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, 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.
Acted in
A Tale of Youth at Hirosaki High School
1992
Onihei Hankachō
1989
Nezumi Kozō kaitō den
1984
Kagero-za
1981
as Clerk
Port Arthur
1980
as Kanemoto Matsumura
Zigeunerweisen
1980
as Doctor Amaki
The Fierce Battles of Edo
1979
The Fall of Teenager
1979
Take Me Away!
1978
as Shintaro Ishiguro
Sweet Revenge
1977
as Detective Oka
The Visitor in the Eye
1977
as Detective Geta
Mount Hakkoda
1977
as Captain Okitsu
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
1977
as Mori
Utamaro's World
1977
Cobra 2
1976
as Tomoda
Graveyard of Honor
1975
Super Robot Red Baron
1973
as Inspector Ippei Kumano
Cross-Currents
1972
Shadow Hunters
1972
Men and War II: Land of Love and Sorrow
1971
as Saburo Aizawa
Hazardous Graduation
1970
The Militarists
1970
as Tsukamoto
Penitentiary Brothers
1969
Safari 5000
1969
The Rough One
1969
若い川の流れ
1968
Outlaw: Heartless
1968
as Gohara
The Sands of Kurobe
1968
as Sayama
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section
Branded to Kill
1967
as Michihiko Yabuhara
Fighting Elegy
1966
as Principal
Zero Fighter
1966
Tokyo Drifter
1966
as Umetani
Kokoro no sanmyaku
1966
The Stars and I Decided...
1965
as Iwakichi Mori
House of Terrors
1965
Seishun no Sabaki
1965
Story of a Prostitute
1965
as Narita
Kwaidan
1965
as (segment "In a Cup of Tea") (uncredited)
Taikouki
1965
as Matsubara Takumi
The Flower and the Sword
1964
Profit from Killing
1964
Homecoming
1964
Gate of Flesh
1964
as Horidome
Pale Flower
1964
as Police Officer
The Flower and the Angry Waves
1964
Tale of Army Brutality
1963
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
1963
Tokyo Bay
1962
as Ryohei Inoue
Actress
1956
Twice on a Certain Night
1956
The Street Without Sun
1954
as Moriyama