Atsushi Watanabe (actor)

Atsushi Watanabe
Born 9 April 1898
Tokyo, Japan
Died 27 February 1977(1977-02-27) (aged 78)
Tokyo, Japan
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. 1 2 3 "Watanabe Atsushi". Kotobanku (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
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