Isao Tamagawa

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.

Partial filmography

Taiyo no nai machi (1954) Tôkyô wan (1962) Hidarikî ki no sôgekishâ-Tôkyô wan (1962) Shitamachi no taiyô (1963) - Detective Rikugun zangyaku monogatari (1963) Pale Flower (1964) Gate of Flesh (1964) - Horidome Kikyô (1964) - Gô Ushiki Sâtsu rarete tama ruka (II) (1964) Kwaidan (1964) - (segment "Chawan no naka") Story of a Prostitute (1965) - Narita Kono niji no kieru toki ni mo (1966) Tokyo Drifter (1966) - Umetani Chimatsuri kenkajo (1966) Zero faita dai kûsen (1966) Fighting Elegy (1966) - Principal Sâsurai ha ore no ûnmei (1966) Branded to Kill (1967) - Michihiko Yabuhara Japan's Longest Day (1967) - Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section Taiketsu (1967) Ogon no yaro-domo (1967) Âa Kimi ga Ai (1967) - Ryôsuke, Iwasa Kurobe no taiyo (1968) - Sayama Burai hijô (1968) - Gôhara Wasureru monoka (1968) Arakure (1969) Fuji sanchô (1970) Gekido no showashi 'Gunbatsu (1970) - Sukamoto (uncredited) Joshi gakuen: Yabai sotsugyô (1970) Yomigaeru daichi (1971) - Katsuzo Kage gari (1972) Graveyard of Honor (1975) Shen quan fei long (1975) Utareru mae-ni ute! (1976) - Inspector Tomoda Utamaro: Yume to shiriseba (1977) Hakkodasan (1977) - Captain Okitsu Furimukeba ai (1978) - Shintaro Ishiguro Jûdai: Keiko no baai (1979) - Tomio Takano Tsigoineruwaizen (1980) - Doctor Amaki Kagerô-za (1981) - Clerk (final film role)

ReferencesSource''' Scott Allen Nollen. Takashi Shimura: Chameleon of Japanese Cinema'' (McFarland; 2019)