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Takeo Watanabe(1933-1989)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Actor
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Takeo Watanabe was born on 16 April 1933 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a composer and actor, known for Lost in Translation (2003), Naked Ambition (1970) and The Valiant Red Peony (1968). He died on 2 June 1989 in Tokyo, Japan.
BornApril 16, 1933
DiedJune 2, 1989(56)
BornApril 16, 1933
DiedJune 2, 1989(56)
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Known for

Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation (2003)
Lost in Translation
7.7
  • Soundtrack
  • 2003
Michiyo Yasuda in Naked Ambition (1970)
Naked Ambition
8.4
  • Composer
  • 1970
The Valiant Red Peony (1968)
The Valiant Red Peony
6.9
  • Composer
  • 1968
Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981)
Mobile Suit Gundam I
7.0
  • Composer
  • 1981

Credits

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Composer

  • Candy Candy (1992)
    Candy Candy
    7.4
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1992
  • The Kôsuke Kindaichi Series 9: The Arrow of Dead
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1989
  • The Kôsuke Kindaichi Series 7: The Phoenix
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1988
  • The Kôsuke Kindaichi Series 6: The Perfume and Suicide
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1987
  • Mr. Pen Pen II
    TV Special
    • Composer
    • 1986
  • Mr. Pen Pen
    TV Special
    • Composer
    • 1986
  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms (1985)
    Romance of the Three Kingdoms
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1985
  • Fugitive Samurai (1984)
    Fugitive Samurai
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1984
  • A Christmas Adventure (1984)
    A Christmas Adventure
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1984–1985
  • The Kôsuke Kindaichi Series 3: The Head
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1984
  • The Kôsuke Kindaichi Series 2: The Mummy Bride
    TV Movie
    • Composer
    • 1983
  • Serendipity the Pink Dragon (1983)
    Serendipity the Pink Dragon
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1983
  • Lady Georgie (1983)
    Lady Georgie
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1983–1984
  • Miimu iro iro yume no tabi (1983)
    Miimu iro iro yume no tabi
    8.3
    TV Series
    • music
    • 1983–1985
  • Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982)
    Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
    7.5
    • Composer
    • 1982

Music Department

  • Sydsnap in Hime Hajime: Cutie Honey (2023)
    Hime Hajime: Cutie Honey
    Music Video
    • original music by
    • 2023
  • Lone Wolf and Cub (1973)
    Lone Wolf and Cub
    8.2
    TV Series
    • composer: theme music
    • 1973–1976
  • Tatsu in the Storm
    • songs
    • 1968
  • Yûhi to kenjû
    TV Series
    • Music Department
    • 1964

Actor

  • Yokogami-yaburino zenkamono (1968)
    Yokogami-yaburino zenkamono
    • 1968
  • Hakuja komachi (1958)
    Hakuja komachi
    6.5
    • 1958

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Jun Oshio
  • Born
    • April 16, 1933
    • Tokyo, Japan
  • Died
    • June 2, 1989
    • Tokyo, Japan(cancer)

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