Misako Watanabe
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.
Kwaidan
as Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four...
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Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
as uncreditedAdapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age...
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Youth of the Beast
as Kumiko TakeshitaWhen a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with...
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The Great Passage
as TakeMajime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team...
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Bread of Happiness
as Aya SakamotoA couple decide to relocate from Tokyo to the northern island of Hokkaido where they settle and...
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Midnight Diner 2
as Yukiko OgawaThe Master’s late-night diner welcomes a woman troubled by funeral fans, an elderly scam victim,...
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Tsugumi
as Tugumi's motherTsugumi, who lives in a small seaside town, has been in delicate health from birth. Her parents...
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Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Yasu, Sajiemon's wifeAfter a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw...
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Tattoo
as Sadako TakedaAn ardent culture-vulture youth, previously charged for the murder of a woman when he was young,...
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Samurai Spy
as OkiwaYears of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke...
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Bare Essence of Life
as ShibataYoujin is a quirky young man living in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Yojin has a difficult time...
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Take Aim at the Police Van
as Yûko HamajimaA sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.
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Lullaby to Kill
as Harue Bessho - Chi'e's MotherKôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police...
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Endless Desire
as ShimaSet in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a...
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Tower of Lilies
as uncreditedA group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the...
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Farewell, Kuro
as Principal MakinoBased on a true story set in Matsumoto city, Nagano, during 1960s. A stray dog wanders into a...
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With Beauty and Sorrow
as Fumiko ÔkiWhen the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager--and then wrote a bestselling...
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Being Two Isn't Easy
as SetsukoThe days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point...
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The Third Ninja
as uncreditedThree Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga.
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Face
as Mrs. YoshimuraAwkward and withdrawn, Masako kills her sister in an explosion of pent-up humiliation and rage...
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The Inheritance
as Kawara's wife RieA dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose...
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A Slope in the Sun
as Yuriko KawakamiThe young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro...
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Sasuke and His Comedians
as uncreditedOsaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan...
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Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
as uncreditedThree stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman...
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In Blazing Love
as Narrator (voice)An illustration of the tragic lives of geishas at a popular geisha house, Shinonomero. Shortly...
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The Antique
as uncreditedJob-hunting Daisuke heads to the Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia in Kita-Kamakura with a book signed...
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The Rambling Guitarist
as RieArriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the...
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Young Breasts
as uncreditedA delinquent young man (Kobayashi Akira) from a wealthy family decides to get in on a...
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Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
as uncreditedIn this exciting sequel to the popular samurai-ninja movie Ukyunosuke On Patrol, his mission to...
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Sketches of Life
as Kazuko TanakaRyota Tanaka, a young man who was struggling to become a manga artist in Tokyo, came back to his...
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Dissolution Rites
as MieSawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in...
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The Third Dead Angle
as uncreditedYoshikawa and Kaji are alumni - Yoshikawa leads a life loyal to his company Toho Corporation,...
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That Guy and I
as uncreditedAsada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's...
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Ningen Gari
as Shima KajimotoA detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations...
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Wait for Tomorrow
as Shinobu YamakiKohei Misugi works in a vegetable market, but his ambition is to be a photographer. He is given...
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The Hill is Full of Flowers
as Asako ShiraishiA youth drama directed by Kiyoshi Horiike, who was adapted from "Young Tokyo no Yane" by Akira...
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Human
as uncreditedThe ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four...
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Who's The Real Killer
as uncreditedHarsh film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.
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Break Down that Wall
as Sakiko, the Tanigawas' daughter-in-lawA man is wrongfully accused of murder.
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Temptation
as Junko TakeyamaShokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an...
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Long Journey into Love
as uncreditedA beautifully told story of a woman hardened by marriage to a man she doesn't love, after giving...
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The Guitarist and the Rancher
as uncreditedRambler Shinji arrives in town armed with nothing but a guitar. With assistance from an old...
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The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
as KurikoThe disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic,...
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Route29
as uncreditedAdapted from a book of poems by poet Taichi Nakao, the film is a road story set in beautiful...
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Yabure Kabure
as uncreditedAmbitious action drama about a young man living a carefree life of women and money, struggling...
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Hungry Soul, Part II
as Noriko IzumitaniA continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to...
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Streetlights
as 千代A sophisticated comedy about love games between men and women that arise from an intentionally...
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The Gentle Japanese
as Woman of the storyA survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a...
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The Gambling Monk
as uncreditedOne summer day, the chief monk of the Hojuin Temple dies. Harumichi rushes back to town hearing...
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The Flesh Is Weak
as uncreditedA woman who grew up in a prestigious household, begins to have an affair outside the marriage.
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Rennyo and His Mother
as uncreditedRennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in...
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The Barefoot Girl
as uncreditedA beautiful and healthy young girl growing up in poverty overcomes hardships and grows into a...
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Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
as Tomiko HaraguchiA boxing melodrama. Two friends become boxers and begin training for the championship. These...
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Sennen-Tabito
as uncreditedKnowing that he has only a month to live, a pianist goes back to his beloved ocean. He meets a...
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The Abe Clan
as KinuA Choice between Loyalty or Duty of the Samurai! Can the heartlessness of society crush the...
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The Seasons of Love
as YurikoA family is slowly falling apart: the father is absent from the start, the mother a kept woman...
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The War Without Weapons
as uncreditedIt's a story of the life of a man who advocated the necessity of sex education to children,...
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Summer of the Moonlight Sonata
as Kimiko YoshiokaTwo soon-to-be kamikaze pilots stop by a local school near their base to play the piano one last...
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THE LAST GOZE
as uncreditedA "Goze" is a blind entertainer who travels to various places singing stories while playing the...
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Kikenna onna
as Yoshiko ShiotaBased on the Seichō Matsumoto's story The Woman Who Took the Local Paper.
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The Ghost of Iwojima
as uncreditedThe monologue and mysterious death of a man who survived and returned from Iwo Jima. A newspaper...
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Homecoming
as uncreditedMoriya Tomoko, a young girl working for a publishing company, is told by a woman art dealer that...
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A Fishmonger's Tour
as uncreditedThe supply of sea bream to the fish market has decreased, and the price has increased to a...
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Sixteen years old
as uncreditedSenko Tamagawa is a third-year junior high school student, and she is the captain of the...
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Karaage USA
as Some KarashimaAyane is the daughter of a karaage (fried food) store owner, but she never liked karaage....
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The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
as uncreditedThis typhoon spectacle is bursting with the charm of tough guy Yujiro, a student of architecture...
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Unripe Fruit
as uncreditedA youth lyrical painting depicting a sensitive young man with rich poetic feelings focused on...
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The love song of farewell later
as uncreditedA suspense drama based on Osamu Takahashi's original work starring Shinobu Otake. The shooting...
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Hungry Soul
as Noriko IzumitaniReiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi,...
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The Lost Diamond
as uncreditedTwo men perform a robbery on an airplane before parachuting to safety, and a newspaper reporter...
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若い豹のむれ
as uncreditedA blockbuster youth action film that explodes with the charm of Maiko Guy and Akira, based on...
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Okaimono
as uncreditedIn a quiet farming village in northeastern Japan, there lives an elderly couple. One day, a...
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Saigo no sentō-ki
as uncreditedThe first postwar war movie depicting the tragedy of a special force that shook the world at the...
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The Shogun and His Mistresses
as NarratorThree tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period.
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Flesh Smuggling
as uncreditedA true semi-documentary drama depicting a record of a sheriff's challenge to the vivid evil of a...
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Frost
as uncreditedShun is a young man, who sells his paintings on a city corner. Kasumi is a children's story...
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A Mummy’s Love
as uncreditedIn post-war Japan, a publisher goes to visit her former teacher for help on a modern translation...
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The Age of Our Own
as YorikoMinami Yasuo, a college student, lives with Yuriko who has become the mistress of a foreigner...
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Corpse of your Choice
as uncreditedJapanese horror movie from 1987.
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Haru yo koi
as 長坂アイA successful screenwriter looks back on her life when she learns her husband has cancer. A...
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Ohisama
as Fujiko KirinoOhisama is a Japanese television drama that aired on NHK in 2011 in the Asadora time slot. Set...
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Princess Maison
as Akane TodoA story revolves around a 26-year-old single woman Sachi who lives in Tokyo working for a pub....
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Haru and Natsu
as Nobu TakakuraAs Haru emigrates from Japan with her family to the coffee plantations in Brazil, Natsu is left...
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Red Suspicion
as uncreditedSachiko is the 17-year old daughter of radiotherapist Professor Oshima. After exposure to...
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Ichiban Daiko
as 養母・勢子The 35th NHK Asadora about a man who enters the world of popular theater.
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Water Boys 2005 Summer
as Haru KakiharaWater Boys 2005 Natsu is a two-part Japanese drama series that aired in Japan on Fuji Television...
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Cat Soup Theater
as uncredited23 animated shorts based on Nekojiru, aired as part of "Bokusho Mondai Boss Chara Ou"
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Mango no Ki no Shita de
as Kusakabe AyaRinko and Aya, employed in the Philippines in 1944, escape one of the most gruesome battles of...
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