is a Japanese

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. He joined

Nikkatsu is a Japanese entertainment company known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio, founded in 1912 during the silent film era. The name ''Nikkatsu'' amalgamates the words Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally ...

studio and worked as an assistant director under Toshio Masuda. He made his director debut in 1968 with " Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2". Including the ''

Outlaw An outlaw, in its original and legal meaning, is a person declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, all legal protection was withdrawn from the criminal, so that anyone was legally empowered to persecute or kill them ...

'' series,

Tetsuya Watari born (December 28, 1941 – August 10, 2020) was a Japanese film, stage, and television actor. Life He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University. Watari belonged to the karate club at university. He made his screen debut in 1964, in Isamu Kosugi ...

appeared in most of the films he directed when he was a director of

company.

Selected filmography

Film

* '' Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2'' (1968) * '' Outlaw: Heartless'' (1968) * '' Outlaw: Goro the Assassin'' (1968) * '' Outlaw: Black Dagger'' (1968) * ''Big Boss: Outlaw'' (1968) * '' Profile of a Boss' Son'' (1970) * '' Swirling Butterflies'' (1970) * ''Pay off Your Debt! '' (1970) * '' Earth Ninja Chronicles: Duel in the Wind or Doninki kazeno tengu'' (1970) * ''

Kantō Exile is a 1971 Japanese yakuza film directed by Keiichi Ozawa. The revenge story of a man living in the world of a yakuza who was betrayed by his uncle and his brother. Cast * Tetsuya Watari as Takimura Shuji * Yoshio Harada as Gōda Seijirō * Masa ...

'' (1971) * ''

Tekkihei, Tonda is a 1980 Japanese film directed by Keiichi Ozawa. Cast * Jun'ichi Ishida *Miyuki Matsuda is a Japanese actress, the widow of Yūsaku Matsuda, and the sister of Mami Kumagai. At the age of 17 she appeared in a television series, '' Tante ...

'' (1980)

Television

*''

Taiyō ni Hoero! , literally ''Roar at the Sun!'', was a long-running prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1972 to 1986 for a total of 718 episodes. The lead star was Yujiro Ishihara. It also helped further the career of actors such a ...

'' (1972–78) *''

Daitokai Series 　was a popular prime-time television detective series in Japan, which ran from 1976 to 1979 for a total of 132 episodes and three seasons, each with its own story arc. The lead star was Tetsuya Watari. The drama won popularity and was followed b ...

'' (1976–79) *''

Daitsuiseki was a Japanese comedy-action police TV series. It starred regulars Yūzō Kayama, Masaya Oki, Tatsuya Fuji, Naomi Hase, and Kyohei Shibata, with Fumio Watanabe as a semi-regular. It ran for twenty-six episodes in 1978 and won popularity. It is n ...

'' (1978) (ep.23 and 24) *''

Tantei Monogatari , or ''Detective Story'', is an action Japanese TV series starring Yūsaku Matsuda that was originally broadcast on Nippon TV in 27 forty-five-minute episodes from September 18, 1979 to April 1, 1980. The show had various directors including T ...

'' series (1979–80) (ep.17, 18, 24 and 25) *''

Seibu Keisatsu is a television drama series produced by and broadcast on TV Asahi. Plot The series portrays the Western Police Headquarters Criminal Investigation Division's Sergeant Keisuke Daimon, played by Tetsuya Watari and his subordinates, dubbed the ...

'' series (1979–84) *''

Pro Hunter was a Japanese comedy-action police TV series. It starred regulars Masao Kusakari, Tatsuya Fuji, Joe Shishido, Mayumi Ogawa, with Kyohei Shibata as a semi-regular. It ran for 25 episodes in 1981 and won popularity. Yoichi Sai made his debut as a ...

(1981) (ep.5 and 6)

References

1933 births Living people People from Kagoshima Prefecture Japanese film directors Yakuza film directors {{japan-film-director-stub