Isao Tamagawa

Isao Tamagawa (玉川伊佐男, January 11, 1922 – January 1, 2004) was a Japanese actor. He appeared in the Japanese film Branded to Kill,^[1] as Michihiko Yabuhara: the yakuza boss that hires Hanada and seduces his wife. Upon the discovery that his diamond smuggling operation has been burgled, he employs Hanada to execute the guilty parties then adds him to the list when he flubs the job. His final appearance is with a bullet hole in his head.

Tamagawa is also known for his role as the bumbling, but skilled Inspector Ippei Kumano in Super Robot Red Baron, which ran from 1973 to 1974.

On January 1, 2004, Tamagawa died at the age of 81. He was a native of Tokyo.

Partial filmography

Taiyo no nai machi (1954)
Tôkyô wan (1962)^[2]
Hidarikî ki no sôgekishâ-Tôkyô wan (1962)
Shitamachi no taiyô (1963) - Detective
Rikugun zangyaku monogatari (1963)
Pale Flower (1964)
Gate of Flesh (1964) - Horidome
Kikyô (1964) - Gô Ushiki
Sâtsu rarete tama ruka (II) (1964)
Kwaidan (1964) - (segment "Chawan no naka")^[3]
Story of a Prostitute (1965) - Narita
Kono niji no kieru toki ni mo (1966)
Tokyo Drifter (1966) - Umetani
Chimatsuri kenkajo (1966)
Zero faita dai kûsen (1966)
Fighting Elegy (1966) - Principal
Sâsurai ha ore no ûnmei (1966)
Branded to Kill (1967) - Michihiko Yabuhara
Japan's Longest Day (1967) - Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section^[4]
Taiketsu (1967)
Ogon no yaro-domo (1967)
Âa Kimi ga Ai (1967) - Ryôsuke, Iwasa
Kurobe no taiyo (1968) - Sayama^[5]
Burai hijô (1968) - Gôhara
Wasureru monoka (1968)
Arakure (1969)
Fuji sanchô (1970)
Gekido no showashi 'Gunbatsu' (1970) - Sukamoto (uncredited)
Joshi gakuen: Yabai sotsugyô (1970)
Yomigaeru daichi (1971) - Katsuzo^[6]
Kage gari (1972)
Graveyard of Honor (1975)
Shen quan fei long (1975)
Utareru mae-ni ute! (1976) - Inspector Tomoda
Utamaro: Yume to shiriseba (1977)
Hakkodasan (1977) - Captain Okitsu
Furimukeba ai (1978) - Shintaro Ishiguro
Jûdai: Keiko no baai (1979) - Tomio Takano
Tsigoineruwaizen (1980) - Doctor Amaki
Kagerô-za (1981) - Clerk (final film role)

References

^ Stevens, Bob (April 3, 1999). Crime film director relies on instinct. San Francisco Examiner, p. B1
^ Phil Hardy (ed.) The BFI Companion to Crime, p. 329 (A&C Black; 1997) ISBN 9780304332151
^ Nollen, pp. 236–37
^ Nollen, p. 244
^ Nollen, p. 246
^ Nollen, p. 252

Source

Scott Allen Nollen. Takashi Shimura: Chameleon of Japanese Cinema (McFarland; 2019) ISBN 9781476670133

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[1] Stevens, Bob (April 3, 1999). Crime film director relies on instinct. San Francisco Examiner, p. B1

[2] Phil Hardy (ed.) The BFI Companion to Crime, p. 329 (A&C Black; 1997) ISBN 9780304332151

[3] Nollen, pp. 236–37

[4] Nollen, p. 244

[5] Nollen, p. 246

[6] Nollen, p. 252

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