Tetsu Watanabe

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Biography

Tetsu Watanabe (born 11 March 1950) is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films since 1989.

Known For

Princess Mononoke

Wild Dog (voice)

Silence

Prison Guard #2

The Cat Returns

Muta (voice)

Shin Godzilla

Kooriyama : Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management

Fireworks

Junkyard Owner

Sonatine

Uechi

Prisoners of the Ghostland

Nabe

Dreams

Self

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Silent Night MOVIE	Self
2025	Harumi MOVIE	Self
2025	River Returns MOVIE	Matsu
2025	Laugh, Everyone! MOVIE	Kanzo Saito
2024	Pipparan!! MOVIE	Self
2024	掟 MOVIE	Self
2024	Sunny TV	Reiji
2024	This Man MOVIE	Self
2024	The Record of Murder TV	Sakai Teruo
2024	Suiheisen MOVIE	Self
2023	The Intercom Rings TV	Self
2023	Kamaishi Ramen Story MOVIE	Self
2023	Fujiko F. Fujio Sci-Fi Short Drama TV	Self
2023	Baby Assassins: 2 Babies MOVIE	Mr. Matsumoto
2023	Tea Friends MOVIE	Shigeo Tokioka
2022	Minato's Laundromat TV	Self
2022	Pure Japanese MOVIE	Self
2021	The Pretenders MOVIE	Self
2021	Prisoners of the Ghostland MOVIE	Nabe
2021	A Janitor MOVIE	Gen
2021	Petto MOVIE	Self
2020	Hope MOVIE	Hanazuka
2020	Rekishi Meikyuu kara no Dasshutsu~Real Dasshutsu Game X TV Tokyo~ TV	Hokusai Katsushika
2020	Red Post on Escher Street MOVIE	Self
2020	The Menu For Tomorrow MOVIE	Self
2020	Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi TV	Akane's Grandfather
2020	Stardust over the Town MOVIE	Komiyama Akira
2020	Enter the Fat Dragon MOVIE	Grandfather
2020	Extras! TV	Self
2019	The Promised Land MOVIE	Self
2019	Unification of Japan 35 MOVIE	Self
2018	The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan MOVIE	Self
2018	Investor-Z TV	Zen
2018	Shino Can't Say Her Name MOVIE	Self
2018	Unexploded Bomb TV	Self
2018	Life in Overtime MOVIE	Self
2018	Darc MOVIE	Ginzo Kageyama
2018	天才を育てた女房～世界が認めた数学者と妻の愛～ MOVIE	Self
2017	Haru-san – The Bride's Father is a Great Detective MOVIE	Tokuzo Genda
2017	Home Sweet Tokyo TV	Matsuyama Tsuneo
2017	Hello, Detective Hedgehog TV	Akatsuki-en Principal
2017	The World Yamizukan TV	(voice)
2016	The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio MOVIE	Self
2016	Silence MOVIE	Prison Guard #2
2016	Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Fall Special MOVIE	(segment "Harareru!")
2016	CONFLICT II: Conclusion MOVIE	Kasahara
2016	Shin Godzilla MOVIE	Kooriyama : Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management
2016	Otoko Meshi TV	山盛哲司
2016	Hibana: Spark TV	Self
2016	CONFLICT: Outbreak MOVIE	Kasahara
2016	Makanai-sō TV	Self
2016	Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 30 MOVIE	Self
2016	Samurai Cat: Tamanojo Goes to Edo MOVIE	Mr. Aragaki
2016	Run for Love MOVIE	Sushi Chef
2016	Detective Ballerino MOVIE	Self
2015	The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai MOVIE	Self
2015	The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai MOVIE	Dionisy
2015	Sumo Road - The Musical MOVIE	Subana
2015	The Noise MOVIE	Self
2015	Yakuza Apocalypse MOVIE	A-0257
2015	Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 37 - Mystery of Double Homicides from Tokyo to Hamamatsu MOVIE	Self
2015	Wakako Zake TV	Self
2015	全力離婚相談 TV	三ツ矢剛三
2014	A Samurai Chronicle MOVIE	Self
2014	ほっとけない魔女たち TV	Self
2014	Snow Jack MOVIE	Tadaaki Matsumiya
2014	小指ラプソディ MOVIE	Self
2014	The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom MOVIE	Self
2013	Olympic Ransom TV	Self
2013	The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji MOVIE	Self
2013	Why Don't You Play in Hell? MOVIE	Detective Kimura
2013	Kumokiri Nizaemon TV	Self
2013	Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark MOVIE	Tomoda
2012	The Last Train Bound for Nagoya TV	Shōhei Tanaka
2012	Perfect Blue TV	Tamaki Fujinaga
2012	Soumatou Kabushikigaisha TV	Okishima Shozo
2012	Graffreeter Toki MOVIE	Self
2012	The Pod of Good Fortune MOVIE	Self
2012	Himizu MOVIE	Shozo Yoruno
2012	Solitary Gourmet TV	Self
2011	My Dog, My Happiness TV	Resident Association leader
2011	Cold Fish MOVIE	Takayasu TsuTsui
2010	Script MOVIE	Tetsu
2010	Steel Frame TV	Self
2010	Railways MOVIE	Self
2010	30ハケン女が就職する方法 TV	Self
2010	Tensou Sentai Goseiger TV	Jotaro
2009	Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy MOVIE	Haruo Maki
2009	Instant Swamp MOVIE	Kumabechi
2009	Girl's Life MOVIE	Self
2008	Detective Ushio VS Case Reporter Saeko at the Terminal Station MOVIE	Detective Murata
2008	You'll Die Six Hours Later MOVIE	Matsuda Daigo
2008	End Call MOVIE	Sayoko's Father
2008	81Diver TV	Tsukishima Fumio
2008	Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad MOVIE	Oboro
2007	Dream Again TV	Kenz Maeda
2007	The Successful Businessmen Handbook II: Leadership Skills You Can Learn from the Yakuza MOVIE	Self
2007	Glory to the Filmmaker! MOVIE	Noh Mask Man
2007	Jingi 48: Intensified Emblem War MOVIE	Self
2007	Nozokiya TV	Chou
2007	Dear Father TV	Nakagome
2006	Gamera the Brave MOVIE	Victim in ocean
2006	Aogura MOVIE	Kumao Sakazaki
2006	Memories of Matsuko MOVIE	Detective
2006	Gachi Baka! TV	Kanamori Masaaki
2005	Touch MOVIE	Head of Boxing Department
2005	Takeshis' MOVIE	TV Wardrobe Master / Noodle Cook / Audition Actor
2005	Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter MOVIE	Kabashima Chobei
2004	Walking With The Dog MOVIE	Self
2004	Zenigata Heiji TV	Miwa no Manshichi
2003	川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語 TV	Self
2003	Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series MOVIE	Self
2002	Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla MOVIE	Management
2002	Kichiku MOVIE	Self
2002	Igyō no koi MOVIE	Self
2002	The Cat Returns MOVIE	Muta (voice)
2002	Tomie: Forbidden Fruit MOVIE	Suzuki
2001	Misoji no gokesan: Yogari naki MOVIE	President of K-Pro
2001	Hero TV	Yoshiro Akama
2000	臨床心理士 TV	Kenji Ushiyama
2000	Ikebukuro West Gate Park TV	Tetsu Ando
2000	Jingi 23: Bodyguard MOVIE	Self
2000	Watashi no Aozora TV	Bazooka Tonegawa
2000	Ichigensan MOVIE	Self
1999	Sunday's Dream MOVIE	Self
1999	Birdcage of Horrors MOVIE	Self
1999	Ley Lines MOVIE	Kondo
1999	A Woman in the Painting MOVIE	Doctor Aoyagi
1998	Naguru Onna TV	Self
1998	Yakuza Lone Wolf MOVIE	Self
1998	Married Piano Teacher's Naughty Fingers MOVIE	Self
1998	KIZU MOVIE	Self
1997	Fireworks MOVIE	Junkyard Owner
1997	A Story of Modern Chivalry MOVIE	Self
1997	Woman in Witness Protection MOVIE	Detective
1997	Princess Mononoke MOVIE	Wild Dog (voice)
1997	Zero Woman: The Accused MOVIE	Tadokoro
1997	The King of Kita: Roar of Darkness MOVIE	Self
1996	劇的紀行　深夜特急’９７西へ！ユーラシア編 MOVIE	Self
1996	Dangan Runner MOVIE	Chef
1996	Aa!! Hana no Ouendan MOVIE	Self
1996	Story of Miss Q MOVIE	Lulu's Father
1996	33 1/3r.p.m. MOVIE	Self
1996	Swallowtail Butterfly MOVIE	Katsushika Group Boss
1996	XX: Beautiful Killing Machine MOVIE	Boat Man
1996	Suspicious Married Woman Telekura Report MOVIE	Self
1996	Police Branch 82: Rebirth MOVIE	Self
1996	Maji! 5: Deadly Struggle MOVIE	Self
1996	Manji Mai 3: I will let you go Paradise Jodo MOVIE	Self
1996	Lipstick: Falling Woman MOVIE	Self
1996	Kagerô 2 MOVIE	Self
1996	Sleeping Man MOVIE	Daigo
1996	Chinpira Blues: Idiot! MOVIE	Self
1996	Jingi 7: Proxy War Outbreak MOVIE	Self
1995	Extremely Inran Women: Osaka Lewd Cafe MOVIE	Self
1995	A Quiet Life MOVIE	Water Bottle Man
1995	Kamikaze Taxi MOVIE	Self
1995	Gamera: Guardian of the Universe MOVIE	Captain at Mt. Fuji
1995	History of Jirocho Shimizu MOVIE	Self
1994	Zëiram 2 MOVIE	Taguchi
1994	A New Love in Tokyo MOVIE	Middle-aged Man
1994	新・赤かぶ検事奮戦記 TV	Self
1994	Alone in the Night MOVIE	Self
1994	Gokutsubushi MOVIE	Self
1994	用心坊極道狩り MOVIE	Self
1994	Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare MOVIE	Self
1994	Black Money MOVIE	Self
1994	Uneasy Encounters MOVIE	Cat
1994	Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell MOVIE	Self
1993	Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi TV	Self
1993	Sonatine MOVIE	Uechi
1993	The King of Minami: Ginjiro vs. Liquidator MOVIE	Daisaburo Gennai
1993	Madadayo MOVIE	Self
1992	Godzilla vs. Mothra MOVIE	Army Commander
1992	続・こちら凡人組 MOVIE	Self
1992	About Love, Tokyo MOVIE	Accountant manager
1992	Kwaidan MOVIE	Self
1992	Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion MOVIE	Akechi
1991	A Scene at the Sea MOVIE	Exercises Man
1991	The love song of farewell later MOVIE	Self
1990	Blood Oath MOVIE	Captain Ikeuchi
1990	Like a Beast MOVIE	Self
1990	Dreams MOVIE	Self
1990	Tuff Part I - Origin MOVIE	Self
1989	Circus Boys MOVIE	Elephant Master
1983	Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series TV	Receiver
1971	Kamen Rider TV	Norio Uozumi

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