{{Short description|Japanese actor (1938–2018)}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Tamio Kawachi | image = Tamio Kawachi.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | native_name = {{Nihongo2|川地民夫}} | native_name_lang = jpn | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1938|7|21}} | birth_place = [[Zushi, Kanagawa]], Japan | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2018|2|10|1938|7|21}} | death_place = [[Yokosuka, Kanagawa]], Japan | other_names = Tamio Kawaji | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1958–2017 | spouse = | website = | awards = }} {{nihongo|'''Tamio Kawachi'''|川地 民夫|Kawachi Tamio|21 July 1938 – 10 February 2018; sometimes transliterated as '''Tamio Kawaji'''|lead=yes}} was a Japanese actor.
==Career== Kawachi was a student at [[Kanto Gakuin University]] when [[Yujiro Ishihara]], one of his neighbors in [[Zushi, Kanagawa]], invited him to join the [[Nikkatsu]] studio.<ref name="Sanspo">{{cite news|title=川地民夫さん、脳梗塞で死去…菅原文太さんとＷ主演「まむしの兄弟」シリーズで人気|url=http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20180212/geo18021205020009-n1.html|accessdate=12 February 2018|work=SANSPO.COM|date=12 February 2018|language=ja-JP|archive-date=12 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212081503/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20180212/geo18021205020009-n1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He made his debut in ''[[A Slope in the Sun]]'' (1958) playing Ishihara's younger brother.<ref name="Sponichi">{{cite news|title=川地民夫さん死去…７９歳、脳梗塞 菅原文太さん相棒「まむしの兄弟」 – スポニチ Sponichi Annex 芸能|url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2018/02/12/kiji/20180211s00041000392000c.html?feature=related|accessdate=12 February 2018|work=スポニチ Sponichi Annex|date=12 February 2018|language=ja}}</ref> The studio initially sold him as one of the "Bad Trio" along with [[Akira Kobayashi]] and Tadao Sawamoto.<ref name="Sponichi" /> He appeared in films by [[Koreyoshi Kurahara]] and [[Seijun Suzuki]] and is probably most known abroad for his starring roles in Kurahara's ''[[The Warped Ones]]'' (1960) and ''[[Black Sun (1964 film)|Black Sun]]'' (1964). Kawachi eventually left Nikkatsu for the [[Toei Company]], and co-starred in the 9-film ''Mamushi kyōdai'' series with [[Bunta Sugawara]] in the 1970s.<ref name="Sponichi" /><ref name="Sanspo" /> He also acted on television, with his last acting appearance being a TV mystery in 2017.<ref name="Sponichi" /> He was also known for his recurring role as Inspector General Sawaii in ''[[Ultraman Tiga]]''.
==Selected filmography== ===Film=== {{Div col}} *''[[A Slope in the Sun]]'' (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) *''[[The Warped Ones]]'' (1960) - Akira *''[[Everything Goes Wrong]]'' (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]]'' (1963) - Hideo Nomoto *''Gosen reiji no shutsugoku'' (1963) *''Oka wa hanazakari'' (1963) - Masaya Nozaki *''Ôkami no ôji'' (1963) - Ginji Tachibana *''[[Red Handkerchief]]'' (1964) *''[[Cruel Gun Story]]'' (1964) = ''Kenjû zankoku monogatari''- Takizawa *''Hana to dotô'' (1964) *''Kon'nichiwa akachan'' (1964) - Toshio Tanimura *''[[Black Sun (1964 film)|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]]'' (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]]'' (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]]'' (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]]'' (1973) - Kanbara Seiichi *''Mamushi no kyôdai: Musho gurashi yonen-han'' (1973) *''[[Hissatsu Shikakenin]]'' (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]]'' (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]]'' (2008) - Secretary-General of the United Nations Sawai (final film role) {{div col end}}
===Television=== *''[[G-Men '75]]'' (1975) (ep1, 14, 59, 89 Guest) *''[[Ultraman Tiga]]'' (1996–1997) – Inspector General Sōichirō Sawai *''[[Ultraman Dyna]]'' (1997–1998) – Inspector General Sōichirō Sawai
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0442709}} *{{jmdb name|id=0234130|name=Kawachi Tamio}}
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