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Tetsuro Tamba, who played James Bond's Japanese ally Tiger Tanaka in You Only Live Twice (1967), has died of pneumonia in Tokyo, aged 84.
Born Shozaburo Tanba, he worked as a translator and did not begin making films until the 1950s. But he went on to appear in more than 200, including many samurai and yakuza films. He worked with several of the country's top directors and by the early 1960s was beginning to land roles in visiting international productions.
Tamba first worked with director Lewis Gilbert when he co-starred in the Far East drama The 7th Dawn (1964) with William Holden and Susannah York. Gilbert felt he was an obvious choice for the co-starring role of the handsome and inscrutable Japanese spymaster in You Only Live Twice.
Tamba won a Japanese Academy Award as best supporting actor in 1981 for his performance as a general in The Battle of Port Arthur, an epic set against the backdrop of the Russo-Japanese War.
Or, a rising star in the booming construction sector caught in the cross-hairs of an arch rival and on criminal charges related to bid-rigging? Industry watchers say the story contains the two elements. But the man under scrutiny, contractor Hafeez Karamath, insists that he has received no special favours from the State-run Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (UDeCOTT), or anybody else for that matter, and that rumours swirling about his so-called political and business connections are just that. Karamath, who is before the courts on criminal charges related to the US$150 million desalination water plant at Point Lisas, is hanging tough, ignoring his critics and pushing full speed ahead to catch up on government-funded projects that have fallen behind schedule and over-budget-among them, the Manning administration's much-trumpeted Brian Lara Cricket Stadium in Torouba.
The slayings of two men outside a southwest Houston apartment last week apparently are connected to a ring of thieves who targeted construction sites, police said. Rodrigo Trejo, 35, and David Martinez, 24, were ambushed Oct. 8 outside their apartment in the 7600 block of Clarewood, police said. Trejo was shot several times and died at the scene. Martinez survived the initial attack but died at Ben Taub General Hospital. .
Members of the Belmont Chamber of Commerce will welcome Ink Solution, the 200th member of the organization, with a ribbon-cutting at 5:30 p.m. Monday. Lue Yang and Ying Moua recently opened the printer cartridge and toner refilling business in Main Street Crossing at 6412 Wilkinson Blvd. in Belmont. All Belmont Chamber members and other members of the business community are invited to attend the free event. The Cleveland County Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting and grand opening Oct. 5 for the new orthodontic practice of Dr. Reed Mockaitis. The office opened Aug. 7 at 417 W. Warren St., Shelby. The practice provides orthodontic treatment for teeth and jaws for children and adults. Women in Business Pearl Burris Floyd will present "Polishing Your Professional Diamond" at the next Belmont Chamber's Women in Business luncheon from 11:30 a.m.
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