Tsunehiko Watase
Born: 1944-07-28 in Yasugi, Shimane, Japan
Died: 2017-03-14
Known For: Acting
Biography
Tsunehiko Watase (July 28, 1944 – March 14, 2017) was a Japanese actor. He is best known for portraying Rintaro Kano in Keishicho Sosa Ikka 9 Gakari ("Homicide Team 9"). He won Best Supporting Actor at the 2nd Japan Academy Prize for The Incident and at the 3rd Hochi Film Award for The Incident, Kōtei no inai hachigatsu and The Fall of Ako Castle.
Filmography
2017
- And Then There Were None as Hyogo Iwamura
- 判事失格！？弁護士 夏目連太郎の逆転捜査
2015
2014
- Back of Father as Asakura Kenzou
- 更生人・土門恭介の再犯ファイル～罪を犯した女たち～
- Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 36
2013
2011
- Antarctica as Takeshi Kuramochi's Father
- 医師・円城寺修
2010
2009
- Sanpei the Fisher Boy as Ippei Mihira
2007
- Chiritotechin as Tsurezuretei Sojaku
2006
- Homicide Team 9 as Rintaro Kano
- 食い道楽!出張料理人 亀崎源一
- 北アルプス山岳救助隊・紫門一鬼８ 白馬八方尾根 雪どけの叫び
- Taxi Driver’s Mystery Diary SP22 as Yoake Sudeo
2005
- Haru Urara as Dai Muneishi
- 虚貌〜顔の無い殺人者
- 警視庁捜査一課強行犯七係
2004
2003
2001
- The Bubble
- Jesus is My Boss as Yuji Kihara
2000
1999
1998
- Andromedia as Toshihiko Hitomi / Mai's Father / Ai's Creator
- Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: Murder of the Killer as Yoake Hideo
- Let's Get Happy
- Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: The Black Sunflower Woman as Yoake Hideo
1997
- 海を渡った愛と殺意
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time as Antique Dealer
- Steel & Lead as 探偵
1994
- Crest of Betrayal as Yasubei Horibe
- Sangokushi: The Distant Land as Cao Cao (voice)
1993
- The Fire Still Burns as Fujiwara no Hidehira
- Rex: A Dinosaur's Story as Akira Tateno
- Emperor of Upheaval
- Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
1992
- Totsugawa Police Department Series as 十津川省三
- One Bowl of Kakesoba as Proprietor of Hokkaitei
- Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary
- Nurses and Doctors as Naoyuki Uemura
1991
1990
1989
- Four Days of Snow and Blood as Ryoji Ishihara
- Sensei as Akira Nakajima
- Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
1988
- Gate of Flesh as Shintaro Ibuki
- The Silk Road as Li Yuanhao
1987
- Tokyo Blackout as Asakura Tatsuya
- Golf Before Dawn
- Samurai Rebellion as Futago Rokubei
1986
- Death Shadows
- Cabaret as Yakuza
- Beyond the Shining Sea as Atsushi Tanii
1985
- Sanada Taiheiki as Sanada Nobuyuki
1984
- The Street of Desire as Sadaichi Yamakoshi
- Curtain Call as Takuji Shinozaki
- Marriage Counselor Tora-san as Tony
- Fushin no Toki
1983
- Antarctica as Ochi
- Amagi Pass as Matsunojo Tajima, the cop
- Time and Tide as Yasu-san
- The Politicians as Takuro Sotoura
- ランドセルと目玉焼き as Kunio Hayasaka
- A Bridge of Tears
1982
- Lovers Lost as Kozo Watanabe
- Gate of Youth 2 as Tadao Ishii
- Fossilized Wilderness as Sousuke Nishina
- Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
1981
- Morning Moon Is Cruel as Kusakabe
- Sailor Suit and Machine Gun as Makoto Sakuma
- Gate of Youth as Kanayama
- Call from Darkness as Kazuo Harada
- Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
- Abandoned
1980
- Virus as Yasuo Tatsuno
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
- Writhing Tongue as Akira Miyoshi
- The Wicked as Lawyer Sakaki
- Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo as Lower Hanzo
1979
- G.I. Samurai as Hayato Yano
- The Three Undelivered Letters as Minegishi
- Heaven Sent as Shinsaku Miura
1978
- The Fall of Ako Castle as Kobayashi Heihachiro
- The Incident as Takeshi Hanai
- August Without Emperor as Akimasa Fujisaki
- 10th Degree Earthquake as Max
1977
- Japan's Don as Takeshi Nomizo
- Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds as Takashi Ashizawa
1976
- Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist as Shuji Takagi
- The Great Okinawa Yakuza War as Hiroshi Kategaru
- Operation Plazma in Osaka
- Violent Panic: The Big Crash as Takashi Yamanaka
- A Savage Beast Goes Mad as Shin Hayami
1975
1974
- Katsu Kaishu as Tanaka Shinbei
- Father of the Kamikaze
- Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown as Kuroki Tatsuya
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 as Noboru Kitami
- Yakuza vs. Gang Leader
- The Karate Man and the Spy as Tekken Sakuragi
- The Tattooed Hitman as Kenichi Furuta
- The Rapacious Jailbreaker as Tagami Kiyomatsu
- Violent Fraternity
- Third Generation Boss
- Jeans Blues: No Future as Jiro Katagiri
- Code of Wolves
- The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
- Woman Mobsters
- Student Yakuza
1973
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity as Toshio Arita
- Aesthetics of a Bullet as Kiyoshi Koike
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War as Takeshi Kuramoto
- Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
- Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School as Yôichi Kikumura
- A True Story of the Private Ginza Police as Watarai
- The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
- Bodyguard Kiba 2 as Takeshi Nanjo
- The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers as Mao
- Hell Riders in Kyoto
1972
- Wandering Ginza Butterfly as Ryūji
- Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro as Genta
- Yakuza Skirmishes
- The Horrible Obsessions as Masayuki Shinshiro
- The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
- Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
- Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences as Tetsu Nagakawa
- The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
- Gang Warfare
- Shōwa Gokudōshi
- Zorome no San Kyoudai
1971
- The Armed Organization
- Wolves on Motorcycles
- The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup
- Sympathy for the Underdog as Shin Seki
- Fate Deals the Card of Death
- Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess as Mari's friend
- Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival as Tatsumi Eiji
- A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers
- The Gambler's Counterattack as Takeji
- Wolves of the City: First to Fight
- Troops of Darkness