Atsushi Watanabe (actor)
Atsushi Watanabe | |
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Born |
9 April 1898 Tokyo, Japan |
Died |
27 February 1977 78) Tokyo, Japan | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1921-1970 |
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.
Career
Starting out in Asakusa Opera, Watanabe shifted to film in 1921, joining Makino Educational Pictures, a precursor to Makino Film Productions.[1] Moving to other studios, he eventually settled at Shochiku's Kamata studio in 1925 and eventually became established as a comic star, often appearing in Torajiro Saito's films.[1] He eventually joined the revue company of Roppa Furukawa and made films at Toho.[1] In the postwar, he appeared in a number of films by Akira Kurosawa.
Selected filmography
- 1931: The Neighbor's Wife and Mine
- 1949: Odoroki ikka
- 1952: Ikiru
- 1954: Seven Samurai
- 1954: Sorcerer's Orb
- 1961: Shin nitôhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki
- 1961: Hatamoto kenka taka - Yobei Tajimaya
- 1961: Yojimbo - The Cooper - Coffin-Maker
- 1961: Kaidan Oiwa no borei
- 1962: Nippon no obaachan - Suzumura
- 1962: Hatamoto taikutsu otoko: nazo no sango yashiki
- 1963: Bakurô ichidai - Ogasawara
- 1963: Okashina yatsu - Takuetsu
- 1965: The Scarlet Camellia - Yosuke
- 1965: Red Beard - Patient B
- 1966: Ohana han - Kitakawara, Ôzu town mayer
- 1968: Sukurappu shûdan
- 1970: Dodes'ka-den - Mr. Tanba
References
- 1 2 3 "Watanabe Atsushi". Kotobanku (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
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