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

Haru yo koi
1994
Ohisama
2011
Ichiban Daiko
1985
Psycho Doctor
2002
Red Suspicion
1975
Kwaidan
1965
Cat Soup Theater
1999
Haru and Natsu
2005
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007
Princess Maison
2016
Midnight Diner 2
2016
In Blazing Love
1994

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
126
2024
Route29
as Old Lady at the Watch Shop
2020
THE LAST GOZE
2019
Sketches of Life
as Kazuko Tanaka
2019
Mango no Ki no Shita de
as Aya Kusakabe (1989)
2018
The Antique
2016
Midnight Diner 2
as Yukiko Ogawa
2016
Battleship Musashi
2016
Princess Maison
as Akane Todo
2014
Karaage USA
as Some Karashima
2013
The Great Passage
as Take
2012
Bread of Happiness
as Aya Sakamoto
2011
Ohisama
as Fujiko Kirino
2009
Bare Essence of Life
as Shibata
2009
Okaimono
2008
Frost
2007
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2006
彼女の恋文
2005
The Milkwoman
as Toshiko Minagawa
2005
Water Boys 2005 Summer
as Haru Kakihara
2005
Haru and Natsu
as Nobu Takakura
2003
Farewell, Kuro
as Principal Makino
2002
Psycho Doctor
2001
Acacia Walk
2001
Proof of the Man 2001
2000
Face
as Mrs. Yoshimura
1999
Sennen-Tabito
1999
Cat Soup Theater
1995
The Abe Clan
as Kinu
1994
In Blazing Love
as Narrator (voice)
1994
Otoko Tomodachi
1994
Haru yo koi
as 長坂アイ
1993
Summer of the Moonlight Sonata
as Kimiko Yoshioka
1991
The love song of farewell later
1990
Tsugumi
as Tugumi's Mother
1987
Corpse of your Choice
1985
Ichiban Daiko
as 養母・勢子
1982
Tattoo
as Sadako Takeda
1981
Rennyo and His Mother
1981
This Is Noriko
as Harue Matsubara
1981
空よ海よ息子たちよ
1979
Rika
1977
Lullaby to Kill
as Harue Bessho - Chi'e's Mother
1975
Red Suspicion
1973
A Mummy’s Love
1973
Long Journey into Love
1971
The Gentle Japanese
as Woman of the story
1970
Child Bride
as Yukiko Takayama
1967
Dissolution Rites
as Mie
1967
The Shogun and His Mistresses
as Narrator
1967
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
as Koriku
1965
Kwaidan
as Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair")
1965
Tokyo Untouchable
as as Mie Kaneko
1965
Samurai Spy
as Okiwa
1965
With Beauty and Sorrow
as Fumiko Ôki
1965
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1964
Homecoming
1964
The Third Ninja
1964
Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
1964
Ningen ni kakeruna
1963
The Hill is Full of Flowers
as Asako Shiraishi
1963
Youth of the Beast
as Kumiko Takeshita
1963
Sasuke and His Comedians
1963
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Yasu, Sajiemon's wife
1963
A Fishmonger's Tour
1963
The Gambling Monk
1963
Foggy Night Blues
1962
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
1962
Kimagure tosei
1962
The Injured Boy
1962
Human
as Kamegoro's wife
1962
零戦黒雲一家
1962
Facing to the Clouds
1962
Being Two Isn't Easy
as Setsuko
1962
Me o tsubutte tsuppashire
1962
At the Side of the Bridge
1962
At the Side of the Bridge 2
1962
The Inheritance
as Kawara's wife Rie
1962
Ningen Gari
as Shima Kajimoto
1962
Children of Izu
as Nanae Igami
1961
Dai shusse monogatari
1961
Yabure Kabure
1961
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
as Tomiko Haraguchi
1961
That Guy and I
1960
Sixteen years old
1960
Take Aim at the Police Van
as Yûko Hamajima
1960
The War Without Weapons
as Chiyo, Senji Yamamoto's wife
1960
The Lost Diamond
1960
Wait for Tomorrow
as Shinobu Yamaki
1960
The Guitarist and the Rancher
1959
Break Down that Wall
as Sakiko, the Tanigawas' daughter-in-law
1959
Young Panther
1959
The Age of Our Own
as Yoriko
1959
The Ghost of Iwojima
1959
The Rambling Guitarist
as Rie
1959
Kikenna onna
as Yoshiko Shiota
1959
The Third Dead Angle
1959
Unripe Fruit
1959
Masked Woman
1959
Wolves on Number Zero Street
1959
Beneath the Gallows
1959
Talented Woman
1958
City with Beasts
1958
Endless Desire
as Shima
1958
A Slope in the Sun
as Yuriko Kawakami
1958
Young Breasts
1958
The Seasons of Love
as Yuriko
1958
Forever, My Love
as Tokie
1958
The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
as Fumie Nezu
1958
Shiroi akuma
1958
Unga
as Hideko Ako
1957
Streetlights
as 千代
1957
This Day's Life
1957
Teen Age Trap
1957
The Barefoot Girl
1957
But the Flesh is Weak
1957
Joshiryōsai
1957
Who's the Real Killer
1957
Temptation
as Junko Takeyama
1957
Mountain Pass
1956
Flesh Smuggling
1956
Hungry Soul
as Noriko Izumitani
1956
Saigo no sentō-ki
1956
Hungry Soul, Part II
as Noriko Izumitani
1956
Gyakukōsen
as Motoko Sayama
1954
Sorcerer’s Orb
1953
Tower of Lilies