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Personal Info

Known Credits 307

Gender Male

Birthdate 1922-07-17 (103 Y.O)

Place Of Birth Tokyo, Japan

Also Known For 丹波哲郎Tetzuro TambaTetsurô Tanba Tetsuro TamboTetsurô TambaTetsurou Tanba

Tetsuro Tamba

Biography

Tetsuro Tamba (July 17, 1922 – September 24, 2006) was a distinguished Japanese actor known for his versatile talent across five decades. Recognized globally for his portrayal of Tiger Tanaka in the iconic 1967 James Bond film "You Only Live Twice," Tamba's cinematic journey was a remarkable blend of cultural bridges. Before embarking on his acting career, Tamba worked as an interpreter for the Allied Powers' Supreme Commander. Graduating from Chuo University in 1948, he later joined Shintoho c ...

Known For

The Exotic Locations of 'You Only Live Twice'

Teruo Ishii Fan Club

Demon Pond

The Thousand Year Fire

Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio

Acting

2006 -- The Exotic Locations of 'You Only Live Twice' | Tiger Tanaka (archive footage)

2006 -- Teruo Ishii Fan Club |

2005 -- Demon Pond |

2004 -- The Thousand Year Fire |

2004 -- Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio |

2003 -- Gozu |

2003 -- Yakuza Demon | Michitane Tendou

2003 -- A Case of Murder by the Atami Station Taxi Stand |

2003 -- T.R.Y. |

2002 -- Shura Group Part 2 |

2002 -- Best Ever Bond | Tiger Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredited)

2002 -- Bond Girls Are Forever | Tiger Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredited)

2002 -- The Twilight Samurai | Tozaemon Iguchi

2002 -- Deadly Outlaw: Rekka | Sanada

2002 -- The Cat Returns | Cat King (voice)

2002 -- Graveyard of Honor | Tetsuji Tokura

2002 -- The Happiness of the Katakuris | Granpa Jinpei Katakuri

2002 -- Shura Group |

2002 -- Shura Group Part 1 |

2001 -- Ino Tadataka: Meridian dreams |

2001 -- The Making Of The Katakuris |

2001 -- Blind Beast vs Dwarf Killer |

2000 -- Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons | Old Master

2000 -- A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen | Tetsuo Hatake

2000 -- The Stupid Teacher | Utaemon Baba

1999 -- Japanese Hell | Asu Shino

1999 -- Jubaku: Spellbound | Tajiro Kawakami

1999 -- Crayon Shin-chan: Explosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battle | Tamba (voice)

1998 -- Screwed | Landlord

1997 -- The Peking Man | Osone

1994 -- Tetsuro Tamba’s Great Spiritual World 3: Amazing Reincarnation Story That Ran Around the Whole |

1994 -- Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown |

1993 -- The Supernormal II |

1992 -- Taira no Kiyomori |

1991 -- Minamoto Yoshitsune |

1991 -- The Tale of Genji |

1991 -- The Great Shogunate Battle |

1991 -- Yakuza Warfare |

1991 -- Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky | Master Zhang

1991 -- The Hitman Blood Smells Like Roses |

1991 -- Kim's War |

1991 -- Heat Wave | Denkichi Tsuzaki

1991 -- Female Neo-Ninjas | Time Patrol leader

1990 -- 1750 Days of Turbulence |

1990 -- School Be-In Bully | Ryotaro Sakurazawa

1990 -- Aurora Borealis | Tsuneiro Kamisaka

1990 -- 13 Assassins |

1990 -- Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World 2: I was surprised when I died!! | Ryo Okamoto

1989 -- Tokyo: The Last War | Kanaami Kohou

1989 -- Four Days of Snow and Blood | Jinzaburi Shinzaki

1989 -- The Political Game |

1989 -- Yakuza Ladies 3 | Takeo Sakanishi

1989 -- 長七郎江戸日記スペシャル長七郎大奥まかり通る |

1989 -- Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die | 吉野博士

1989 -- Shogun's Shadow | Hotta Masamori

1988 -- Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special |

1988 -- Tokyo Pop | Mr. Dota

1988 -- A Taxing Woman's Return | Sadohara

1987 -- Tabaruzaka |

1987 -- There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl |

1987 -- Twilight of the Cockroaches | Grandpa (voice)

1987 -- You're My Destiny |

1987 -- Ronin on a Mission | Ōishi Kuranosuke

1987 -- Shinran: Path to Purity |

1987 -- Night Train | Isaburo Tamura

1987 -- Tokyo Blackout | Nakata

1986 -- The White Tiger Battalion |

1986 -- Be Free! | Keizo Hasegawa

1986 -- April Fish | Panapora Chief Handa

1986 -- Cabaret | Yakuza boss

1985 -- Vendetta of Obligation |

1985 -- The Last True Yakuza | Kazumasa Tashiro

1985 -- The Sound of the Waves |

1985 -- Love: Starting on a Journey |

1984 -- Nezumi Kozō kaitō den |

1984 -- The Story of a Man Among Men |

1984 -- Kōgen ni ressha ga hashitta |

1984 -- Fireflies in the North | Ishikura

1984 -- Zero | Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

1984 -- Kukai |

1984 -- Choshichiro's Edo Diaries: The Yagyu Conspiracy | Yagyu Munefuyu

1983 -- L・O・V・I・N・G |

1983 -- A Madcap Corporation |

1983 -- Lady Vengeance and the 47 Ronin |

1983 -- The Tale of Saikaido |

1983 -- The Geisha | Kochi Notable

1983 -- The Duel in the forbidden territory |

1983 -- Battle Anthem | Yamamoto

1983 -- Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun |

1982 -- To Trap a Kidnapper |

1982 -- Suspicion | Kanetaka Okamura

1982 -- The Imperial Japanese Empire | Hideki Tojo

1982 -- The Villain from Edo Kochiyama Soshun |

1982 -- Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather | Uichi Suda, The Big Boss

1981 -- Call from Darkness | Sugibayashi

1981 -- The Imperial Navy | Jisaburo Ozawa

1981 -- The Wild Daisy | Gozaburo Saito

1981 -- The Bushido Blade | Lord Yamato

1981 -- Samurai Reincarnation | Muramasa

1981 -- The Last Days of Planet Earth | Dr. Nishiyama

1981 -- Flames of Blood |

1980 -- Shogun's Ninja | Tozawa Hakuunsai

1980 -- Drive for the Future | Akiji Nishikawa

1980 -- Port Arthur | Gentaro Kodama

1980 -- The Sand Boat |

1980 -- The Way to The Gold Medals | President Sakakibara

1980 -- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga | Tatsuo Akashi

1979 -- The Shogun Assassins | Kato Kiyomasa

1979 -- Dead Angle |

1979 -- Hunter in the Dark | Okitsugu Tanuma

1979 -- Nichiren |

1978 -- The Fall of Ako Castle | Yanagisawa

1978 -- Never Give Up | General Wada

1978 -- August without Emperor | Army General Mikami

1978 -- Monument to Holy Service |

1978 -- Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron | Kichibei

1978 -- The Incident | Lawyer Kikuchi

1978 -- Message from Space | Ernest Noguchi

1978 -- Shogun's Samurai | Ogasawara Gensinsai

1977 -- Sugata Sanshiro | Iinuma

1977 -- High Seas Hijack | Captain Munekata

1977 -- Mount Hakkoda | Colonel Kojima

1977 -- Flickering Flames |

1977 -- The Alaska Story | Arashuk

1976 -- Murderer! | Nīto Kouken

1976 -- Zero Fighter | Captain Saito

1976 -- The Corporation |

1976 -- Seven Nights in Japan | Terrorist Leader (uncredited)

1976 -- The Classroom of Terror |

1976 -- Human Revolution II |

1976 -- Operation Plazma in Osaka |

1975 -- The International Gang of Kobe | Rinsei

1975 -- Company Buggers |

1975 -- Conflagration | Captain Munekata

1975 -- The Bullet Train | Sunaga

1975 -- Tidal Wave | Prime Minister Yamato

1975 -- All Men Are Brothers | Lu Chun I

1975 -- 雪夫人繪圖 |

1974 -- The Executioner II: Karate Inferno | Shugi

1974 -- The Castle of Sand | Detective Eitaro Imanishi

1974 -- Karafuto 1945 Summer |

1974 -- Prophecies of Nostradamus | Dr. Nishiyama

1974 -- Secret Prophecies of Nostradamus | Himself

1974 -- Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs | Nagumo

1974 -- Violent Streets | Shimamura Kansai

1973 -- Submersion of Japan | Prime Minister Yamamoto

1973 -- Wild Cop 2 |

1973 -- The Ando Gang Documentary Film |

1973 -- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War | Tatsuo Akashi

1973 -- The Human Revolution |

1973 -- Japan's Top Gangster | Noboru Yamaguchi

1973 -- The School Deviate Waru |

1973 -- Quarreling with Yakuza |

1973 -- Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight | Shino

1973 -- Battles Without Honor and Humanity |

1972 -- Informal Dress |

1972 -- Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny | Kagemetsuke

1972 -- Yakuza Skirmishes |

1972 -- New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm |

1972 -- Shōwa Gokudōshi |

1972 -- Shadow Hunters |

1972 -- Organized Crime: Killer's Glory |

1972 -- The Water Margin | Jade Unicorn, Lu Chun I

1972 -- Under the Flag of the Rising Sun | Sergeant Katsuo Togashi

1971 -- Silence | Cristóvão Ferreira

1971 -- Troops of Darkness |

1971 -- The Armed Organization |

1971 -- The Wolves | Genryu Asakura

1971 -- The Gambler's Counterattack | Chief Inspector

1971 -- The Battle of Okinawa | Lieutenant General Isamu Cho

1971 -- King of Pornography |

1970 -- Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny |

1970 -- Postwar Secrets | Kuroki

1970 -- Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies! |

1970 -- The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan | Soshun Kochiyama

1970 -- Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive | Hyoe

1970 -- Rise and Fall of Chivalry |

1969 -- Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers |

1969 -- The 5-Man Army | Samurai

1969 -- Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room |

1969 -- Lone Rebel |

1969 -- The Private Police |

1969 -- Penitentiary Brothers |

1969 -- Sky Scraper! |

1969 -- Goyokin | Rokugo Tatewaki

1968 -- Black Lizard | Kuroki

1968 -- Snake Woman's Curse | Commander

1968 -- The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze |

1968 -- The Bad Boss |

1968 -- Blackmail Is My Life |

1968 -- The Code of Man |

1968 -- Gambler's Farewell | Tetsuji Kasai

1968 -- Army Intelligence | Lieutenant Colonel Akiyama

1967 -- Game of Chance 3 |

1967 -- The Return of the Filthy Seven |

1967 -- King of the Gang |

1967 -- Hawk of the Harbour |

1967 -- Organized Violence II | Police Inspector Kitagawa

1967 -- Portrait of Chieko | Kotaro Takamura

1967 -- You Only Live Twice | Tiger Tanaka

1967 -- Once and For All |

1967 -- Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo |

1967 -- Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido |

1967 -- Dissolution Rites | Sakai

1967 -- Organized Violence |

1966 -- Spycatcher J3: SOS Close Shave | J1 (TULIP Japan Branch Chief)

1966 -- Continental Drifter |

1966 -- The Kii River | Shintani Kosaku

1966 -- Greatest Boss of the Showa Era |

1966 -- Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn | Lord Tsushima Yagyu

1966 -- Thirst for Love | Kosuke Aso

1965 -- High-Ranking Yakuza |

1965 -- Blood of Revenge | Yutaro Nomura

1965 -- Blood and Law |

1965 -- The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry |

1965 -- The Gambler |

1965 -- Samurai Spy | Sakon Takatani

1965 -- Ankoku gai jingi |

1965 -- Abashiri Prison | Tsumaki

1965 -- Tale of Ninja Duty | Mumyo Tsunataro

1965 -- Kwaidan | Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

1964 -- Gamblers and Racketeers |

1964 -- Samurai from Somewhere |

1964 -- Detective |

1964 -- Revenge | Shume Okuno

1964 -- The Great Duel |

1964 -- The 7th Dawn | Ng

1964 -- The Shogun's Vault |

1964 -- Assassination | Hachiro Kiyokawa

1964 -- Homicide | Lieutenant Aikawa

1964 -- Samurai from Nowhere | Gunjuro Ohba

1964 -- Three Outlaw Samurai | Sakon Shiba

1964 -- An Outlaw |

1964 -- Destroyer Yukikaze |

1964 -- Jakoman and Tetsu | Jakoman

1964 -- The Kingdom of Jirocho 3 |

1964 -- Tokyo Gang Vs. Hong Kong Gang |

1963 -- 13 Assassins | Doi Ōkō Toshi

1963 -- Tange Sazen |

1963 -- Gang Loyalty and Vengeance | Gu Shimizu

1963 -- Element of Surprise |

1963 -- Futari dake no toride |

1963 -- Tokyo Untouchable: Escape | Goro Kawamoto

1963 -- Kizu-darake no futeki-sha |

1963 -- Gang and G-Men Part 2 | 手塚徹

1963 -- Eleven Gangsters |

1962 -- Uragirimono wa jigoku daze |

1962 -- Operation Diamond | Kazuo Kasami

1962 -- Umineko ga tonde |

1962 -- Gang vs. G-Men | Toru Tezuka

1962 -- Tokyo Untouchable | Goro Kawamoto

1962 -- Hell's Kitchen |

1962 -- A Flame at the Pier |

1962 -- Harakiri | Hikokuro Omodaka

1962 -- Gang vs. Gang |

1962 -- Four Sisters | Masao Igarashi

1962 -- Zankokuna tsuki |

1962 -- G-Men in the Pacific | Mizuhara

1962 -- The Challenge | Takayama

1962 -- All Rascals |

1962 -- Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3 |

1962 -- Kuro to aka no hanabira |

1962 -- South Pacific Waves Are High |

1961 -- Greed in Broad Daylight | Miyahara

1961 -- Bridge to the Sun | Jiro

1961 -- The Yellow Climate |

1961 -- Dai shinrin ni mukatte tatsu |

1961 -- Mist and Shadows | Yusuke Komiya

1961 -- Red Flowers of Hell |

1961 -- Kaachan |

1961 -- Pigs and Battleships | Slasher Tetsuji

1961 -- Daredevil in the Castle | Sadamasa Ishikawa

1960 -- Get 'em All | Tanabe

1960 -- The Gambling Samurai | Fumizo Mitsuki

1960 -- Zero sen no jorō gun |

1960 -- Female Slave Ship |

1959 -- Kingorō no kaigun taishô |

1959 -- Mukeisatsu |

1959 -- Rajo to satsujin-meiro | Senba

1959 -- The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal |

1958 -- Kyōen Kobanzame |

1958 -- Underwater Murder |

1958 -- Quick on the Trigger |

1958 -- Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War | Keisuke Otori

1958 -- A Wicked Woman | Ihei Ôsawa

1957 -- Queen of Asia |

1957 -- Hibari no san'yaku: Zoku Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge |

1957 -- Hibari no san'yaku: Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge |

1957 -- The Ghost of Kasane | Jinjûrô Ômura

1957 -- 剣聖　暁の三十六番斬り |

1957 -- Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War | Rear Admiral Shimamura

1957 -- Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed | Aboshi Samajirô

1956 -- Devil Princess’ Beauty Competition |

1956 -- The Ceiling at Utsunomiya | Kurozumi Tenzen

1956 -- 金語楼の雷社長 |

1956 -- Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets |

1956 -- The Prosecutor and His Sister |

1956 -- Kingoro's Soldier |

1956 -- Speed King |

1956 -- The Fencing Collegian |

1956 -- Kuronekokan ni Kieta Otoko |

1955 -- 花眞珠 |

1955 -- Twilight Saloon | Morimoto

1955 -- Mysterious Pygmy |

1955 -- The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes |

1954 -- Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced |

1954 -- Hanran | Captain Koda