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Misako Watanabe

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Misako Watanabe

Born October 23, 1932 in Tokyo, Japan113 films

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.

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Kwaidan posterFirst watchKwaidan19657.7as Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results.View film

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Filmography

113 films as actor
  1. 2024Route29Old Lady at the Watch Shop
  2. 2020THE LAST GOZE
  3. 2019Sketches of LifeKazuko Tanaka
  4. 2018The Antique
  5. 2016Midnight Diner 2Yukiko Ogawa
  6. 2014Karaage USASome Karashima
  7. 2013The Great PassageTake
  8. 2012Bread of HappinessAya Sakamoto
  9. 2009Bare Essence of LifeShibata
  10. 2009Okaimono
  11. 2008Frost
  12. 2007Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
  13. 2005The MilkwomanToshiko Minagawa
  14. 2003Farewell, KuroPrincipal Makino
  15. 2001Acacia Walk
  16. 2001Proof of the Man 2001
  17. 2000FaceMrs. Yoshimura
  18. 1999Sennen-Tabito
  19. 1995The Abe ClanKinu
  20. 1994In Blazing LoveNarrator (voice)
  21. 1994Otoko Tomodachi
  22. 1993Summer of the Moonlight SonataKimiko Yoshioka
  23. 1991The love song of farewell later
  24. 1990TsugumiTugumi's Mother
  25. 1987Corpse of your Choice
  26. 1982TattooSadako Takeda
  27. 1981Rennyo and His Mother
  28. 1981This Is NorikoHarue Matsubara
  29. 1981空よ海よ息子たちよ
  30. 1979Rika
  31. 1977Lullaby to KillHarue Bessho - Chi'e's Mother
  32. 1973Long Journey into Love
  33. 1973A Mummy’s Love
  34. 1971The Gentle JapaneseWoman of the story
  35. 1970Child BrideYukiko Takayama
  36. 1967The Wife of Seishu HanaokaKoriku
  37. 1967The Shogun and His MistressesNarrator
  38. 1967Dissolution RitesMie
  39. 1965Samurai SpyOkiwa
  40. 1965Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
  41. 1965Tokyo Untouchableas Mie Kaneko
  42. 1965With Beauty and SorrowFumiko Ôki
  43. 1965KwaidanSecond Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
  44. 1964Ningen ni kakeruna
  45. 1964Homecoming
  46. 1964Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
  47. 1964The Third Ninja
  48. 1963Sasuke and His Comedians
  49. 1963The Gambling Monk
  50. 1963The Hill is Full of FlowersAsako Shiraishi
  51. 1963Foggy Night Blues
  52. 1963Bushido: The Cruel Code of the SamuraiYasu, Sajiemon's wife
  53. 1963Youth of the BeastKumiko Takeshita
  54. 1963A Fishmonger's Tour
  55. 1962Children of IzuNanae Igami
  56. 1962Being Two Isn't EasySetsuko
  57. 1962HumanKamegoro's wife
  58. 1962At the Side of the Bridge 2
  59. 1962零戦黒雲一家
  60. 1962At the Side of the Bridge
  61. 1962Me o tsubutte tsuppashire
  62. 1962Facing to the Clouds
  63. 1962The Injured Boy
  64. 1962Kimagure tosei
  65. 1962The InheritanceKawara's wife Rie
  66. 1962Ningen GariShima Kajimoto
  67. 1962Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
  68. 1961Million Dollar Smash-and-GrabTomiko Haraguchi
  69. 1961That Guy and I
  70. 1961Yabure Kabure
  71. 1961Dai shusse monogatari
  72. 1960The War Without WeaponsChiyo, Senji Yamamoto's wife
  73. 1960Wait for TomorrowShinobu Yamaki
  74. 1960Sixteen years old
  75. 1960The Lost Diamond
  76. 1960Take Aim at the Police VanYûko Hamajima
  77. 1960The Guitarist and the Rancher
  78. 1959Kikenna onnaYoshiko Shiota
  79. 1959The Age of Our OwnYoriko
  80. 1959The Ghost of Iwojima
  81. 1959The Rambling GuitaristRie
  82. 1959Wolves on Number Zero Street
  83. 1959Break Down that WallSakiko, the Tanigawas' daughter-in-law
  84. 1959Young Panther
  85. 1959Beneath the Gallows
  86. 1959Talented Woman
  87. 1959Masked Woman
  88. 1959Unripe Fruit
  89. 1959The Third Dead Angle
  90. 1958City with Beasts
  91. 1958Endless DesireShima
  92. 1958Young Breasts
  93. 1958The Man Who Rode the TyphoonFumie Nezu
  94. 1958UngaHideko Ako
  95. 1958The Seasons of LoveYuriko
  96. 1958A Slope in the SunYuriko Kawakami
  97. 1958Forever, My LoveTokie
  98. 1958Shiroi akuma
  99. 1957Teen Age Trap
  100. 1957Mountain Pass
  101. 1957But the Flesh is Weak
  102. 1957TemptationJunko Takeyama
  103. 1957The Barefoot Girl
  104. 1957Who's the Real Killer
  105. 1957This Day's Life
  106. 1957Streetlights千代
  107. 1957Joshiryōsai
  108. 1956Hungry Soul, Part IINoriko Izumitani
  109. 1956Hungry SoulNoriko Izumitani
  110. 1956Saigo no sentō-ki
  111. 1956Flesh Smuggling
  112. 1956GyakukōsenMotoko Sayama
  113. 1953Tower of Lilies