Tetsu Komai (1894–1970) was a minor Hollywood actor born in Kumamoto, Japan who died in Gardena, California of congestive heart failure. Tetsu had small parts in over 50 films from the 1920s until the mid 1960s. In his early films, Tetsu was often described with derogatory terms such as Chinaman,[1] although he was Japanese. He played the villain in many of his films.[2]