Misako Watanabe

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1932-10-23 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Misako Watanabe

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.

Acting

2012

Bread of Happiness

as Aya Sakamoto

1965

Kwaidan

as Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

2009

1963

The Hill is Full of Flowers

as Asako Shiraishi

2003

Farewell, Kuro

as Principal Makino

1962

Tokyo Untouchable

as as Mie Kaneko

1963

Youth of the Beast

as Kumiko Takeshita

1965

Samurai Spy

as Okiwa

1960

1962

2000

Face

as Mrs. Yoshimura

1959

Break Down that Wall

as Sakiko, the Tanigawas' daughter-in-law

1977

Lullaby to Kill

as Harue Bessho - Chi'e's Mother

1982

Tattoo

as Sadako Takeda

1962

1965

1957

Streetlights

as 千代

1993

1958

1990

Tsugumi

as Tugumi's mother

1962

The Inheritance

as Kawara's wife Rie

1959

1981

This Is Noriko

as Harue Matsubara

2016

Midnight Diner 2

as Yukiko Ogawa

1958

A Slope in the Sun

as Yuriko Kawakami

2024

Route29

as Old Lady at the Watch Shop

1963

1961

1959

Kikenna onna

as Yoshiko Shiota

2014

Karaage USA

as Some Karashima

1958

1995

1958

1960

Wait for Tomorrow

as Shinobu Yamaki

1970

Child Bride

as Yukiko Takayama

1956

Hungry Soul

as Noriko Izumitani

1962

Ningen Gari

as Shima Kajimoto

1956

Hungry Soul, Part II

as Noriko Izumitani

2008

1962

Children of Izu

as Nanae Igami

1994

In Blazing Love

as Narrator (voice)

1971

The Gentle Japanese

as Woman of the story

1956

Gyakukōsen

as Motoko Sayama

1957

Temptation

as Junko Takeyama

2019

Sketches of Life

as Kazuko Tanaka

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