Misako Watanabe

Acting·October 23, 1932 — 93 years old·Tokyo, Japan

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.

Known For

Kwaidan

Youth of the Beast

The Great Passage

Samurai Spy

Bread of Happiness

Midnight Diner 2

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

1963·6.8

The Inheritance

1962·7.3

Take Aim at the Police Van

1960·6.1

Face

2000·6.6

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

2007·6.9

With Beauty and Sorrow

1965·5.7

Filmography · 122

2024Route29Old Lady at the Watch Shop 2020THE LAST GOZE 2019Sketches of LifeKazuko Tanaka 2019Mango no Ki no Shita deTVAya Kusakabe (1989)2018The Antique 2016Midnight Diner 2Yukiko Ogawa 2016Princess MaisonTVAkane Todo 2016Battleship MusashiTV 2014Karaage USASome Karashima 2013The Great PassageTake 2012Bread of HappinessAya Sakamoto 2011OhisamaTVFujiko Kirino 2009Bare Essence of LifeShibata 2009Okaimono 2008Frost 2007Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad 2006彼女の恋文TV 2005Haru and NatsuTVNobu Takakura 2005Water Boys 2005 SummerTVHaru Kakihara 2005The MilkwomanToshiko Minagawa 2003Farewell, KuroPrincipal Makino 2002Psycho DoctorTV 2001Acacia Walk 2000FaceMrs. Yoshimura 1999Sennen-Tabito 1999Cat Soup TheaterTV 1995The Abe ClanKinu 1994Haru yo koiTV長坂アイ 1994In Blazing LoveNarrator (voice)1993Summer of the Moonlight SonataKimiko Yoshioka 1991The love song of farewell later 1990TsugumiTugumi's Mother 1987Corpse of your Choice 1985Ichiban DaikoTV養母・勢子 1982TattooSadako Takeda 1981Rennyo and His Mother 1981This Is NorikoHarue Matsubara 1977Lullaby to KillHarue Bessho - Chi'e's Mother 1975Red SuspicionTV 1973Long Journey into Love 1973A Mummy’s Love 1971The Gentle JapaneseWoman of the story 1970Child BrideYukiko Takayama 1967The Wife of Seishu HanaokaKuriko 1967The Shogun and His MistressesNarrator 1967Dissolution RitesMie 1965Samurai SpyOkiwa 1965Cold Rice, Osan, Chan 1965Tokyo Untouchableas Mie Kaneko 1965With Beauty and SorrowFumiko Ôki 1965KwaidanSecond Wife (segment "The Black Hair")1964Ningen ni kakeruna 1964Homecoming 1964Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut 1964The Third Ninja 1963Sasuke and His Comedians 1963The Gambling Monk 1963The Hill is Full of FlowersAsako Shiraishi 1963Foggy Night Blues 1963Bushido: The Cruel Code of the SamuraiYasu, Sajiemon's wife 1963Youth of the BeastKumiko Takeshita 1963A Fishmonger's Tour 1962Children of IzuNanae Igami 1962Being Two Isn't EasySetsuko 1962HumanKamegoro's wife 1962At the Side of the Bridge 2 1962零戦黒雲一家 1962At the Side of the Bridge 1962Me o tsubutte tsuppashire 1962Facing to the Clouds 1962The Injured Boy 1962Kimagure tosei 1962The InheritanceKawara's wife Rie 1962Ningen GariShima Kajimoto 1962Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi 1961Million Dollar Smash-and-GrabTomiko Haraguchi 1961That Guy and I 1961Yabure Kabure 1961Dai shusse monogatari 1960The War Without Weapons 1960Wait for TomorrowShinobu Yamaki 1960Sixteen years old 1960The Lost Diamond 1960Take Aim at the Police VanYûko Hamajima 1960The Guitarist and the Rancher 1959Kikenna onnaYoshiko Shiota 1959The Age of Our OwnYoriko 1959The Ghost of Iwojima 1959The Rambling GuitaristRie 1959Wolves on Number Zero Street 1959Break Down that WallSakiko, the Tanigawas' daughter-in-law 1959Wakai hyou no mure 1959Beneath the Gallows 1959Talented Woman 1959Masked Woman 1959Unripe Fruit 1959The Third Dead Angle 1958City with Beasts 1958Endless DesireShima 1958Young Breasts 1958The Man Who Rode the Typhoon 1958UngaHideko Ako 1958The Seasons of LoveYuriko 1958A Slope in the SunYuriko Kawakami 1958Forever, My LoveTokie 1958Shiroi akuma 1957Teen Age Trap 1957Mountain Pass 1957But the Flesh is Weak 1957TemptationJunko Takeyama 1957The Barefoot Girl 1957Who's the Real Killer 1957This Day's Life 1957Streetlights千代 1957Joshiryōsai 1956Hungry Soul, Part IINoriko Izumitani 1956Hungry SoulNoriko Izumitani 1956Saigo no sentō-ki 1956Flesh Smuggling 1956GyakukōsenMotoko Sayama 1954Sorcerer’s OrbTV 1953Tower of Lilies