Misako Watanabe

Misako Watanabe

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.

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Known For

Ohisama

Ohisama

2011 • as Fujiko Kirino

Haru yo koi

Haru yo koi

1994 • as 長坂アイ

Ichiban Daiko

Ichiban Daiko

1985 • as 養母・勢子

Kwaidan

Kwaidan

1965 • as Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")

Midnight Diner 2

Midnight Diner 2

2016 • as Yukiko Ogawa

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad

2007

Filmography

2024

Route29
Route29
as Old lady at the watch shop
Movie - Released: 11/8/2024

2020

THE LAST GOZE
THE LAST GOZE
Movie - Released: 10/23/2020

2019

Sketches of Life
Sketches of Life
as Kazuko Tanaka
Movie - Released: 11/15/2019
Mango no Ki no Shita de
Mango no Ki no Shita de
as Kusakabe Aya
TV - Released: 8/8/2019

2018

The Antique
The Antique
Movie - Released: 11/1/2018

2016

Midnight Diner 2
Midnight Diner 2
as Yukiko Ogawa
Movie - Released: 11/5/2016
Battleship Musashi
Battleship Musashi
TV - Released: 9/3/2016
Princess Maison
Princess Maison
as Akane Todo
TV - Released: 10/25/2016

2014

Karaage USA
Karaage USA
as Some Karashima
Movie - Released: 9/20/2014

2013

The Great Passage
The Great Passage
as Take
Movie - Released: 4/13/2013

2012

Bread of Happiness
Bread of Happiness
as Aya Sakamoto
Movie - Released: 1/28/2012

2011

Ohisama
Ohisama
as Fujiko Kirino
TV - Released: 4/4/2011

2009

Bare Essence of Life
Bare Essence of Life
as Shibata
Movie - Released: 6/6/2009
Okaimono
Okaimono
Movie - Released: 2/14/2009

2008

Frost
Frost
Movie - Released: 1/26/2008

2007

Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Movie - Released: 4/14/2007

2006

彼女の恋文
彼女の恋文
TV - Released: 3/17/2006

2005

Water Boys 2005 Summer
Water Boys 2005 Summer
as Haru Kakihara
TV - Released: 8/19/2005
Haru and Natsu
Haru and Natsu
as Nobu Takakura
TV - Released: 10/2/2005

2003

Farewell, Kuro
Farewell, Kuro
as Principal Makino
Movie - Released: 7/1/2003

2002

Psycho Doctor
Psycho Doctor
TV - Released: 10/9/2002

2000

Face
Face
as Mrs. Yoshimura
Movie - Released: 8/12/2000

1999

Sennen-Tabito
Sennen-Tabito
Movie - Released: 11/1/1999
Cat Soup Theater
Cat Soup Theater
TV - Released: 7/9/1999

1995

The Abe Clan
The Abe Clan
as Kinu
Movie - Released: 11/24/1995

1994

In Blazing Love
In Blazing Love
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/1/1994
Haru yo koi
Haru yo koi
as 長坂アイ
TV - Released: 10/3/1994

1993

Summer of the Moonlight Sonata
Summer of the Moonlight Sonata
as Kimiko Yoshioka
Movie - Released: 6/12/1993

1991

The love song of farewell later
The love song of farewell later
Movie - Released: 5/1/1991

1990

Tsugumi
Tsugumi
as Tugumi's mother
Movie - Released: 10/20/1990

1987

Corpse of your Choice
Corpse of your Choice
Movie - Released: 7/13/1987

1985

Ichiban Daiko
Ichiban Daiko
as 養母・勢子
TV - Released: 10/7/1985

1982

Tattoo
Tattoo
as Sadako Takeda
Movie - Released: 6/5/1982

1981

Rennyo and His Mother
Rennyo and His Mother
Movie - Released: 10/7/1981
Movie
This Is Noriko
as Harue Matsubara
Movie - Released: 9/12/1981

1977

Lullaby to Kill
Lullaby to Kill
as Harue Bessho - Chi'e's Mother
Movie - Released: 4/2/1977

1975

Red Suspicion
Red Suspicion
TV - Released: 10/3/1975

1973

A Mummy’s Love
A Mummy’s Love
Movie - Released: 1/1/1973
Long Journey into Love
Long Journey into Love
Movie - Released: 7/7/1973

1971

The Gentle Japanese
The Gentle Japanese
as Woman of the story
Movie - Released: 3/5/1971

1970

Child Bride
Child Bride
as Yukiko Takayama
Movie - Released: 11/12/1970

1967

Dissolution Rites
Dissolution Rites
as Mie
Movie - Released: 4/1/1967
The Shogun and His Mistresses
The Shogun and His Mistresses
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 7/30/1967
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
as Kuriko
Movie - Released: 10/28/1967

1965

Kwaidan
Kwaidan
as Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
Movie - Released: 1/6/1965
Samurai Spy
Samurai Spy
as Okiwa
Movie - Released: 7/10/1965
With Beauty and Sorrow
With Beauty and Sorrow
as Fumiko Ôki
Movie - Released: 2/28/1965
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Movie - Released: 4/10/1965

1964

Homecoming
Homecoming
Movie - Released: 8/14/1964
The Third Ninja
The Third Ninja
Movie - Released: 3/1/1964
Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
Movie - Released: 3/12/1964
Ningen ni kakeruna
Ningen ni kakeruna
Movie - Released: 8/29/1964

1963

The Hill is Full of Flowers
The Hill is Full of Flowers
as Asako Shiraishi
Movie - Released: 9/11/1963
Youth of the Beast
Youth of the Beast
as Kumiko Takeshita
Movie - Released: 4/21/1963
Sasuke and His Comedians
Sasuke and His Comedians
Movie - Released: 12/11/1963
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Yasu, Sajiemon's wife
Movie - Released: 4/28/1963
A Fishmonger's Tour
A Fishmonger's Tour
Movie - Released: 1/15/1963
The Gambling Monk
The Gambling Monk
Movie - Released: 10/13/1963
Foggy Night Blues
Foggy Night Blues
Movie - Released: 6/30/1963

1962

Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
Movie - Released: 1/14/1962
Tokyo Untouchable
Tokyo Untouchable
as as Mie Kaneko
Movie - Released: 10/21/1962
Kimagure tosei
Kimagure tosei
Movie - Released: 2/18/1962
The Injured Boy
The Injured Boy
Movie - Released: 4/4/1962
Human
Human
Movie - Released: 11/4/1962
零戦黒雲一家
零戦黒雲一家
Movie - Released: 8/12/1962
Facing to the Clouds
Facing to the Clouds
Movie - Released: 5/1/1962
Being Two Isn't Easy
Being Two Isn't Easy
as Setsuko
Movie - Released: 11/18/1962
Me o tsubutte tsuppashire
Me o tsubutte tsuppashire
Movie - Released: 6/3/1962
At the Side of the Bridge
At the Side of the Bridge
Movie - Released: 7/1/1962
At the Side of the Bridge 2
At the Side of the Bridge 2
Movie - Released: 9/30/1962
The Inheritance
The Inheritance
as Kawara's wife Rie
Movie - Released: 2/16/1962
Ningen Gari
Ningen Gari
as Shima Kajimoto
Movie - Released: 1/23/1962
Children of Izu
Children of Izu
as Nanae Igami
Movie - Released: 11/21/1962

1961

Dai shusse monogatari
Dai shusse monogatari
Movie - Released: 1/3/1961
Yabure Kabure
Yabure Kabure
Movie - Released: 2/11/1961
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
as Tomiko Haraguchi
Movie - Released: 12/1/1961
That Guy and I
That Guy and I
Movie - Released: 9/10/1961

1960

Sixteen years old
Sixteen years old
Movie - Released: 10/1/1960
Take Aim at the Police Van
Take Aim at the Police Van
as Yûko Hamajima
Movie - Released: 1/27/1960
The War Without Weapons
The War Without Weapons
Movie - Released: 11/8/1960
The Lost Diamond
The Lost Diamond
Movie - Released: 6/18/1960
Wait for Tomorrow
Wait for Tomorrow
as Shinobu Yamaki
Movie - Released: 10/26/1960
The Guitarist and the Rancher
The Guitarist and the Rancher
Movie - Released: 1/3/1960

1959

Break Down that Wall
Break Down that Wall
as Sakiko, the Tanigawas' daughter-in-law
Movie - Released: 6/23/1959
Wakai hyou no mure
Wakai hyou no mure
Movie - Released: 6/16/1959
The Age of Our Own
The Age of Our Own
as Yoriko
Movie - Released: 11/25/1959
The Ghost of Iwojima
The Ghost of Iwojima
Movie - Released: 10/21/1959
The Rambling Guitarist
The Rambling Guitarist
as Rie
Movie - Released: 10/11/1959
Kikenna onna
Kikenna onna
as Yoshiko Shiota
Movie - Released: 12/16/1959
The Third Dead Angle
The Third Dead Angle
Movie - Released: 1/22/1959
Unripe Fruit
Unripe Fruit
Movie - Released: 2/4/1959
Kamen no Onna
Kamen no Onna
Movie - Released: 2/24/1959
Wolves on Number Zero Street
Wolves on Number Zero Street
Movie - Released: 8/19/1959
Beneath the Gallows
Beneath the Gallows
Movie - Released: 5/5/1959

1958

Movie
Kemono no iru gai
Movie - Released: 12/17/1958
Endless Desire
Endless Desire
as Shima
Movie - Released: 11/18/1958
A Slope in the Sun
A Slope in the Sun
as Yuriko Kawakami
Movie - Released: 4/15/1958
Young Breasts
Young Breasts
Movie - Released: 9/8/1958
The Seasons of Love
The Seasons of Love
as Yuriko
Movie - Released: 6/10/1958
Forever, My Love
Forever, My Love
as Tokie
Movie - Released: 2/5/1958
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
Movie - Released: 8/12/1958

1957

Streetlights
Streetlights
as 千代
Movie - Released: 2/13/1957
This Day's Life
This Day's Life
Movie - Released: 6/26/1957
Movie
Teen Age Trap
Movie - Released: 12/15/1957
The Barefoot Girl
The Barefoot Girl
Movie - Released: 9/8/1957
But the Flesh is Weak
But the Flesh is Weak
Movie - Released: 10/29/1957
Joshiryōsai
Joshiryōsai
Movie - Released: 2/6/1957
Who's the Real Killer
Who's the Real Killer
Movie - Released: 7/3/1957
Temptation
Temptation
as Junko Takeyama
Movie - Released: 9/22/1957
Mountain Pass
Mountain Pass
Movie - Released: 11/5/1957

1956

Flesh Smuggling
Flesh Smuggling
Movie - Released: 10/9/1956
Hungry Soul
Hungry Soul
as Noriko Izumitani
Movie - Released: 10/31/1956
Saigo no sentō-ki
Saigo no sentō-ki
Movie - Released: 10/17/1956
Hungry Soul, Part II
Hungry Soul, Part II
as Noriko Izumitani
Movie - Released: 11/28/1956
Gyakukōsen
Gyakukōsen
as Motoko Sayama
Movie - Released: 8/14/1956

1953

Tower of Lilies
Tower of Lilies
Movie - Released: 1/9/1953