was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films from 1921 to 1970.
Career
Starting out in
Asakusa Opera, Watanabe shifted to film in 1921, joining Makino Educational Pictures, a precursor to
Makino Film Productions
Makino Film Productions was a successful early film producing company active in Japanese cinema in the 1920s and 1930s. It was founded by the pioneering film director Shozo Makino in 1923. Makino produced many prominent films of the early era, a ...
.
Moving to other studios, he eventually settled at
Shochiku
is a Japanese entertainment company. Founded in 1895, it initially managed '' kabuki'' theaters in Kyoto; in 1914, it also acquired ownership of the Kabuki-za theater in Tokyo. In 1920, Shochiku entered the film production industry and establis ...
's Kamata studio in 1925 and eventually became established as a comic star, often appearing in
Torajiro Saito's films.
He eventually joined the revue company of
Roppa Furukawa
was a Japanese comedian.
Career
Furukawa was born the sixth son of Baron Katō Terumaro (1863–1925), making him the grandson of Baron Katō Hiroyuki. The family custom, however, was to have the younger sons adopted by related families, so Fu ...
and made films at
Toho
is a Japanese entertainment company that primarily engages in producing and distributing films and exhibiting stage plays. It is headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Osaka-based Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group. ...
.
In the postwar era, he appeared in a number of films by
Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese filmmaker who List of works by Akira Kurosawa, directed 30 feature films in a career spanning six decades. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the History of film, history of cinema ...
.
Selected filmography
*1921: ''Kyôdainaka wa''
*1922: ''Aa, Konishi junsa''
*1922: ''Aru shinbun kisha no shuki''
*1924: ''Shiragiku no uta''
*1924: ''Nemurerû daichî''
*1924: ''Mikazuki Oroku: zenpen''
*1925: ''Kagaribi no yoru''
*1925: ''Momoiro no toge''
*1925: ''Mahjong''
*1925: ''Umi no himitsu''
*1925: ''Koizuma'' - Rakugoka Koiasa
*1925: ''Yôsei chi ni otsureba''
*1925: ''Aisai no himitsu''
*1925: ''Mikazuki oroku''
*1925: ''Mâjan''
*1925: ''Korerâ seibatsû''
*1925: ''Goiken gomuyô''
*1926: ''Nayamashiki koro''
*1926: ''Don Kyûnoshin''
*1926: ''Karabotan''
*1926: ''Ama - Nangoku-hen''
*1926: ''Cosmos saku koro''
*1926: ''Junanbana'' - Hayashi Kenichi
ank president*1926: ''Yume no koban musume shiranami''
*1926: ''Venisû no funauta''
*1926: ''Shinkon jidai''
*1927: ''Kyûkanchô'' - Torakichi Ôyama - Chimney sweeper
*1927: ''Shôwa jidai'' - Yasuda's assistant
*1927: ''Kafe no joô''
*1927: ''Mura no isha gendai no on'nanoko e''
*1927: ''Shinsô no bijô''
*1927: ''Shinkônshâ kyoiku''
*1927: ''Mura no isha to modan garû''
*1928: ''Moshimo kanojo ga''
*1928: ''Katsudôkyô''
*1928: ''Renai futari angya''
*1928: ''Odore wakamono''
*1928: ''Hito no yo no sugata''
*1928: ''Hirotta hanayome''
*1928: ''Riku no ôja''
*1928: ''Teishû soju''
*1928: ''Nonkimono''
*1928: ''Gokurôsama''
*1928: ''Doraku goshinan''
*1928: ''Appare bîdanshî''
*1929: ''Ahiru onna''
*1929: ''Iroke tappuri''
*1929: ''Kibô''
*1929: ''Yôkina uta''
*1929: ''Oyaji to sono ko''
*1929: ''Shunyo kôitatehikî''
*1929: ''Renai dai-ikka''
*1929: ''Aishite chodaî''
*1930: ''Shingun'' - Soldier
*1930: ''Reijin'' - A gentleman
*1930: ''Kânôjo wa dôkoê iku''
*1930: ''Hohoemu jinsei''
*1930: ''Modern okusama''
*1930: ''Umi no kôshinkyoku''
*1930: ''Seishun no chi wa odoru''
*1930: ''Ubawareta kuchibiru''
*1930: ''Tatakarê teishû''
*1930: ''Sêntantekî dawanê''
*1930: ''Îroke dangô sodoki''
*1930: ''Chotto demashita sânkakuyarô''
*1931: ''Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are - Zenpen: Nihon hen'' - Yoshida, secretary
*1931: ''Machî no runpên''
*1931: ''Kagoya dainagôn''
*1931: ''
The Neighbor's Wife and Mine'' - Shibano Shinnsaku
*1931: ''Runpen niwaka daijin''
*1931: ''Kono ana wo miyo''
*1932: ''Kuma no deru kaikonchi'' - Sahei
*1932: ''Amerika koro''
*1932: ''Midori no kishu'' - Horse groom Genzo
*1932: ''Mâchi seîshun sôtohen''
*1932: ''Shin senjô''
*1932: ''Konjiki yasha'' - Tadatsugu Toyama
*1932: ''Modan hakusho''
*1934: ''Karisome no kuchibeni'' - Ogata
*1937: ''Gyudarê chôtokyu''
*1939: ''Roppa no Ôkubo Hikozaemon''
*1939: ''Musume no negai wa tada hitotsu''
*1939: ''Roppa no komoriuta''
*1939: ''Tokyo blues''
*1939: ''Roppa uta no miyako e yuku''
*1940: ''Oyako kujira''
*1941: ''Kinô kieta otoko'' - Kanko
*1941: ''Kodakara fûfu'' - Watanabe, Goto's secretary
*1941: ''Hasegawa Roppa no Iemitsu to Hikoza''
*1941: ''Otoko no hanamichi'' - Kasuke
*1943: ''Ongaku dai-shingun''
*1944: ''Tanoshiki kana jinsei'' - Clockmaker Shûkichi
*1944: ''Shibaidô''
*1945: ''Tokkan ekichô''
*1947: ''Todoroki sensei''
*1947: ''
One Wonderful Sunday'' - Yamamoto
*1947: ''Shin baka jidadi: Zenpen''
*1947: ''Shin baka jidai: kôhen''
*1948: ''Konjiki yasha: Kôhen''
*1949: ''Nodojiman-kyô jidai''
*1949: ''Hana kurabe tanuki-goten''
*1949: ''Otoko no namida''
*1949: ''Umon torimonochô: Nazo no hachijûhachi-ya'' - Matsu
*1949: ''
Odoroki ikka
is a 1949 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Torajiro Saito.
Cast
* Hibari Misora
* Takako Irie (入江たか子)
* Harume Tone (利根はる恵)
* Nijiko Kiyokawa (清川虹子)
* Achako Hanabishi (花菱アチャコ)
* Shintarō ...
''
* 1950: ''
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
is a 1950 Japanese comedy film directed by Mikio Naruse. It consists of three self-contained episodes, based on stories by Yōjirō Ishizaka.
Plot
;Episode 1 "A Story of Buried Gasoline"
Professor Ishinaka is a novelist living in a village in ...
''
*1950: ''Shimikin no muteki keirin-ô''
*1950: ''Enoken no happyakuya-danuki ôabare''
*1951: ''Umon torimonochô: Katame ookami'' - 'Chongire' no Matsu
*1951: ''Joshu Garasu''
*1952: ''Yagura daiko'' - Zenba
*1952: ''Musume jûku wa mada junjô yo'' - Yoshibei Echigoya
*1952: ''
Ikiru
is a 1952 Japanese tragedy film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni. The film examines the struggles of a terminally ill Tokyo bureaucrat (played by Takashi Shimura) and his final quest ...
'' - Patient
*1952: ''Ashita wa gekkyûbi'' - Furugaki
*1952: ''Hanayome wa na muko chanbara bushi''
*1953: ''Botchan'' - Teacher
*1954: ''Jyazû sutaa tanjô''
*1954: ''
Seven Samurai
is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai action film directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenplay co-written with Shinobu Hashimoto and Hideo Oguni. Taking place in 1586 in the Sengoku period of Japanese history, it follows the story of a villag ...
'' - Bun Seller
*1954: ''Natsu matsuri rakugochoyo''
*1954: ''
Sorcerer's Orb''
*1954: ''Heiji torimono hikae: yurei daimyo''
*1955: ''Kago de iku no wa''
*1954: ''Appare koshinuke chindochu''
*1955: ''
I Live in Fear
is a 1955 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, produced by Sōjirō Motoki, and co-written by Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni. The film is about an elderly Japanese factory owner so terrified of the prospect of a nuclea ...
'' - Factory Worker Ishida
*1956: ''Taifû sôdôki''
*1957: ''Hesokuri oyaji''
*1957: ''Akuma no kao'' - New croquette shop owner
*1957: ''Donzoko: Ralé'' - Kuna
*1957: ''Hana kurenai ni'' - Sen'yama
*1957: ''Musume sanbagarasu''
*1958: ''Nitôhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki''
*1958: ''Nitôhei monogatari: Aa senyû no maki''
*1959: ''Senryô-jishi'' - Kansuke
*1960: ''Tenpô rokkasen - Jigoku no hanamichi''
*1960: ''Kyôsaitô sôsai ni eikô are'' - Tanimura
*1960: ''Tôkkaidô kaginuke chindochu''
*1961: ''Shin nitôhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki''
*1961: ''Hatamoto kenka taka'' - Yobei Tajimaya
*1961: ''
Yojimbo
is a 1961 Japanese samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa, who also co-wrote the screenplay and was one of the producers. The film stars Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoko Tsukasa, Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katō, Takashi Shimura, Kamat ...
'' - The Cooper - Coffin-Maker
*1961: ''Kaidan Oiwa no borei''
*1962: ''Nippon no obaachan'' - Suzumura
*1962: ''Hatamoto taikutsu otoko: nazo no sango yashiki''
*1963: ''Bakurô ichidai'' - Ogasawara
*1963: ''Okashina yatsu'' - Takuetsu
*1965: ''The Scarlet Camellia'' - Yosuke
*1965: ''
Red Beard
is a 1965 Japanese ''jidaigeki'' film co-written, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, in his last collaboration with actor Toshiro Mifune. Based on Shūgorō Yamamoto's 1959 short story collection, '' Akahige Shinryōtan'', the film takes p ...
'' - Patient B
*1966: ''Ohana han'' - Kitakawara, Ôzu town mayor
*1968: ''Sukurappu shûdan''
*1970: ''
Dodes'ka-den
is a 1970 Japanese drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa. The film stars Yoshitaka Zushi, Kin Sugai, Toshiyuki Tonomura, and Shinsuke Minami. It is based on Shūgorō Yamamoto's 1962 novel ''A City Without Seasons'' and is about a group of homeles ...
'' - Mr. Tanba (final film role)
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Watanabe, Atsushi
1898 births
1977 deaths
Male actors from Tokyo
Japanese male film actors
Japanese male silent film actors
20th-century Japanese male actors