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Misako Watanabe

Misako Watanabe

Misako Watanabe

1932-10-23

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Age: 92

ACTING

Biography

Misako Watanabe (渡辺美佐子) (b. 23 October 1932) is a Japanese actress. She is a graduate of the Haiyuza Theatre Company. In 1997 she received a Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon and in 2004 the Order of the Rising Sun.

Best known for:

Kwaidan

Youth of the Beast

The Great Passage

Samurai Spy

Bread of Happiness

Midnight Diner 2

Take Aim at the Police Van

The Inheritance

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

Face

Being Two Isn't Easy

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

With Beauty and Sorrow

Lullaby to Kill

Endless Desire

Bare Essence of Life

Tower of Lilies

Hungry Soul

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

Cat Soup Theater

Hungry Soul, Part II

A Slope in the Sun

Human

Tattoo

The Rambling Guitarist

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Filmography:

Hungry Soul (1956)
APPEREAD AS:
Noriko Izumitani
Hungry Soul, Part II (1956)
APPEREAD AS:
Noriko Izumitani
Gyakukōsen (1956)
APPEREAD AS:
Motoko Sayama
Temptation (1957)
APPEREAD AS:
Junko Takeyama
Streetlights (1957)
APPEREAD AS:
千代
Endless Desire (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Shima
A Slope in the Sun (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Yuriko Kawakami
The Seasons of Love (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Yuriko

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Forever, My Love (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Tokie
The Rambling Guitarist (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
Rie
Break Down that Wall (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
Sakiko, the Tanigawas' daughter-in-law
The Age of Our Own (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
Yoriko
Kikenna onna (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
Yoshiko Shiota
Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
Yûko Hamajima
Wait for Tomorrow (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
Shinobu Yamaki
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab (1961)
APPEREAD AS:
Tomiko Haraguchi

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The Inheritance (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Kawara's wife Rie
Being Two Isn't Easy (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Setsuko
Ningen Gari (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Shima Kajimoto
Children of Izu (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
Nanae Igami
Tokyo Untouchable (1962)
APPEREAD AS:
as Mie Kaneko
Youth of the Beast (1963)
5.7
APPEREAD AS:
Kumiko Takeshita
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)
APPEREAD AS:
Yasu, Sajiemon's wife
The Hill is Full of Flowers (1963)
APPEREAD AS:
Asako Shiraishi
Kwaidan (1965)
6.5
APPEREAD AS:
Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Samurai Spy (1965)
5.3
APPEREAD AS:
Okiwa
With Beauty and Sorrow (1965)
APPEREAD AS:
Fumiko Ôki
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Kuriko
Dissolution Rites (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Mie
The Shogun and His Mistresses (1967)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator
Child Bride (1970)
APPEREAD AS:
Yukiko Takayama
The Gentle Japanese (1971)
APPEREAD AS:
Woman of the story
Lullaby to Kill (1977)
APPEREAD AS:
Harue Bessho - Chi'e's Mother
Tattoo (1982)
APPEREAD AS:
Sadako Takeda
Ichiban Daiko (1985)
APPEREAD AS:
養母・勢子
Tsugumi (1990)
APPEREAD AS:
Tugumi's Mother
Summer of the Moonlight Sonata (1993)
APPEREAD AS:
Kimiko Yoshioka
Haru yo koi (1994)
APPEREAD AS:
長坂アイ
In Blazing Love (1994)
APPEREAD AS:
Narrator (voice)
The Abe Clan (1995)
APPEREAD AS:
Kinu
Face (2000)
APPEREAD AS:
Mrs. Yoshimura
Farewell, Kuro (2003)
APPEREAD AS:
Principal Makino
Water Boys 2005 Summer (2005)
APPEREAD AS:
Haru Kakihara
Haru and Natsu (2005)
APPEREAD AS:
Nobu Takakura
Bare Essence of Life (2009)
APPEREAD AS:
Shibata
Ohisama (2011)
APPEREAD AS:
Fujiko Kirino
Bread of Happiness (2012)
APPEREAD AS:
Aya Sakamoto
The Great Passage (2013)
5.9
APPEREAD AS:
Take
Karaage USA (2014)
APPEREAD AS:
Some Karashima
Princess Maison (2016)
APPEREAD AS:
Akane Todo
Midnight Diner 2 (2016)
APPEREAD AS:
Yukiko Ogawa
Mango no Ki no Shita de (2019)
APPEREAD AS:
Kusakabe Aya
Sketches of Life (2019)
APPEREAD AS:
Kazuko Tanaka
Route29 (2024)
APPEREAD AS:
Old Lady at the Watch Shop