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 C...
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You Only Live Twice
As Tiger Tanaka
Minamoto Yoshitsune
Kwaidan
As Warrior (segment "Hoichi the Earless")
Operation Diamond
As Kazuo Kasami
Spycatcher J3: SOS Close Shave
As J1 (TULIP Japan Branch Chief)
Pigs and Battleships
As Slasher Tetsuji
Tokyo Gang Vs. Hong Kong Gang
Demon Pond
South Pacific Waves Are High
Gozu
The Wolves
As Genryu Asakura
King of Pornography
The Castle of Sand
As Detective Eitaro Imanishi
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
As Sanada
Hawk of the Harbour
Tokyo Untouchable
As Goro Kawamoto
The Cat Returns
As Cat King (voice)
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 長七郎 大奥まかり通る
The Water Margin
As Jade Unicorn, Lu Chun I
13 Assassins
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
As Sergeant Katsuo Togashi
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
As Nagumo
Futari dake no toride
The Happiness of the Katakuris
As Granpa Jinpei Katakuri
Hunter in the Dark
As Okitsugu Tanuma
Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!
The 5-Man Army
As Samurai
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
As Master Zhang
Violent Streets
As Shimamura Kansai
Samurai Spy
As Sakon Takatani
Goyokin
As Rokugo Tatewaki
The Peking Man
As Osone
Gamblers: The Dragon Tattoo
Hibari no san'yaku: Zoku Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge
Hibari no san'yaku: Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World 2: I was surprised when I died!!
As Ryo Okamoto
Tetsuro Tamba’s Great Spiritual World 3: Amazing Reincarnation Story That Ran Around the Whole
The Political Game
Silence
As Cristóvão Ferreira
Revenge
As Shume Okuno
The Sound of the Waves
The School Deviate Waru
The 7th Dawn
As Ng
Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny
As Kagemetsuke
Shadow Hunters
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
As Kichibei
Three Outlaw Samurai
As Sakon Shiba
Japanese Hell
As Asu Shino
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
As Shugi
Assassination
As Hachiro Kiyokawa
鬼姫競艶録
Submersion of Japan
As Prime Minister Yamamoto
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight
As Shino
Umineko ga tonde
Blackmail Is My Life
Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 2 - The Assassination of the Shogun
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
Screwed
As Landlord
The Villain from Edo Kochiyama Soshun
Mount Hakkoda
As Colonel Kojima
Heat Wave
As Denkichi Tsuzaki
Twilight Saloon
As Morimoto
Aurora Borealis
As Tsuneiro Kamisaka
Bridge to the Sun
As Jiro
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Saikaido
Prophecies of Nostradamus
As Dr. Nishiyama
Zero Fighter
As Captain Saito
Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive
As Hyoe
Ino Tadataka: Meridian dreams
Ankoku gai jingi
Zankokuna tsuki
The White Tiger Battalion
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
As Soshun Kochiyama
Dai shinrin ni mukatte tatsu
Shōwa Gokudōshi
Kuronekokan ni Kieta Otoko
Detective
Homicide
As Lieutenant Aikawa
Hanran
As Captain Koda
Kōgen ni ressha ga hashitta
Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
A Taxing Woman's Return
As Sadohara
Capone: Roppongi Renkin no Teio
Shogun's Shadow
As Hotta Masamori
The Return of the Filthy Seven
The Gambler
Sky Scraper!
Kizu-darake no futeki-sha
Tokyo Untouchable: Escape
As Goro Kawamoto
The Code of Man
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
As Uichi Suda, The Big Boss
The Kingdom of Jirocho 3
Shura Group
Kim's War
The Duel in the forbidden territory
Red Flowers of Hell
Uragirimono wa jigoku daze
Bond Girls Are Forever
As Tiger Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Exotic Locations of 'You Only Live Twice'
As Tiger Tanaka (archive footage)
Tokyo Drifters
Best Ever Bond
As Tiger Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed
As Aboshi Samajirô
Element of Surprise
The Imperial Japanese Empire
As Hideki Tojo
Zero
As Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Battle Anthem
As Yamamoto
Monument to Holy Service
Shura Group Part 1
Shura Group Part 2
剣聖 暁の三十六番斬り
You're My Destiny
Ronin on a Mission
As Ōishi Kuranosuke
雪夫人繪圖
Seven Nights in Japan
As Terrorist Leader (uncredited)
The Gambling Samurai
As Fumizo Mitsuki
Never Give Up
As General Wada
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
As Tatsuo Akashi
April Fish
As Panapora Chief Handa
Tokyo Blackout
As Nakata
The Battle of Okinawa
As Lieutenant General Isamu Cho
Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons
As Old Master
Graveyard of Honor
As Tetsuji Tokura
Blind Beast vs Dwarf Killer
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
As Tetsuo Hatake
Jubaku: Spellbound
As Tajiro Kawakami
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
Female Neo-Ninjas
As Time Patrol leader
Tokyo Pop
As Mr. Dota
Night Train
As Isaburo Tamura
There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
Be Free!
As Keizo Hasegawa
Shogun's Ninja
As Tozawa Hakuunsai
Dead Angle
August without Emperor
As Army General Mikami
Flickering Flames
A Madcap Corporation
Suspicion
As Kanetaka Okamura
Queen of Asia
Kingoro's Soldier
金語楼の雷社長
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
As Rear Admiral Shimamura
The Fencing Collegian
Kyōen Kobanzame
Army Intelligence
As Lieutenant Colonel Akiyama
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
As Tatsuo Akashi
The Shogun's Vault
An Outlaw
The Bad Boss
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
G-Men in the Pacific
As Mizuhara
The Challenge
As Takayama
All Rascals
Kuro to aka no hanabira
Tange Sazen
Daredevil in the Castle
As Sadamasa Ishikawa
Rajo to satsujin-meiro
As Senba
Mukeisatsu
Kukai
Flames of Blood
Conflagration
As Captain Munekata
High Seas Hijack
As Captain Munekata
The Alaska Story
As Arashuk
Human Revolution II
Greatest Boss of the Showa Era
Samurai from Somewhere
Samurai from Nowhere
As Gunjuro Ohba
Gang vs. Gang
Underwater Murder
Quick on the Trigger
The Ceiling at Utsunomiya
As Kurozumi Tenzen
Submarine Ro Hasn't Surfaced
Speed King
Harakiri
As Hikokuro Omodaka
A Flame at the Pier
Abashiri Prison
As Tsumaki
The Wild Daisy
As Gozaburo Saito
Call from Darkness
As Sugibayashi
Shinran: Path to Purity
Nezumi Kozō kaitō den
Choshichiro's Edo Diaries: The Yagyu Conspiracy
As Yagyu Munefuyu
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
Kaachan
Kingorō no kaigun taishô
The Incident
As Lawyer Kikuchi
Gambler's Farewell
As Tetsuji Kasai
The International Gang of Kobe
As Rinsei
Mysterious Pygmy
All Men Are Brothers
As Lu Chun I
Nichiren
Thirst for Love
As Kosuke Aso
Yakuza Ladies 3
As Takeo Sakanishi
Jakoman and Tetsu
As Jakoman
Greed in Broad Daylight
As Miyahara
The Bullet Train
As Sunaga
Blood of Revenge
As Yutaro Nomura
The Ghost of Kasane
As Jinjûrô Ômura
A Wicked Woman
As Ihei Ôsawa
Four Sisters
As Masao Igarashi
Organized Violence II
As Police Inspector Kitagawa
Four Days of Snow and Blood
As Jinzaburi Shinzaki
King of the Gang
Penitentiary Brothers
The Private Police
Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3
The Way to The Gold Medals
As President Sakakibara
Fireflies in the North
As Ishikura
The Last True Yakuza
As Kazumasa Tashiro
Gang vs. G-Men
As Toru Tezuka
Dissolution Rites
As Sakai
Yakuza Skirmishes
Quarreling with Yakuza
Black Lizard
As Kuroki
The Ando Gang Documentary Film
Portrait of Chieko
As Kotaro Takamura
Crayon Shin-chan: Explosion! The Hot Spring's Feel Good Final Battle
As Tamba (voice)
Shogun's Samurai
As Ogasawara Gensinsai
The Fall of Ako Castle
As Yanagisawa
Samurai Reincarnation
As Muramasa
13 Assassins
As Doi Ōkō Toshi
Wild Cop 2
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
As Lord Tsushima Yagyu
The Geisha
As Kochi Notable
The Imperial Navy
As Jisaburo Ozawa
The Yellow Climate
The Classroom of Terror
The Armed Organization
Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
To Trap a Kidnapper
Eleven Gangsters
Port Arthur
As Gentaro Kodama
Twilight of the Cockroaches
As Grandpa (voice)
The Shogun Assassins
As Kato Kiyomasa
Get 'em All
As Tanabe
L・O・V・I・N・G
The Thousand Year Fire
Once and For All
A Case of Murder by the Atami Station Taxi Stand
The Story of a Man Among Men
Destroyer Yukikaze
Blood and Law
Rise and Fall of Chivalry
The Gambler's Counterattack
As Chief Inspector
Organized Violence
Informal Dress
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
The Kii River
As Shintani Kosaku
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
As Gu Shimizu
Mist and Shadows
As Yusuke Komiya
The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes
Female Slave Ship
The Sand Boat
Japan's Top Gangster
As Noboru Yamaguchi
Operation Plazma in Osaka
The Twilight Samurai
As Tozaemon Iguchi
Organized Crime: Killer's Glory
1750 Days of Turbulence
Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
Postwar Secrets
As Kuroki
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
Murderer!
As Nīto Kouken
The Bushido Blade
As Lord Yamato
Love: Starting on a Journey
Tale of Ninja Duty
As Mumyo Tsunataro
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
As Keisuke Otori
Karafuto 1945 Summer
Yakuza Warfare
School Be-In Bully
As Ryotaro Sakurazawa
Vendetta of Obligation
The Great Duel
The Human Revolution
The Making Of The Katakuris
Game of Chance 3
Company Buggers
Gamblers and Racketeers
New Abashiri Prison Story: Honor and Humanity, Ammunition That Attracts the Storm
Cabaret
As Yakuza boss
Secret Prophecies of Nostradamus
As Himself
Message from Space
As Ernest Noguchi
The Stupid Teacher
As Utaemon Baba
The Supernormal II
Sugata Sanshiro
As Iinuma
Troops of Darkness
Teruo Ishii Fan Club
Taira no Kiyomori
The Great Shogunate Battle
Gang and G-Men Part 2
As 手塚徹
Lone Rebel
The Corporation
T.R.Y.
Hell's Kitchen
Drive for the Future
As Akiji Nishikawa
花眞珠
Tabaruzaka
The Prosecutor and His Sister
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
As 吉野博士
Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
The Hitman Blood Smells Like Roses
Zero sen no jorō gun
Snake Woman's Curse
As Commander
Tokyo: The Last War
Yakuza Demon
As Michitane Tendou
Lady Vengeance and the 47 Ronin
High-Ranking Yakuza
Ōgon no Hibi
As Imai Sōkyū
Kaseifu wa mita!
Order Made ~Shiawase Iro no Shinshi Fuku Mise~
Yoshitsune
As Minamoto no Yorimasa (Gen-ji)
Yumemiru Budo
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
HOTEL
As Ohara Tetsutaro
Toshiie and Matsu
As Tarozaemon Iguchi
Tokugawa Chronicles: Ambition of the 3 Branches
As Naruse Hayatonosho
水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵
As 平田無二斎
Gokenin Zankuro
Hanshichi Torimonochō
Hashiran ka!
As 前田米吉
Coming Home
As Shirota Fukuzo
Sanada Taiheiki
As Sanada Masayuki
新幹線物語'93夏
As 黒木哲也
Marco Polo
As Vasaio
Inochi
As Takahara Masamichi
Byakkotai
As Jinbo Kuranosuke
The Veteran Trio
As Inui Sanshiro