Misako Watanabe

Misako Watanabe

Known for
Acting
Born
October 23, 1932 (age 94)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan

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

Filmography

2024
Route29 poster

Route29

Movie · as Old Lady at the Watch Shop

2020
THE LAST GOZE poster

THE LAST GOZE

Movie

2019
Sketches of Life poster

Sketches of Life

Movie · as Kazuko Tanaka

2019
Mango no Ki no Shita de poster

Mango no Ki no Shita de

TV · as Aya Kusakabe (1989) · 1 ep

2018
The Antique poster

The Antique

Movie

2016
Midnight Diner 2 poster

Midnight Diner 2

Movie · as Yukiko Ogawa

2016
Battleship Musashi poster

Battleship Musashi

TV · 1 ep

2016
Princess Maison poster

Princess Maison

TV · as Akane Todo · 8 eps

2014
Karaage USA poster

Karaage USA

Movie · as Some Karashima

2013
The Great Passage poster

The Great Passage

Movie · as Take

2012
Bread of Happiness poster

Bread of Happiness

Movie · as Aya Sakamoto

2011
Ohisama poster

Ohisama

TV · as Fujiko Kirino

2009
Bare Essence of Life poster

Bare Essence of Life

Movie · as Shibata

2009
Okaimono poster

Okaimono

Movie

2008
Frost poster

Frost

Movie

2007
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad poster

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Movie

2006
彼女の恋文 poster

彼女の恋文

TV · 1 ep

2005
The Milkwoman poster

The Milkwoman

Movie · as Toshiko Minagawa

2005
Water Boys 2005 Summer poster

Water Boys 2005 Summer

TV · as Haru Kakihara · 2 eps

2005
Haru and Natsu poster

Haru and Natsu

TV · as Nobu Takakura · 5 eps

2003
Farewell, Kuro poster

Farewell, Kuro

Movie · as Principal Makino

2002
Psycho Doctor poster

Psycho Doctor

TV · 2 eps

2001
Acacia Walk poster

Acacia Walk

Movie

2001
Proof of the Man 2001

Proof of the Man 2001

Movie

2000
Face poster

Face

Movie · as Mrs. Yoshimura

1999
Sennen-Tabito poster

Sennen-Tabito

Movie

1999
Cat Soup Theater poster

Cat Soup Theater

TV · 27 eps

1995
The Abe Clan poster

The Abe Clan

Movie · as Kinu

1994
In Blazing Love poster

In Blazing Love

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1994
Otoko Tomodachi poster

Otoko Tomodachi

Movie

1994
Haru yo koi poster

Haru yo koi

TV · as 長坂アイ · 307 eps

1993
Summer of the Moonlight Sonata poster

Summer of the Moonlight Sonata

Movie · as Kimiko Yoshioka

1991
The love song of farewell later poster

The love song of farewell later

Movie

1990
Tsugumi poster

Tsugumi

Movie · as Tugumi's Mother

1987
Corpse of your Choice poster

Corpse of your Choice

Movie

1985
Ichiban Daiko poster

Ichiban Daiko

TV · as 養母・勢子 · 150 eps

1982
Tattoo poster

Tattoo

Movie · as Sadako Takeda

1981
Rennyo and His Mother poster

Rennyo and His Mother

Movie

1981
This Is Noriko poster

This Is Noriko

Movie · as Harue Matsubara

1981
空よ海よ息子たちよ poster

空よ海よ息子たちよ

Movie

1979
Rika poster

Rika

Movie

1977
Lullaby to Kill poster

Lullaby to Kill

Movie · as Harue Bessho - Chi'e's Mother

1975
Red Suspicion poster

Red Suspicion

TV · 29 eps

1973
A Mummy’s Love poster

A Mummy’s Love

Movie

1973
Long Journey into Love poster

Long Journey into Love

Movie

1971
The Gentle Japanese poster

The Gentle Japanese

Movie · as Woman of the story

1970
Child Bride poster

Child Bride

Movie · as Yukiko Takayama

1967
Dissolution Rites poster

Dissolution Rites

Movie · as Mie

1967
The Shogun and His Mistresses poster

The Shogun and His Mistresses

Movie · as Narrator

1967
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka poster

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

Movie · as Koriku

1965
Kwaidan poster

Kwaidan

Movie · as Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

1965
Tokyo Untouchable poster

Tokyo Untouchable

Movie · as as Mie Kaneko

1965
Samurai Spy poster

Samurai Spy

Movie · as Okiwa

1965
With Beauty and Sorrow poster

With Beauty and Sorrow

Movie · as Fumiko Ôki

1965
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan poster

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

Movie

1964
Homecoming poster

Homecoming

Movie

1964
The Third Ninja poster

The Third Ninja

Movie

1964
Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut poster

Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut

Movie

1964
Ningen ni kakeruna poster

Ningen ni kakeruna

Movie

1963
The Hill is Full of Flowers poster

The Hill is Full of Flowers

Movie · as Asako Shiraishi

1963
Youth of the Beast poster

Youth of the Beast

Movie · as Kumiko Takeshita

1963
Sasuke and His Comedians poster

Sasuke and His Comedians

Movie

1963
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai poster

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

Movie · as Yasu, Sajiemon's wife

1963
A Fishmonger's Tour poster

A Fishmonger's Tour

Movie

1963
The Gambling Monk poster

The Gambling Monk

Movie

1963
Foggy Night Blues poster

Foggy Night Blues

Movie

1962
A City Where Men Live poster

A City Where Men Live

Movie

1962
Kimagure tosei poster

Kimagure tosei

Movie

1962
The Injured Boy poster

The Injured Boy

Movie

1962
Human poster

Human

Movie · as Kamegoro's wife

1962
零戦黒雲一家 poster

零戦黒雲一家

Movie

1962
Facing to the Clouds poster

Facing to the Clouds

Movie

1962
Being Two Isn't Easy poster

Being Two Isn't Easy

Movie · as Setsuko

1962
Me o tsubutte tsuppashire poster

Me o tsubutte tsuppashire

Movie

1962
At the Side of the Bridge poster

At the Side of the Bridge

Movie

1962
At the Side of the Bridge 2 poster

At the Side of the Bridge 2

Movie

1962
The Inheritance poster

The Inheritance

Movie · as Kawara's wife Rie

1962
Ningen Gari poster

Ningen Gari

Movie · as Shima Kajimoto

1962
Children of Izu poster

Children of Izu

Movie · as Nanae Igami

1961
Dai shusse monogatari poster

Dai shusse monogatari

Movie

1961
Yabure Kabure poster

Yabure Kabure

Movie

1961
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab poster

Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab

Movie · as Tomiko Haraguchi

1961
That Guy and I poster

That Guy and I

Movie

1960
Sixteen years old poster

Sixteen years old

Movie

1960
Take Aim at the Police Van poster

Take Aim at the Police Van

Movie · as Yûko Hamajima

1960
The War Without Weapons poster

The War Without Weapons

Movie · as Chiyo, Senji Yamamoto's wife

1960
The Lost Diamond poster

The Lost Diamond

Movie

1960
Wait for Tomorrow poster

Wait for Tomorrow

Movie · as Shinobu Yamaki

1960
The Guitarist and the Rancher poster

The Guitarist and the Rancher

Movie

1959
Break Down that Wall poster

Break Down that Wall

Movie · as Sakiko, the Tanigawas' daughter-in-law

1959
Young Panther poster

Young Panther

Movie

1959
The Age of Our Own poster

The Age of Our Own

Movie · as Yoriko

1959
The Ghost of Iwojima poster

The Ghost of Iwojima

Movie

1959
The Rambling Guitarist poster

The Rambling Guitarist

Movie · as Rie

1959
Kikenna onna poster

Kikenna onna

Movie · as Yoshiko Shiota

1959
The Third Dead Angle poster

The Third Dead Angle

Movie

1959
Unripe Fruit poster

Unripe Fruit

Movie

1959
Masked Woman poster

Masked Woman

Movie

1959
Wolves on Number Zero Street poster

Wolves on Number Zero Street

Movie

1959
Beneath the Gallows poster

Beneath the Gallows

Movie

1959
Talented Woman poster

Talented Woman

Movie

1958
City with Beasts poster

City with Beasts

Movie

1958
Endless Desire poster

Endless Desire

Movie · as Shima

1958
A Slope in the Sun poster

A Slope in the Sun

Movie · as Yuriko Kawakami

1958
Young Breasts poster

Young Breasts

Movie

1958
The Seasons of Love poster

The Seasons of Love

Movie · as Yuriko

1958
Forever, My Love poster

Forever, My Love

Movie · as Tokie

1958
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon poster

The Man Who Rode the Typhoon

Movie · as Fumie Nezu

1958
Shiroi akuma poster

Shiroi akuma

Movie

1958
Unga poster

Unga

Movie · as Hideko Ako

1957
Streetlights poster

Streetlights

Movie · as 千代

1957
This Day's Life poster

This Day's Life

Movie

1957
Teen Age Trap

Teen Age Trap

Movie

1957
The Barefoot Girl poster

The Barefoot Girl

Movie

1957
But the Flesh is Weak poster

But the Flesh is Weak

Movie

1957
Joshiryōsai poster

Joshiryōsai

Movie

1957
Who's the Real Killer poster

Who's the Real Killer

Movie

1957
Temptation poster

Temptation

Movie · as Junko Takeyama

1957
Mountain Pass poster

Mountain Pass

Movie

1956
Flesh Smuggling poster

Flesh Smuggling

Movie

1956
Hungry Soul poster

Hungry Soul

Movie · as Noriko Izumitani

1956
Saigo no sentō-ki poster

Saigo no sentō-ki

Movie

1956
Hungry Soul, Part II poster

Hungry Soul, Part II

Movie · as Noriko Izumitani

1956
Gyakukōsen poster

Gyakukōsen

Movie · as Motoko Sayama

1954
Sorcerer’s Orb poster

Sorcerer’s Orb

TV · 1 ep

1953
Tower of Lilies poster

Tower of Lilies

Movie