# Takuzo Kawatani

Takuzo Kawatani (川谷拓三, 21 July 1941 – 22 December 1995) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 56 films between 1967 and 1995. He was most famous for playing villains.

## Selected filmography
### Film

* Zoku ô-oku maruhi monogatari (1967)
* Eleven Samurai (1967)
* Bakuchi-uchi: Nagurikomi (1968) - Umekichi
* Kaettekita gokudô (1968)
* Tosei-nin Retsuden (1969)
* Gokuaku bôzu: nenbutsu hitokiri tabi (1969)
* Hitokiri kannon-uta (1970)
* Nihon jokyo-den: tekka geisha (1970)
* Onna toseinin (1971) - Jihei
* Gokuaku bozu - Nomu utsu kau (1971)
* Gendai poruno-den: Sentensei inpu (1971) - Doi
* Hibotan bakuto: Jingi tooshimasu (1972)
* Kizu darake jinsei furui do de gonzansu (1972)
* Onsen suppon geisha (1972) - Murata
* Kogarashi Monjirô (1972)
* Bakuchi-uchi Gaiden (1972)
* Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) - Ryoichi Enami
* Poruno no joô: Nippon sex ryokô (1973)
* Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (1973) - Iwashita Mitsuo
* Sukeban: Kankain dassô (1973) - Detective B
* Kyofu joshikôkô: Furyo monzetsu guruupu (1973) - Tokumaru
* Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1974) - Saijo Katsuji
* Gendai ninkyô-shi (1973) - Uno
* Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (1973)
* Yamaguchi-gumi San-daime (1973)
* Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974) - Policeman at hospital
* Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken (1974) - Ôshima
* Gakusei yakuza (1974)
* Karajishi keisatsu (1974)
* Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode (1974)
* Gokudo VS Mamushi (1974)
* Datsugoku Hiroshima satsujinshû (1974)
* Shijô saidai no himo: Nureta sakyu (1974)
* New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1974)
* Jitsuroku hishyakaku ôkami domo no jingi (1974)
* Jînzu burûsu: Asu naki buraiha (1974) - Ishimatsu
* Nihon ninkyo-do: gekitotsu-hen (1975) - Matsu
* Mamushi to aodaishô (1975) - Kinichi Sunago
* Cops vs. Thugs (1975)
* Yusuri no technique: Niku jigoku (1975)
* Tamawarinin Yuki (1975) - Rokuzo
* Kigeki: Tokudashi - Himo tengoku (1975) - Hachiro Onishi
* Gambling Den Heist (1975) - Tetsuya bessho
* Kôshoku: Genroku (maruhi) monogatari (1975) - Hisamatsu (as The Piranha Gang)
* New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head (1975)
* Gokudô shachô (1975)
* Bodo shimane keimusho (1975)
* Jitsuroku gaiden: Osaka dengeki sakusen (1976) - Chinese
* Bôsô panikku: Daigekitotsu (1976)
* New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Last Days (1976) - Kazunari Tsugawa
* Kurutta yajû (1976) - Saburo Tanimura
* Sengo Ryôki Hanzaishi (1976)
* Tokugawa onna keibatsu-emaki: Ushi-zaki no kei (1976)
* Yakuza Graveyard (1976) - Kajiyama
* Kawachi no ossan no uta (1976)
* Hiroshima jingi: Hitojichi dakkai sakusen (1976)
* Kawachi no ossan no uta: yôkita no ware (1976)
* Piraniya-gundan (1976)
* Yamaguchi-gumi gaiden: Kyushu shinko-sakusen (1977)
* Dokufu oden kubikiri asa (1977)
* Piranha-gundan: Daboshatsu no ten (1977) - Ten Matsuda
* The Life of Chikuzan (1977) - Senta
* Dokaben (1977)
* Nihon no jingi (1977) - Osamu Maekawa
* Doberuman deka (1977) - Hiyoshi Kinoshita
* Empire of Passion (1978) - Inspector Hotta
* Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978) - Sanji
* Torakku yarô: Totsugeki ichiban hoshi (1978)
* Saraba eiga no tomoyo: Indian samaa (1979)
* Kidonappu burûsu (1982)
* The Burmese Harp (1985) - Sgt. Ito
* Kayako no tameni (1985) - Irujun Im
* Usugeshô (1985) - Ichiro Makabe
* Tora-san's Island Encounter (1985)
* Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma (1986) - Kogoro Katsura
* Jittemai (1986) - Yasuke
* Hissatsu! III Ura ka Omote ka (1986)
* Hotaru-gawa (1987) - Sekine
* Hei no naka no korinai menmen (1987)
* Eien no 1/2 (1987)
* On'na sakasemasu (1987)
* Tsuru (1988) - Umaemon
* Zatoichi (1989)
* 226 (1989) - Sergeant Major Nagata
* Kagerô (1991) - Ryukichi Ineda
* Deer Friend (1991) - Taro Oriya
* Dreams of Russia (1992) - Koichi
* Keisho sakazuki (1992) - Kyozo Shigeta
* Haruka, nosutarujii (1993) - Tosaku Satoh
* Niji no hashi (1993)
* Pro Golfer Oribê Kinjirô 2 (1994) - Katsunari kawamata
* Don o totta otoko (1994)

### Television

* Akakage (1967)
* Zenriyaku Ofukurosama (1975)
* G-Men '75 (1975–1976)
* Taiyō ni Hoero! (1978)
* Ōgon no Hibi (1978)
* Sanga Moyu (1984)