Tetsuro Tamba
Actor · General Manager · Producer · Director
Born Jul 17, 1922 · Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Active 1954–2006 · 5′9″ (175 cm) · Awards: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor, 4th Japan Academy Prize, Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor
Tetsuro Tamba (July 17, 1922 – September 24, 2006) was a distinguished Japanese actor known for his versatile talent across five decades.
Filmography
Harakiri (1962) — Hikokuro OmodakaThe Cat Returns (2002) — Cat King (voice)You Only Live Twice (1967) — Tiger TanakaKwaidan (1965) — Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")The Twilight Samurai (2002) — Tozaemon IguchiRiki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991) — Master ZhangThe Happiness of the Katakuris (2002) — Granpa Jinpei KatakuriGozu (2003)Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) — Sakon Shiba · ProducerBattles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)Goyokin (1969) — Rokugo TatewakiPigs and Battleships (1961) — Slasher TetsujiThe Castle of Sand (1974) — Detective Eitaro ImanishiThe Bullet Train (1975) — Sunaga13 Assassins (1963) — Doi Ōkō ToshiBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973) — Tatsuo AkashiThe 5-Man Army (1969) — SamuraiUnder the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972) — Sergeant Katsuo TogashiShogun's Samurai (1978) — Ogasawara GensinsaiSilence (1971) — Cristóvão FerreiraAssassination (1964) — Hachiro KiyokawaZero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974) — NagumoA Taxing Woman's Return (1988) — SadoharaSamurai Spy (1965) — Sakon Takatani