinking of Japan in 2006.[6]

Selected filmography

Films

TV dramas

Animation

Awards and nominations

Awards

Awards nominated

  • 2001: Japan Academy Prize: Best Supporting Actor for 15-Sai: Gakko IV

References

  1. ^ a b 丹波哲郎 (in Japanese). KB. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  2. ^ a b c d e 日本映画人名事典 男優篇 下巻 キネマ旬報社, P.151 1996
  3. ^ a b c d "Tetsuro Tamba biography". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  4. ^ Japan Hero 2006-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Tetsuro Tamba on NHK". NHK. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  6. ^ "Obituary: Tetsuro Tamba | World news". The Guardian. London. 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  7. ^ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
  8. ^ The Battle of Port Arthur (203 Koshi) in the Internet Movie Database
  9. ^ 第 4 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 2010-12-16.

External links

  • Tetsuro Tamba at IMDb
  • Japanese Wikipedia page (also source)
  • BBC article, retrieved December 10, 2006.
  • (in Japanese and English). Jigoku Homepage. 1999. Archived from the original on 2000-08-19. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
  • Tesuro Tamba on NHK

January 10, 2023
tetsurō, tamba, japanese, 丹波, 哲郎, hepburn, tanba, tetsurō, july, 1922, september, 2006, japanese, actor, with, career, spanning, five, decades, best, known, west, role, 1967, james, bond, film, only, live, twice, tiger, tanaka, 丹波, 哲郎born, 1922, july, 1922toky. Tetsurō Tamba Japanese 丹波 哲郎 Hepburn Tanba Tetsurō July 17 1922 September 24 2006 was a Japanese actor with a career spanning five decades He is best known in the West for his role in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice as Tiger Tanaka 1 Tetsurō Tamba丹波 哲郎Born 1922 07 17 17 July 1922Tokyo JapanDied24 September 2006 2006 09 24 aged 84 Tokyo JapanNationalityJapaneseEducationChuo UniversityOccupationActorYears active1950 2006Known forThree Outlaw SamuraiYou Only Live TwiceCastle of SandThe Battle of Port Arthur15 Sai Gakko IVG Men 75Sanada TaiheikiChildren2RelativesYoshitaka TambaAwardsJapan Academy Prize Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected filmography 2 1 Films 2 2 TV dramas 2 3 Animation 3 Awards and nominations 3 1 Awards 3 2 Awards nominated 4 References 5 External linksBiography EditTamba had a part time job as an interpreter at Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers before becoming an actor 2 3 In 1948 he graduated from Chuo University 3 In 1951 he joined the Shintoho company and made his screen debut with Satsujinyogisha 2 Tamba was introduced to Western audiences in the 1961 film Bridge to the Sun directed by Etienne Perier He also appeared in the 1964 film The 7th Dawn directed by Lewis Gilbert Tamba is perhaps best known by Western audiences for his role as Tiger Tanaka in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice also directed by Gilbert Tamba s voice 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 Key Hunter and G Men 75 the latter of which remains his best known role in Japan 4 2 In 1981 he won the Best Actor in a Supporting Role award of Japan Academy Prize for his work in The Battle of Port Arthur 2 3 Tamba appeared in a lot of jidaigeki television dramas His major historical roles were Imai Sōkyu in the 1978 taiga drama Ōgon no Hibi and Sanada Masayuki in the 1985 Sanada Taiheiki 5 He voiced the Cat King in the original Japanese version of the Studio Ghibli anime film The Cat Returns 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 2 In February 2005 Tamba was hospitalized for influenza and appendicitis He lost weight drastically and his health degenerated On September 24 2006 he died in Tokyo at the age of 84 of pneumonia 3 1 His last appearance in the television series is the 2005 Taiga drama Yoshitsune and his last film appearance is Sinking of Japan in 2006 6 Selected filmography EditFilms Edit Satsujin Yogisha 1952 Kaidan Kasane ga fuchi The Ghost of Kasane 1957 as Jinjuro Omura Hitogui Ama 1958 as Miyata The Story of Osaka Castle 1961 as Sadamasa Ishikawa 7 Pigs and Battleships 1961 as Slasher Tetsuji High Noon for Gangsters 1961 as Miyahara Bridge to the Sun 1961 as Jiro Kuroi gashu dainibu Kanryu 1961 Harakiri 1962 as Hikokuro Omodaka Gang vs G Men 1962 as Jugo Tatsumura Tange Sazen 1963 13 Assassins 1963 Jakoman and Tetsu 1964 as Jakoman Three Outlaw Samurai 1964 as Sakon Shiba Dojo yaburi 1964 as Gunjuro Ohba Ansatsu 1964 as Hachiro Kiyokawa Gokinzo yaburi 1964 The 7th Dawn 1964 as Ng Kwaidan 1964 as Warrior segment Miminashi Hoichi no hanashi Zoku Dojo Yaburi Mondo Muyo 1964 Kuchikukan yukikaze 1964 Abashiri Prison 1965 Samurai Spy 1965 as Sakon Takatani Ninpō chushingura 1965 Portrait of Chieko 1967 Soshiki Bōryoku 1967 Zoku Soshiki Bōryoku 1967 You Only Live Twice 1967 as Tiger Tanaka Gambler s Farewell 1968 as Toru Kuroki Blackmail Is My Life 1968 Goyokin 1969 as Rokugo Tatewaki Chōkōsō no Akebono 1969 Hibotan bakuto Tekkaba retsuden 1969 The Five Man Army 1969 as Samurai The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan 1970 as Soshun Kochiyama Battle of Okinawa Gekidō no Shōwashi Okinawa Kessen 1971 as Lieutenant General Isamu Cho The Wolves 1971 as Genryu Asakura Silence 1971 as Cristovao Ferreira Under the Flag of the Rising Sun 1972 as Sergeant Katsuo Togashi Water Margin 1972 as Jade Unicorn Lu Chun I Kage Gari 1972 as Tanuma Ogitsugu Kage Gari Hoero taiho 1972 as Kegemetsuke The Human Revolution 1973 Battles Without Honor and Humanity Proxy War 1973 as Tatsuo Akashi Za Gokiburi 1973 Tidal Wave 1973 as Prime Minister Yamamoto Bohachi Bushido Code of the Forgotten Eight 1973 as Shinō Ashita the Assassin Zero Woman Red Handcuffs 1974 as Zengo Nagumo Prophecies of Nostradamus 1974 as Dr Nishiyama Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no mon 1974 Castle of Sand 1974 as Detective Imanishi The Bullet Train 1975 All Men Are Brothers 1975 as Jade Unicorn Lu Chun Yi Zoku ningen kakumei 1976 The Classroom of Terror 1976 Father of Kitajo Seven Nights in Japan 1976 as Terrorist Leader uncredited Ozora no samurai 1976 as Captain Saito Mount Hakkoda 1977 as Colonel Kojima Shogun s Samurai The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy 1978 as Ogasawara Gensinsai Tajima s Rival Message from Space 1978 as Noguchi The Incident 1978 as Kikuchi Bandits vs Samurai Squadron 1978 as Kichibei Matsuya Koutei no inai hachigatsu 1978 as Mikami Yasei no shomei 1978 as General Wada The Fall of Ako Castle 1978 as Yanagisawa Sanada Yukimura no Bōryaku 1979 Nichiren 1979 Hunter in the Dark 1979 The Battle of Port Arthur 1980 the film is also known as 203 kochi 8 as General Kodama Gentarō Shogun s Ninja 1980 Makai Tensho Samurai Reincarnation 1981 as Muramasa Imperial Navy 1981 as Vice Admiral TakijirA Anishi Bushido Blade 1981 as Lord Yamato Onimasa 1982 as Uichi Suda The Big Boss Dai nippon teikoku 1982 as Hideki Tojo Suspicion 1982 as Okamura Conquest 1982 Fireflies in the North 1984 Tokyo Blackout 1987 as Nakata Shinran Path to Purity 1987 as Aketora Twilight of the Cockroaches 1987 as Grandpa voice A Taxing Woman s Return 1988 as Sadohara Tokyo Pop 1988 as Mr Dota Shogun s Shadow 1989 as Hotta Masamori 226 1989 as Jinzaburi Shinzaki Teito Taisen 1989 as Kanaami Kohou Riki Oh 1991 as Master Zhang Shangui Edo Jō Tairan 1991 as Tokugawa Mitsukuni The Hitman 1991 as Deku san Peking Genjin Who Are You 1997 as Osone Neji Shiki 1998 as Landlord Inou Chuukei Shigosen no Yume 2001 The Happiness of the Katakuris 2001 as Grandpa Jinpei Katakuri Graveyard of Honor 2002 as Tetsuji Tokura The Cat Returns 2002 as Cat King voice Duri baka nisshi 13 hama chan kikiippatsu 2002 as Goro Kurobe 11 09 01 September 11 2002 segment Japan uncredited Jitsuroku Ando Noboru kyodo den Rekka 2002 as Sanada The Twilight Samurai 2002 as Tozaemon Iguchi T R Y 2003 Gozu 2003 Sennenbi 2004 Japan Sinks 2006 as Reiko s grandpa final film role TV dramas Edit Tange Sazen 1958 1959 NTV as Tange Sazen Key Hunter 1968 TBS Kuroki Daichushingura 1971 Chisaka Takafusa The Water Margin 1973 G Men 75 1975 1982 TBS as Chief Kuroki 1975 Chief Kuroki Onihei Hankachō 1975 as Hasegawa Heizō Ōgon no Hibi 1978 NHK as Imai Sōkyu Shishi no Jidai 1980 NHK Tōge no Gunzō 1982 NHK Marco Polo 1983 NBC as Saiamon Chōshichirō Edo Nikki 1983 NTV as Yagyu Munefuyu Ōoku 1984 as Tokugawa Ienari Super Police 1985 TBS Miyamoto Musashi 1984 1985 NHK as Shinmen Munisai Sanada Taiheiki 1985 1986 NHK as Sanada Masayuki Chushingura 1985 Kayō Suspense Gekijō Bengoshi Takabayashi Ayuko series 1986 2005 NTV Mito Kōmon 1986 TBS Inochi 1986 NHK as Masamichi Kasuga no Tsubone 1989 NHK as Tokugawa Ieyasu Kumokiri Nizaemon 1995 Fuji TV Toshiie and Matsu 2002 NHK as Iguchi Tarōzaemon Yoshitsune 2005 NHK as Minamoto no Yorimasa Animation Edit Crayon Shin chan Explosion The Hot Spring s Feel Good Final Battle 1999 The Cat Returns 2002 Awards and nominations EditAwards Edit 1974 Mainichi Film Award Best Actor for The Human Revolution 1981 Blue Ribbon Awards Best Supporting Actor for The Battle of Port Arthur 1981 Japan Academy Prize Best Supporting Actor for The Battle of Port Arthur 9 2000 Nikkan Sports Film Award Best Supporting Actor for 15 Sai Gakko IVAwards nominated Edit 2001 Japan Academy Prize Best Supporting Actor for 15 Sai Gakko IVReferences Edit a b 丹波哲郎 in Japanese KB Retrieved 2019 12 31 a b c d e 日本映画人名事典 男優篇 下巻 キネマ旬報社 P 151 1996 a b c d Tetsuro Tamba biography Kinema Junpo Retrieved 10 January 2021 Japan Hero Archived 2006 07 13 at the Wayback Machine Tetsuro Tamba on NHK NHK Retrieved 2020 12 10 Obituary Tetsuro Tamba World news The Guardian London 2006 12 06 Retrieved 2020 11 10 Stuart Galbraith IV 16 May 2008 The Toho Studios Story A History and Complete Filmography Scarecrow Press p 177 ISBN 978 1 4616 7374 3 The Battle of Port Arthur 203 Koshi in the Internet Movie Database 第 4 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 in Japanese Japan Academy Prize Retrieved 2010 12 16 External links EditTetsuro Tamba at IMDb Japanese Wikipedia page also source BBC article retrieved December 10 2006 地獄 キャスト Hell Cast lt Asu Shino gt Tetsuro Tamba in Japanese and English Jigoku Homepage 1999 Archived from the original on 2000 08 19 Retrieved 2008 02 07 Tesuro Tamba on NHK Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tetsurō Tamba amp oldid 1120876268, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.