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.

Known For

Haru yo koi

長坂アイ

The Great Passage

Take

Ohisama

Fujiko Kirino

Kwaidan

Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

Take Aim at the Police Van

Yûko Hamajima

Midnight Diner 2

Yukiko Ogawa

Bread of Happiness

Aya Sakamoto

Youth of the Beast

Kumiko Takeshita

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	Route29	Old Lady at the Watch Shop
2020	THE LAST GOZE
2019	Sketches of Life	Kazuko Tanaka
2018	The Antique
2016	Midnight Diner 2	Yukiko Ogawa
2014	Karaage USA	Some Karashima
2013	The Great Passage	Take
2012	Bread of Happiness	Aya Sakamoto
2009	Bare Essence of Life	Shibata
2009	Okaimono
2008	Frost
2007	Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2005	The Milkwoman	Toshiko Minagawa
2003	Farewell, Kuro	Principal Makino
2000	Face	Mrs. Yoshimura
1999	Sennen-Tabito
1995	The Abe Clan	Kinu
1994	In Blazing Love	Narrator (voice)
1993	Summer of the Moonlight Sonata	Kimiko Yoshioka
1991	The love song of farewell later
1990	Tsugumi	Tugumi's Mother
1987	Corpse of your Choice
1982	Tattoo	Sadako Takeda
1981	Rennyo and His Mother
1981	This Is Noriko	Harue Matsubara
1977	Lullaby to Kill	Harue Bessho - Chi'e's Mother
1973	A Mummy’s Love
1973	Long Journey into Love
1971	The Gentle Japanese	Woman of the story
1970	Child Bride	Yukiko Takayama
1967	Dissolution Rites	Mie
1967	The Shogun and His Mistresses	Narrator
1967	The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka	Kuriko
1965	Kwaidan	Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
1965	Tokyo Untouchable	as Mie Kaneko
1965	Samurai Spy	Okiwa
1965	With Beauty and Sorrow	Fumiko Ôki
1965	Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1964	Homecoming
1964	The Third Ninja
1964	Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
1964	Ningen ni kakeruna
1963	The Hill is Full of Flowers	Asako Shiraishi
1963	Youth of the Beast	Kumiko Takeshita
1963	Sasuke and His Comedians
1963	Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai	Yasu, Sajiemon's wife
1963	A Fishmonger's Tour
1963	The Gambling Monk
1963	Foggy Night Blues
1962	Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
1962	Kimagure tosei
1962	The Injured Boy
1962	Human	Kamegoro's wife
1962	零戦黒雲一家
1962	Facing to the Clouds
1962	Being Two Isn't Easy	Setsuko
1962	Me o tsubutte tsuppashire
1962	At the Side of the Bridge
1962	At the Side of the Bridge 2
1962	The Inheritance	Kawara's wife Rie
1962	Ningen Gari	Shima Kajimoto
1962	Children of Izu	Nanae Igami
1961	Dai shusse monogatari
1961	Yabure Kabure
1961	Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab	Tomiko Haraguchi
1961	That Guy and I
1960	Sixteen years old
1960	Take Aim at the Police Van	Yûko Hamajima
1960	The War Without Weapons
1960	The Lost Diamond
1960	Wait for Tomorrow	Shinobu Yamaki
1960	The Guitarist and the Rancher
1959	Break Down that Wall	Sakiko, the Tanigawas' daughter-in-law
1959	Wakai hyou no mure
1959	The Age of Our Own	Yoriko
1959	The Ghost of Iwojima
1959	The Rambling Guitarist	Rie
1959	Kikenna onna	Yoshiko Shiota
1959	The Third Dead Angle
1959	Unripe Fruit
1959	Kamen no Onna
1959	Wolves on Number Zero Street
1959	Beneath the Gallows
1958	City with Beasts
1958	Endless Desire	Shima
1958	A Slope in the Sun	Yuriko Kawakami
1958	Young Breasts
1958	The Seasons of Love	Yuriko
1958	Forever, My Love	Tokie
1958	The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
1957	Streetlights	千代
1957	This Day's Life
1957	Teen Age Trap
1957	The Barefoot Girl
1957	But the Flesh is Weak
1957	Joshiryōsai
1957	Who's the Real Killer
1957	Temptation	Junko Takeyama
1957	Mountain Pass
1956	Flesh Smuggling
1956	Hungry Soul	Noriko Izumitani
1956	Saigo no sentō-ki
1956	Hungry Soul, Part II	Noriko Izumitani
1956	Gyakukōsen	Motoko Sayama
1953	Tower of Lilies

Year	TV Show	Role
2019	Mango no Ki no Shita de	Aya Kusakabe (1989)
2016	Battleship Musashi
2016	Princess Maison	Akane Todo
2011	Ohisama	Fujiko Kirino
2006	彼女の恋文
2005	Water Boys 2005 Summer	Haru Kakihara
2005	Haru and Natsu	Nobu Takakura
2002	Psycho Doctor
1999	Cat Soup Theater
1994	Haru yo koi	長坂アイ
1985	Ichiban Daiko	養母・勢子
1975	Red Suspicion