Misako Watanabe: movies and TV shows
Misako Watanabe has 122 credits in the archive: 109 films and 13 TV series, from 1953 to 2024. Highest rated: Red Suspicion (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2024 · busiest year: 1962 (13 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Route29 | Old Lady at the Watch Shop | Film | 7.0 | 91 |
| 2020 | THE LAST GOZE | Film | — | 87 | |
| 2019 | Mango no Ki no Shita de | Aya Kusakabe (1989) | TV | — | 86 |
| 2019 | Sketches of Life | Kazuko Tanaka | Film | 6.0 | 86 |
| 2018 | The Antique | Film | 6.4 | 85 | |
| 2016 | Midnight Diner 2 | Yukiko Ogawa | Film | 7.4 | 83 |
| 2016 | Princess Maison | Akane Todo | TV | 6.0 | 83 |
| 2016 | Battleship Musashi | TV | — | 83 | |
| 2014 | Karaage USA | Some Karashima | Film | — | 81 |
| 2013 | The Great Passage | Take | Film | 7.2 | 80 |
| 2012 | Bread of Happiness | Aya Sakamoto | Film | 6.7 | 79 |
| 2011 | Ohisama | Fujiko Kirino | TV | 9.0 | 78 |
| 2009 | Bare Essence of Life | Shibata | Film | 6.0 | 76 |
| 2009 | Okaimono | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2008 | Frost | Film | 7.5 | 75 | |
| 2007 | Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad | Film | 6.9 | 74 | |
| 2006 | 彼女の恋文 | TV | — | 73 | |
| 2005 | Haru and Natsu | Nobu Takakura | TV | 7.8 | 72 |
| 2005 | Water Boys 2005 Summer | Haru Kakihara | TV | — | 72 |
| 2005 | The Milkwoman | Toshiko Minagawa | Film | 6.9 | 72 |
| 2003 | Farewell, Kuro | Principal Makino | Film | 7.2 | 70 |
| 2002 | Psycho Doctor | TV | 7.7 | 69 | |
| 2001 | Acacia Walk | Film | — | 68 | |
| 2000 | Face | Mrs. Yoshimura | Film | 6.6 | 67 |
| 1999 | Cat Soup Theater | TV | 7.0 | 66 | |
| 1999 | Sennen-Tabito | Film | 10.0 | 66 | |
| 1995 | The Abe Clan | Kinu | Film | 7.7 | 62 |
| 1994 | Haru yo koi | 長坂アイ | TV | — | 61 |
| 1994 | In Blazing Love | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1993 | Summer of the Moonlight Sonata | Kimiko Yoshioka | Film | 9.0 | 60 |
| 1991 | The love song of farewell later | Film | — | 58 | |
| 1990 | Tsugumi | Tugumi's Mother | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1987 | Corpse of your Choice | Film | — | 54 | |
| 1985 | Ichiban Daiko | 養母・勢子 | TV | — | 52 |
| 1982 | Tattoo | Sadako Takeda | Film | 5.7 | 49 |
| 1981 | Rennyo and His Mother | Film | 9.0 | 48 | |
| 1981 | This Is Noriko | Harue Matsubara | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 1977 | Lullaby to Kill | Harue Bessho - Chi'e's Mother | Film | 6.6 | 44 |
| 1975 | Red Suspicion | TV | 8.3 | 42 | |
| 1973 | Long Journey into Love | Film | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1973 | A Mummy’s Love | Film | 8.0 | 40 | |
| 1971 | The Gentle Japanese | Woman of the story | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1970 | Child Bride | Yukiko Takayama | Film | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1967 | The Shogun and His Mistresses | Narrator | Film | 4.7 | 34 |
| 1967 | Dissolution Rites | Mie | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1967 | The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka | Kuriko | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1965 | Kwaidan | Second Wife (segment "The Black Hair") | Film | 7.7 | 32 |
| 1965 | Tokyo Untouchable | as Mie Kaneko | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1965 | Samurai Spy | Okiwa | Film | 6.4 | 32 |
| 1965 | With Beauty and Sorrow | Fumiko Ôki | Film | 5.7 | 32 |
| 1965 | Cold Rice, Osan, Chan | Film | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 1964 | The Third Ninja | Film | 7.0 | 31 | |
| 1964 | Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut | Film | 6.0 | 31 | |
| 1964 | Homecoming | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1964 | Ningen ni kakeruna | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1963 | Youth of the Beast | Kumiko Takeshita | Film | 6.9 | 30 |
| 1963 | Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai | Yasu, Sajiemon's wife | Film | 6.8 | 30 |
| 1963 | The Gambling Monk | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1963 | Sasuke and His Comedians | Film | 6.6 | 30 | |
| 1963 | Foggy Night Blues | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1963 | The Hill is Full of Flowers | Asako Shiraishi | Film | — | 30 |
| 1963 | A Fishmonger's Tour | Film | 10.0 | 30 | |
| 1962 | Human | Kamegoro's wife | Film | 6.9 | 29 |
| 1962 | 零戦黒雲一家 | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1962 | Being Two Isn't Easy | Setsuko | Film | 6.9 | 29 |
| 1962 | The Inheritance | Kawara's wife Rie | Film | 7.3 | 29 |
| 1962 | Children of Izu | Nanae Igami | Film | — | 29 |
| 1962 | At the Side of the Bridge 2 | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1962 | Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1962 | Ningen Gari | Shima Kajimoto | Film | — | 29 |
| 1962 | Facing to the Clouds | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1962 | At the Side of the Bridge | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1962 | The Injured Boy | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1962 | Me o tsubutte tsuppashire | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1962 | Kimagure tosei | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1961 | Dai shusse monogatari | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1961 | That Guy and I | Film | 8.5 | 28 | |
| 1961 | Yabure Kabure | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1961 | Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab | Tomiko Haraguchi | Film | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1960 | The Guitarist and the Rancher | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1960 | Take Aim at the Police Van | Yûko Hamajima | Film | 6.1 | 27 |
| 1960 | The War Without Weapons | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1960 | Wait for Tomorrow | Shinobu Yamaki | Film | — | 27 |
| 1960 | Sixteen years old | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1960 | The Lost Diamond | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1959 | Kikenna onna | Yoshiko Shiota | Film | 6.0 | 26 |
| 1959 | Break Down that Wall | Sakiko, the Tanigawas' daughter-in-law | Film | 7.5 | 26 |
| 1959 | Wakai hyou no mure | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1959 | The Third Dead Angle | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1959 | The Rambling Guitarist | Rie | Film | 6.9 | 26 |
| 1959 | Wolves on Number Zero Street | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1959 | Talented Woman | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1959 | Masked Woman | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1959 | Beneath the Gallows | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1959 | The Age of Our Own | Yoriko | Film | — | 26 |
| 1959 | The Ghost of Iwojima | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1959 | Unripe Fruit | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1958 | Young Breasts | Film | 7.0 | 25 | |
| 1958 | Unga | Hideko Ako | Film | — | 25 |
| 1958 | Shiroi akuma | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1958 | Endless Desire | Shima | Film | 6.8 | 25 |
| 1958 | The Seasons of Love | Yuriko | Film | 3.0 | 25 |
| 1958 | A Slope in the Sun | Yuriko Kawakami | Film | 5.7 | 25 |
| 1958 | The Man Who Rode the Typhoon | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1958 | Forever, My Love | Tokie | Film | — | 25 |
| 1958 | City with Beasts | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1957 | Temptation | Junko Takeyama | Film | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1957 | But the Flesh is Weak | Film | 7.3 | 24 | |
| 1957 | The Barefoot Girl | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1957 | Who's the Real Killer | Film | 10.0 | 24 | |
| 1957 | Streetlights | 千代 | Film | — | 24 |
| 1957 | This Day's Life | Film | 8.0 | 24 | |
| 1957 | Mountain Pass | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1957 | Joshiryōsai | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1957 | Teen Age Trap | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1956 | Hungry Soul | Noriko Izumitani | Film | 6.2 | 23 |
| 1956 | Hungry Soul, Part II | Noriko Izumitani | Film | 6.5 | 23 |
| 1956 | Flesh Smuggling | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1956 | Gyakukōsen | Motoko Sayama | Film | — | 23 |
| 1956 | Saigo no sentō-ki | Film | — | 23 | |
| 1954 | Sorcerer’s Orb | TV | — | 21 | |
| 1953 | Tower of Lilies | Film | 6.8 | 20 |