Tetsuya Watari

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

12/28/1941

Place of Birth

Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

渡瀬道彦Michihiko WataseTetsuya Watari

Tetsuya Watari

Biography

He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University. Watari belonged to the karate club at university. He made his screen debut in 1964, in Isamu Kosugi's Abare Kishidō, and received one of the Elan d'or Awards. At Nikkatsu, Watari appeared in such films as Tokyo Drifter and the Outlaw series. Watari was mentored at Nikkatsu by Yujiro Ishihara. When Nikkatsu shifted to focusing on Roman Porno films in the early seventies, Watari was one of many actors who left the studio. Watari was due to play the main role in Kinji Fukasaku’s film Battles Without Honor and Humanity, but because of illness he was no...

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