Atsushi Watanabe
Birthday: 1898-04-09
Place of Birth: Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan
Biography: Atsushi Watanabe (渡辺 篤 Watanabe Atsushi, 9 April 1898 – 27 February 1977) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1921 to 1970.
Movies
Seven Samurai
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...
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A Buddhist Mass for Goemon Ishikawa
The adventures of a modern day descendant of a famed Edo era thief are the basis for this short supe...
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Ikiru
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for ...
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The Life of a Horse-Trader
Hokkaido at the end of the Taisho era is Kitami. On the day his wife died of a dystocia, Bakuro Yone...
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Yojimbo
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival ...
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The Lower Depths
Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an ag...
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Samurai Vagabonds
On New Year's Day 1716, Munenaga of Owari and Yoshinao of Kii were both named as candidates for the ...
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One Wonderful Sunday
Two broke sweethearts wander war-scarred Tokyo on a single Sunday, stretching 35 yen as they chase h...
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The Scarlet Camellia
A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the ...
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King of the Land
Japanese silent film from 1928, ranked as Kinema Junpo's second-best Japanese movie of the year....
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Useless Button
A hard-working new employee at a trading company is promoted through the company president's busines...
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Ghost of the 53 Stations
Kota and Kosuke, from the Hikyaku-ya shop in Edo, went to Kyoto. Contrary to their carefree appearan...
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The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers t...
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Song of Love
The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people....
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Kōmon to yajikita kara su-gumi ihen
1951 Japanese movie. The characters of Mito Kōmon and Yaji and Kita are brought together...
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Ghost Story on Passage
A ghost interrupts the journey of two young noblemen who are disguised as merchants....
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Fighting Friends
Two friends accidentally run into a young, homeless woman, so they take her in....
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流轉
In the eleventh year of the Tempō era, the Kawarazaki-za theater in Edo buzzed with excitement for a...
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大当り男一代
Shinzō, the heir of the prominent Edo lumber dealer Yamashiroya, left home when his stubborn father,...
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Nippon no obaachan
Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast abo...
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My Daughter's Only Wish
My Daughter's Only Wish tells the story of a poorly paid and clumsy office clerk, played with much c...
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Marching On
A farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real aircraft, de...
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The Master of the Sword Dance
The film tells the story of a young nobleman who finds himself alone in the midst of turmoil in his ...
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Red Beard
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed w...
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Dodes'ka-den
On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “dri...
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A contest worth a thousand ryo: In search of a bride
A village samurai with money, power and great masculinity goes to the flourishing city of Edo to hav...
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I Live in Fear
An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to...
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Lord Mito: All Star Version
In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the ...
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Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace
In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chase...
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Big Hit Pachinko Girl
Set in a bustling 1950s parlor, a beautiful counter clerk falls for a wealthy businessman’s son, onl...
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Amakara chindōchū
Kotaro Shimoyama, once a government official, loses his job and separates from his wife, Sachie. He ...
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Yagyu Chronicles 1: Secret Scrolls
Two groups are after the legendary Yagyu Secret Scrolls. A princess of a disgraced clan and her loya...
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Yagyu Chronicles 2: The Secret Sword
This is the second film in the popular black and white series about the master swordsman, Yagyu Jube...
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Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private"....
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Shin nitōhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki
Second "Pfc. Story" sequel and the ninth and final sequel to "Story of Second Class Private", the on...
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Enoken the Hero
Set in the Sengoku period, Tokugawa vassal Yakurota (Kenichi Enomoto) helps the older sister and twi...
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Shadow Over Fuji
The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was ...
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The Way of Drama
The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular...
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Runway to Hell
When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samura...
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The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost
A samurai plots to reclaim his estranged wife after she leaves him over a murder scandal. When her s...
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The Cock Crows Twice
Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves....
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The Mansion of Intrigue
A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun....
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Trapped, the Crimson Bat
Oichi may have met her match as she vies against the evil beauty that has set her sights on destroyi...
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The Acrobats of Death
Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon th...
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Quick Change Tanuki Palace
This is a paradise of dream and illusion, a country of Raccoon Dogs. The Bat Tribe lives in a neighb...
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Couple on the Move
When a woman unfairly suspects her husband of flirting with a shop assistant, she decides to flirt w...
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Samurai Hawk
1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the governmen...
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Room for Let
When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion...
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Iemitsu and Hikoza
A sentimental tale of the filial love between shogun Iemitsu (matinee idol Hasegawa) and his loyal o...
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The Cave of the Vampire Bats
A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing ...
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The Irresponsible Fool
Picked up and raised on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Yasukichi's only trait is his innate misch...
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Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including ...
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Diary of a Wandering Lord
Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen....
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I, the Executioner
Police detectives investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who ...
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Let's Have A Dream
A Japanese stage actor in Yokohama is terminally ill, and is determined to end his life, but doesn’t...
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Road Warriors
A dashing edition with fights , love, and laughter, in which the sorrows and joys of the guiltless w...
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Typhoon
A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been...
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Kaihin no joô
Comedy by Kiyohiko Ushihara. Once a full-length feature film, now only 14 minutes remain....
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Ninja Assassins
Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi....
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Sorcerer's Orb: Part 1
The first part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyo...
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上州鴉
This happened at a post station on the Shinshu road. Takizo Hoshigoe, a wanted man who has been miss...
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Sorcerer's Orb: Part 5
The 5th and final part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkende...
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Case of a Young Lord 6: Mermaid Murder Case
The sixth episode of Hashizo Okawa's "Wakasama Samurai" catch series....
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Travels of Lord Mito: The Demon of Kagyuzaka
Sixth film in the ‘Travels of Lord Mito’ franchise....
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Life's Simple Pleasures
A masterpiece of life sketches overflowing with heartwarming affection and laughter that portrays th...
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Young Master
Japanese silent film from 1926. (Obo-chan meaning "Young Master.") Written by Ayame Mizushima, the f...
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Mother, Don't Tarnish Your Name
Because of her husband’s suicide, a young widow finds herself suddenly cast into a life of solitude,...
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The Model of New Women
A feature-length work based on Kan Kikuchi’s newspaper novel, adapted for the screen by Kōgo Noda. W...
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Where Do Women Go?
Japanese silent film from 1930 with an acclaimed performance by Sumiko Kurishima....
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Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of ali...
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Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of ali...
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