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, Tambas 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.Tambas 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 werent confined to the screen alone. Tamba lent his voice to characters like the Cat King in Studio Ghiblis 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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Filmes indisponível de Tetsuro Tamba

You Only Live Twice

Tiger Tanaka

Filme 1967

Minamoto Yoshitsune

Filme 1991

Kwaidan

Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")

Filme 1965

Operation Diamond

Kazuo Kasami

Filme 1962

Spycatcher J3: SOS Close Shave

J1 (TULIP Japan Branch Chief)

Filme 1966

Pigs and Battleships

Slasher Tetsuji

Filme 1961

Tokyo Gang Vs. Hong Kong Gang

Filme 1964

Demon Pond

Filme 2005

South Pacific Waves Are High

Filme 1962

Gozu

Filme 2003

The Wolves

Genryu Asakura

Filme 1971

King of Pornography

Filme 1971

The Castle of Sand

Detective Eitaro Imanishi

Filme 1974

Hawk of the Harbour

Filme 1967

Tokyo Untouchable

Goro Kawamoto

Filme 1962

The Cat Returns

Cat King (voice)

Filme 2002

長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 長七郎 大奥まかり通る

Filme 1989

The Water Margin

Jade Unicorn, Lu Chun I

Filme 1972

13 Assassins

Filme 1990

Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs

Nagumo

Filme 1974

Under the Flag of the Rising Sun

Sergeant Katsuo Togashi

Filme 1972

Futari dake no toride

Filme 1963

The Happiness of the Katakuris

Granpa Jinpei Katakuri

Filme 2002

Hunter in the Dark

Okitsugu Tanuma

Filme 1979

Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!

Filme 1970

The 5-Man Army

Samurai

Filme 1969

Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky

Master Zhang

Filme 1991

Violent Streets

Shimamura Kansai

Filme 1974

Samurai Spy

Sakon Takatani

Filme 1965

Goyokin

Rokugo Tatewaki

Filme 1969

The Peking Man

Osone

Filme 1997

Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo

Filme 1967

Hibari no san'yaku: Zoku Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge

Filme 1957

Hibari no san'yaku: Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge

Filme 1957

Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World 2: I was surprised when I died!!

Ryo Okamoto

Filme 1990

Tetsuro Tamba’s Great Spiritual World 3: Amazing Reincarnation Story That Ran Around the Whole

Filme 1994

The Political Game

Filme 1989

Silence

Cristóvão Ferreira

Filme 1971

Revenge

Shume Okuno

Filme 1964

The Sound of the Waves

Filme 1985

The School Deviate Waru

Filme 1973

The 7th Dawn

Ng

Filme 1964

Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny

Kagemetsuke

Filme 1972

Shadow Hunters

Filme 1972

Three Outlaw Samurai

Sakon Shiba

Filme 1964

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

Kichibei

Filme 1978

Japanese Hell

Asu Shino

Filme 1999

Assassination

Hachiro Kiyokawa

Filme 1964

鬼姫競艶録

Filme 1956

Submersion of Japan

Prime Minister Yamamoto

Filme 1973

Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight

Shino

Filme 1973

Umineko ga tonde

Filme 1962

Blackmail Is My Life

Filme 1968

Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun

Filme 1983

Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special

Filme 1988

Screwed

Landlord

Filme 1998

The Villain from Edo Kochiyama Soshun

Filme 1982

Mount Hakkoda

Colonel Kojima

Filme 1977

Heat Wave

Denkichi Tsuzaki

Filme 1991

Twilight Saloon

Morimoto

Filme 1955

Aurora Borealis

Tsuneiro Kamisaka

Filme 1990

Bridge to the Sun

Jiro

Filme 1961

The Tale of Genji

Filme 1991

The Tale of Saikaido

Filme 1983

Prophecies of Nostradamus

Dr. Nishiyama

Filme 1974

Zero Fighter

Captain Saito

Filme 1976

Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive

Hyoe

Filme 1970

Ino Tadataka: Meridian dreams

Filme 2001

Ankoku gai jingi

Filme 1965

Zankokuna tsuki

Filme 1962

The White Tiger Battalion

Filme 1986

The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan

Soshun Kochiyama

Filme 1970

Dai shinrin ni mukatte tatsu

Filme 1961

Shōwa Gokudōshi

Filme 1972

Kuronekokan ni Kieta Otoko

Filme 1956

Detective

Filme 1964

Homicide

Lieutenant Aikawa

Filme 1964

Hanran

Captain Koda

Filme 1954

Kōgen ni ressha ga hashitta

Filme 1984

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

Filme 1970

A Taxing Woman's Return

Sadohara

Filme 1988

Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio

Filme 2004

The Return of the Filthy Seven

Filme 1967

The Gambler

Filme 1965

Sky Scraper!

Filme 1969

Kizu-darake no futeki-sha

Filme 1963

Tokyo Untouchable: Escape

Goro Kawamoto

Filme 1963

The Code of Man

Filme 1968

Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather

Uichi Suda, The Big Boss

Filme 1982

The Kingdom of Jirocho 3

Filme 1964

Shura Group

Filme 2002

Kim's War

Filme 1991

The Duel in the forbidden territory

Filme 1983

Red Flowers of Hell

Filme 1961

Uragirimono wa jigoku daze

Filme 1962

Bond Girls Are Forever

Tiger Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredited)

Filme 2002

The Exotic Locations of 'You Only Live Twice'

Tiger Tanaka (archive footage)

Filme 2006

Tokyo Drifters

Filme 1966

Best Ever Bond

Tiger Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredited)

Filme 2002

Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed

Aboshi Samajirô

Filme 1957

Element of Surprise

Filme 1963

The Imperial Japanese Empire

Hideki Tojo

Filme 1982

Zero

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Filme 1984

Battle Anthem

Yamamoto

Filme 1983

Monument to Holy Service

Filme 1978

Shura Group Part 2

Filme 2002

Shura Group Part 1

Filme 2002

剣聖　暁の三十六番斬り

Filme 1957

You're My Destiny

Filme 1987

Ronin on a Mission

Ōishi Kuranosuke

Filme 1987

雪夫人繪圖

Filme 1975

Seven Nights in Japan

Terrorist Leader (uncredited)

Filme 1976

The Gambling Samurai

Fumizo Mitsuki

Filme 1960

Never Give Up

General Wada

Filme 1978

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Filme 1973

April Fish

Panapora Chief Handa

Filme 1986

Tokyo Blackout

Nakata

Filme 1987

Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons

Old Master

Filme 2000

The Battle of Okinawa

Lieutenant General Isamu Cho

Filme 1971

Mukeisatsu

Filme 1959

The Alaska Story

Arashuk

Filme 1977

Greatest Boss of the Showa Era

Filme 1966

A Flame at the Pier

Filme 1962

Shinran: Path to Purity

Filme 1987

Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown

Filme 1994

Kuro to aka no hanabira

Filme 1962

Dead Angle

Filme 1979

Kukai

Filme 1984

Female Neo-Ninjas

Time Patrol leader

Filme 1991

金語楼の雷社長

Filme 1956

Army Intelligence

Lieutenant Colonel Akiyama

Filme 1968

Rajo to satsujin-meiro

Senba

Filme 1959

Samurai from Nowhere

Gunjuro Ohba

Filme 1964

Speed King

Filme 1956

Harakiri

Hikokuro Omodaka

Filme 1962

A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen

Tetsuo Hatake

Filme 2000

The Fencing Collegian

Filme 1956

Gang vs. Gang

Filme 1962

Kyōen Kobanzame

Filme 1958

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

Rear Admiral Shimamura

Filme 1957

The Wild Daisy

Gozaburo Saito

Filme 1981

Flickering Flames

Filme 1977

Kingoro's Soldier

Filme 1956

The Bad Boss

Filme 1968

Samurai from Somewhere

Filme 1964

The Ceiling at Utsunomiya

Kurozumi Tenzen

Filme 1956

Blind Beast vs Dwarf Killer

Filme 2001

Tokyo Pop

Mr. Dota

Filme 1988

Be Free!

Keizo Hasegawa

Filme 1986

G-Men in the Pacific

Mizuhara

Filme 1962

Tange Sazen

Filme 1963

Call from Darkness

Sugibayashi

Filme 1981

A Madcap Corporation

Filme 1983

Abashiri Prison

Tsumaki

Filme 1965

Jubaku: Spellbound

Tajiro Kawakami

Filme 1999

Human Revolution II

Filme 1976

Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced

Filme 1954

Night Train

Isaburo Tamura

Filme 1987

Suspicion

Kanetaka Okamura

Filme 1982

The Challenge

Takayama

Filme 1962

Nezumi Kozō kaitō den

Filme 1984

August without Emperor

Army General Mikami

Filme 1978

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Tatsuo Akashi

Filme 1973

There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl

Filme 1987

The Shogun's Vault

Filme 1964

An Outlaw

Filme 1964

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

Filme 1968

Quick on the Trigger

Filme 1958

Graveyard of Honor

Tetsuji Tokura

Filme 2002

Queen of Asia

Filme 1957

Conflagration

Captain Munekata

Filme 1975

Underwater Murder

Filme 1958

All Rascals

Filme 1962

Daredevil in the Castle

Sadamasa Ishikawa

Filme 1961

Flames of Blood

Filme 1981

Choshichiro's Edo Diaries: The Yagyu Conspiracy

Yagyu Munefuyu

Filme 1984

The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal

Filme 1959

Kingorō no kaigun taishô

Filme 1959

Kaachan

Filme 1961

The Incident

Lawyer Kikuchi

Filme 1978

Gambler's Farewell

Tetsuji Kasai

Filme 1968

The International Gang of Kobe

Rinsei

Filme 1975

Mysterious Pygmy

Filme 1955

All Men Are Brothers

Lu Chun I

Filme 1975

Nichiren

Filme 1979

Jakoman and Tetsu

Jakoman

Filme 1964

Thirst for Love

Kosuke Aso

Filme 1966

Greed in Broad Daylight

Miyahara

Filme 1961

Yakuza Ladies 3

Takeo Sakanishi

Filme 1989

Blood of Revenge

Yutaro Nomura

Filme 1965

The Ghost of Kasane

Jinjûrô Ômura

Filme 1957

A Wicked Woman

Ihei Ôsawa

Filme 1958

Organized Violence II

Police Inspector Kitagawa

Filme 1967

Four Days of Snow and Blood

Jinzaburi Shinzaki

Filme 1989

King of the Gang

Filme 1967

Penitentiary Brothers

Filme 1969

The Private Police

Filme 1969

Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3

Filme 1962

The Way to The Gold Medals

President Sakakibara

Filme 1980

Fireflies in the North

Ishikura

Filme 1984

The Last True Yakuza

Kazumasa Tashiro

Filme 1985

Gang vs. G-Men

Toru Tezuka

Filme 1962

Dissolution Rites

Sakai

Filme 1967

Yakuza Skirmishes

Filme 1972

Quarreling with Yakuza

Filme 1973

Black Lizard

Kuroki

Filme 1968

The Ando Gang Documentary Film

Filme 1973

Portrait of Chieko

Kotaro Takamura

Filme 1967

Crayon Shin-chan: Explosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battle

Tamba (voice)

Filme 1999

The Fall of Ako Castle

Yanagisawa

Filme 1978

Samurai Reincarnation

Muramasa

Filme 1981

13 Assassins

Doi Ōkō Toshi

Filme 1963

Wild Cop 2

Filme 1973

Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn

Lord Tsushima Yagyu

Filme 1966

The Geisha

Kochi Notable

Filme 1983

The Imperial Navy

Jisaburo Ozawa

Filme 1981

The Yellow Climate

Filme 1961

The Classroom of Terror

Filme 1976

The Armed Organization

Filme 1971

Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room

Filme 1969

To Trap a Kidnapper

Filme 1982

Eleven Gangsters

Filme 1963

Port Arthur

Gentaro Kodama

Filme 1980

Twilight of the Cockroaches

Grandpa (voice)

Filme 1987

The Shogun Assassins

Kato Kiyomasa

Filme 1979

Get 'em All

Tanabe

Filme 1960

L・O・V・I・N・G

Filme 1983

The Thousand Year Fire

Filme 2004

Once and For All

Filme 1967

A Case of Murder by the Atami Station Taxi Stand

Filme 2003

The Story of a Man Among Men

Filme 1984

Destroyer Yukikaze

Filme 1964

Blood and Law

Filme 1965

Rise and Fall of Chivalry

Filme 1970

The Gambler's Counterattack

Chief Inspector

Filme 1971

Organized Violence

Filme 1967

Informal Dress

Filme 1972

Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers

Filme 1969

The Kii River

Shintani Kosaku

Filme 1966

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

Gu Shimizu

Filme 1963

Mist and Shadows

Yusuke Komiya

Filme 1961

The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes

Filme 1955

Female Slave Ship

Filme 1960

The Sand Boat

Filme 1980

Japan's Top Gangster

Noboru Yamaguchi

Filme 1973

The Twilight Samurai

Tozaemon Iguchi

Filme 2002

Operation Plazma in Osaka

Filme 1976

Organized Crime: Killer's Glory

Filme 1972

1750 Days of Turbulence

Filme 1990

Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido

Filme 1967

Postwar Secrets

Kuroki

Filme 1970

The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry

Filme 1965

Murderer!

Nīto Kouken

Filme 1976

The Bushido Blade

Lord Yamato

Filme 1981

Love: Starting on a Journey

Filme 1985

Tale of Ninja Duty

Mumyo Tsunataro

Filme 1965

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

Keisuke Otori

Filme 1958

Karafuto 1945 Summer

Filme 1974

Yakuza Warfare

Filme 1991

School Be-In Bully

Ryotaro Sakurazawa

Filme 1990

Vendetta of Obligation

Filme 1985

The Great Duel

Filme 1964

The Human Revolution

Filme 1973

The Making Of The Katakuris

Filme 2001

Game of Chance 3

Filme 1967

Company Buggers

Filme 1975

Gamblers and Racketeers

Filme 1964

New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm

Filme 1972

Cabaret

Yakuza boss

Filme 1986

Secret Prophecies of Nostradamus

Himself

Filme 1974

Message from Space

Ernest Noguchi

Filme 1978

The Stupid Teacher

Utaemon Baba

Filme 2000

The Supernormal II

Filme 1993

Sugata Sanshiro

Iinuma

Filme 1977

Troops of Darkness

Filme 1971

Teruo Ishii Fan Club

Filme 2006

Taira no Kiyomori

Filme 1992

The Great Shogunate Battle

Filme 1991

Gang and G-Men Part 2

手塚徹

Filme 1963

Lone Rebel

Filme 1969

The Corporation

Filme 1976

T.R.Y.

Filme 2003

Hell's Kitchen

Filme 1962

Drive for the Future

Akiji Nishikawa

Filme 1980

花眞珠

Filme 1955

Tabaruzaka

Filme 1987

The Prosecutor and His Sister

Filme 1956

Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die

吉野博士

Filme 1989

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

Filme 1956

The Hitman Blood Smells Like Roses

Filme 1991

Zero sen no jorō gun

Filme 1960

Snake Woman's Curse

Commander

Filme 1968

Tokyo: The Last War

Filme 1989

Yakuza Demon

Michitane Tendou

Filme 2003

Lady Vengeance and the 47 Ronin

Filme 1983

High-Ranking Yakuza

Filme 1965

Série de TV indisponível de Tetsuro Tamba

Ōgon no Hibi

Imai Sōkyū

Tv 1978

Kaseifu wa mita!

Tv 1997

Order Made ~Shiawase Iro no Shinshi Fuku Mise~

Tv 2004

Yoshitsune

Minamoto no Yorimasa (Gen-ji)

Tv 2005

Yumemiru Budo

Tv 2003

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

Tv 1990

Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho

Tv 1982

HOTEL

Ohara Tetsutaro

Tv 1990

Toshiie and Matsu

Tarozaemon Iguchi

Tv 2002

Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches

Naruse Hayatonosho

Tv 1986

水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵

平田無二斎

Tv 1984

Gokenin Zankuro

Tv 1995

Hanshichi Torimonochō

Tv 1992

Hashiran ka!

前田米吉

Tv 1995

Coming Home

Shirota Fukuzo

Tv 1994

Sanada Taiheiki

Sanada Masayuki

Tv 1985

新幹線物語'93夏

黒木哲也

Tv 1993

Marco Polo

Vasaio

Tv 1982

Inochi

Takahara Masamichi

Tv 1986

Byakkotai

Jinbo Kuranosuke

Tv 1986

The Veteran Trio

Inui Sanshiro

Tv 1999