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Tsunehiko Watase

Acting Born Jul 28, 1944 Yasugi, Shimane, Japan 24 credits

Biography

Tsunehiko Watase (July 28, 1944 – March 14, 2017) was a Japanese actor. He is best known for portraying Rintaro Kano in Keishicho Sosa Ikka 9 Gakari ("Homicide Team 9"). He won Best Supporting Actor at the 2nd Japan Academy Prize for The Incident and at the 3rd Hochi Film Award for The Incident, Kōtei no inai hachigatsu and The Fall of Ako Castle.

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Full filmography

  • Morning Moon Is Cruel (1981) as Kusakabe
  • Back of Father (2014) as Asakura Kenzou
  • Homicide Team 9 (2006) as Rintaro Kano
  • Chiritotechin (2007) as Tsurezuretei Sojaku
  • Antarctica (2011) as Takeshi Kuramochi's Father
  • Katsu Kaishu (1974) as Tanaka Shinbei
  • The Fire Still Burns (1993) as Fujiwara no Hidehira
  • Virus (1980) as Yasuo Tatsuno
  • And Then There Were None (2017) as Hyogo Iwamura
  • The Bubble (2001)
  • Unified Shadows (1975)
  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) as Toshio Arita
  • Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom (1973)
  • Lovers Lost (1982) as Kozo Watanabe
  • Gate of Flesh (1988) as Shintaro Ibuki
  • Gate of Youth (1981) as Kanayama
  • Heaven and Earth (1990) as Usami
  • Sanada Taiheiki (1985) as Sanada Nobuyuki
  • G.I. Samurai (1979) as Hayato Yano
  • The Fall of Ako Castle (1978) as Kobayashi Heihachiro
  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973) as Takeshi Kuramoto
  • Curtain Call (1984) as Takuji Shinozaki
  • Antarctica (1983) as Ochi
  • Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981) as Makoto Sakuma