Misako Watanabe
Japanese actress
Misako Watanabe | |
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![]() Misako Watanabe in 1956 | |
Born | (1932-10-23) October 23, 1932 (age 91) Azabu, Tokyo, Japan[1] |
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1953–present |
Misako Watanabe (渡辺 美佐子, Watanabe Misako, born 23 October 1932) is a Japanese stage, film and television actress.
Career
A graduate of the Haiyuza Theatre Company,[2] Watanabe gave her film debut in Tadashi Imai's Tower of Lilies (1953)[1][3] before becoming a contract player at the Nikkatsu film studios.[2] She appeared in almost 100 films of directors like Shōhei Imamura, Masahiro Shinoda and Masaki Kobayashi.[3]
She received the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1958 Endless Desire. In 1997 she was awarded a Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon and in 2004 the Order of the Rising Sun.[1]
Filmography
Date | Work | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1953 | Tower of Lilies | Yoshiko Tomiyasu | ||
1958 | Endless Desire | Shima | ||
1959 | The Wandering Guitarist | |||
1962 | Being Two Isn't Easy | Aunt Setsuko | ||
1963 | Brave Records of the Sanada Clan | Musasabi No Ogiri | ||
1963 | Bushido, Samurai Saga | Yasu, Sajiemon's wife | ||
1964 | Kwaidan | Second Wife (segment "Kurokami") | ||
1965 | With Beauty and Sorrow | Fumiko Ōki | ||
1967 | The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka | Kuriko | ||
1973 | Long Journey into Love | Kaito Takeno | ||
1982 | Tattoo Ari | Sadako Takeda | ||
1983–1984 | Oshin (TV series) | Madam Taka Hasegawa | Asadora | |
1990 | Tugumi | Masako | [4] | |
2010 | Shiawase no Pan | Aya | ||
2013 | The Great Passage | Take | ||
2024 | Route 29 | [5] |
References
- ^ a b c "Watanabe Misako". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Watanabe Misako". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Watanabe Misako". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "つぐみ". eiga.com. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
- ^ "ルート29". eiga.com. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
External links
- Misako Watanabe at IMDb
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- Haruko Sugimura (1951)
- Chieko Nakakita (1952)
- Chieko Naniwa (1953)
- Yūko Mochizuki (1954)
- Isuzu Yamada (1955)
- Yoshiko Kuga (1956)
- Keiko Awaji (1957)
- Misako Watanabe (1958)
- Michiyo Aratama (1959)
- Tamao Nakamura (1960)
- Hizuru Takachiho (1961)
- Kyōko Kishida (1962)
- Yōko Minamida (1963)
- Jitsuko Yoshimura (1964)
- Terumi Niki (1965)
- Nobuko Otowa (1966)
- Chieko Baisho (1975)
- Mieko Takamine (1976)
- Kaori Momoi (1977)
- Junko Miyashita (1978)
- Mitsuko Baisho (1979)
- Mariko Kaga (1980)
- Yūko Tanaka (1981)
- Miyako Yamaguchi (1982)
- Eiko Nagashima (1983)
- Yoshiko Mita (1984)
- Mariko Fuji (1985)
- Shinobu Otake (1986)
- Kumiko Akiyoshi (1987)
- Kumiko Akiyoshi (1988)
- Kaho Minami (1989)
- Tomoko Nakajima (1990)
- Jun Fubuki (1991)
- Miwako Fujitani (1992)
- Kyōko Kagawa (1993)
- Shigeru Muroi (1994)
- Shinobu Nakayama (1995)
- Kyōko Kishida (1996)
- Mitsuko Baisho (1997)
- Kimiko Yo (1998)
- Sumiko Fuji (1999)
- Yoshiko Miyazaki (2000)
- Tomoko Naraoka (2001)
- Rie Miyazawa (2002)
- Michiyo Ōkusu (2003)
- Masami Nagasawa (2004)
- Hiroko Yakushimaru (2005)
- Sumiko Fuji (2006)
- Hiromi Nagasaku (2007)
- Kirin Kiki (2008)
- Kyoko Fukada (2009)
- Yoshino Kimura (2010)
- Masami Nagasawa (2011)
- Ryōko Hirosue (2012)
- Fumi Nikaido (2013)
- Satomi Kobayashi (2014)
- Yō Yoshida (2015)
- Hana Sugisaki (2016)
- Yuki Saito (2017)
- Mayu Matsuoka (2018)
- Megumi (2019)
- Sairi Ito (2020)
- Tōko Miura (2021)
- Nana Seino (2022)
- Minami Hamabe (2023)