Personal Info
Birth date
1941-07-21 (84 Years)
Day of death
1995-12-22
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Changchun, Jilin, China
Also known as
Takuzo Kawatani
Takuzō Kawatani
Biography
Takuzo Kawatani was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 165 films between 1967 and 1995. He was most famous for playing villains.
Filmography
Chotchan
NYR
Overview:
The 38th NHK Asadora. Based on the autobiography of Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's mother.Succession
6
Overview:
A former stockbroker-turned-yakuza must make sure his alcoholic boss is up to the task of swearing in the next leader of their syndicate.Oxen Split Torturing
5.931
Overview:
Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. The first, during a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with a young Christian girl. When she and her family are captured during a raid, his sadistic master takes her as his personal slave to torment Iori. The second follows Sutezo who, forced to serve the barbarous master of a brothel in order to repay his debts, befriends a young girl. Together, they both escape and struggle to get by on scams and petty theft.Bohachi Bushido: The Villain
6.5
Overview:
The Bohachi Clan, the most vile, corrupt organization with ties deep in the Shogunate, have controlled the flesh trade in Japan for generations. When threatened by a competitor, they employ Saburai, a nihilistic ronin on the verge of self destruction. Blood gushes and limbs fly for anyone who stands against Saburai as he instills the Way of the Bohachi.Tracked
5.222
Overview:
When a fugitive begins a romance with the woman hiding him from the law, it becomes uncertain whether he will ever escape the shadow of his heinous crimes--or the detectives hot on his trail.Empire of Passion
7
Overview:
In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.Battles Without Honor and Humanity
7.4
Overview:
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza.Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
7.4
Overview:
Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono, and the other yakuza into a new round of bloodshed.Turtle Geisha
5.2
Overview:
Natsuko is so good at using that super-strong vagina of hers that she can fuck guys to death. In the end, she’s pitted against a sexual superman and a showdown ensues. There’s also a subplot about a mad scientist type who needs vaginal juices to create a potion designed to turn Japanese girls black.Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
6.5
Overview:
The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as Shinkai is asked by a man on the run to bring his young son to live with his grandfather, the master of a ju-jitsu dojo during the Taisho period of the early 20th century. Shinkai then runs afoul of a gangster group using strong-arm tactics to take over the profits from local gambling. When he proves to be more than they can handle, they hire the one man who has the ability to kill Shinkai and exact revenge, Ryotatsu, the karate priest whom Shinkai blinded in the first film. This ultra-violent entry has long been considered the best movie in the series and never made its way to home video before. See a spectacular display of Wakayama Tomisaburo’s martial art expertise in this action packed film. The Holy Grail of sword movies has arrived at last! /Winterheart of CGZatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
6.4
Overview:
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.The Third Gangster
NYR
Overview:
A small yakuza gang is taken to war by a more powerful rival after a violent bar brawl involving members of both gangs. Young boss, Masaki, must decide whether to disband his dwindling gang or fight.Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler
10
Overview:
Bunta Sugawara replaces Koji Tsuruta as the leading man for this sequel of Okoma, the Orphan Gambler.Girl Boss Guerilla
6.1
Overview:
Sachiko is the leader of a girl gang from Shinjuku who wind up in Kyoto and make a bid to take over the local girl gangs there.Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group
7.5
Overview:
A nasty schoolgirl does what she pleases, under the protection of her father, who is the school principal. Another girl is not so nasty, but she is determined and tough enough to contest the girl's gang in a democratic vote - and win. That causes her trouble in school, just when her own father, who owns a truck transport company, is murdered in a fake car accident by an American mobster. Before the girl can react, her naive mother has signed over the company to the mobster, and accepted him as her lover. Repentant, the mother starts drinking, and the good schoolgirl ties up with a halfbreed young man, who also has a grudge against Americans. He starts spying on the gangsters, discovers they are dealing in drugs, but is killed before he can report it. The good girl will lead her team in a desperation assault on the mobsters - and the police will eventually arrive just in time for the showdown.Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
6.8
Overview:
A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at his residence. When a rival yakuza gang, who wants to take over the town's businesses, murders him, Oryu is obliged to protect his children and business.Story of a Nymphomaniac
5
Overview:
Natsu, the older of two sisters, has a relationship with Yonosuke, the local kimono trader. Unlike her more conservative sister Oshichi she tries to use sex as a means to climb to a better social position. To even attempt that she first needs to get out of the Buddhist monastery she is working at...Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
6.2
Overview:
Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more interested in cheating the government out of money than reformation. Each having their own reasons for escaping, they go their separate ways. With the help of a young mechanic, who's also on the lam, Ruriko tries to realize her dream of leaving the island of Japan behind. But the authorities are always one step behind her...Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return
6.3
Overview:
Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes place in the Tokyo Theater.Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back
NYR
Overview:
In Meiji Period Japan, the carrying of swords had been outlawed, so Shikai, the Killer Priest carries his sword disguised as a Priest?s staff. One of the strongest entries in the series, Shinkai is badly injured, and must face his worst enemy in what could be their final showdown.The Silk Hat Boss 2
NYR
Overview:
The Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami.Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
7.3
Overview:
Shozo Hirono has managed to separate from the Yamamori family and create his own small family, and extend his circle of acquaintances. These new friendships include a powerful underboss of the Muraoka family, Noboru Uchimoto.Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
7
Overview:
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.Lustful Shogun and His 21 Mistresses
5.2
Overview:
The Tokugawa new Shogun is not interested in women. A nobleman with the help of a lady thief replaces the Shogun with a double, while he learns about love. But the double finds pleasure not only in women, but in his new status.Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
NYR
Overview:
A truck driver arrives in Seoul to receive his dead sister's ashes. While there, he discovers the death may not have been an accident after all, and has something to do with international drug smuggling.New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
5.9
Overview:
Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honorable way out.Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty
7.4
Overview:
The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an ally family and promised her that she would help guide the new Boss. Meanwhile a turf war breaks out. When the family is betrayed from within and the rival family becomes violent, Oryu takes things into her own hands…Decapitation of an Evil Woman
6.2
Overview:
An unusual blending of elements comes together in this crime story drawn from Japanese history. During the early Meiji period a number of “Dokufu” (Poison Women) committed a significant number of murders. These crimes were most often committed by wives on their husbands in order to be together with their lovers. At that time women were executed in the same manner as men, to wit: by being decapitated. This is the story of the most notorious of all, Takahashi Oden who, in 1879, was the last woman executed by decapitation in Japan.Acting
TBADowntown Story (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1995The King of Minami: Sweet Trap as Unknown
1995The Third Gangster as Unknown
1994The Man Who Shot the Don as Unknown
1994Momotarō Zamurai III as Unknown
1993Baian the Assassin: Showdown as Unknown
1993Haruka, Nostalgia as Tosaku Satoh
1993悪女Ⅱ サンテミリオン殺人事件 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1992Succession as Kyozo Shigeta
1992Izakaya Chōji (1 Episode) as Unknown
1992The Dream of Russia as Koichi
1991The Man Who Became The Don as Unknown
1991Let's Shoot Ridiculously as Unknown
1991Deer Friend as Unknown
1991Maji! as Unknown
1991Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit as Unknown
1991Hokui 15° no duo as Takuzō
1991Heat Wave as Ryukichi Ineda
1989Four Days of Snow and Blood as Sergeant Major Nagata
1989Harimao as Tani Tamakichi
1989Hana no Furu Gogo (6 Episodes) as Unknown
1989Osomatsu-kun: Greetings From The Watermelon Planet-zansu! as Dayon (voice) / Kemunpasu (voice)
1989Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally as Unknown
1988Crane as Umaemon
1988Mother as Unknown
1987The Great Department Store Robbery as Unknown
1987Eien no 1/2 as Unknown
1987Ronin on a Mission as Mori Kojiro
1987Guys Who Never Learn as Unknown
1987Chotchan (156 Episodes) as 野々村泰輔
1987River of Fireflies as Unknown
1986Death Shadows as Yasuke
1986Sure Death! 3 as Unknown
1986Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma as Kogoro Katsura
1985Tora-san's Island Encounter as Sakai
1985Tracked as Ichiro Makabe
1985Kimi ga kagayaku toki as Unknown
1985The Burmese Harp as Sgt. Ido
1985Kokugo Gannen (5 Episodes) as Unknown
1984For Kayako as Irujun Im
1983Kigeki kazoku dōmei as Unknown
1982Kidnapping Blues as Farmer
1982The Buddy: Yaji and Kita as Tajibee
1980Keishi-K (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1980Aitsu to Ore (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979Goodbye, Flickmania as Dan
1978Empire of Passion as Inspector Hotta
1978Truck Rascals: Another Odyssey of Momojiro as Unknown
1978Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron as Sanji
1977Doberman Cop as Hiyoshi Kinoshita
1977Japanese Humanity and Justice as Unknown
1977Short and Fat as Kazuto Tonoma
1977The Life of Chikuzan as Senta
1977The Smart Aleck Ten as Unknown
1977Decapitation of an Evil Woman as Unknown
1976Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On as Unknown
1976The Yakuza Code Still Lives as Teruhisa Yoshinaga
1976A Kawachi Rascal's Song as Unknown
1976Yakuza Graveyard as Detective Kajiyama
1976The Three Ginza Rascals as Unknown
1976Oxen Split Torturing as Unknown
1976Truckster Goes to Hokkaido as Unknown
1976The Most Perverted Post War Crimes as Unknown
1976A Savage Beast Goes Mad as Saburo Tanimura
1976New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss as Kazunari Tsugawa
1976Violent Panic: The Big Crash as Unknown
1976Virgin Breaker Yuki II: Western Licensed District as Unknown
1976Operation Plazma in Osaka as Unknown
1975Evil Doers as Unknown
1975New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss as Detective
1975Scoundrel Boss as Katsuo Rojo
1975前略おふくろ様 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1975Story of a Nymphomaniac as Hisamatsu
1975Company Buggers as Unknown
1975Gambling Den Heist as Tetsuya bessho
1975Shimane Prison Riot as Yakuza underling
1975Pimp Heaven as Mr Zen
1975Virgin Breaker Yuki as Rokuzo
1975Cops vs. Thugs as Unknown
1975The Viper Brothers and the Young General as Unknown
1975The Karate 3 as Unknown
1974New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 as Unknown
1974The Fancy Man as Shoji Akita
1974The Rapacious Jailbreaker as Unknown
1974Yakuza vs. Gang Leader as Unknown
1974Code of Wolves as Unknown
1974The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers as Unknown
1974Third Generation Boss as Unknown
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode as Moriya Hitoshi
1974The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers as Unknown
1974Return of the Street Fighter as Unknown
1974The Tattooed Hitman as Kiyoshi
1974Jeans Blues: No Future as Ishimatsu
1974人妻セックス地獄 as Unknown
1974Woman Mobsters as Unknown
1974Student Yakuza as Unknown
1974The Street Fighter as Skull Crushed Yakuza Thug Ôshima
1974Bohachi Bushido: The Villain as Unknown
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics as Policeman at hospital
1973Yakuza of the Present as Uno
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War as Katsuji Saijo
1973Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle as Unknown
1973Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group as Tokumaru
1973The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers as Unknown
1973The High Cost of Virginity as Unknown
1973Dangerous Trade in Kobe as Unknown
1973Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School as Detective B
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima as Mitsuo Iwashita
1973The Kyoto Connection as Unknown
1973Aesthetics of a Bullet as Unknown
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity as Ryoichi Enami
1972Eight Men to Kill as Guard
1972Lustful Shogun and His 21 Mistresses as Prisoner
1972Hikage-Mono as Unknown
1972The Red Silk Gambler as Unknown
1972Girl Boss Guerilla as Yakuza henchman
1972The Pledge as Unknown
1972Turtle Geisha as Murata
1972Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro as Unknown
1972Organized Crime: Killer's Glory as Unknown
1972Modern Lady Gambler as Unknown
1972The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang as Gang member
1972A Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell as Unknown
1972Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty as Unknown
1971The Man as Unknown
1971A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers as Unknown
1971Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler as Unknown
1971A Scarred Life as Unknown
1971Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You as Unknown
1971The Viper Brothers as Togo Shinkawa (thug)
1971Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments as Unknown
1971Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival as Kazuo Tsukamoto
1971Fate Deals the Card of Death as Yakuza
1971Okoma, the Orphan Gambler as Unknown
1970The Silk Hat Boss 2 as Unknown, Thug
1970Whipmaster: Ballad of Murder as Unknown
1970A Wad of Notes as Yakuza
1970A Lively Geisha as Unknown
1970Silk Hat Boss as Unknown
1970House of Gamblers as Unknown
1970Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return as Henchman
1970Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back as Unknown
1970A Yakuza Goes Home as Tatsuo
1969Gambler's Legacy as Unknown
1969Kanto Street Peddlers as Iwase
1969Memoir of Japanese Assassinations as Soldier
1969Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room as Unknown
1969Killer's Mission as Guard
1969Samurai Geisha as Unknown
1969Yakuza Law as Unknown
1969Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage as Unknown
1969The Biggest Gamble as Unknown
1969Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony as Unknown
1969Yakuza on Foot as Unknown
1969Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage as Unknown
1968Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder as Thug
1968Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation as Thug
1968Red Peony Gambler as Henchman
1968Wicked Priest as Yakuza henchman
1968Return of the Outlaw as Unknown
1968Gamblers: The Raid as Umekichi
1968Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger as Henchman
1967Eleven Samurai as Unknown
1967Shogun and His Mistress 2 as Unknown
1967Heiji, the Detective as Unknown
1967Code Between Brothers 5 as Yakuza henchman
1967Three Gamblers as Prison Guard
1966The Protector as Unknown
1965Code of Ruffians as Unknown
1965Blood of Revenge as Unknown
1965The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry as Unknown