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Kunio Watanabe

Kunio Watanabe

Kunio Watanabe

1899-06-03

Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

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Biography

Kunio Watanabe was born on June 3, 1899 in Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Ikoku no oka (1949), Rajo no urei (1950) and Onna Sanshiro (1950). He died on November 5, 1981.

Best known for:

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo

The Two Musashis

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima

Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky

姿三四郎

Oath on the Burning Sands

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1

First Love of Okon

Ambush at Iga Pass

Cosmetic Sales Competition

Spooky Kitaro: Crash!! The Great Rising of Demons from Another Dimension

Mito Kōmon

Diary of a Bride

Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki

Song of the White Orchid

The Old Man of the Propeller

Iron Brothers

Musashibo Benkei

音楽大進軍

Harbor of Life

I Believe I Am Being Followed

Enoken's Singing Detective Story

Enoken's Home Run King

Enoken’s Boxing Generation

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Filmography:

Diary of a Bride (1934)
WORK AS:
Director
Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki (1938)
WORK AS:
Director
The Old Man of the Propeller (1939)
WORK AS:
Director
Oath on the Burning Sands (1940)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Musashibo Benkei (1942)
WORK AS:
Director
Toward the Decisive Battle in the Sky (1943)
WORK AS:
Director
音楽大進軍 (1943)
WORK AS:
Director
Enoken's Home Run King (1948)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay

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Ghost Cat of Nabeshima (1949)
WORK AS:
Director
Enoken’s Boxing Generation (1949)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
The Tattooed Magistrate: Cherry Blossoms Dance Volume (1950)
WORK AS:
Director
The Tattooed Magistrate: Fallen Flowers Showdown Volume (1950)
WORK AS:
Director
The Burning Prison (1950)
WORK AS:
Director
The Singing Baseball Kid (1951)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
のど自慢三羽烏 (1951)
WORK AS:
Director
The Jumping Magistrate (1952)
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Director, Screenplay

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大当り黄金狂時代　 (1952)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
はだか大名　後篇 (1952)
WORK AS:
Director
はだか大名　前篇 (1952)
WORK AS:
Director
花吹雪男祭り　 (1952)
WORK AS:
Director
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.1 (1952)
WORK AS:
Director
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.2 (1952)
WORK AS:
Director
Merciless Blade (1953)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Merciless Blade Part 2 (1953)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Merciless Blade Part 3 (1953)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
The Sun (1953)
WORK AS:
Director
Shigemori Goes To Tokyo (1954)
WORK AS:
Director
Inugami-ke no nazo: Akuma wa odoru (1954)
WORK AS:
Director
続南国太平記　薩南の嵐 (1954)
WORK AS:
Director
Nangoku Taiheiki (1954)
WORK AS:
Director
Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion (1954)
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Screenplay, Director
爆笑天国　とんち教室 (1954)
WORK AS:
Director
Goblin Warrior (1955)
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Director
Morishige no demakase shinshi (1955)
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Director
Nonki saiban (1955)
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Screenplay, Director
Morishige's Honeymoon (1956)
WORK AS:
Director
Three Generations of Company Presidents (1956)
WORK AS:
Director
Devil Princess’ Beauty Competition (1956)
WORK AS:
Director
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Hibari no san'yaku: Zoku Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge (1957)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Hibari no san'yaku: Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge (1957)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed (1957)
WORK AS:
Director
The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (1958)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
First Love of Okon (1958)
WORK AS:
Director
Ambush at Iga Pass (1958)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Dai Abare Tokaido (1958)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Tomboy Samurai (1958)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Angkor Wat Story - Beautiful Sadness (1958)
WORK AS:
Story, Director, Screenplay
Hebihime sama (1959)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
風来物語任侠篇 (1959)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
A Storm Zone (1959)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
The Two Musashis (1960)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
越後獅子祭 (1960)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
風来物語あばれ飛車 (1960)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Devil's Nursery Rhyme (1961)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo (1961)
WORK AS:
Director
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado (1961)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.２ (1961)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha and the Girl of Osaka (1962)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
365 Nights (1962)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Song of Kagoshima (1962)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven (1962)
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Writer, Director
Pleasant Company (1962)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
South Pacific Waves Are High (1962)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Cosmetic Sales Competition (1963)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
姿三四郎 (1970)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Spooky Kitaro: Crash!! The Great Rising of Demons from Another Dimension (1986)
WORK AS:
Key Animation