Tsunehiko Watase

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Biography

Tsunehiko Watase (July 28, 1944 – March 14, 2017) was a Japanese actor. He is best known for portraying Rintaro Kano in Keishicho Sosa Ikka 9 Gakari ("Homicide Team 9"). He won Best Supporting Actor at the 2nd Japan Academy Prize for The Incident and at the 3rd Hochi Film Award for The Incident, Kōtei no inai hachigatsu and The Fall of Ako Castle.

Known For

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Toshio Arita

Virus

Yasuo Tatsuno

Antarctica

Ochi

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

Makoto Sakuma

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Takeshi Kuramoto

Gate of Flesh

Shintaro Ibuki

Sympathy for the Underdog

Shin Seki

G.I. Samurai

Hayato Yano

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2017	And Then There Were None TV	Hyogo Iwamura
2017	判事失格！？弁護士夏目連太郎の逆転捜査 TV	Self
2015	Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 38 MOVIE	Hideo Yoake
2015	Inspector Totsugawa Series 54 - The Woman of Sunrise Izumo MOVIE	Self
2015	Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 37 - Mystery of Double Homicides from Tokyo to Hamamatsu MOVIE	Hideo Yoake
2014	Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 36 MOVIE	Self
2014	Back of Father TV	Asakura Kenzou
2014	更生人・土門恭介の再犯ファイル～罪を犯した女たち～ TV	Self
2013	よその歌わたしの唄 TV	Self
2011	医師・円城寺修 TV	Self
2011	Antarctica TV	Takeshi Kuramochi's Father
2010	内田康夫ミステリー　湯布院殺人事件 TV	Self
2009	Sanpei the Fisher Boy MOVIE	Ippei Mihira
2007	Chiritotechin TV	Tsurezuretei Sojaku
2006	北アルプス山岳救助隊・紫門一鬼８　白馬八方尾根　雪どけの叫び MOVIE	Self
2006	Taxi Driver’s Mystery Diary SP22 MOVIE	Yoake Sudeo
2006	Homicide Team 9 TV	Rintaro Kano
2006	食い道楽!出張料理人亀崎源一 TV	Self
2005	虚貌〜顔の無い殺人者 TV	Self
2005	Haru Urara MOVIE	Dai Muneishi
2005	警視庁捜査一課強行犯七係 TV	Self
2004	つぐない TV	Self
2003	湯けむり殺人案内なんにも専務の名推理 TV	Self
2002	Omiyasan TV	Torii Kansaburo
2002	長崎で消えた女 TV	Self
2001	Jesus is My Boss MOVIE	Yuji Kihara
2001	The Bubble TV	Self
2000	殺意の涯て－広域指定188号の女 TV	Self
1999	Nile MOVIE	Self
1998	Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: The Black Sunflower Woman MOVIE	Yoake Hideo
1998	Let's Get Happy MOVIE	Self
1998	Andromedia MOVIE	Toshihiko Hitomi / Mai's Father / Ai's Creator
1998	Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: Murder of the Killer MOVIE	Yoake Hideo
1997	海を渡った愛と殺意 TV	Self
1997	Steel & Lead MOVIE	探偵
1997	The Girl Who Leapt Through Time MOVIE	Antique Dealer
1994	Crest of Betrayal MOVIE	Yasubei Horibe
1993	Rex: A Dinosaur's Story MOVIE	Akira Tateno
1993	Emperor of Upheaval MOVIE	Self
1993	The Fire Still Burns TV	Fujiwara no Hidehira
1993	Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears MOVIE	Self
1992	Nurses and Doctors MOVIE	Naoyuki Uemura
1992	Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary TV	Self
1992	Totsugawa Police Department Series TV	十津川省三
1992	One Bowl of Kakesoba MOVIE	Proprietor of Hokkaitei
1991	Maji! MOVIE	Self
1990	Heaven and Earth MOVIE	Usami
1990	1750 Days of Turbulence MOVIE	Self
1990	Paradise Japan MOVIE	Self
1990	Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode MOVIE	Self
1989	Four Days of Snow and Blood MOVIE	Ryoji Ishihara
1989	Sensei MOVIE	Akira Nakajima
1989	Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die MOVIE	Self
1988	The Silk Road MOVIE	Li Yuanhao
1988	Gate of Flesh MOVIE	Shintaro Ibuki
1987	Golf Before Dawn MOVIE	Self
1987	Samurai Rebellion MOVIE	Futago Rokubei
1987	Tokyo Blackout MOVIE	Asakura Tatsuya
1986	Death Shadows MOVIE	Self
1986	Beyond the Shining Sea MOVIE	Atsushi Tanii
1986	Cabaret MOVIE	Yakuza
1985	Sanada Taiheiki TV	Sanada Nobuyuki
1984	Fushin no Toki MOVIE	Self
1984	Marriage Counselor Tora-san MOVIE	Tony
1984	Curtain Call MOVIE	Takuji Shinozaki
1984	The Street of Desire MOVIE	Sadaichi Yamakoshi
1983	The Politicians MOVIE	Takuro Sotoura
1983	ランドセルと目玉焼き TV	Kunio Hayasaka
1983	Antarctica MOVIE	Ochi
1983	A Bridge of Tears MOVIE	Self
1983	Time and Tide MOVIE	Yasu-san
1983	Amagi Pass MOVIE	Matsunojo Tajima, the cop
1982	Lovers Lost MOVIE	Kozo Watanabe
1982	Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword MOVIE	Self
1982	Fossilized Wilderness MOVIE	Sousuke Nishina
1982	Gate of Youth 2 MOVIE	Tadao Ishii
1981	Sailor Suit and Machine Gun MOVIE	Makoto Sakuma
1981	Call from Darkness MOVIE	Kazuo Harada
1981	Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage MOVIE	Self
1981	Morning Moon Is Cruel MOVIE	Kusakabe
1981	Abandoned MOVIE	Self
1981	Gate of Youth MOVIE	Kanayama
1980	Writhing Tongue MOVIE	Akira Miyoshi
1980	The Wicked MOVIE	Lawyer Sakaki
1980	Virus MOVIE	Yasuo Tatsuno
1980	Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga MOVIE	Self
1980	Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo MOVIE	Lower Hanzo
1979	Heaven Sent MOVIE	Shinsaku Miura
1979	The Three Undelivered Letters MOVIE	Minegishi
1979	G.I. Samurai MOVIE	Hayato Yano
1978	The Fall of Ako Castle MOVIE	Kobayashi Heihachiro
1978	August Without Emperor MOVIE	Akimasa Fujisaki
1978	The Incident MOVIE	Takeshi Hanai
1978	10th Degree Earthquake MOVIE	Max
1977	Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds MOVIE	Takashi Ashizawa
1977	Japan's Don MOVIE	Takeshi Nomizo
1976	The Great Okinawa Yakuza War MOVIE	Hiroshi Kategaru
1976	Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist MOVIE	Shuji Takagi
1976	A Savage Beast Goes Mad MOVIE	Shin Hayami
1976	Violent Panic: The Big Crash MOVIE	Self
1976	Operation Plazma in Osaka MOVIE	Self
1975	The Decisive Power of Aikido MOVIE	Self
1975	New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss MOVIE	Kunimitsu Sugawa
1975	Pimp Heaven MOVIE	Self
1975	Unified Shadows TV	Self
1975	Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack MOVIE	Self
1974	New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 MOVIE	Noboru Kitami
1974	The Rapacious Jailbreaker MOVIE	Tagami Kiyomatsu
1974	Yakuza vs. Gang Leader MOVIE	Self
1974	Violent Fraternity MOVIE	Self
1974	Code of Wolves MOVIE	Self
1974	Father of the Kamikaze MOVIE	Self
1974	Third Generation Boss MOVIE	Self
1974	The Karate Man and the Spy MOVIE	Tekken Sakuragi
1974	The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers MOVIE	Self
1974	The Tattooed Hitman MOVIE	Kenichi Furuta
1974	Jeans Blues: No Future MOVIE	Jiro Katagiri
1974	Woman Mobsters MOVIE	Self
1974	Student Yakuza MOVIE	Self
1974	Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown MOVIE	Kuroki Tatsuya
1974	Katsu Kaishu TV	Tanaka Shinbei
1973	Bodyguard Kiba 2 MOVIE	Takeshi Nanjo
1973	Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War MOVIE	Takeshi Kuramoto
1973	The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers MOVIE	Mao
1973	A True Story of the Private Ginza Police MOVIE	Watarai
1973	Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School MOVIE	Yôichi Kikumura
1973	Hell Riders in Kyoto MOVIE	Self
1973	Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom MOVIE	Self
1973	The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail MOVIE	Self
1973	Aesthetics of a Bullet MOVIE	Self
1973	Battles Without Honor and Humanity MOVIE	Toshio Arita
1972	The Horrible Obsessions MOVIE	Masayuki Shinshiro
1972	Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences MOVIE	Goro Yuki
1972	Yakuza Skirmishes MOVIE	Self
1972	The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats MOVIE	Self
1972	Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro MOVIE	Genta
1972	Shōwa Gokudōshi MOVIE	Self
1972	Gang Warfare MOVIE	Self
1972	Wandering Ginza Butterfly MOVIE	Ryûji
1972	The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang MOVIE	Self
1972	Zorome no San Kyoudai MOVIE	Self
1971	Wolves of the City: First to Fight MOVIE	Self
1971	A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers MOVIE	Self
1971	The Armed Organization MOVIE	Self
1971	Troops of Darkness MOVIE	Self
1971	The Gambler's Counterattack MOVIE	Takeji
1971	The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup MOVIE	Self
1971	Wolves on Motorcycles MOVIE	Self
1971	Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess MOVIE	Mari's friend
1971	Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival MOVIE	Tatsumi Eiji
1971	Fate Deals the Card of Death MOVIE	Self
1971	Sympathy for the Underdog MOVIE	Shin Seki
1970	Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters MOVIE	Self
1970	Inside a Girl's Dormitory MOVIE	Self
1970	The Last Kamikaze MOVIE	Self
1970	The Experience MOVIE	Self
1970	Wolves of the City, Take Your Chance MOVIE	Self
1970	Three Pretty Devils MOVIE	Self
1970	Prison Tales MOVIE	Self
1970	Killer's Hit List MOVIE	Self
	白昼の死角(TV) TV	Self

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