Misako Watanabe
Misako Watanabe in 1956
Born (1932-10-23) October 23, 1932
Azabu, Tokyo, Japan[1]
NationalityJapanese
OccupationActress
Years active1953–present

Misako Watanabe (渡辺 美佐子, Watanabe Misako, born 23 October 1932) is a Japanese stage, film and television actress.

Career

A graduate of the Haiyuza Theatre Company,[2] Watanabe gave her film debut in Tadashi Imai's Tower of Lilies (1953)[1][3] before becoming a contract player at the Nikkatsu film studios.[2] She appeared in almost 100 films of directors like Shōhei Imamura, Masahiro Shinoda and Masaki Kobayashi.[3]

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.[1]

Roles

Date Work Role Notes Ref.
1953 Tower of Lilies Yoshiko Tomiyasu
1958 Endless Desire Shima
1959 The Wandering Guitarist
1962 Being Two Isn't Easy Aunt Setsuko
1963 Brave Records of the Sanada Clan Musasabi No Ogiri
1963 Bushido, Samurai Saga Yasu, Sajiemon's wife
1964 Kwaidan Second Wife (segment "Kurokami")
1965 With Beauty and Sorrow Fumiko Ōki
1967 The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka Kuriko
1973 Long Journey into Love Kaito Takeno
1982 Tattoo Ari Sadako Takeda
1983–1984 Oshin (TV series) Madam Taka Hasegawa Asadora
1990 Tugumi Masako [4]
2010 Shiawase no Pan Aya
2013 The Great Passage Take

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Watanabe Misako". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Watanabe Misako". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Watanabe Misako". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. "つぐみ". eiga.com. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
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