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was a Japanese actor. ==Biography== Tamba is perhaps best known by Western audiences for his role as Tiger Tanaka in the 1967 James Bond film ''You Only Live Twice'' (he was dubbed by Robert Rietti). By then, he had among other roles appeared in two films by director Masaki Kobayashi: ''Harakiri'' and ''Kwaidan''. He also portrayed the lead character in the police dramas ''Key Hunter'' and ''G-Men '75'', the latter of which remains his best-known role in Japan.〔(Japan Hero )〕 He also portrayed the voice of the "Cat King" in the original Japanese version of the Studio Ghibli anime film ''The Cat Returns''. More recently, he had parts in ''Twilight Samurai'' and two Takashi Miike films, ''The Happiness of the Katakuris'' and ''Gozu'', as well as acting as a spokesperson for the Dai Rei Kai spiritual movement. Tamba's son, Yoshitaka Tamba, is also an actor. In February 2005, Tamba was hospitalized for influenza and appendicitis. He lost weight drastically and his health degenerated. On September 24, 2006, he died in Tokyo at the age of 84 of pneumonia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tetsurō Tamba」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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