was a Japanese actor.

Career

Kawachi was a student at

Kanto Gakuin University is a private university located in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan. History It traces its roots to The Baptist Theological Seminary of Yokohama established by Albert Arnold Bennett, a missionary of the American Baptist Missionary Union, establis ...

when Yujiro Ishihara, one of his neighbors in

Zushi, Kanagawa is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of June 2012, the city has an estimated population of 58,087, and a population density of 3,350 per km². The total area is . Geography Zushi is located at the head of Miura Peninsula, facin ...

, invited him to join the

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. He made his debut in ''

A Slope in the Sun aka ''A Slope in the Sun'' is a 1958 black-and-white Japanese film drama directed by Tomotaka Tasaka.日活アクションの華麗な世界：1954-1971 第四章言語のユートピア-裕次郎の青春ドラマの意味 2「一緒にいるた ...

'' (1958) playing Ishihara's younger brother. The studio initially sold him as one of the "Bad Trio" along with

Akira Kobayashi is a Japanese actor and singer. His nickname is . Biography Kobayashi attended Meiji University but left before graduating. He became an actor at Nikkatsu and made his film debut with "Ueru Tamashii" directed by Yuzo Kawashima in 1956. He so ...

and Tadao Sawamoto. He appeared in films by

Koreyoshi Kurahara (31 May 1927 – 28 December 2002) was a Japanese screenwriter and director. He is perhaps best known for directing ''Antarctica'' (1983), which won several awards and was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. He also co- ...

and

Seijun Suzuki , born (24 May 1923 – 13 February 2017), was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are known for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, nihilistic cool and entertainment-over-logic sensibility. He made 40 predo ...

and is probably most known abroad for his starring roles in Kurahara's ''

The Warped Ones is a 1960 Japanese Sun Tribe film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and starring Tamio Kawachi, Eiji Go, Yuko Chishiro and Noriko Matsumoto (actress), Noriko Matsumoto. It was produced and distributed by the Nikkatsu Company. The story concerns the y ...

'' (1960) and '' Black Sun'' (1964). Kawachi eventually left Nikkatsu for the

Toei Company () (also styled TOEI) is a Japanese film, television production, and distribution and video game developer and publishing company. Based in Tokyo, Toei owns and operates thirty-four movie theaters across Japan (all but two of them operated by i ...

, and co-starred in the 9-film ''Mamushi kyōdai'' series with

Bunta Sugawara was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 200 feature films. Dropping out of Waseda University, he worked as a model before entering the film industry in 1956. After years of work, Sugawara finally established himself as a famous actor at the a ...

in the 1970s. He also acted on television, with his last acting appearance being a TV mystery in 2017. He was also known for his recurring role as Inspector General Sawaii in ''

Ultraman Tiga is a Japanese tokusatsu TV drama and the twelfth show in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, ''Ultraman Tiga'' had aired at 6:00pm and aired between September 7, 1996 to August 30, 1997, with a total of 52 episodes with five mo ...

''.

Selected filmography

Film

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'' (1958) - Tamio Takagi *''Chi to ai no shuppatsu'' (1958) - Yasushi Nanjô *''Wakai kawa no nagare'' (1959) - Yasuo Kitaoka *''Kenjû 0 gô'' (1959) - Yoshio *''Wakai keisha'' (1959) - Yasuo Kawase *''Kaitei kara kita onna'' (1959) - Toshio *''Otoko nara yume o miro'' (1959) *''Kizû tsukeru yajû'' (1959) *''Hîrusa gari no boryoku'' (1959) *''Arashi o yobu yûjô'' (1959) - Kenji Kawazoe *''Zassô no yô na inochi'' (1960) - Jun'ichi Asano *''Yami ni hikaru me'' (1960) - Kimura Shigeo *''Wataridori itsu mata kaeru'' (1960) *''

'' (1960) - Akira *''

Everything Goes Wrong is a 1960 in film, 1960 Cinema of Japan, Japanese Sun Tribe film directed by Seijun Suzuki and starring Tamio Kawachi and Yoshiko Yatsu in her film debut. The story follows Jirō, a rebellious high schooler, in his Sadomasochism, sadomasochistic ...

'' (1960) - Jirô Sugita *''Shôjo'' (1961) - Yoshizô Yashiro *''Aoi me no sugao'' (1961) - Makoto Takayama *''Zurari oretacha yojinbo'' (1961) *''Yabure kaburô'' (1961) *''Taiyô wa kurutteru'' (1961) *''Kitakami yakyoku'' (1961) *''Îki te ita norâ inu'' (1961) *''Hai tiin yakuza'' (1962) *''Nikui an-chikushô'' (1963) - Hiroshi Ozaki *''Ore ni kaketa yatsura'' (1962) *'' Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards!'' (1963) - Manabe *''Nanika omoroi koto nai ka'' (1963) - Kenji Yoshioka *''

Youth of the Beast is a 1963 Japanese yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki. Much of the film is set in Tokyo, Japan. Synopsis Joji Mizuno (Joe Shishido), a former Kobe Metropolitan Police Department detective fired after being convicted of embezzlement, is releas ...

'' (1963) - Hideo Nomoto *''Gosen reiji no shutsugoku'' (1963) *''Oka wa hanazakari'' (1963) - Masaya Nozaki *''Ôkami no ôji'' (1963) - Ginji Tachibana *''

Red Handkerchief is a 1964 Japanese film directed by Toshio Masuda. Inspired by Yujiro Ishihara's hit song of the same title. Plot Mikami was deceived by his friend and colleague detective Ishizuka, but he didn't know the fact and was forced to quit the job, ...

'' (1964) *''

Cruel Gun Story is a 1964 Japanese action film directed by Takumi Furukawa. This film was made available in North America when Janus Films released a special set of Nikkatsu studio's Noir films as part of The Criterion Collection, also including '' I Am Wa ...

'' (1964) = Kenjû zankoku monogatari''- Takizawa *''Hana to dotô'' (1964) *''Kon'nichiwa akachan'' (1964) - Toshio Tanimura *'' Black Sun'' (1964) - Akira *''Onna no uzu to fuchi to nagare'' (1964) *''Kawachi zoro: kenja jamo'' (1964) *''Kawachi zoro: doke chichu'' (1964) *'' Story of a Prostitute'' (1965) - Pvt. Shinkichi Mikami *''Shojo sôshitsu'' (1965) *''Kaitô X - Kubi no nai otoko'' (1965) - Kôji Ôsato *''Otoko no monshô - ruten no okite'' (1965) *''Kawachi zoro: abare cho'' (1965) *''Kawachi Karumen'' (1966) - Seiji Takano *''Oozora ni kanpai'' (1966) *''

Tokyo Drifter is a 1966 ''yakuza'' film directed by Seijun Suzuki. The story follows Tetsuya Watari as the reformed yakuza hitman "Phoenix" Tetsu who is forced to roam Japan avoiding execution by rival gangs. Plot An old ''yakuza'' boss named Kurata decides ...

'' (1966) - Tatsuzo, The Viper *''Nihon ninkyôden: hana no toseinin'' (1966) *''Watashi, chigatteiru kashira'' (1966) - Yoshida *''Hoshi no flamenco'' (1966) - Tetsu Watase *''Sâsurai ha ore no ûnmei'' (1966) *''Eiko eno chôsen'' (1966) *'' Gappa: The Triphibian Monster'' (1967) - Hiroshi Kurosaki *''Kimi wa koibito'' (1967) - Kawaji *''Kanto mo hîrougozansû'' (1967) *'' Outlaw: Gangster VIP'' (1968) - Isamu Tsujikawa *''Musume no kisetsu'' (1968) *''Shima wa moratta'' (1968) - Naruse *''Burai: Kuro dosu'' (1968) - Sueo Shige *''

Savage Wolf Pack is a 1969 Japanese action film directed by Yasuharu Hasebe. It stars Tetsuya Watari. The film is considered the first film called the ''Nikkatsu New Action Film''. When the bounty hunter Tetsuya Asai returns from Alaska, he learns that his siste ...

'' (1969) *''Zankoku onna rinchi'' (1969) *''Yôru o hirakû - onna no ichibâ'' (1969) *''Yakuza hijoshi - mushyo kyodai'' (1969) *''Shikakû rêtsuden'' (1969) *''Nobori ryu yawa hada kaicho'' (1969) *''Nihon zan kyôsen'' (1969) *''Nihon zankyô-den'' (1969) *''Ai no kaseki'' (1970) - Journalist *''Hatoba onna no burusu'' (1970) - Chiba *''Sakariba jingi'' (1970) *''Abarê cho han'' (1970) *''

A Man′s World is a 1971 Japanese film directed by Yasuharu Hasebe. Yūjirō Ishihara produced the film by himself and made his final appearance in the Nikkatsu film. Konno's girl friend was killed by Shiraishi. He left Japan to forget it. But Konno goes bac ...

'' (1971) - Funada *''Yomigaeru daichi'' (1971) - Yokoyama *''Sannin no onna: Yoru no cho'' (1971) *''Mamushi no kyôdai: Orei mairi'' (1971) *''Chôeki Tarô: Mamushi no kyôdai'' (1971) *''Mamushi no kyôdai: Chôeki jûsankai'' (1972) *''Mamushi no kyôdai: Shôgai kyôkatsu jûhappan'' (1972) *''Kînagashî hyâkunîn'' (1972) *''

Battles Without Honor and Humanity , also known in the West as ''The Yakuza Papers'', is a Japanese yakuza film series produced by Toei Company. Inspired by a series of magazine articles by journalist Kōichi Iiboshi that are based on memoirs originally written by real-life yaku ...

'' (1973) - Kanbara Seiichi *''Mamushi no kyôdai: Musho gurashi yonen-han'' (1973) *''

Hissatsu Shikakenin is a Japanese television ''jidaigeki'' or period drama that was broadcast in 1972–1973. It was the first in the Hissatsu series and is based on Shōtarō Ikenami's novel ''Shiokinin Fujieda Baian''. Ken Ogata played Fujieda Baian. Episode 1, ...

'' (1973) - Gozamatsu no Magohachi *''Mamushi no kyôdai: Kyôkatsu san-oku-en'' (1973) *''Gokudo VS Mamushi'' (1974) *''Mamushi no kyôdai: Futari awasete sanjuppan'' (1974) *''Mamushi to aodaishô'' (1975) - Masaru *''Kigeki: Tokudashi - Himo tengoku'' (1975) - Giichi-san *''

The Bullet Train (also known as ''Super Express 109'') is a 1975 Japanese action thriller film directed by Junya Satō and starring Ken Takakura, Sonny Chiba, and Ken Utsui. When a Shinkansen ("bullet train") is threatened with a bomb that will explode automa ...

'' (1975) - Satō *''Bodo shimane keimusho'' (1975) - Dog breeder *''Kawachi no ossan no uta'' (1976) *''Shinjuku yoidore banchi: Hitokiri tetsu'' (1977) *''Inubue'' (1978) - Chief navigator *''Dai Nippon teikoku'' (1982) - Furukawa *''Jotei'' (1983) *''Chi-n-pi-ra'' (1984) - Otani *''Kekkon annai misuterî'' (1985) - Masao Sekine *''Break Town monogatari'' (1985) - Niiyama *''Beppin no machi'' (1989) - Tomizawa, Reiko's Dad *''Kagerô'' (1991) - Shinkichi, Hashiba *''Gorotsuki'' (1992) *''Rakuyô'' (1992) *''Shishioh-tachi no saigo'' (1993) - Saeki *''Sukiyaki'' (1995) - Ryohel Mihara *'' Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey'' (2000) - Inspector General Sōichirō Sawai *''Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô: Gozu'' (2003) *'' Waru: kanketsu-hen'' (2006) *''

Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers is a 2008 Japanese superhero film, superhero ''kaiju'' film directed by Takeshi Yagi. It unites the ''Shōwa period, Shōwa'' heroes Ultraman, Ultra Seven, Seven, The Return of Ultraman, Jack and Ultraman Ace, Ace together on screen with the ''He ...

'' (2008) - Secretary-General of the United Nations Sawai (final film role)

Television

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G-Men '75 was a long-running prime-time popular television detective series in Japan. It aired on Saturday nights in the 9:00–9:54 p.m. time slot on the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) network from May 24, 1975 to April 3, 1982. A sequel, ''G-Men ' ...

'' (1975) (ep1, 14, 59, 89 Guest) *''

'' (1996–1997) – Inspector General Sōichirō Sawai *''

Ultraman Dyna is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show which aired from 5 September 1997 until 28 August 1998. It is a direct sequel to the previous Ultraman series, ''Ultraman Tiga'' and the 13th entry to the ''Ultra Series''. Plot In the year 2017 (seven years afte ...

'' (1997–1998) – Inspector General Sōichirō Sawai

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kawachi, Tamio 20th-century Japanese male actors 1938 births 2018 deaths People from Zushi, Kanagawa People from Yokosuka, Kanagawa Male actors from Kanagawa Prefecture 21st-century Japanese male actors