Tetsuya Watari — Actor (37)
Flower and Dragon (1973) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
花と龍・青雲篇、愛憎篇、怒濤篇
director: Tai Katō actor: Tetsuya Watari / Yoshiko Kayama
other title: 花と龍・青雲篇、愛憎篇、怒濤篇
Kingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the Tamai-gumi, a stevedore group, to vie for work with two other powerful groups. Gingo is Tamai's chief rival who falls in love with the latter's wife and tries to kill Tamai.
The Black Sheep (1967) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
青春の海
other title: 青春の海
Young female teacher Kyoko Miyake relocates to a small seaside town with her runaway little sister, but their new life is complicated by hoodlum-like Jiro Yamazaki (the black sheep of the title) who is related to the family hosting them and whom they keep running into, but can't help but to feel sympathy for. Of course, rumours start fast in a small town, but delightfully she doesn't really care at all. This is another very solid Shogoro Nishimura film.
Again (1984) [Movie] TMDB
アゲイン
other title: アゲイン
An anthology that embodies the essence of Nikkatsu action films with a stylish flair, this movie follows an aging hitman (Jō Shishido) on a quest to find a former rival he once shared the screen with. The story unfolds as he roams, creating a distinctive narrative.
Night Train to the Stars (1996) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
わが心の銀河鉄道 宮沢賢治物語
director: Kazuki Ōmori actor: Naoto Ogata / Maki Mizuno
other title: わが心の銀河鉄道 宮沢賢治物語
“Night Train to the Stars” is a biography of the fascinating life of Kenji Miyazawa, one of Japan's most beloved fantasy novelists. Miyazawa is an idealist pledging with his friend Kanai to work for the improved life of farmers. Troubled by his family’s interest in money making and social status, he leaves home after graduating high school to join a Buddhist sect in Tokyo. After falling out with a friend, and receiving news about his sister re-emerging pneumonia, he decides to return home where starts his own experimental school, teaching new farming methods to young local farmers while also instructing them in music and arts. It was only after his death, through the help of his brother Seiroku, that his writings became widely read.
Profile of a Boss' Son (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
やくざの横顔
director: Keiichi Ozawa actor: Tetsuya Watari / Joe Shishido
other title: やくざの横顔
Four years ago, Teppei Hondo killed two people from the Shinwa group for the murder of his brother. After serving a 3-year prison sentence, he considered returning home, but his father, the boss of the Honda Group, told him to stay away for another year, so he went to sea. In the end, having returned, he again finds himself embroiled in a showdown between the yakuza.
Pay Off Your Debt! (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
大幹部 ケリをつけろ
director: Keiichi Ozawa actor: Tetsuya Watari / Reiko Ōhara
other title: 大幹部 ケリをつけろ
Asakura was told he could leave the gang if he killed Takahata, but he failed and was sentenced to two years. When he was released, the Oyane group was crushed, and instead, the emerging gangster Hokuyokai was in charge of the Oyane group's territory.
Expelled from the Kanto Mob (1971) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
関東破門状
director: Keiichi Ozawa actor: Tetsuya Watari / Kei Satō
other title: 関東破門状
In the late Taisho era. Umeshima Jinbei, the president of the Kanto Umeshima Kai, divided the area into the Kuroda family to the south and the Takeuchi family to the north in order to protect the security of Kame no Ii, which had opened up in place of the Yoshiwara brothel that had been burnt down in the earthquake, and had the Kuroda family rule their respective territories. Chichibu Yasaburo, the small head of the Kuroda family, had a good reputation as the mainstay of the family and was trusted by his boss Mankichi, but Furuno, who was in love with Mankichi's daughter Mie, who was in love with Yasaburo, informally informed the Takeuchi clan and took out Mankichi's seal and borrowed money from Takeuchi in the name of Yasaburo to line his pockets.
Love Eternal (1966) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
骨まで愛して
director: Buichi Saitō actor: Tetsuya Watari / Ruriko Asaoka
other title: 骨まで愛して
A deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an executive member of a drug trafficking syndicate, Kano is pretty high up in the food chain, but "status" bears no value to him. All he cares for is Ayako, the boss' mistress. After one last job, they intend to run off together to Hong Kong, but their plans are hindered when an uninvited yakuza stirs up a vicious shootout. In the midst of it all, Ayako is kidnapped.
Rebellion Reward (1973) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
反逆の報酬
other title: 反逆の報酬
The film tells about drug trafficking from Vietnam to Tokyo and Okinawa. Tetsuya Watari plays a photographer who uses his camera as a blackmail weapon. He is on the trail of a narcotics smuggler (Mikio Narita) and his beautiful contact (Haruko Wanibuchi). Watari meets a former gangster (Yujiro Ishihara) who is seeking revenge against Narita, his former partner. Watari and Ishihara become allies and hijack the dope shipment. But Narita threatens the life of Haruko, who turns out to be Ishihara's sister, and demands the dope in return for the girl.