Acting
Misako Watanabe
- Career
Active from 1954 to 2019, with a break from 1971 to 1980, busiest in 1958 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 18top three billing
- Average score
68/100
- Highest rated
Youth of the Beast81/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Pop Culture1.1, average 2.2
- Tech & Humanity0.6, average 1.6
- Contemporary Realism4.4, average 5.4
- Situational Comedy1.8, average 2.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Japanese Cinema 7
- Character-Driven 4
- Melancholy 3
- Psychological Drama 3
- Japanese Noir 2
- Crime Thriller 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Coming-of-Age 2
- Moral Decay 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Nobuo KanekoActorThe Rambling Guitarist, Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab, Hungry Soul, Part II, Forever, My Love, Dissolution Rites, +2 more- MMasanori TsujiiEditorTemptation, Break Down that Wall, Forever, My Love, Wait for Tomorrow, The Seasons of Love, +2 more
Sanae NakaharaActorTemptation, The Rambling Guitarist, Endless Desire, Wait for Tomorrow, The Seasons of Love, +1 more
Izumi AshikawaActorTemptation, Break Down that Wall, Forever, My Love, Wait for Tomorrow, Children of Izu
Kō NakahiraDirectorTemptation, Break Down that Wall, Wait for Tomorrow, The Seasons of Love, Streetlights
Toshirō MayuzumiComposerBushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai, Temptation, Endless Desire, Wait for Tomorrow, The Seasons of Love
Hiroyuki NagatoActorEndless Desire, Break Down that Wall, Ningen Gari, The Age of Our Own
Hikaru HayashiComposerThe Wife of Seishu Hanaoka, Human, Kikenna onna, The War Without Weapons- YYoshihiro YamazakiCinematographerTemptation, The Seasons of Love, The Age of Our Own, Children of Izu
- AAkira SuzukiEditorYouth of the Beast, Take Aim at the Police Van, Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab, The Age of Our Own
Shōji YasuiActorTemptation, The Seasons of Love, Gyakukōsen
Ryōji HayamaActorTemptation, Forever, My Love, Streetlights
Movies and TV shows
652020s
1 title
as Old Lady at the Watch Shop
2010s
8 titles · average score 66
as Kazuko Tanaka
TV show · as Aya Kusakabe (1989)
GoodWatch score 74as Yukiko Ogawa
TV show · as Akane Todo
TV show
as Some Karashima
GoodWatch score 57as Take
GoodWatch score 66as Aya Sakamoto
2000s
8 titles · average score 66
GoodWatch score 59as Shibata
TV show
TV show · as Nobu Takakura
GoodWatch score 70as Toshiko Minagawa
TV show · as Haru Kakihara
as Principal Makino
TV show
GoodWatch score 68as Mrs. Yoshimura
1990s
6 titles
TV show
as Kinu
TV show · as 長坂アイ
as Narrator (voice)
as Kimiko Yoshioka
as Tugumi's Mother
1980s
3 titles
TV show · as 養母・勢子
as Sadako Takeda
as Harue Matsubara
1970s
4 titles · average score 67
GoodWatch score 67as Harue Bessho - Chi'e's Mother
TV show
as Woman of the story
as Yukiko Takayama
1960s
19 titles · average score 71
GoodWatch score 74as Koriku
as Mie
GoodWatch score 78as Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
GoodWatch score 62as Fumiko Ôki
as as Mie Kaneko
GoodWatch score 81as Kumiko Takeshita
GoodWatch score 70as Yasu, Sajiemon's wife
GoodWatch score 68as Setsuko
GoodWatch score 71as Kamegoro's wife
as Tomiko Haraguchi
GoodWatch score 64as Yûko Hamajima
as Shinobu Yamaki
1950s
16 titles · average score 67
as Yoshiko Shiota
GoodWatch score 66as Rie
as Sakiko, the Tanigawas' daughter-in-law
GoodWatch score 70as Shima
as Fumie Nezu
as Yuriko
as Yuriko Kawakami
as Junko Takeyama
as 千代
GoodWatch score 67as Noriko Izumitani
GoodWatch score 64as Noriko Izumitani
TV show