Atsushi Watanabe

AKA: 渡边笃, 渡邊篤

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1898-04-09

Asakusa, 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.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {145}

Bun Seller

1954-04-26 8.5

Seven Samurai

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend ...

Genre :Action, Drama

1930-07-13 0

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 supernatural comedy romp. ...

Genre :Comedy

Patient

1952-10-09 8.3

Ikiru

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life. ...

Genre :Drama

1963-08-14 0

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 Yonetaro fell asleep after being kicked by a sick woman Yuki at a vague shop after violence. ...

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The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)

1961-04-25 8.1

Yojimbo

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabata ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller

Kuna

1957-10-01 7.1

The Lower Depths

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off ...

Genre :Drama

1962-01-23 0

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Coral Mansion

Bored Hatamoto movie #29 ...

Genre :

1960-01-15 6

Samurai Vagabonds

On New Year's Day 1716, Munenaga of Owari and Yoshinao of Kii were both named as candidates for the title of 8th Shogun. The wise and just Munenaga is plunged into a dispute with Tokugawa Yoshinao tha ...

Genre :Action, Comedy, History

1962-11-18 0

Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru

1962 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

Her Husband

1950-02-27 0

Four Seasons of Women

Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda ...

Genre :Drama

Yamamoto

1947-07-01 7.2

One Wonderful Sunday

Two broke sweethearts wander war-scarred Tokyo on a single Sunday, stretching 35 yen as they chase housing, small pleasures, and a little hope. ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

1966-04-29 0

Warm Current

Genre :Drama

1945-03-29 0

Tokkan ekichô

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita ...

Genre :

Takuetsu

1963-11-01 0

Okashina yatsu

Genre :Comedy

1956-07-12 0

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship

Bored Hatamoto film #20 ...

Genre :Action, History

1964-11-21 4.2

The Scarlet Camellia

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detective looking into the deaths does not suspect her. ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

1955-12-28 0

Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Letter of Challenge

Bored Hatamoto film #19 ...

Genre :Action, History

1927-06-15 0

Karakuri musume

Genre :

Student

1928-11-10 0

King of the Land

Japanese silent film from 1928, ranked as Kinema Junpo's second-best Japanese movie of the year. ...

Genre :Drama

1926-08-30 0

Useless Button

A hard-working new employee at a trading company is promoted through the company president's business. However, he quarrels with his wife over something trivial, and her wife runs away from home, caus ...

Genre :Comedy

1926-12-12 0

Junange

Genre :

1960-08-07 0

Ghost of the 53 Stations

Kota and Kosuke, from the Hikyaku-ya shop in Edo, went to Kyoto. Contrary to their carefree appearance, they carry a secret letter concerning the Aoba clan from Kyoto. A samurai who calls himself Okum ...

Genre :Comedy, Horror

Playwright

1931-08-01 6.5

The Neighbour's Wife and Mine

A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his new home, too. ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

1954-01-12 0

Sanada Ten Braves

1954 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

1950-07-09 0

Enoken roppa no yajikita bugiugi dōchū

1950 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

Gohei Senke

1967-04-29 6

Song of Love

The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people. ...

Genre :Comedy

1962-06-03 0

Me o tsubutte tsuppashire

1962 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

1962-06-20 0

Pig and Goldfish

1962 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

1951-07-31 0

Kōmon to yajikita kara su-gumi ihen

1951 Japanese movie. The characters of Mito Kōmon and Yaji and Kita are brought together ...

Genre :

1958-07-13 0

Ghost Story on Passage

A ghost interrupts the journey of two young noblemen who are disguised as merchants. ...

Genre :Adventure, Horror, Comedy

1957-02-12 0

Lofty Ambitions

Genre :

Ryukichi

1929-07-05 5.688

Fighting Friends

Two friends accidentally run into a young, homeless woman, so they take her in. ...

Genre :Comedy

1954-02-24 0

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.4

Fourth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise. ...

Genre :

1954-04-13 9

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.5

Fifth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise. ...

Genre :

段六

1956-04-25 0

流轉

In the eleventh year of the Tempō era, the Kawarazaki-za theater in Edo buzzed with excitement for a new production of "Kanjinchō" by Naritaya, featuring music by the master Kineya Rokusaburō. However ...

Genre :

番頭久作

1956-01-22 0

大当り男一代

Shinzō, the heir of the prominent Edo lumber dealer Yamashiroya, left home when his stubborn father, Chōzaemon, dismissed his lover, the maid Oyasu. Shinzō and Oyasu set up a household near a soba sho ...

Genre :

1952-12-04 0

紺屋高尾

Genre :

1962-01-03 0

Nippon no obaachan

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was lookin ...

Genre :Comedy

1939-03-14 0

My Daughter's Only Wish

My Daughter's Only Wish tells the story of a poorly paid and clumsy office clerk, played with much comedic talent by Atsushi Watanabe. His biggest problem: His daughter Hideko is too clever and is exp ...

Genre :

1954-03-10 0

疾風愛憎峠

Genre :

1957-07-09 0

悪魔の顔

Genre :

1951-01-08 0

Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf

Genre :

1958-11-11 0

One Step to Happiness

Genre :

Ogata

1934-11-22 0

Karisome no kuchibeni

A Japanese version of the musical comedy "Yes, Mr. Brown" ...

Genre :Music, Comedy, Romance

1949-12-13 0

Odoroki ikka

1949 Japanese film ...

Genre :

1949-02-22 0

Kaze no ko

1949 drama film ...

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Officer B

1930-03-07 0

Marching On

A farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real aircraft, develops a friendship with the daughter of the local squire, who introduces the lad to her pilot broth ...

Genre :War, Drama

1956-02-11 0

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 70,000 koku estate, where he is surrounded by his beautiful younger sister Yukihime, who helps him, ...

Genre :Drama

Patient B

1965-04-03 8.1

Red Beard

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor R ...

Genre :Drama

Mr. Tanba

1970-10-31 7

Dodes'ka-den

On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “drives” an imaginary trolley, a homeless father and son designing a dream house, a young woman brutaliz ...

Genre :Drama

1960-10-16 0

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 have some fun and practice. And here he is attacked by a beautiful thief... A light comedy historical d ...

Genre :Adventure, Comedy

Factory Worker Ishida

1955-11-22 7.3

I Live in Fear

An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to Brazil. When they petition to have him declared incompetent, a family-court counselor witnesses his ...

Genre :Drama

1948-01-20 0

Golden Devil

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil ...

Genre :

1948-02-03 0

Golden Devil Part 2

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil, part 2 ...

Genre :

1960-08-07 8.3

Lord Mito: All Star Version

In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later, another fire broke out, this time in Komagome, burning ...

Genre :

1941-02-26 0

Kodakara fūfu

Genre :Drama

1955-12-25 0

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace

In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chased by a spy named Genshichi. Unfortunately, the woman is shot and killed. Later, Genshichi explains t ...

Genre :Action, History

1946-10-22 0

The Okagura Brothers

1946 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

Chinese classics teacher

1953-06-15 10

Bot-chan

1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel. ...

Genre :Comedy

Kinichiro Nakamura

1950-01-22 6.5

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

1952-02-29 0

娘十八びっくり天国

Japanese comedy film. ...

Genre :Comedy

1952-01-15 0

Big hit pachinko girl

Japanese comedy film. ...

Genre :Comedy

1950-11-11 0

Amakara chindōchū

Kotaro Shimoyama, once a government official, loses his job and separates from his wife, Sachie. He now resides with his daughter, Haruko. By chance, he apprehends a criminal and reconnects with his f ...

Genre :Comedy

1961-03-01 6

Yagyu Chronicles 1: Secret Scrolls

Two groups are after the legendary Yagyu Secret Scrolls. A princess of a disgraced clan and her loyal servant want it to clear their family's name. And a rival clan wants it to destroy the Yagyu famil ...

Genre :

1961-03-19 6

Yagyu Chronicles 2: The Secret Sword

This is the second film in the popular black and white series about the master swordsman, Yagyu Jubei. When the Yagyu clan falls victim to rival Kasumi spies, Yagyu Jubei is called to action to protec ...

Genre :

Warrant Officer Nomiyama

1958-04-20 0

Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki

Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private". ...

Genre :Comedy

1958-12-28 0

Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki

Fifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private". ...

Genre :Comedy

1961-01-15 0

Shin nitōhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki

Second "Pfc. Story" sequel and the ninth and final sequel to "Story of Second Class Private", the only one in both series not directed by Seiichi Fukuda. ...

Genre :Comedy

1952-08-28 0

Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo

Japanese comedy film. ...

Genre :Comedy

Odera Junai

1950-10-15 0

Enoken the Hero

Set in the Sengoku period, Tokugawa vassal Yakurota (Kenichi Enomoto) helps the older sister and twin sister of the Matsudaira family who are in love with his best friend Iori while also resolving the ...

Genre :Comedy

1944-01-27 6

This Happy Life

A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

1954-01-03 0

Bored Hatamoto: House of Skulls

Bored Hatamoto movie #15 ...

Genre :Action, History

1954-12-22 0

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3

Third film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise. ...

Genre :

1957-01-15 0

Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower

Bored Hatamoto film #21 ...

Genre :Action, History

1957-10-29 0

Shadow Over Fuji

The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was an open official secret, took place on the foothills of Mt. Fuji. Fearing attacks from within and wi ...

Genre :Drama, History

Hansuke Yano

1943-03-18 0

音楽大進軍

A 1943 film. ...

Genre :Drama, Music

1941-01-09 5.3

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

Genre :Mystery, History

1944-05-11 6.5

The Way of Drama

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical styles like those used by amateur actors to dramatise co ...

Genre :Drama

1960-05-03 6.5

Runway to Hell

When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to assist. ...

Genre :Action, Drama

Takuetsu

1961-07-02 7.3

The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost

A samurai plots to reclaim his estranged wife after she leaves him over a murder scandal. When her sister falls victim to a scheme, he and his friend manipulate events, but their plans lead to superna ...

Genre :Drama, Horror

1954-11-30 0

The Cock Crows Twice

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves. ...

Genre :

1947-03-18 0

Todoroki Sensei

Based on the comic by Kaoru Akiyoshi ...

Genre :

1922-10-28 3

Konishi Junsa

Genre :Drama, Mystery

Masatada Yamada

1957-12-28 0

The Adorable Trio

Japanese romantic comedy film. ...

Genre :Romance, Comedy

Senta (Plasterer)

1957-12-28 0

The Mansion of Intrigue

A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun. ...

Genre :Action, Comedy

Jisaku

1969-06-21 6.4

Trapped, the Crimson Bat

Oichi may have met her match as she vies against the evil beauty that has set her sights on destroying her. She must face numerous other challenges before confronting her greatest rival. While longing ...

Genre :Adventure, Drama, Action

1959-01-09 5.8

The Acrobats of Death

Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town. ...

Genre :History, Action

1954-12-29 0

Quick Change Tanuki Palace

This is a paradise of dream and illusion, a country of Raccoon Dogs. The Bat Tribe lives in a neighboring country took a young prince of Raccoon Dogs as a hostage, and try to take a Buddhist saint fro ...

Genre :

Eikichi Fukuoka

1928-09-28 0

Couple on the Move

When a woman unfairly suspects her husband of flirting with a shop assistant, she decides to flirt with their landlord to get revenge. Considered to be a lost film. ...

Genre :Drama

1961-03-05 5.2

Samurai Hawk

1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the government tries to keep these incidents under wraps, they must take any means possible to get to the bottom ...

Genre :History, Drama

Hochin

1959-06-02 6

Room for Let

When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection of characters already living there. The unlikely ...

Genre :Comedy

Sasao Kinai

1941-03-26 0

Iemitsu and Hikoza

A sentimental tale of the filial love between shogun Iemitsu (matinee idol Hasegawa) and his loyal old retainer Hikoza (comedian Roppa, playing somewhat against type). ...

Genre :Drama, History

1941-12-30 6

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph

Genre :Drama

1957-12-15 0

Hearts A-Flutter

Genre :Drama

1961-08-01 6

The Cave of the Vampire Bats

A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing the bored Lord is walking by, he saved the girls but was too late to save the maiden, quickly he fin ...

Genre :Mystery, Action, Drama

1964-04-29 7

The Irresponsible Fool

Picked up and raised on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Yasukichi's only trait is his innate mischievousness. However, because his love for his hometown is exceptionally stronger than anybody's, he ...

Genre :Comedy

1955-02-27 7.4

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the various people they meet on their journey, including a policeman in ...

Genre :Drama, Adventure

A gentleman

1930-04-26 0

Reijin

Genre :Romance

1959-01-03 0

Diary of a Wandering Lord

Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen. ...

Genre :

1947-10-12 0

These Foolish Times

Genre :Comedy

Superintendent

1968-04-13 7.2

I, the Executioner

Police detectives investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide. ...

Genre :Thriller, Horror, Drama, Crime

1937-11-03 4

Ushidure Express

Genre :Comedy

1967-01-02 0

Let's Have A Dream

A Japanese stage actor in Yokohama is terminally ill, and is determined to end his life, but doesn’t know to have inherited a large sum of money from Switzerland. ...

Genre :Drama

1957-03-13 0

Lords of Oppression

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki. ...

Genre :Drama

1957-03-27 0

Lords of Oppression 2

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki. ...

Genre :Drama

1960-05-17 6

Road Warriors

A dashing edition with fights , love, and laughter, in which the sorrows and joys of the guiltless world are colored by the guiltless travel crow, Ayame 's Gantaro, with the turbulent and exciting Wak ...

Genre :

1955-11-08 0

The Roar of The Lion

Genre :Crime

1955-03-28 0

The Fighting Magistrate

Genre :

1954-09-29 0

Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord

Genre :Horror

1956-12-19 0

Typhoon

A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been destroyed and then cashing in on building a new one. ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

1927-09-30 0

Kaihin no joô

Comedy by Kiyohiko Ushihara. Once a full-length feature film, now only 14 minutes remain. ...

Genre :

1960-06-29 6

Ninja Assassins

Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi. ...

Genre :Action

1954-05-31 0

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 1

The first part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin ...

Genre :Adventure

1964-07-18 0

Women's Doctor

Life of a bachelor gynecologist in a hospital for women. ...

Genre :

1958-10-21 0

The Undefeated Woman

Genre :Action

1956-10-24 0

やくざ大名

Genre :

1956-03-08 0

快剣士・笑いの面

Genre :

1951-05-25 0

上州鴉

This happened at a post station on the Shinshu road. Takizo Hoshigoe, a wanted man who has been missing since breaking through the Oto checkpoint, came to this post station longing for his hometown an ...

Genre :

1939-03-20 0

Roppa no Hōjiro Sensei

Original work by Hyakken Uchida. ...

Genre :

1954-06-29 0

Sorcerer's Orb: Part 5

The 5th and final part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin ...

Genre :Adventure

1957-09-29 0

Case of a Young Lord 6: Mermaid Murder Case

The sixth episode of Hashizo Okawa's "Wakasama Samurai" catch series. ...

Genre :

1961-01-27 0

Obugyō-sama to musume-tachi

1961 Japanese movie ...

Genre :

1955-05-10 0

Travels of Lord Mito: The Demon of Kagyuzaka

Sixth film in the ‘Travels of Lord Mito’ franchise. ...

Genre :Adventure

1955-05-17 0

Life's Simple Pleasures

A masterpiece of life sketches overflowing with heartwarming affection and laughter that portrays the modern common people with humor and pathos, focusing on the daily life of Sanpei Mejiro, a salarym ...

Genre :Family, Drama

Executive

1925-12-31 0

No Need for Your Opinion

Japanese silent film from 1925 featuring Kinuyo Tanaka. ...

Genre :Drama

Matsumura (Ryoji's Friend)

1926-01-30 0

Troubled Days

Early Japanese silent film by Hiroshi Shimizu. ...

Genre :

Akimoto Makizo (Employee)

1926-05-01 0

Young Master

Japanese silent film from 1926. (Obo-chan meaning "Young Master.") Written by Ayame Mizushima, the first female screenwriter in Japan. ...

Genre :

1928-01-20 0

If Only She...

Japanese silent film from 1928. ...

Genre :Drama

Matsubara Gondayū

1928-06-22 0

What a Handsome Man!

Japanese silent film from 1928. ...

Genre :

1928-06-26 0

The Face of Humanity

Japanese silent film from 1928. ...

Genre :Drama

1928-10-27 0

Thank You for Your Hard Work

Japanese silent comedy from 1928. ...

Genre :Comedy

President

1928-11-17 0

The Glory of the Shōwa Era

Japanese silent film from 1928. ...

Genre :Drama

1930-08-15 0

Mother, Don't Tarnish Your Name

Because of her husband’s suicide, a young widow finds herself suddenly cast into a life of solitude, with only her beloved child in her arms. At first, her pure devotion is directed toward the memory ...

Genre :Drama

1929-01-10 0

Echigo Lion

Japanese silent film from 1929. ...

Genre :Drama

1929-06-14 0

The Model of New Women

A feature-length work based on Kan Kikuchi’s newspaper novel, adapted for the screen by Kōgo Noda. With performances by stars such as Shizue Ryūda, Kinuyo Tanaka, and Yukiko Tsukuba, alongside handsom ...

Genre :

Tsurukichi, the Prodigal Son

1929-08-01 0

Cheerful Song

Japanese silent film from 1929. ...

Genre :

1929-09-13 0

The Father and His Son

Japanese silent film from 1929. ...

Genre :

Jun

1930-05-24 0

Where Do Women Go?

Japanese silent film from 1930 with an acclaimed performance by Sumiko Kurishima. ...

Genre :

1930-05-24 0

A Smiling Life

Japanese silent film from 1930. ...

Genre :

Clothing Merchant

1930-11-15 0

Youth, Why Do You Cry?

A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home. ...

Genre :Drama

Yoshida (Secretary)

1931-04-17 0

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 alienation in the world of money, develops into a lumberland epic with a forest fire on Sakhalin Island ...

Genre :

Secretary Yoshida

1931-04-17 0

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

Genre :

1931-08-08 0

The Tramp and His Daughter

Japanese silent film from 1931. ...