Misako Watanabe

Known for

Acting

Born

October 23, 1932 (age 93)

Birthplace

Tokyo, Japan

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.

Best known work

Kwaidan

1965

Youth of the Beast

1963

The Great Passage

2013

Samurai Spy

1965

Bread of Happiness

2012

Midnight Diner 2

2016

The Inheritance

1962

Take Aim at the Police Van

1960

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

1963

Face

2000

Filmography

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 deTV
as Aya Kusakabe (1989) (1 episode)
2018
The Antique
2016
Midnight Diner 2
as Yukiko Ogawa
2016
Princess MaisonTV
as Akane Todo (8 episodes)
2016
Battleship MusashiTV
2014
Karaage USA
as Some Karashima
2013
The Great Passage
as Take
2012
Bread of Happiness
as Aya Sakamoto
2011
OhisamaTV
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TV
2005
Haru and NatsuTV
as Nobu Takakura (5 episodes)
2005
Water Boys 2005 SummerTV
as Haru Kakihara (2 episodes)
2005
The Milkwoman
as Toshiko Minagawa
2003
Farewell, Kuro
as Principal Makino
2002
Psycho DoctorTV
2001
Acacia Walk
2001
Proof of the Man 2001
2000
Face
as Mrs. Yoshimura