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Makoto Watanabe

Career

Active from 1978 to 2022, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Witch of the West Is Dead
The Witch of the West Is Dead
GoodWatch score69/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Makoto Watanabe Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Romance
    2.0, average 3.8
  • Class & Capitalism
    1.7, average 3.3
  • Politics
    1.0, average 2.6
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

31
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
How to Find Happiness
How to Find Happiness (2022)

Director of Photography

2010s

4 titles · average score 81
Rin
Rin (2019)

Writer

Desperate Sunflowers
Desperate Sunflowers (2016)

Director of Photography

One Day
One Day (2016)
GoodWatch score 81

as Patrol Staff

Where Are Your Lips?
Where Are Your Lips? (2015)

Cinematography

2000s

7 titles · average score 67
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda (2009)

Cinematography

The Witch of the West Is Dead
The Witch of the West Is Dead (2008)
GoodWatch score 69

Director of Photography

The Kiss
The Kiss (2007)

Director of Photography

Arigatou
Arigatou (2006)

Director of Photography

The Superdry Films
The Superdry Films (2005)

Cinematography

Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2001)
GoodWatch score 64

Director of Photography

Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai (2000)

Cinematography

1990s

13 titles · average score 49
Sennen-Tabito
Sennen-Tabito (1999)

Director of Photography

The Spiral
The Spiral (1998)
GoodWatch score 46

Director of Photography

The Artful Dodgers
The Artful Dodgers (1998)

Director of Photography

Hong Kong Night Club
Hong Kong Night Club (1997)

Director of Photography

The Towers of Musashino Line
The Towers of Musashino Line (1997)

Director of Photography

Kinkyu Yobidashi: Emergency Call
Kinkyu Yobidashi: Emergency Call (1995)

Director of Photography

Broken Heart
Broken Heart (1995)

Director of Photography

N45゜
N45゜ (1994)

Director of Photography

Little Noises
Little Noises (1992)
GoodWatch score 66

Director of Photography

Out of the Rain
Out of the Rain (1991)
GoodWatch score 49

Director of Photography

Alligator 2: The Mutation
Alligator 2: The Mutation (1991)
GoodWatch score 35

Second Unit Director of Photography

The Assassin
The Assassin (1990)

Director of Photography

1980s

5 titles · average score 50
Curfew
Curfew (1989)
GoodWatch score 33

Director of Photography

The Enchantment
The Enchantment (1989)

Director of Photography

The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor
The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor (1989)
GoodWatch score 68

Production Supervisor

The Lawless Land
The Lawless Land (1988)

Director of Photography

Something Like It
Something Like It (1981)

Director of Photography

1970s

1 title
A Long Goodbye to Natsuko
A Long Goodbye to Natsuko (1978)

Director of Photography