Tetsuro Tamba
Birthday
1922/07/17
Day of death
2006/09/24 (84 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also know as
丹波 哲郎, Tetzuro Tamba, Tetsurô Tanba , Tetsuro Tambo, Tetsurô Tamba, Tetsurou Tanba
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...Read more
Acting
(1967) You Only Live Twice
as Tiger Tanaka
(1991) Minamoto Yoshitsune
as ---
(1965) Kwaidan
as Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
(1962) Operation Diamond
as Kazuo Kasami
(1966) Spycatcher J3: SOS Close Shave
as J1 (TULIP Japan Branch Chief)
(1961) Pigs and Battleships
as Slasher Tetsuji
(1964) Tokyo Gang vs. Hong Kong Gang
as ---
(2005) Demon Pond
as ---
(1962) South Pacific Waves Are High
as ---
(2003) Gozu
as ---
(1971) The Wolves
as Genryu Asakura
(1971) King of Pornography
as ---
(1974) The Castle of Sand
as Detective Eitaro Imanishi
(2002) Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
as Sanada
(1967) Hawk of the Harbour
as ---
(1962) Tokyo Untouchable
as Goro Kawamoto
(2002) The Cat Returns
as Cat King (voice)
(1989) 長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 長七郎 大奥まかり通る
as ---
(1972) The Water Margin
as Jade Unicorn, Lu Chun I
(1990) 13 Assassins
as ---
(1974) Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
as Nagumo
(1972) Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
as Sergeant Katsuo Togashi
(1963) Futari dake no toride
as ---
(2002) The Happiness of the Katakuris
as Granpa Jinpei Katakuri
(1979) Hunter in the Dark
as Okitsugu Tanuma
(1970) Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!
as ---
(1969) The 5-Man Army
as Samurai
(1991) Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
as Master Zhang
(1974) Violent Streets
as Shimamura Kansai
(1965) Samurai Spy
as Sakon Takatani
(1969) Goyokin
as Rokugo Tatewaki
(1997) The Peking Man
as Osone
(1967) Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo
as ---
(1957) Hibari no san'yaku: Zoku Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge
as ---
(1957) Hibari no san'yaku: Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge
as ---
(1990) Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World 2: I was surprised when I died!!
as Ryo Okamoto
(1994) Tetsuro Tamba’s Great Spiritual World 3: Amazing Reincarnation Story That Ran Around the Whole
as ---
(1989) The Political Game
as ---
(1971) Silence
as Cristóvão Ferreira
(1964) Revenge
as Shume Okuno
(1985) The Sound of the Waves
as ---
(1973) The School Deviate Waru
as ---
(1964) The 7th Dawn
as Ng
(1972) Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny
as Kagemetsuke
(1972) Shadow Hunters
as ---
(1964) Three Outlaw Samurai
as Sakon Shiba
(1978) Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
as Kichibei
(1999) Japanese Hell
as Asu Shino
(1974) The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
as Shugi
(1964) Assassination
as Hachiro Kiyokawa
(1956) Devil Princess’ Beauty Competition
as ---
(1973) Submersion of Japan
as Prime Minister Yamamoto
(1973) Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
as Shino
(1962) Umineko ga tonde
as ---
(1968) Blackmail Is My Life
as ---
(1983) Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
as ---
(1988) Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
as ---
(1998) Screwed
as Landlord
(1982) The Villain from Edo Kochiyama Soshun
as ---
(1977) Mount Hakkoda
as Colonel Kojima
(1991) Heat Wave
as Denkichi Tsuzaki
(1955) Twilight Saloon
as Morimoto
(1990) Aurora Borealis
as Tsuneiro Kamisaka
(1961) Bridge to the Sun
as Jiro
(1991) The Tale of Genji
as ---
(1983) The Tale of Saikaido
as ---
(1974) Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Dr. Nishiyama
(1976) Zero Fighter
as Captain Saito
(1970) Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive
as Hyoe
(2001) Ino Tadataka: Meridian dreams
as ---
(1965) Ankoku gai jingi
as ---
(1962) Zankokuna tsuki
as ---
(1986) The White Tiger Battalion
as ---
(1970) The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
as Soshun Kochiyama
(1961) Standing Towards the Great Forest
as ---
(1972) Shōwa Gokudōshi
as ---
(1956) Kuronekokan ni Kieta Otoko
as ---
(1964) Detective
as ---
(1964) Homicide
as Lieutenant Aikawa
(1954) Hanran
as Captain Koda
(1984) Kōgen ni ressha ga hashitta
as ---
(1970) Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
as ---
(1988) A Taxing Woman's Return
as Sadohara
(2004) Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio
as ---
(1989) Shogun's Shadow
as Hotta Masamori
(1967) The Return of the Filthy Seven
as ---
(1965) The Gambler
as ---
(1969) Sky Scraper!
as ---
(1963) Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
as ---
(1963) Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
as Goro Kawamoto
(1968) The Code of Man
as ---
(1982) Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
as Uichi Suda, The Big Boss
(1964) The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
as ---
(2002) Shura Group
as ---
(1991) Kim's War
as ---
(1983) The Duel in the forbidden territory
as ---
(1961) Red Flowers of Hell
as ---
(1962) Uragirimono wa jigoku daze
as ---
(2002) Bond Girls Are Forever
as Tiger Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1966) Continental Drifter
as ---
(2002) Best Ever Bond
as Tiger Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1957) Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed
as Aboshi Samajirô
(1963) Element of Surprise
as ---
(1982) The Imperial Japanese Empire
as Hideki Tojo
(1984) Zero
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
(1983) Battle Anthem
as Yamamoto
(1978) Monument to Holy Service
as ---
(2002) Shura Group Part 2
as ---
(2002) Shura Group Part 1
as ---
(1957) 剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
as ---
(1987) You're My Destiny
as ---
(1987) Ronin on a Mission
as Ōishi Kuranosuke
(1975) 雪夫人繪圖
as ---
(1976) Seven Nights in Japan
as Terrorist Leader (uncredited)
(1960) The Gambling Samurai
as Fumizo Mitsuki
(1978) Never Give Up
as General Wada
(1973) Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as ---
(1980) Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
as Tatsuo Akashi
(1986) April Fish
as Panapora Chief Handa
(1987) Tokyo Blackout
as Nakata
(2000) Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons
as Old Master
(1971) The Battle of Okinawa
as Lieutenant General Isamu Cho
(1959) Mukeisatsu
as ---
(1977) The Alaska Story
as Arashuk
(1966) Greatest Boss of the Showa Era
as ---
(1962) A Flame at the Pier
as ---
(1987) Shinran: Path to Purity
as ---
(1994) Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
as ---
(1962) Kuro to aka no hanabira
as ---
(1979) Dead Angle
as ---
(1984) Kukai
as ---
(1991) Female Neo-Ninjas
as Time Patrol leader
(1980) Shogun's Ninja
as Tozawa Hakuunsai
(1956) 金語楼の雷社長
as ---
(1968) Army Intelligence
as Lieutenant Colonel Akiyama
(1959) Rajo to satsujin-meiro
as Senba
(1964) Samurai from Nowhere
as Gunjuro Ohba
(1956) Speed King
as ---
(1962) Harakiri
as Hikokuro Omodaka
(2000) A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
as Tetsuo Hatake
(1956) The Fencing Collegian
as ---
(1962) Gang vs. Gang
as ---
(1958) Kyōen Kobanzame
as ---
(1957) Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
as Rear Admiral Shimamura
(1981) The Wild Daisy
as Gozaburo Saito
(1977) Flickering Flames
as ---
(1956) Kingoro's Soldier
as ---
(1968) The Bad Boss
as ---
(1964) Samurai from Somewhere
as ---
(1956) The Ceiling at Utsunomiya
as Kurozumi Tenzen
(2001) Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf
as ---
(1988) Tokyo Pop
as Mr. Dota
(1986) Be Free!
as Keizo Hasegawa
(1962) G-Men in the Pacific
as Mizuhara
(1963) Tange Sazen
as ---
(1981) Call from Darkness
as Sugibayashi
(1983) A Madcap Corporation
as ---
(1965) Abashiri Prison
as Tsumaki
(1999) Jubaku: Spellbound
as Tajiro Kawakami
(1976) Human Revolution II
as ---
(1954) Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
as ---
(1987) Night Train
as Isaburo Tamura
(1982) Suspicion
as Kanetaka Okamura
(1962) The Challenge
as Takayama
(1984) Nezumi Kozō kaitō den
as ---
(1978) August without Emperor
as Army General Mikami
(1973) Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
as Tatsuo Akashi
(1987) There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
as ---
(1964) The Shogun's Vault
as ---
(1964) An Outlaw
as ---
(1968) The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
as ---
(1958) Quick on the Trigger
as ---
(2002) Graveyard of Honor
as Tetsuji Tokura
(1957) Queen of Asia
as ---
(1975) Conflagration
as Captain Munekata
(1958) Underwater Murder
as ---
(1962) All Rascals
as ---
(1961) Daredevil in the Castle
as Sadamasa Ishikawa
(1981) Flames of Blood
as ---
(1977) High Seas Hijack
as Captain Munekata
(1984) Choshichiro's Edo Diaries: The Yagyu Conspiracy
as Yagyu Munefuyu
(1959) The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
as ---
(1959) Kingorō no kaigun taishô
as ---
(1961) Kaachan
as ---
(1978) The Incident
as Lawyer Kikuchi
(1968) Gambler's Farewell
as Tetsuji Kasai
(1975) The International Gang of Kobe
as Rinsei
(1955) Mysterious Pygmy
as ---
(1975) All Men Are Brothers
as Lu Chun I
(1979) Nichiren
as ---
(1964) Jakoman and Tetsu
as Jakoman
(1966) Thirst for Love
as Kosuke Aso
(1961) Greed in Broad Daylight
as Miyahara
(1989) Yakuza Ladies 3
as Takeo Sakanishi
(1975) The Bullet Train
as Sunaga
(1965) Blood of Revenge
as Yutaro Nomura
(1957) The Ghost of Kasane
as Jinjûrô Ômura
(1958) A Wicked Woman
as Ihei Ôsawa
(1962) Four Sisters
as Masao Igarashi
(1967) Organized Violence II
as Police Inspector Kitagawa
(1989) Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Jinzaburi Shinzaki
(1967) King of the Gang
as ---
(1969) Penitentiary Brothers
as ---
(1969) The Private Police
as ---
(1962) Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
as ---
(1980) The Way to The Gold Medals
as President Sakakibara
(1984) Fireflies in the North
as Ishikura
(1985) The Last True Yakuza
as Kazumasa Tashiro
(1962) Gang vs. G-Men
as Toru Tezuka
(1967) Dissolution Rites
as Sakai
(1972) Yakuza Skirmishes
as ---
(1973) Quarreling with Yakuza
as ---
(1968) Black Lizard
as Kuroki
(1973) The Ando Gang Documentary Film
as ---
(1967) Portrait of Chieko
as Kotaro Takamura
(1999) Crayon Shin-chan: Explosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battle
as Tamba (voice)
(1978) The Fall of Ako Castle
as Yanagisawa
(1978) Shogun's Samurai
as Ogasawara Gensinsai
(1981) Samurai Reincarnation
as Muramasa
(1963) 13 Assassins
as Doi Ōkō Toshi
(1973) Wild Cop 2
as ---
(1966) Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
as Lord Tsushima Yagyu
(1983) The Geisha
as Kochi Notable
(1981) The Imperial Navy
as Jisaburo Ozawa
(1961) The Yellow Climate
as ---
(1976) The Classroom of Terror
as ---
(1971) The Armed Organization
as ---
(1969) Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
as ---
(1982) To Trap a Kidnapper
as ---
(1963) Eleven Gangsters
as ---
(1980) Port Arthur
as Gentaro Kodama
(1987) Twilight of the Cockroaches
as Grandpa (voice)
(1979) The Shogun Assassins
as Kato Kiyomasa
(1960) Get 'em All
as Tanabe
(1983) L・O・V・I・N・G
as ---
(2004) The Thousand Year Fire
as ---
(1967) Once and For All
as ---
(2003) A Case of Murder by the Atami Station Taxi Stand
as ---
(1984) The Story of a Man Among Men
as ---
(1964) Destroyer Yukikaze
as ---
(1965) Blood and Law
as ---
(1970) Rise and Fall of Chivalry
as ---
(1971) The Gambler's Counterattack
as Chief Inspector
(1967) Organized Violence
as ---
(1972) Informal Dress
as ---
(1969) Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
as ---
(1966) The Kii River
as Shintani Kosaku
(1963) Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
as Gu Shimizu
(1961) Mist and Shadows
as Yusuke Komiya
(1955) The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
as ---
(1960) Female Slave Ship
as ---
(1980) The Sand Boat
as ---
(1973) Japan's Top Gangster
as Noboru Yamaguchi
(2002) The Twilight Samurai
as Tozaemon Iguchi
(1976) Operation Plazma in Osaka
as ---
(1972) Organized Crime: Killer's Glory
as ---
(1990) 1750 Days of Turbulence
as ---
(1967) Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
as ---
(1970) Postwar Secrets
as Kuroki
(1965) The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
as ---
(1976) Murderer!
as Nīto Kouken
(1981) The Bushido Blade
as Lord Yamato
(1985) Love: Starting on a Journey
as ---
(1965) Tale of Ninja Duty
as Mumyo Tsunataro
(1958) Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
as Keisuke Otori
(1974) Karafuto 1945 Summer
as ---
(1991) Yakuza Warfare
as ---
(1990) School Be-In Bully
as Ryotaro Sakurazawa
(1985) Vendetta of Obligation
as ---
(1964) The Great Duel
as ---
(1973) The Human Revolution
as ---
(2001) The Making Of The Katakuris
as ---
(1967) Game of Chance 3
as ---
(1975) Company Buggers
as ---
(1964) Gamblers and Racketeers
as ---
(1972) New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
as ---
(1986) Cabaret
as Yakuza boss
(1974) Secret Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Himself
(1978) Message from Space
as Ernest Noguchi
(2000) The Stupid Teacher
as Utaemon Baba
(1993) The Supernormal II
as ---
(1977) Sugata Sanshiro
as Iinuma
(1971) Troops of Darkness
as ---
(2006) Teruo Ishii Fan Club
as ---
(1992) Taira no Kiyomori
as ---
(1991) The Great Shogunate Battle
as ---
(1963) Gang and G-Men Part 2
as 手塚徹
(1969) Lone Rebel
as ---
(1976) The Corporation
as ---
(2003) T.R.Y.
as ---
(1962) Hell's Kitchen
as ---
(1980) Drive for the Future
as Akiji Nishikawa
(1955) 花眞珠
as ---
(1987) Tabaruzaka
as ---
(1956) The Prosecutor and His Sister
as ---
(1989) Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
as 吉野博士
(1956) Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
as ---
(1991) The Hitman Blood Smells Like Roses
as ---
(1960) Zero sen no jorō gun
as ---
(1968) Snake Woman's Curse
as Commander
(1989) Tokyo: The Last War
as Kanaami Kohou
(2003) Yakuza Demon
as Michitane Tendou
(1983) Lady Vengeance and the 47 Ronin
as ---
(1965) High-Ranking Yakuza
as ---
(1975) Tidal Wave
as Prime Minister Yamato
(1981) The Last Days of Planet Earth
as Dr. Nishiyama
(1968) Diamonds of the Andes
as ---
(1993) Emperor of Upheaval
as ---
(1964) 売春地下組織
as ---
(1969) やくざ番外地 抹殺
as ---
(1978) Ōgon no Hibi
as Imai Sōkyū
(1997) Kaseifu wa mita!
as ---
(2004) Order Made ~Shiawase Iro no Shinshi Fuku Mise~
as ---
(2005) Yoshitsune
as Minamoto no Yorimasa (Gen-ji)
(2003) Yumemiru Budo
as ---
(1990) Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
as ---
(1982) Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
as ---
(1990) HOTEL
as Ohara Tetsutaro
(2002) Toshiie and Matsu
as Tarozaemon Iguchi
(1986) Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches
as Naruse Hayatonosho
(1984) 水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
as 平田無二斎
(1995) Gokenin Zankuro
as ---
(1992) Hanshichi Torimonochō
as ---
(1995) Hashiran ka!
as 前田米吉
(1994) Coming Home
as Shirota Fukuzo
(1985) Sanada Taiheiki
as Sanada Masayuki
(1993) 新幹線物語'93夏
as 黒木哲也
(1982) Marco Polo
as Vasaio
(1986) Inochi
as Takahara Masamichi
(1986) Byakkotai
as Jinbo Kuranosuke
(1999) The Veteran Trio
as Inui Sanshiro