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丹波 哲郎, Tetzuro Tamba, Tetsurô Tanba , Tetsuro Tambo, Tetsurô Tamba, Tetsurou Tanba
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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1922-07-17
- event Death Date 2006-09-24
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 6.1
- info Birth Place Tokyo, Japan
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Tetsuro Tamba
6.6
You Only Live Twice
1967-06-13
5
Minamoto Yoshitsune
1991-12-31
7.7
Kwaidan
1965-01-06
0
Operation Diamond
1962-12-09
6
Spycatcher J3: SOS Close Shave
1966-08-03
7.1
Pigs and Battleships
1961-01-21
0
Tokyo Gang Vs. Hong Kong Gang
1964-01-01
6.2
Demon Pond
2005-05-25
0
South Pacific Waves Are High
1962-01-09
6.8
Gozu
2003-07-11
7.3
The Wolves
1971-10-30
5.9
King of Pornography
1971-05-02
7.3
The Castle of Sand
1974-10-19
6.7
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
2002-09-21
0
Hawk of the Harbour
1967-08-12
0
Tokyo Untouchable
1962-10-21
7.1
The Cat Returns
2002-07-19
0
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 長七郎 大奥まかり通る
1989-04-04
6.6
The Water Margin
1972-03-17
7
13 Assassins
1990-03-28
7.5
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
1972-03-12
6.4
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
1974-05-21
0
Futari dake no toride
1963-03-24
6.9
The Happiness of the Katakuris
2002-02-23
6.5
Hunter in the Dark
1979-06-17
0
Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!
1970-05-16
6.6
The 5-Man Army
1969-10-16
6.8
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
1991-10-05
6.5
Violent Streets
1974-04-13
6.6
Samurai Spy
1965-07-10
7.5
Goyokin
1969-05-01
3
The Peking Man
1997-12-20
0
Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo
1967-05-03
0
Hibari no san'yaku: Zoku Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge
1957-11-23
0
Hibari no san'yaku: Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge
1957-11-17
0
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World 2: I was surprised when I died!!
1990-01-13
0
Tetsuro Tamba’s Great Spiritual World 3: Amazing Reincarnation Story That Ran Around the Whole
1994-07-13
0
The Political Game
1989-05-03
7.2
Silence
1971-11-13
7.5
Revenge
1964-11-01
0
The Sound of the Waves
1985-10-10
0
The School Deviate Waru
1973-03-31
6.4
The 7th Dawn
1964-09-02
7
Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny
1972-10-10
6.5
Shadow Hunters
1972-06-10
6.2
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
1978-07-01
7.5
Three Outlaw Samurai
1964-05-13
4.2
Japanese Hell
1999-11-20
5.4
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
1974-12-28
7.1
Assassination
1964-07-04
0
鬼姫競艶録
1956-12-28
6.7
Submersion of Japan
1973-12-29
6.7
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
1973-02-03
0
Umineko ga tonde
1962-12-05
6.4
Blackmail Is My Life
1968-02-28
0
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
1983-07-10
0
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
1988-07-12
4.9
Screwed
1998-06-17
0
The Villain from Edo Kochiyama Soshun
1982-07-23
6.8
Mount Hakkoda
1977-06-04
5.8
Heat Wave
1991-02-09
8
Twilight Saloon
1955-06-19
4.1
Aurora Borealis
1990-08-03
6.8
Bridge to the Sun
1961-10-17
0
The Tale of Genji
1991-12-27
0
The Tale of Saikaido
1983-09-30
5.7
Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974-08-03
4.2
Zero Fighter
1976-10-02
7.3
Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive
1970-04-08
0
Ino Tadataka: Meridian dreams
2001-11-17
0
Ankoku gai jingi
1965-06-13
0
Zankokuna tsuki
1962-05-27
0
The White Tiger Battalion
1986-08-25
6.8
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
1970-04-18
0
Dai shinrin ni mukatte tatsu
1961-09-23
0
Shōwa Gokudōshi
1972-06-15
0
Kuronekokan ni Kieta Otoko
1956-02-12
0
Detective
1964-12-05
0
Homicide
1964-06-20
0
Hanran
1954-01-03
0
Kōgen ni ressha ga hashitta
1984-09-29
6.6
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
1970-08-14
6.2
A Taxing Woman's Return
1988-01-15
0
Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio
2004-02-14
6.8
Shogun's Shadow
1989-01-14
0
The Return of the Filthy Seven
1967-10-21
0
The Gambler
1965-07-10
0
Sky Scraper!
1969-05-14
0
Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
1963-03-09
0
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
1963-03-15
0
The Code of Man
1968-02-13
6.3
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
1982-06-05
0
The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
1964-02-08
0
Shura Group
2002-02-16
0
Kim's War
1991-04-05
0
The Duel in the forbidden territory
1983-09-09
0
Red Flowers of Hell
1961-05-03
0
Uragirimono wa jigoku daze
1962-12-23
5.8
Bond Girls Are Forever
2002-11-06
6
The Exotic Locations of 'You Only Live Twice'
2006-10-04
0
Tokyo Drifters
1966-06-19
5
Best Ever Bond
2002-11-22
0
Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed
1957-01-09
0
Element of Surprise
1963-09-21
5.5
The Imperial Japanese Empire
1982-08-07
4.2
Zero
1984-08-11
7
Battle Anthem
1983-06-04
0
Monument to Holy Service
1978-09-23
0
Shura Group Part 1
2002-01-01
0
Shura Group Part 2
2002-11-25
0
剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
1957-04-30
6
You're My Destiny
1987-11-16
0
Ronin on a Mission
1987-09-17
0
雪夫人繪圖
1975-04-01
6.5
Seven Nights in Japan
1976-08-05
6.3
The Gambling Samurai
1960-03-28
5.7
Never Give Up
1978-10-07
7.4
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973-01-13
6.7
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980-04-05
1
April Fish
1986-05-31
5
Tokyo Blackout
1987-01-16
7.5
The Battle of Okinawa
1971-08-14
6.2
Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons
2000-12-08
6.2
Graveyard of Honor
2002-06-22
3.5
Blind Beast vs Dwarf Killer
2001-06-24
9
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
2000-11-11
6
Jubaku: Spellbound
1999-09-18
0
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
1994-06-11
4
Female Neo-Ninjas
1991-01-01
7.4
Tokyo Pop
1988-04-15
1
Night Train
1987-01-17
6
There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
1987-12-12
0
Be Free!
1986-08-09
6.1
Shogun's Ninja
1980-11-15
7
Dead Angle
1979-07-04
7
August without Emperor
1978-09-23
10
Flickering Flames
1977-02-26
0
A Madcap Corporation
1983-12-17
6.7
Suspicion
1982-09-11
6
Queen of Asia
1957-12-28
0
Kingoro's Soldier
1956-05-11
0
金語楼の雷社長
1956-09-05
0
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
1957-04-29
0
The Fencing Collegian
1956-02-26
0
Kyōen Kobanzame
1958-11-08
0
Army Intelligence
1968-02-09
7.2
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973-09-25
6.5
The Shogun's Vault
1964-08-13
4.8
An Outlaw
1964-04-05
0
The Bad Boss
1968-05-06
6
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968-06-01
6
G-Men in the Pacific
1962-04-22
7
The Challenge
1962-03-28
0
All Rascals
1962-03-21
0
Kuro to aka no hanabira
1962-01-14
0
Tange Sazen
1963-11-17
7.4
Daredevil in the Castle
1961-01-03
0
Rajo to satsujin-meiro
1959-01-22
0
Mukeisatsu
1959-04-17
9
Kukai
1984-04-13
7
Flames of Blood
1981-01-01
4
Conflagration
1975-07-12
10
High Seas Hijack
1977-10-20
6
The Alaska Story
1977-01-22
0
Human Revolution II
1976-06-19
0
Greatest Boss of the Showa Era
1966-05-30
7
Samurai from Somewhere
1964-12-07
7.1
Samurai from Nowhere
1964-05-20
7
Gang vs. Gang
1962-07-13
0
Underwater Murder
1958-07-27
8
Quick on the Trigger
1958-07-06
5.8
The Ceiling at Utsunomiya
1956-09-19
0
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
1954-07-13
0
Speed King
1956-04-11
8.4
Harakiri
1962-09-15
6
A Flame at the Pier
1962-09-30
7
Abashiri Prison
1965-04-18
6
The Wild Daisy
1981-08-08
5.7
Call from Darkness
1981-09-26
5
Shinran: Path to Purity
1987-06-02
0
Nezumi Kozō kaitō den
1984-12-28
0
Choshichiro's Edo Diaries: The Yagyu Conspiracy
1984-01-01
0
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
1959-01-03
0
Kaachan
1961-03-15
0
Kingorō no kaigun taishô
1959-12-27
6.3
The Incident
1978-06-03
6
Gambler's Farewell
1968-02-09
5.7
The International Gang of Kobe
1975-10-14
0
Mysterious Pygmy
1955-02-12
6.8
All Men Are Brothers
1975-05-10
0
Nichiren
1979-03-10
5.5
Thirst for Love
1966-04-01
0
Yakuza Ladies 3
1989-04-08
6
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964-02-08
7
Greed in Broad Daylight
1961-11-01
6.8
The Bullet Train
1975-07-05
6.6
Blood of Revenge
1965-09-18
6.7
The Ghost of Kasane
1957-07-10
6.5
A Wicked Woman
1958-02-25
6
Four Sisters
1962-07-01
6
Organized Violence II
1967-06-29
6.9
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989-06-17
0
King of the Gang
1967-08-25
0
Penitentiary Brothers
1969-07-26
7
The Private Police
1969-09-06
7.2
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
1962-03-07
0
The Way to The Gold Medals
1980-04-05
5.3
Fireflies in the North
1984-09-01
4.8
The Last True Yakuza
1985-11-16
6
Gang vs. G-Men
1962-11-02
6
Dissolution Rites
1967-03-31
0
Yakuza Skirmishes
1972-09-29
5
Quarreling with Yakuza
1973-03-03
6.7
Black Lizard
1968-07-31
6
The Ando Gang Documentary Film
1973-12-01
0
Portrait of Chieko
1967-06-22
6.7
Crayon Shin-chan: Explosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battle
1999-04-17
7.1
Shogun's Samurai
1978-01-21
6.6
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978-10-28
5.9
Samurai Reincarnation
1981-06-06
7.4
13 Assassins
1963-12-07
6.5
Wild Cop 2
1973-12-01
6.6
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1966-05-25
6.4
The Geisha
1983-09-10
6.6
The Imperial Navy
1981-08-08
0
The Yellow Climate
1961-09-23
6
The Classroom of Terror
1976-07-01
8
The Armed Organization
1971-11-10
5.9
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
1969-10-01
6
To Trap a Kidnapper
1982-09-25
0
Eleven Gangsters
1963-01-15
7.6
Port Arthur
1980-08-02
6.1
Twilight of the Cockroaches
1987-11-21
5
The Shogun Assassins
1979-09-01
6
Get 'em All
1960-11-29
0
L・O・V・I・N・G
1983-12-24
0
The Thousand Year Fire
2004-09-11
0
Once and For All
1967-05-20
0
A Case of Murder by the Atami Station Taxi Stand
2003-02-17
6
The Story of a Man Among Men
1984-11-17
0
Destroyer Yukikaze
1964-02-16
0
Blood and Law
1965-08-29
6.5
Rise and Fall of Chivalry
1970-02-21
7
The Gambler's Counterattack
1971-10-14
6
Organized Violence
1967-02-25
0
Informal Dress
1972-10-12
0
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
1969-11-20
8
The Kii River
1966-06-11
5
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963-10-20
0
Mist and Shadows
1961-08-26
0
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
1955-01-09
6
Female Slave Ship
1960-01-03
0
The Sand Boat
1980-05-31
0
Japan's Top Gangster
1973-08-11
6.5
Operation Plazma in Osaka
1976-01-31
7.8
The Twilight Samurai
2002-11-02
0
Organized Crime: Killer's Glory
1972-05-27
8.5
1750 Days of Turbulence
1990-09-15
0
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
1967-04-20
10
Postwar Secrets
1970-06-04
6
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965-08-12
7
Murderer!
1976-10-16
5.4
The Bushido Blade
1981-06-19
2.5
Love: Starting on a Journey
1985-01-26
1
Tale of Ninja Duty
1965-02-25
0
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
1958-03-14
8.5
Karafuto 1945 Summer
1974-08-17
6
Yakuza Warfare
1991-11-09
0
School Be-In Bully
1990-08-25
0
Vendetta of Obligation
1985-12-30
6
The Great Duel
1964-09-05
0
The Human Revolution
1973-09-08
6
The Making Of The Katakuris
2001-10-31
6
Game of Chance 3
1967-10-21
7
Company Buggers
1975-08-09
0
Gamblers and Racketeers
1964-12-24
0
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
1972-08-12
4.7
Cabaret
1986-04-26
0
Secret Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974-07-25
5.8
Message from Space
1978-04-29
0
The Stupid Teacher
2000-09-30
4
The Supernormal II
1993-03-03
0
Sugata Sanshiro
1977-10-29
6
Troops of Darkness
1971-11-10
0
Teruo Ishii Fan Club
2006-08-12
0
Taira no Kiyomori
1992-07-25
5.7
The Great Shogunate Battle
1991-12-14
0
Gang and G-Men Part 2
1963-02-24
0
Lone Rebel
1969-09-13
1
The Corporation
1976-08-14
7
T.R.Y.
2003-01-11
0
Hell's Kitchen
1962-10-12
0
Drive for the Future
1980-10-25
0
花眞珠
1955-08-22
0
Tabaruzaka
1987-12-30
0
The Prosecutor and His Sister
1956-05-18
0
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
1989-01-14
0
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
1956-07-21
5.2
The Hitman Blood Smells Like Roses
1991-06-14
0
Zero sen no jorō gun
1960-01-13
6.1
Snake Woman's Curse
1968-07-12
7.2
Tokyo: The Last War
1989-09-15
6
Yakuza Demon
2003-06-25
0
Ōgon no Hibi
1978-01-08
0
Kaseifu wa mita!
1997-10-09
0
Order Made ~Shiawase Iro no Shinshi Fuku Mise~
2004-11-29
8.5
Yoshitsune
2005-01-09
0
Yumemiru Budo
2003-09-29
9.5
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990-10-04
0
Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
1982-03-28
0
HOTEL
1990-01-11
8
Toshiie and Matsu
2002-01-06
0
Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches
1986-01-02
0
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
1984-04-04
8
Gokenin Zankuro
1995-01-09
0
Hanshichi Torimonochō
1992-10-13
0
Hashiran ka!
1995-10-03
0
Coming Home
1994-07-08
8
Sanada Taiheiki
1985-04-03
0
新幹線物語'93夏
1993-07-06
6.8
Marco Polo
1982-12-05
0
Inochi
1986-01-05
0
Byakkotai
1986-12-30
0
The Veteran Trio
1999-10-21
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Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
1989-01-14
0
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
1989-01-14
0
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
1989-01-14
0
Three Outlaw Samurai
1964-05-13
0
Tetsuro Tamba's Spirit World
1988-01-01
0
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World 2: I was surprised when I died!!
1990-01-13
0
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World 2: I was surprised when I died!!
1990-01-13
0
Tetsuro Tamba’s Great Spiritual World 3: Amazing Reincarnation Story That Ran Around the Whole
1994-07-13
0
Tetsuro Tamba’s Great Spiritual World 3: Amazing Reincarnation Story That Ran Around the Whole
1994-07-13
0
The Sand Boat
1980-05-31
0
The Sand Boat
1980-05-31
0
The Sand Boat
1980-05-31