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Kunio Watanabe(1899-1981)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actor
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Kunio Watanabe was born on 3 June 1899 in Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Ikoku no oka (1949), Rajo no urei (1950) and Onna Sanshiro (1950). He died on 5 November 1981.
BornJune 3, 1899
DiedNovember 5, 1981(82)
BornJune 3, 1899
DiedNovember 5, 1981(82)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win total

Known for

Ikoku no oka (1949)
Ikoku no oka
  • Director
  • 1949
Rajo no urei (1950)
Rajo no urei
  • Director
  • 1950
Onna Sanshiro
  • Director
  • 1950
Futari no musashi (1960)
Futari no musashi
6.6
  • Director
  • 1960

Credits

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Director

  • Sanshiro Sugata (1970)
    Sanshiro Sugata
    7.3
    • Director
    • 1970
  • Dorifutazu desu yo! Tokkun tokkun mata tokkun
    • Director
    • 1969
  • The Birth of Judo
    • Director
    • 1965
  • Zoku Nippon chin shôbai
    • Director
    • 1963
  • Minyô no tabi: Akita obako
    • Director
    • 1963
  • Beranmee geisha to detchi shachô
    • Director
    • 1963
  • Hibari's Tale of Pathos
    • Director
    • 1962
  • 365 Nights (1962)
    365 Nights
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Nagadosu chûshingura (1962)
    Nagadosu chûshingura
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Song of Otemoyan at Sakurajima
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Yukai na nakama
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Beranmê geisha to Ôsaka musume (1962)
    Beranmê geisha to Ôsaka musume
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Minami taiheiyô nami takashi (1962)
    Minami taiheiyô nami takashi
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Akuma no temari-uta (1961)
    Akuma no temari-uta
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1961
  • The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado (1961)
    The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
    • Director
    • 1961

Writer

  • Sanshiro Sugata (1970)
    Sanshiro Sugata
    7.3
    • Writer
    • 1970
  • Dorifutazu desu yo! Tokkun tokkun mata tokkun
    • writer
    • 1969
  • The Birth of Judo
    • Writer
    • 1965
  • Minyô no tabi: Akita obako
    • screenplay
    • 1963
  • Hibari's Tale of Pathos
    • Writer
    • 1962
  • 365 Nights (1962)
    365 Nights
    • screenplay
    • 1962
  • Nagadosu chûshingura (1962)
    Nagadosu chûshingura
    • Writer
    • 1962
  • Song of Otemoyan at Sakurajima
    • Writer
    • 1962
  • Yukai na nakama
    • screenplay
    • 1962
  • Beranmê geisha to Ôsaka musume (1962)
    Beranmê geisha to Ôsaka musume
    • Writer
    • 1962
  • Minami taiheiyô nami takashi (1962)
    Minami taiheiyô nami takashi
    • Writer
    • 1962
  • Akuma no temari-uta (1961)
    Akuma no temari-uta
    6.1
    • Writer
    • 1961
  • The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado (1961)
    The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
    • Writer
    • 1961
  • Shindo's Boss Series: Jirocho the Boss and Ishimatsu the Employee Part 2 (1961)
    Shindo's Boss Series: Jirocho the Boss and Ishimatsu the Employee Part 2
    • Writer
    • 1961
  • Wanderer's Story: Checkmate (1960)
    Wanderer's Story: Checkmate
    • Writer
    • 1960

Actor

  • Sodachi zakari
    • Jirô Matsuzaki
    • 1967
  • Kyosô mîkkakân
    • 1927
  • Zôho kaitei Chûshingura: Ten no maki Chi no maki Jin no maki
    • Heima Kasuya
    • 1927
  • Tsubakihime
    • Servant at apartment
    • 1927
  • Chishîo no kâbîn
    • 1926
  • Miyako no seihokû
    • 1926
  • Kaichi Yamamoto in Mito Kômon (1926)
    Mito Kômon
    • 1926
  • Yoshioka taisa
    • 1926
  • Zoku Tôyô no Karumen
    • 1926
  • Ai no kikôshi
    • 1926
  • Nogi shôgun to Kuma-san
    • 1925
  • Shinpaî gomuyô
    • 1925
  • Tôyô no Karumen
    • 1925
  • Aiji no yukue
    • 1925
  • Yôkai no sumu ie
    • 1925

Personal details

  • Born
    • June 3, 1899
    • Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan
  • Died
    • November 5, 1981

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