Misako Watanabe

Personal Info

Birthday

October 23, 1932

(92 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

渡辺美佐子

わたなべみさこ

Мисако Ватанабэ

میساکو واتانابه

Misako Watanabe

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.

Known For

Ichiban Daiko

Haru yo koi

Ohisama

Kwaidan

Haru and Natsu

Take Aim at the Police Van

Youth of the Beast

In Blazing Love

Filmography

2024
Route29
as Old Lady at the Watch Shop
2019
Sketches of Life
as Kazuko Tanaka
2016
Midnight Diner 2
as Yukiko Ogawa
2014
Karaage USA
as Some Karashima
2013
The Great Passage
as Take
2012
Bread of Happiness
as Aya Sakamoto
2009
Bare Essence of Life
as Shibata
2003
Farewell, Kuro
as Principal Makino
2000
Face
as Mrs. Yoshimura
1995
The Abe Clan
as Kinu
1994
In Blazing Love
as Narrator (voice)
1993
Summer of the Moonlight Sonata
as Kimiko Yoshioka
1990
Tsugumi
as Tugumi's mother
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
1967
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
as Kuriko
The Shogun and His Mistresses
as Narrator
Dissolution Rites
as Mie
1965
Samurai Spy
as Okiwa
With Beauty and Sorrow
as Fumiko Ôki
Kwaidan
as Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
1963
The Hill is Full of Flowers
as Asako Shiraishi
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Yasu, Sajiemon's wife
Youth of the Beast
as Kumiko Takeshita
1962
Children of Izu
as Nanae Igami
Being Two Isn't Easy
as Setsuko
Tokyo Untouchable
as as Mie Kaneko
The Inheritance
as Kawara's wife Rie
Ningen Gari
as Shima Kajimoto
1961
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
as Tomiko Haraguchi
1960
Wait for Tomorrow
as Shinobu Yamaki
Take Aim at the Police Van
as Yûko Hamajima
1959
Kikenna onna
as Yoshiko Shiota
The Age of Our Own
as Yoriko
The Rambling Guitarist
as Rie
Break Down that Wall
as Sakiko, the Tanigawas' daughter-in-law
1958
Endless Desire
as Shima
The Seasons of Love
as Yuriko
A Slope in the Sun
as Yuriko Kawakami
Forever, My Love
as Tokie
1957
Temptation
as Junko Takeyama
Streetlights
as 千代
1956
Hungry Soul, Part II
as Noriko Izumitani
Hungry Soul
as Noriko Izumitani
Gyakukōsen
as Motoko Sayama