Biography
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, 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, just ten days before his eighty second birthday. He was a native of Tokyo.
Filmography
all 52
Movies 46
TV Shows 6
A Tale of Youth at Hirosaki High School (1992)
Movie
Onihei Hankachō (1989)
TV
Nezumi Kozō kaitō den (1984)
Movie
Clerk
Kagero-za (1981)
Movie
Kanemoto Matsumura
Port Arthur (1980)
Movie
Doctor Amaki
Zigeunerweisen (1980)
Movie
The Fierce Battles of Edo (1979)
TV
The Fall of Teenager (1979)
Movie
Kagatsume Tamba (1979)
日本巌窟王 (1979)
TV
Take Me Away! (1978)
Movie
Detective Oka
Sweet Revenge (1977)
Movie
Detective Geta
The Visitor in the Eye (1977)
Movie
Captain Okitsu
Mount Hakkoda (1977)
Movie
Mori
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (1977)
Movie
Utamaro's World (1977)
Movie
Tomoda
Cobra 2 (1976)
Movie
Graveyard of Honor (1975)
Movie
Inspector Ippei Kumano
Super Robot Red Baron (1973)
TV
Cross-Currents (1972)
Movie
Shadow Hunters (1972)
Movie
Michio Ôhara
Silver Kamen (1971)
TV
Saburo Aizawa
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow (1971)
Movie
Actor
Hazardous Graduation (1970)
Movie
Tsukamoto
The Militarists (1970)
Movie
Penitentiary Brothers (1969)
Movie
Safari 5000 (1969)
Movie
The Rough One (1969)
Movie
若い川の流れ (1968)
Movie
Gohara
Outlaw: Heartless (1968)
Movie
Sayama
The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
Movie
Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Movie
Michihiko Yabuhara
Branded to Kill (1967)
Movie
4.25
Principal
Fighting Elegy (1966)
Movie
Zero Fighter (1966)
Movie
Umetani
Tokyo Drifter (1966)
Movie
Kokoro no sanmyaku (1966)
Movie
Iwakichi Mori
The Stars and I Decided... (1965)
Movie
The Ghost of the Hunchback (1965)
Movie
Seishun no Sabaki (1965)
Movie
Narita
Story of a Prostitute (1965)
Movie
(segment 'In a Cup of Tea') (uncredited)
Kwaidan (1965)
Movie
1
Matsubara Takumi
Taikouki (1965)
TV
The Flower and the Sword (1964)
Movie
Homecoming (1964)
Movie
Horidome
Gate of Flesh (1964)
Movie
Police Officer
Pale Flower (1964)
Movie
The Flower and the Angry Waves (1964)
Movie
Tale of Army Brutality (1963)
Movie
Ryohei Inoue
Tokyo Bay (1962)
Movie
Actress (1956)
Movie
Twice on a Certain Night (1956)
Movie
Moriyama
The Street Without Sun (1954)
Movie
Ratings
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1922-01-11
Deathday2004-01-01 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceShinjuku-ku, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As玉川伊佐男
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