Tetsuro Tamba

Tetsuro Tamba (丹波哲郎, Tanba Tetsurou) (July 17, 1922 - September 25, 2006) was a Japanese actor. A veteran of more than 300 films and TV dramas in Japan, he is perhaps best known to western audiences for playing Tiger Tanaka in the 1967 James Bond film, You Only Live Twice. Tamba was born in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan on July 17, 1922. He died of heart failure related to pneumonia on September 25, 2006 in Tokyo at the age of 84. He was survived by his son Yoshitaka Tamba who is also an actor.

Partial Filmography[]

[1956-07-05] Revenge of the Pearl Queen
[1957-07-10] The Depths
[1957-12-28] Sen'un Ajia no joō ... Shōsa Tashiiro
[1958-07-06] Bara to onna kenjū ō
[1958-07-27] Cannibal Ama
[1962-09-16] Harakiri ... Hikokuro Omodaka
[1962-03-07] Genji Kurō sassōki: Hiken ageha no chō
[1963-11-17] Tange Sazen
[1964] Kwaidan ... Warrior (Hoichi the Earless)
[1964] Assassination ... Hachiro Kiyokawa
[1964-04-05] Narazu-mono
[1964-08-13] The Safe-Breakers
[1964-09-05] Ōgenka
[1967-04-01] The Break-up
[1967-05-20] The Three Gamblers
[1968] Blackmail Is My Life
[1968] Snake Woman's Curse
[1968-04-28] Diamonds of the Andes
[1968-06-01] The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
[1969] Goyokin ... Rokugo Tatewaki
[1971] Silence
[1973] The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 3: Proxy War ... Akashi Tatsuo
[1973] The Sinking of Japan ... Prime Minister Yamamoto
[1974] The Castle of Sand ... Detective Imanishi
[1978-04-29] Message from Space
[1981] Makai Tensho: Samurai Reincarnation ... Muramasa
[1985-11-16] The Last Gambler
[1999] Japanese Hell ... Asu Shino
[2001] The Happiness of the Katakuris ... Jinpei Katakuri, grandfather
[2002] Deadly Outlaw Rekka
[2002] Graveyard of Honor ... Tetsuji Tokura
[2003] Yakuza Demon
[2003] Gozu
[2006] Doomsday: The Sinking of Japan ... Reiko's grandfather

External Links[]

Tetsuro Tamba at the Internet Movie Database
Tetsuro Tamba at the Japanese Movie Database
Tetsuro Tamba article at Wikipedia