Kimio Watanabe

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1918-01-01 (65 years old)

Deathday

1983-12-31

Place of Birth

Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Kimio Watanabe

Biography

Known more as a cinematographer throughout the 1940s to the 1960s in Japan, Kimio Watanabe (1918–1983) has a decorated career in film. One of his productions, The White Heron, was screened and nominated for the Palme d’Or in the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. Watanabe also lent his skills to Kon Ichikawa – the director of Tokyo Olympiad – in his classic Bridge of Japan.

Production

1956

Warning from Space

as Director of Photography

1971

The Cliff of Time

as Director of Photography

1969

The Falcon Fighters

as Director of Photography

1963

Teinen Taishoku

as Director of Photography

1960

The Wandering Princess

as Director of Photography

1955

The Romance of Yushima

as Director of Photography

1965

1957

The Betrothed

as Director of Photography

1952

母山彦

as Director of Photography

1962

Eriko

as Director of Photography

1966

Patriotism

as Director of Photography

1967

The Sister Gamblers

as Director of Photography

1956

Bridge of Japan

as Director of Photography

1962

Akiko

as Director of Photography

1958

Accomplice

as Director of Photography

1964

Clamouring Canines

as Director of Photography

1969

The Sea Anemone

as Director of Photography

1958

Tainted Flowers

as Director of Photography

1962

Night Mist Makes Women Cry

as Director of Photography

1958

The Snowy Heron

as Director of Photography

1960

The Song Lantern

as Director of Photography

1955

The Romance of Yushima

as Art Direction

1957

Morning Whistling

as Director of Photography

1963

Zero Escape Visibility

as Director of Photography

1968

School for Thieves

as Director of Photography

1967

The Last Loyalty Offering

as Director of Photography

1965

The Story of a Blind Woman

as Director of Photography

1964

Black Challenger

as Director of Photography

1963

When Women Lie

as Director of Photography

1956

Outlaw island

as Director of Photography

1953

Kurohyō

as Director of Photography

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