Portrait of Misako Watanabe

Misako Watanabe

Acting

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.

Born: October 23, 1932

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Filmography

2024
Route29

as Old Lady at the Watch Shop

2019
Sketches of Life

as Kazuko Tanaka

2019
Mango no Ki no Shita de

as Aya Kusakabe (1989)

2016
Midnight Diner 2

as Yukiko Ogawa

2016
Princess Maison

as Akane Todo

2014
Karaage USA

as Some Karashima

2012
Bread of Happiness

as Aya Sakamoto

2011
Ohisama

as Fujiko Kirino

2009
2008
2005
Haru and Natsu

as Nobu Takakura

2005
Water Boys 2005 Summer

as Haru Kakihara

2005
The Milkwoman

as Toshiko Minagawa

2003
Farewell, Kuro

as Principal Makino

2000
Face

as Mrs. Yoshimura

1995
1994
Haru yo koi

as 長坂アイ

1994
In Blazing Love

as Narrator (voice)

1993
1990
Tsugumi

as Tugumi's Mother

1985
Ichiban Daiko

as 養母・勢子

1982
Tattoo

as Sadako Takeda

1981
This Is Noriko

as Harue Matsubara

1977
Lullaby to Kill

as Harue Bessho - Chi'e's Mother

1971
The Gentle Japanese

as Woman of the story

1970
Child Bride

as Yukiko Takayama

1965
Samurai Spy

as Okiwa

1965
Tokyo Untouchable

as as Mie Kaneko

1965
1965
Kwaidan

as Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

1963
The Hill is Full of Flowers

as Asako Shiraishi

1963
1963
Youth of the Beast

as Kumiko Takeshita

1962
Children of Izu

as Nanae Igami

1962
1962
1962
The Inheritance

as Kawara's wife Rie

1962
Ningen Gari

as Shima Kajimoto

1961
1960
Wait for Tomorrow

as Shinobu Yamaki

1960
1959
Kikenna onna

as Yoshiko Shiota

1959
1959
Break Down that Wall

as Sakiko, the Tanigawas' daughter-in-law

1958
1958
1958
A Slope in the Sun

as Yuriko Kawakami

1958
1957
Temptation

as Junko Takeyama

1957
Streetlights

as 千代

1956
Hungry Soul, Part II

as Noriko Izumitani

1956
Hungry Soul

as Noriko Izumitani

1956
Gyakukōsen

as Motoko Sayama