Acting
Misako Watanabe
- Titles
- 53movies12TV shows
- 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.
- Historical5.0average 2.6
- Melancholy6.2average 4.7
- Psychological6.2average 5.6
- Pathos5.8average 5.2
- Crime4.2average 3.7
- Dark Humor3.3average 2.8
- Class & Capitalism3.7average 3.3
- Mystery4.4average 4.1
Rarely in their work
- Pop Culture1.1, average 2.2
- Tech & Humanity0.6, average 1.6
- Situational Comedy1.8, average 2.7
- Contemporary Realism4.4, average 5.4
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Japanese Cinema 7
- Character-Driven 4
- Psychological Drama 3
- Melancholy 3
- Moral Decay 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Coming-of-Age 2
- Character Study 2
- Japanese Noir 2
- Japanese Culture 2
- Crime Thriller 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Nobuo KanekoActorThe Man Who Rode the Typhoon, The Rambling Guitarist, Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab, Dissolution Rites, Hungry Soul, Part II, +2 more- MMasanori TsujiiEditorWait for Tomorrow, Temptation, Break Down that Wall, The Man Who Rode the Typhoon, Children of Izu, +2 more
Sanae NakaharaActorWait for Tomorrow, Temptation, Endless Desire, Streetlights, The Rambling Guitarist, +1 more
Izumi AshikawaActorWait for Tomorrow, Temptation, Break Down that Wall, Children of Izu, Forever, My Love
Toshirō MayuzumiComposerWait for Tomorrow, Temptation, Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai, Endless Desire, The Seasons of Love
Kō NakahiraDirectorWait for Tomorrow, Temptation, Break Down that Wall, Streetlights, The Seasons of Love
Hiroyuki NagatoActorBreak Down that Wall, Endless Desire, Ningen Gari, The Age of Our Own- YYoshihiro YamazakiCinematographerTemptation, The Age of Our Own, Children of Izu, The Seasons of Love
Hikaru HayashiComposerKikenna onna, The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka, The War Without Weapons, Human- 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, Streetlights, Forever, My Love
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)
as Yukiko Ogawa
TV show · as Akane Todo
TV show
as Some Karashima
as Take
as Aya Sakamoto
2000s
8 titles · average score 65
as Shibata
TV show
as Toshiko Minagawa
TV show · as Nobu Takakura
TV show · as Haru Kakihara
as Principal Makino
TV show
as Mrs. Yoshimura
1990s
6 titles
TV show
as Kinu
as Narrator (voice)
TV show · as 長坂アイ
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
as Harue Bessho - Chi'e's Mother
TV show
as Woman of the story
as Yukiko Takayama
1960s
19 titles · average score 71
as Koriku
as Mie
as Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
as Fumiko Ôki
as as Mie Kaneko
as Kumiko Takeshita
as Yasu, Sajiemon's wife
as Setsuko
as Kamegoro's wife
as Tomiko Haraguchi
as Yûko Hamajima
as Shinobu Yamaki
1950s
16 titles · average score 67
as Yoshiko Shiota
as Yoriko
as Sakiko, the Tanigawas' daughter-in-law
as Shima
as Fumie Nezu
as Yuriko
as Yuriko Kawakami
as Junko Takeyama
as 千代
as Noriko Izumitani
TV show