Misako Watanabe

Acting

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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.

Known For

Kwaidan

Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

Youth of the Beast

Kumiko Takeshita

The Great Passage

Take

Samurai Spy

Okiwa

Bread of Happiness

Aya Sakamoto

Midnight Diner 2

Yukiko Ogawa

Take Aim at the Police Van

Yûko Hamajima

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

Yasu, Sajiemon's wife

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2024	Route29 MOVIE	Old Lady at the Watch Shop
2020	THE LAST GOZE MOVIE	Self
2019	Sketches of Life MOVIE	Kazuko Tanaka
2019	Mango no Ki no Shita de TV	Aya Kusakabe (1989)
2018	The Antique MOVIE	Self
2016	Midnight Diner 2 MOVIE	Yukiko Ogawa
2016	Princess Maison TV	Akane Todo
2016	Battleship Musashi TV	Self
2014	Karaage USA MOVIE	Some Karashima
2013	The Great Passage MOVIE	Take
2012	Bread of Happiness MOVIE	Aya Sakamoto
2011	Ohisama TV	Fujiko Kirino
2009	Bare Essence of Life MOVIE	Shibata
2009	Okaimono MOVIE	Self
2008	Frost MOVIE	Self
2007	Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad MOVIE	Self
2006	彼女の恋文 TV	Self
2005	Haru and Natsu TV	Nobu Takakura
2005	Water Boys 2005 Summer TV	Haru Kakihara
2005	The Milkwoman MOVIE	Toshiko Minagawa
2003	Farewell, Kuro MOVIE	Principal Makino
2002	Psycho Doctor TV	Self
2000	Face MOVIE	Mrs. Yoshimura
1999	Sennen-Tabito MOVIE	Self
1999	Cat Soup Theater TV	Self
1995	The Abe Clan MOVIE	Kinu
1994	Haru yo koi TV	長坂アイ
1994	In Blazing Love MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1993	Summer of the Moonlight Sonata MOVIE	Kimiko Yoshioka
1991	The love song of farewell later MOVIE	Self
1990	Tsugumi MOVIE	Tugumi's Mother
1987	Corpse of your Choice MOVIE	Self
1985	Ichiban Daiko TV	養母・勢子
1982	Tattoo MOVIE	Sadako Takeda
1981	Rennyo and His Mother MOVIE	Self
1981	This Is Noriko MOVIE	Harue Matsubara
1977	Lullaby to Kill MOVIE	Harue Bessho - Chi'e's Mother
1975	Red Suspicion TV	Self
1973	Long Journey into Love MOVIE	Self
1973	A Mummy’s Love MOVIE	Self
1971	The Gentle Japanese MOVIE	Woman of the story
1970	Child Bride MOVIE	Yukiko Takayama
1967	The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka MOVIE	Kuriko
1967	The Shogun and His Mistresses MOVIE	Narrator
1967	Dissolution Rites MOVIE	Mie
1965	Samurai Spy MOVIE	Okiwa
1965	Cold Rice, Osan, Chan MOVIE	Self
1965	Tokyo Untouchable MOVIE	as Mie Kaneko
1965	With Beauty and Sorrow MOVIE	Fumiko Ôki
1965	Kwaidan MOVIE	Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
1964	Ningen ni kakeruna MOVIE	Self
1964	Homecoming MOVIE	Self
1964	Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut MOVIE	Self
1964	The Third Ninja MOVIE	Self
1963	Sasuke and His Comedians MOVIE	Self
1963	The Gambling Monk MOVIE	Self
1963	The Hill is Full of Flowers MOVIE	Asako Shiraishi
1963	Foggy Night Blues MOVIE	Self
1963	Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai MOVIE	Yasu, Sajiemon's wife
1963	Youth of the Beast MOVIE	Kumiko Takeshita
1963	A Fishmonger's Tour MOVIE	Self
1962	Children of Izu MOVIE	Nanae Igami
1962	Being Two Isn't Easy MOVIE	Setsuko
1962	Human MOVIE	Kamegoro's wife
1962	At the Side of the Bridge 2 MOVIE	Self
1962	零戦黒雲一家 MOVIE	Self
1962	At the Side of the Bridge MOVIE	Self
1962	Me o tsubutte tsuppashire MOVIE	Self
1962	Facing to the Clouds MOVIE	Self
1962	The Injured Boy MOVIE	Self
1962	Kimagure tosei MOVIE	Self
1962	The Inheritance MOVIE	Kawara's wife Rie
1962	Ningen Gari MOVIE	Shima Kajimoto
1962	Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi MOVIE	Self
1961	Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab MOVIE	Tomiko Haraguchi
1961	That Guy and I MOVIE	Self
1961	Yabure Kabure MOVIE	Self
1961	Dai shusse monogatari MOVIE	Self
1960	The War Without Weapons MOVIE	Self
1960	Wait for Tomorrow MOVIE	Shinobu Yamaki
1960	Sixteen years old MOVIE	Self
1960	The Lost Diamond MOVIE	Self
1960	Take Aim at the Police Van MOVIE	Yûko Hamajima
1960	The Guitarist and the Rancher MOVIE	Self
1959	Kikenna onna MOVIE	Yoshiko Shiota
1959	The Age of Our Own MOVIE	Yoriko
1959	The Ghost of Iwojima MOVIE	Self
1959	The Rambling Guitarist MOVIE	Rie
1959	Wolves on Number Zero Street MOVIE	Self
1959	Break Down that Wall MOVIE	Sakiko, the Tanigawas' daughter-in-law
1959	Wakai hyou no mure MOVIE	Self
1959	Beneath the Gallows MOVIE	Self
1959	Talented Woman MOVIE	Self
1959	Masked Woman MOVIE	Self
1959	Unripe Fruit MOVIE	Self
1959	The Third Dead Angle MOVIE	Self
1958	City with Beasts MOVIE	Self
1958	Endless Desire MOVIE	Shima
1958	Young Breasts MOVIE	Self
1958	The Man Who Rode the Typhoon MOVIE	Self
1958	The Seasons of Love MOVIE	Yuriko
1958	A Slope in the Sun MOVIE	Yuriko Kawakami
1958	Forever, My Love MOVIE	Tokie
1958	Shiroi akuma MOVIE	Self
1957	Teen Age Trap MOVIE	Self
1957	Mountain Pass MOVIE	Self
1957	But the Flesh is Weak MOVIE	Self
1957	Temptation MOVIE	Junko Takeyama
1957	The Barefoot Girl MOVIE	Self
1957	Who's the Real Killer MOVIE	Self
1957	This Day's Life MOVIE	Self
1957	Streetlights MOVIE	千代
1957	Joshiryōsai MOVIE	Self
1956	Hungry Soul, Part II MOVIE	Noriko Izumitani
1956	Hungry Soul MOVIE	Noriko Izumitani
1956	Saigo no sentō-ki MOVIE	Self
1956	Flesh Smuggling MOVIE	Self
1956	Gyakukōsen MOVIE	Motoko Sayama
1953	Tower of Lilies MOVIE	Self

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