Atsushi Watanabe (actor, Born 1898)

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. Moving to other studios, he eventually settled at Shochiku'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 and made films at Toho. In the postwar era, he appeared in a number of films by Akira Kurosawa.

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''
* 1950: ''Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka''
*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'' - Patient
*1952: ''Ashita wa gekkyûbi'' - Furugaki
*1952: ''Hanayome wa na muko chanbara bushi''
*1953: ''Botchan'' - Teacher
*1954: ''Jyazû sutaa tanjô''
*1954: ''Seven Samurai'' - 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'' - 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'' - 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'' - Patient B
*1966: ''Ohana han'' - Kitakawara, Ôzu town mayor
*1968: ''Sukurappu shûdan''
*1970: ''Dodes'ka-den'' - Mr. Tanba (final film role)

References

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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