[KineJapan] Watari Tetsuya

[Gerow Aaron]

This was just announced, but the great star of many Nikkatsu and yakuza films, Watari Tetsuya, died of pneumonia on August 10. He was 78. Watari debuted at Nikkatsu in 1965 and became a core player in the Nikkatsu Action films of Suzuki Seijun (Tokyo Drifter), Masuda Toshio (Velvet Hustler), and others. He later starred in key Fukasaku Kinji yakuza films such as Graveyard of Honor and Yakuza Graveyard, while also earning success as a singer. He joined Ishihara Productions with star Ishihara Yujiro and later served as president after Yujiro died. He starred in many Ishihara Pro TV series such as Seibu keisatsu and continued performing until his death.  He even appeared in Kitano Takeshi’s Brother. His brother, Watase Tsunehiko, was also a movie star.

https://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20200814/geo20081419200018-n1.html <https://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20200814/geo20081419200018-n1.html>




Aaron Gerow
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