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Tetsu Watanabe(I)

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Bryan Brown and Tetsu Watanabe in Blood Oath (1990)
Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war then escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach.
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Sonatine (1993)
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Tetsu Watanabe is a Japanese film and television actor. He is best known for voicing Yama-inu in Hayao Miyazaki's 1997 film Princess Mononoke. Watanabe has appeared in more than 90 films since 1989, including the 2021 American horror Western film Prisoners of the Ghostland starring Nicolas Cage.
BornMarch 11, 1950
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    Known for

    Takeshi Kitano in Fireworks (1997)
    Fireworks
    7.7
    • The Scrap Yard Owner
    • 1997
    Shin Godzilla (2016)
    Shin Godzilla
    6.9
    • Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management
    • 2016
    Dreams (1990)
    Dreams
    7.7
    • Actor
    • 1990
    Liam Neeson in Silence (2016)
    Silence
    7.2
    • Prison Guard #2
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Shun Sugata and Yuuka Yano in Silent Night (2025)
      Silent Night
      • Takafumi Onizuka
      • 2025
    • Harumi
      • 2025
    • Falling Into Silence (2025)
      Falling Into Silence
      • Sakai
      • 2025
    • Wakana Matsumoto in Dr. Ashura (2025)
      Dr. Ashura
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Satoru Hashimoto
      • 2025
    • Happiness Comes from Eating, Sleeping and Waiting (2025)
      Happiness Comes from Eating, Sleeping and Waiting
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Masayoshi Iwami
      • 2025
    • Bansan Burûsu (2025)
      Bansan Burûsu
      6.5
      TV Series
      • 2025
    • Minna Warae (2025)
      Minna Warae
      • 2025
    • Kamisama no saikoro
      TV Series
      • 2024
    • River Returns (2024)
      River Returns
      6.6
      • Matsu
      • 2024
    • Yuki no Hana: Tomo ni Arite (2024)
      Yuki no Hana: Tomo ni Arite
      5.4
      • 2024
    • Rashida Jones in Sunny (2024)
      Sunny
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Reiji
      • 2024
    • Sara Kurashima in Mukai no aitsu (2024)
      Mukai no aitsu
      TV Series
      • Yukiya Masaki
      • 2024
    • This Man (2024)
      This Man
      5.3
      • 2024
    • Ubawareta boku-tachi (2024)
      Ubawareta boku-tachi
      TV Series
      • 2024
    • Don't Care for an Old Man's Underwear! (2024)
      Don't Care for an Old Man's Underwear!
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Masanori Furuike
      • 2024

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Eve jûgo shûnen kinen sakuhin: Seme-e no onna
      • still photographer
      • 1999

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    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Watanabe Tetsu
    • Height
      • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
    • Born
      • March 11, 1950
      • Tokoname, Japan
    • Spouse
      • ?? - present

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