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Tetsurō Tamba

1922 - 2006

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Tetsurō Tamba (Japanese: 丹波 哲郎, Hepburn: Tanba Tetsurō; born Shozaburo Tanba; Japanese: 丹波 正三郎, July 17, 1922 – September 24, 2006) was a Japanese actor with a career spanning five decades. He appeared in nearly 300 film and television productions, both in leading and supporting roles, and was the winner of the 1981 Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Supporting Actor. At the height of his career, he was one of Japan's most esteemed and prolific leading men, and worked with many significant directors including Kinji Fukasaku, Shōhei Imamura, Masaki Kobayashi, Masahiro Shinoda and Takashi Miike. Several of his films were identified with the Japanese New Wave movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tetsurō Tamba is the 2,905th most popular actor (down from 2,509th in 2019), the 1,002nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 902nd in 2019) and the 30th most popular Japanese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tetsurō Tamba ranks 2,905 out of 13,578. Before him are Lisa Niemi, Susan Howard, Giovanni Ribisi, Majel Barrett, Zubaida Tharwat, and Lana Wood. After him are Ágnes Esterházy, Evelyn Nesbit, Geoff Pierson, Carole Landis, James Marsden, and Park Bo-gum.

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Among people born in 1922, Tetsurō Tamba ranks 217. Before him are Käbi Laretei, Adil Çarçani, Saad el-Shazly, Herman Kahn, Arthur Hill, and Joanne Dru. After him are Eugene Stoner, Mariano Gonzalvo, Hilarion Capucci, Ester Mägi, Étienne Gailly, and Gene Amdahl. Among people deceased in 2006, Tetsurō Tamba ranks 179. Before him are Daniel Schmid, Bismillah Khan, Peter Benchley, Suzanne Morrow Francis, Arthur Hill, and Jean-François Revel. After him are Henri Colpi, Paul Hunter, Jean-Louis de Rambures, Vilgot Sjöman, Paul Gleason, and Red Auerbach.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tetsurō Tamba ranks 1,002 out of 6,245. Before him are Yoshinori Shigematsu (1930), Masabumi Hosono (1870), Naoya Shiga (1883), Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (1955), Hiromi Kawakami (1958), and Nobuko Jashima (1959). After him are Natsuo Kirino (1951), Ai Yazawa (1967), Futabatei Shimei (1864), Takuya Kimura (1972), Shinobu Ikeda (1962), and Teinosuke Kinugasa (1896).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Tetsurō Tamba ranks 30. Before him are Kōji Yakusho (1956), Sho Kosugi (1948), Mie Hama (1943), Akihiro Miwa (1935), Meiko Kaji (1947), and Kirin Kiki (1943). After him are Takuya Kimura (1972), Teinosuke Kinugasa (1896), Tōru Furuya (1953), Tadanobu Asano (1973), Sayuri Yoshinaga (1945), and Noriko Ohara (1935).

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