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Tetsuro Tamba
Personal Info
- Name:
Tetsuro Tamba
- Birthday:
1922-07-17
- Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
- Gender:
Male
- Know For:
Acting
- Popularity: 0.109
- Also Known As
丹波 哲郎
Tetzuro Tamba
Tetsurô Tanba
Tetsuro Tambo
Tetsurô Tamba
Tetsurou 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 company, making his debut in the film Satsujin Yougishain in 1951.
Tamba's impact on Western audiences extended beyond Bond, with standout performances in films like Bridge to the Sun and The 7th Dawn. He earned acclaim in Japan as well, most notably as the lead in police dramas like Key Hunter and G-Men '75.
His talents weren't confined to the screen alone. Tamba lent his voice to characters like the Cat King in Studio Ghibli's The Cat Returns and graced historical roles in television dramas, leaving an indelible mark on period pieces.
In 2005, Tamba faced health challenges but continued to contribute until the end. Sadly, he passed away in Tokyo at 84 due to pneumonia on September 24, 2006. His legacy lives on through his son, actor Yoshitaka Tamba, while his last appearances in the 2005 Taiga drama Yoshitsune and the 2006 film Sinking of Japan remain a testament to his enduring impact on Japanese cinema and beyond.
Top Movie Cast
You Only Live Twicetrue- Tiger Tanaka
1967-06-13
6.6
Kwaidantrue- Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
1965-01-06
7.7
Operation Diamondtrue- Kazuo Kasami
1962-12-09
0.0
Spycatcher J3: SOS Close Shavetrue- J1 (TULIP Japan Branch Chief)
1966-08-03
6.0
Pigs and Battleshipstrue- Slasher Tetsuji
1961-01-21
7.1
Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gangtrue
1964-01-01
0.0
Demon Pondtrue
2005-05-25
6.6
South Pacific Waves Are Hightrue
1962-01-09
0.0
Gozutrue
2003-07-11
6.8
The Wolvestrue- Genryu Asakura
1971-10-30
7.4
King of Pornographytrue
1971-05-02
5.9
The Castle of Sandtrue- Detective Eitaro Imanishi
1974-10-19
7.4
Deadly Outlaw: Rekkatrue- Sanada
2002-09-21
6.7
Hawk of the Harbourtrue
1967-08-12
0.0
Tokyo Untouchabletrue- Goro Kawamoto
1962-10-21
0.0
The Cat Returnstrue- Cat King (voice)
2002-07-19
7.1
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 長七郎 大奥まかり通るtrue
1989-04-04
0.0
The Water Margintrue- Jade Unicorn, Lu Chun I
1972-03-17
6.5
13 Assassinstrue
1990-03-28
7.0
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffstrue- Nagumo
1974-05-21
6.4
Under the Flag of the Rising Suntrue- Sergeant Katsuo Togashi
1972-03-12
7.5
Futari dake no toridetrue
1963-03-24
0.0
The Happiness of the Katakuristrue- Granpa Jinpei Katakuri
2002-02-23
6.9
Hunter in the Darktrue- Okitsugu Tanuma
1979-06-17
6.5
Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!true
1970-05-16
0.0
The 5-Man Armytrue- Samurai
1969-10-16
6.6
Riki-Oh: The Story of Rickytrue- Master Zhang
1991-10-05
6.8
Violent Streetstrue- Shimamura Kansai
1974-04-13
6.9
Samurai Spytrue- Sakon Takatani
1965-07-10
6.6
Goyokintrue- Rokugo Tatewaki
1969-05-01
7.5
The Peking Mantrue- Osone
1997-12-20
3.0
Gamblers: The Dragon Tattootrue
1967-05-03
0.0
Hibari no san'yaku: Zoku Kei tsuya yuki no jôhengetrue
1957-11-23
0.0
Hibari no san'yaku: Kei tsuya yuki no jôhengetrue
1957-11-17
0.0
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World 2: I was surprised when I died!!true- Ryo Okamoto
1990-01-13
0.0
Tetsuro Tamba’s Great Spiritual World 3: Amazing Reincarnation Story That Ran Around the Wholetrue
1994-07-13
0.0
The Political Gametrue
1989-05-03
0.0
Silencetrue- Cristóvão Ferreira
1971-11-13
7.2
Revengetrue- Shume Okuno
1964-11-01
7.5
The Sound of the Wavestrue
1985-10-10
0.0
The School Deviate Warutrue
1973-03-31
0.0
The 7th Dawntrue- Ng
1964-09-02
6.4
Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destinytrue- Kagemetsuke
1972-10-10
7.0
Shadow Hunterstrue
1972-06-10
6.5
Three Outlaw Samuraitrue- Sakon Shiba
1964-05-13
7.5
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadrontrue- Kichibei
1978-07-01
6.3
Japanese Helltrue- Asu Shino
1999-11-20
4.2
The Executioner II: Karate Infernotrue- Shugi
1974-12-28
5.6
Assassinationtrue- Hachiro Kiyokawa
1964-07-04
7.1
Devil Princess’ Beauty Competitiontrue
1956-12-28
0.0
Submersion of Japantrue- Prime Minister Yamamoto
1973-12-29
6.7
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eighttrue- Shino
1973-02-03
6.6
Umineko ga tondetrue
1962-12-05
0.0
Blackmail Is My Lifetrue
1968-02-28
6.4
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Specialtrue
1988-07-12
0.0
Screwedtrue- Landlord
1998-06-17
4.9
The Villain from Edo Kochiyama Soshuntrue
1982-07-23
0.0
Mount Hakkodatrue- Colonel Kojima
1977-06-04
6.4
Heat Wavetrue- Denkichi Tsuzaki
1991-02-09
5.9
Twilight Saloontrue- Morimoto
1955-06-19
8.0
Aurora Borealistrue- Tsuneiro Kamisaka
1990-08-03
4.1
Bridge to the Suntrue- Jiro
1961-10-17
6.8
The Tale of Genjitrue
1991-12-27
0.0
The Tale of Saikaidotrue
1983-09-30
0.0
Prophecies of Nostradamustrue- Dr. Nishiyama
1974-08-03
6.0
Zero Fightertrue- Captain Saito
1976-10-02
4.2
Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alivetrue- Hyoe
1970-04-08
7.3
Ino Tadataka: Meridian dreamstrue
2001-11-17
0.0
Ankoku gai jingitrue
1965-06-13
0.0
Zankokuna tsukitrue
1962-05-27
0.0
The White Tiger Battaliontrue
1986-08-25
0.0
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikantrue- Soshun Kochiyama
1970-04-18
6.8
Standing Towards the Great Foresttrue
1961-09-23
0.0
Shōwa Gokudōshitrue
1972-06-15
0.0
Kuronekokan ni Kieta Otokotrue
1956-02-12
0.0
Detectivetrue
1964-12-05
0.0
Homicidetrue- Lieutenant Aikawa
1964-06-20
0.0
Hanrantrue- Captain Koda
1954-01-03
0.0
Kōgen ni ressha ga hashittatrue
1984-09-29
0.0
Men and War I: Prelude to Destinytrue
1970-08-14
6.6
A Taxing Woman's Returntrue- Sadohara
1988-01-15
6.5
Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teiotrue
2004-02-14
0.0
Shogun's Shadowtrue- Hotta Masamori
1989-01-14
6.8
The Return of the Filthy Seventrue
1967-10-21
0.0
The Gamblertrue
1965-07-10
0.0
Sky Scraper!true
1969-05-14
0.0
Kizu-darake no futeki-shatrue
1963-03-09
0.0
Tokyo Untouchable: Escapetrue- Goro Kawamoto
1963-03-15
0.0
The Code of Mantrue
1968-02-13
0.0
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfathertrue- Uichi Suda, The Big Boss
1982-06-05
6.3
The Kingdom of Jirocho 3true
1964-02-08
0.0
Shura Grouptrue
2002-02-16
0.0
Kim's Wartrue
1991-04-05
0.0
The Duel in the forbidden territorytrue
1983-09-09
0.0
Red Flowers of Helltrue
1961-05-03
0.0
Uragirimono wa jigoku dazetrue
1962-12-23
0.0
Bond Girls Are Forevertrue- Tiger Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002-11-06
5.8
Continental Driftertrue
1966-06-19
0.0
Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deedtrue- Aboshi Samajirô
1957-01-09
0.0
Element of Surprisetrue
1963-09-21
0.0
The Imperial Japanese Empiretrue- Hideki Tojo
1982-08-07
5.5
Zerotrue- Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1984-08-11
4.2
Battle Anthemtrue- Yamamoto
1983-06-04
7.0
Monument to Holy Servicetrue
1978-09-23
0.0
Shura Group Part 2true
2002-11-25
0.0
剣聖 暁の三十六番斬りtrue
1957-04-30
0.0
You're My Destinytrue
1987-11-16
6.0
Ronin on a Missiontrue- Ōishi Kuranosuke
1987-09-17
0.0
雪夫人繪圖true
1975-04-01
0.0
Seven Nights in Japantrue- Terrorist Leader (uncredited)
1976-08-05
6.5
The Gambling Samuraitrue- Fumizo Mitsuki
1960-03-28
6.3
Never Give Uptrue- General Wada
1978-10-07
5.7
Battles Without Honor and Humanitytrue
1973-01-13
7.4
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Sagatrue- Tatsuo Akashi
1980-04-05
6.7
April Fishtrue- Panapora Chief Handa
1986-05-31
5.5
Tokyo Blackouttrue- Nakata
1987-01-16
5.0
Sakuya: The Slayer of Demonstrue- Old Master
2000-12-08
6.1
The Battle of Okinawatrue- Lieutenant General Isamu Cho
1971-08-14
7.5
The Alaska Storytrue- Arashuk
1977-01-22
6.0
Greatest Boss of the Showa Eratrue
1966-05-30
0.0
A Flame at the Piertrue
1962-09-30
6.0
Shinran: Path to Puritytrue
1987-06-02
5.0
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknowntrue
1994-06-11
0.0
Dead Angletrue
1979-07-04
7.0
Kukaitrue
1984-04-13
9.0
Female Neo-Ninjastrue- Time Patrol leader
1991-01-01
4.0
Shogun's Ninjatrue- Tozawa Hakuunsai
1980-11-15
6.2
Samurai from Nowheretrue- Gunjuro Ohba
1964-05-20
7.1
Harakiritrue- Hikokuro Omodaka
1962-09-15
8.4
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteentrue- Tetsuo Hatake
2000-11-11
9.0
Gang vs. Gangtrue
1962-07-13
7.0
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese Wartrue- Rear Admiral Shimamura
1957-04-29
0.0
The Wild Daisytrue- Gozaburo Saito
1981-08-08
6.0
Flickering Flamestrue
1977-02-26
10.0
The Bad Bosstrue
1968-05-06
0.0
Samurai from Somewheretrue
1964-12-07
7.0
The Ceiling at Utsunomiyatrue- Kurozumi Tenzen
1956-09-19
5.8
Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarftrue
2001-06-24
3.5
Tokyo Poptrue- Mr. Dota
1988-04-15
7.3
G-Men in the Pacifictrue- Mizuhara
1962-04-22
6.0
Tange Sazentrue
1963-11-17
0.0
Call from Darknesstrue- Sugibayashi
1981-09-26
5.7
A Madcap Corporationtrue
1983-12-17
0.0
Abashiri Prisontrue- Tsumaki
1965-04-18
7.1
Jubaku: Spellboundtrue- Tajiro Kawakami
1999-09-18
6.0
Human Revolution IItrue
1976-06-19
0.0
Night Traintrue- Isaburo Tamura
1987-01-17
1.0
Suspiciontrue- Kanetaka Okamura
1982-09-11
6.7
The Challengetrue- Takayama
1962-03-28
7.0
Nezumi Kozō kaitō dentrue
1984-12-28
0.0
August without Emperortrue- Army General Mikami
1978-09-23
7.0
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy Wartrue- Tatsuo Akashi
1973-09-25
7.2
There Goes Benio, the Smart Girltrue
1987-12-12
6.0
The Shogun's Vaulttrue
1964-08-13
6.5
An Outlawtrue
1964-04-05
4.8
The Young Eagles of the Kamikazetrue
1968-06-01
6.0
Graveyard of Honortrue- Tetsuji Tokura
2002-06-22
6.3
Queen of Asiatrue
1957-12-28
6.0
Conflagrationtrue- Captain Munekata
1975-07-12
4.0
All Rascalstrue
1962-03-21
0.0
Daredevil in the Castletrue- Sadamasa Ishikawa
1961-01-03
7.4
Flames of Bloodtrue
1981-01-01
7.0
High Seas Hijacktrue- Captain Munekata
1977-10-20
10.0
Choshichiro's Edo Diaries: The Yagyu Conspiracytrue- Yagyu Munefuyu
1984-01-01
0.0
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunaltrue
1959-01-03
0.0
Kingorō no kaigun taishôtrue
1959-12-27
0.0
The Incidenttrue- Lawyer Kikuchi
1978-06-03
6.3
Gambler's Farewelltrue- Tetsuji Kasai
1968-02-09
6.0
The International Gang of Kobetrue- Rinsei
1975-10-14
5.7
Mysterious Pygmytrue
1955-02-12
0.0
All Men Are Brotherstrue- Lu Chun I
1975-05-10
6.8
Nichirentrue
1979-03-10
0.0
Jakoman and Tetsutrue- Jakoman
1964-02-08
6.0
Thirst for Lovetrue- Kosuke Aso
1966-04-01
5.5
Greed in Broad Daylighttrue- Miyahara
1961-11-01
7.0
Yakuza Ladies 3true- Takeo Sakanishi
1989-04-08
0.0
The Bullet Traintrue- Sunaga
1975-07-05
6.8
Blood of Revengetrue- Yutaro Nomura
1965-09-18
6.6
The Ghost of Kasanetrue- Jinjûrô Ômura
1957-07-10
6.7
A Wicked Womantrue- Ihei Ôsawa
1958-02-25
6.5
Four Sisterstrue- Masao Igarashi
1962-07-01
6.0
Organized Violence IItrue- Police Inspector Kitagawa
1967-06-29
6.0
Four Days of Snow and Bloodtrue- Jinzaburi Shinzaki
1989-06-17
6.9
King of the Gangtrue
1967-08-25
0.0
Penitentiary Brotherstrue
1969-07-26
0.0
The Private Policetrue
1969-09-06
7.0
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3true
1962-03-07
7.2
The Way to The Gold Medalstrue- President Sakakibara
1980-04-05
0.0
Fireflies in the Northtrue- Ishikura
1984-09-01
5.3
The Last True Yakuzatrue- Kazumasa Tashiro
1985-11-16
4.8
Gang vs. G-Mentrue- Toru Tezuka
1962-11-02
6.0
Dissolution Ritestrue- Sakai
1967-03-31
6.0
Yakuza Skirmishestrue
1972-09-29
0.0
Quarreling with Yakuzatrue
1973-03-03
5.0
Black Lizardtrue- Kuroki
1968-08-14
6.7
The Ando Gang Documentary Filmtrue
1973-12-01
6.0
Portrait of Chiekotrue- Kotaro Takamura
1967-06-22
0.0
Crayon Shin-chan: Explosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battletrue- Tamba (voice)
1999-04-17
6.7
The Fall of Ako Castletrue- Yanagisawa
1978-10-28
6.6
Shogun's Samuraitrue- Ogasawara Gensinsai
1978-01-21
7.1
Samurai Reincarnationtrue- Muramasa
1981-06-06
6.0
13 Assassinstrue- Doi Ōkō Toshi
1963-12-07
7.5
Wild Cop 2true
1973-12-01
6.5
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urntrue- Lord Tsushima Yagyu
1966-05-25
6.6
The Geishatrue- Kochi Notable
1983-09-10
6.4
The Imperial Navytrue- Jisaburo Ozawa
1981-08-08
6.6
The Yellow Climatetrue
1961-09-23
0.0
The Classroom of Terrortrue
1976-07-01
6.0
The Armed Organizationtrue
1971-11-10
8.0
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Roomtrue
1969-10-01
5.9
To Trap a Kidnappertrue
1982-09-25
6.0
Eleven Gangsterstrue
1963-01-15
0.0
Port Arthurtrue- Gentaro Kodama
1980-08-02
7.5
Twilight of the Cockroachestrue- Grandpa (voice)
1987-11-21
6.1
The Shogun Assassinstrue- Kato Kiyomasa
1979-09-01
5.0
Get 'em Alltrue- Tanabe
1960-11-29
6.0
L・O・V・I・N・Gtrue
1983-12-24
0.0
The Thousand Year Firetrue
2004-09-11
0.0
Once and For Alltrue
1967-05-20
0.0
The Story of a Man Among Mentrue
1984-11-17
6.0
Destroyer Yukikazetrue
1964-02-16
0.0
Blood and Lawtrue
1965-08-29
0.0
Rise and Fall of Chivalrytrue
1970-02-21
6.5
The Gambler's Counterattacktrue- Chief Inspector
1971-10-14
7.0
Organized Violencetrue
1967-02-25
6.0
Informal Dresstrue
1972-10-12
0.0
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killerstrue
1969-11-20
0.0
The Kii Rivertrue- Shintani Kosaku
1966-06-11
8.0
Gang Loyalty and Vengeancetrue- Gu Shimizu
1963-10-20
5.0
Mist and Shadowstrue- Yusuke Komiya
1961-08-26
0.0
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoestrue
1955-01-09
0.0
Female Slave Shiptrue
1960-01-03
6.0
The Sand Boattrue
1980-05-31
0.0
Japan's Top Gangstertrue- Noboru Yamaguchi
1973-08-11
0.0
The Twilight Samuraitrue- Tozaemon Iguchi
2002-11-02
7.8
Operation Plazma in Osakatrue
1976-01-31
6.5
Organized Crime: Killer's Glorytrue
1972-05-27
0.0
1750 Days of Turbulencetrue
1990-09-15
8.5
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaidotrue
1967-04-20
0.0
Postwar Secretstrue- Kuroki
1970-06-04
10.0
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalrytrue
1965-08-12
6.0
Murderer!true- Nīto Kouken
1976-10-16
7.0
The Bushido Bladetrue- Lord Yamato
1981-06-19
5.4
Love: Starting on a Journeytrue
1985-01-26
2.5
Tale of Ninja Dutytrue- Mumyo Tsunataro
1965-02-25
1.0
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese Wartrue- Keisuke Otori
1958-03-14
0.0
Karafuto 1945 Summertrue
1974-08-17
8.5
Yakuza Warfaretrue
1991-11-09
6.0
School Be-In Bullytrue- Ryotaro Sakurazawa
1990-08-25
0.0
Vendetta of Obligationtrue
1985-12-30
0.0
The Great Dueltrue
1964-09-05
6.0
The Human Revolutiontrue
1973-09-08
0.0
The Making Of The Katakuristrue
2001-10-31
6.0
Game of Chance 3true
1967-10-21
6.0
Company Buggerstrue
1975-08-09
7.0
Gamblers and Racketeerstrue
1964-12-24
0.0
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Stormtrue
1972-08-12
0.0
Cabarettrue- Yakuza boss
1986-04-26
4.7
Message from Spacetrue- Ernest Noguchi
1978-04-29
5.8
The Stupid Teachertrue- Utaemon Baba
2000-09-30
0.0
The Supernormal IItrue
1993-03-03
4.0
Troops of Darknesstrue
1971-11-10
6.0
Teruo Ishii Fan Clubtrue
2006-08-12
0.0
Taira no Kiyomoritrue
1992-07-25
0.0
The Great Shogunate Battletrue
1991-12-14
6.0
Gang and G-Men Part 2true- 手塚徹
1963-02-24
0.0
Lone Rebeltrue
1969-09-13
0.0
The Corporationtrue
1976-08-14
1.0
T.R.Y.true
2003-01-11
7.0
Hell's Kitchentrue
1962-10-12
0.0
Drive for the Futuretrue- Akiji Nishikawa
1980-10-25
0.0
花眞珠true
1955-08-22
0.0
Tabaruzakatrue
1987-12-30
0.0
The Prosecutor and His Sistertrue
1956-05-18
0.0
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Dietrue- 吉野博士
1989-01-14
0.0
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleetstrue
1956-07-21
5.0
The Hitman Blood Smells Like Rosestrue
1991-06-14
5.2
Zero sen no jorō guntrue
1960-01-13
0.0
Snake Woman's Cursetrue- Commander
1968-07-12
6.1
Tokyo: The Last Wartrue- Kanaami Kohou
1989-09-15
7.2
Yakuza Demontrue- Michitane Tendou
2003-06-25
6.0
Lady Vengeance and the 47 Ronintrue
1983-12-08
0.0
High-Ranking Yakuzatrue
1965-09-30
0.0
Tidal Wavetrue- Prime Minister Yamato
1975-05-28
0.0
The Last Days of Planet Earthtrue- Dr. Nishiyama
1981-04-18
0.0
Diamonds of the Andestrue
1968-04-28
0.0
Emperor of Upheavaltrue
1993-06-12
0.0
売春地下組織true
1964-04-25
0.0
やくざ番外地 抹殺true
1969-11-22
0.0
Top Movie Crew
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Dietrue
Writing
1989-01-14
0.0
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Dietrue
Production
1989-01-14
0.0
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Dietrue
Writing
1989-01-14
0.0
Three Outlaw Samuraitrue
Production
1964-05-13
7.5
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World 2: I was surprised when I died!!true
Production
1990-01-13
0.0
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World 2: I was surprised when I died!!true
Writing
1990-01-13
0.0
Tetsuro Tamba’s Great Spiritual World 3: Amazing Reincarnation Story That Ran Around the Wholetrue
Writing
1994-07-13
0.0
Tetsuro Tamba’s Great Spiritual World 3: Amazing Reincarnation Story That Ran Around the Wholetrue
Directing
1994-07-13
0.0
The Sand Boattrue
Production
1980-05-31
0.0
The Sand Boattrue
Writing
1980-05-31
0.0
The Sand Boattrue
Directing
1980-05-31
0.0
