is a Japanese stage, film and television actress.
Career A graduate of the Haiyuza Theatre Company, Watanabe gave her film debut in Tadashi Imai's Tower of Lilies (1953) before becoming a contract player at the Nikkatsu film studios. She appeared in almost 100 films of directors like Shōhei Imamura, Masahiro Shinoda and Masaki Kobayashi.
She received the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1958 Endless Desire. In 1997 she was awarded a Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon and in 2004 the Order of the Rising Sun.
Filmography DateWorkRoleNotesRef.1953Tower of LiliesYoshiko Tomiyasu1958Endless DesireShima1959The Wandering Guitarist1962Being Two Isn't EasyAunt Setsuko1963Brave Records of the Sanada ClanMusasabi No Ogiri1963Bushido, Samurai SagaYasu, Sajiemon's wife1964KwaidanSecond Wife (segment "Kurokami")1965With Beauty and SorrowFumiko Ōki1967The Wife of Seishu HanaokaKuriko1973Long Journey into LoveKaito Takeno1982Tattoo AriSadako Takeda1983–1984Oshin (TV series)Madam Taka HasegawaAsadora1990TugumiMasako2010Shiawase no PanAya2013The Great PassageTake 2024 Route 29
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