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
- Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 36
- 更生人・土門恭介の再犯ファイル～罪を犯した女たち～
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
- 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
- 食い道楽!出張料理人 亀崎源一
- 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
- Let's Get Happy
- Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: The Black Sunflower Woman as Yoake Hideo
- Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: Murder of the Killer as Yoake Hideo
1997
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time as Antique Dealer
- Steel & Lead as 探偵
- 海を渡った愛と殺意
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
- Cabaret as Yakuza
- Death Shadows
- Beyond the Shining Sea as Atsushi Tanii
1985
- Sanada Taiheiki as Sanada Nobuyuki
1984
- The Street of Desire as Sadaichi Yamakoshi
- Marriage Counselor Tora-san as Tony
- Curtain Call as Takuji Shinozaki
- Fushin no Toki
1983
- Antarctica as Ochi
- Amagi Pass as Matsunojo Tajima, the cop
- The Politicians as Takuro Sotoura
- Time and Tide as Yasu-san
- 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
- The Wicked as Lawyer Sakaki
- Writhing Tongue as Akira Miyoshi
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
- 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
- August Without Emperor as Akimasa Fujisaki
- The Incident as Takeshi Hanai
- 10th Degree Earthquake as Max
1977
- Japan's Don as Takeshi Nomizo
- Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds as Takashi Ashizawa
1976
- Violent Panic: The Big Crash
- Operation Plazma in Osaka
- Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist as Shuji Takagi
- A Savage Beast Goes Mad as Shin Hayami
- The Great Okinawa Yakuza War as Hiroshi Kategaru
1975
1974
- Katsu Kaishu as Tanaka Shinbei
- The Tattooed Hitman as Kenichi Furuta
- Third Generation Boss
- New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 as Noboru Kitami
- The Rapacious Jailbreaker as Tagami Kiyomatsu
- Code of Wolves
- Father of the Kamikaze
- The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
- Woman Mobsters
- Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown as Kuroki Tatsuya
- Yakuza vs. Gang Leader
- Jeans Blues: No Future as Jiro Katagiri
- Student Yakuza
- Violent Fraternity
- The Karate Man and the Spy as Tekken Sakuragi
1973
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity as Toshio Arita
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War as Takeshi Kuramoto
- Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School as Yôichi Kikumura
- Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
- A True Story of the Private Ginza Police as Watarai
- Aesthetics of a Bullet
- The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers as Mao
- Hell Riders in Kyoto
- Bodyguard Kiba 2 as Takeshi Nanjo
- The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1972
- The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
- Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro as Genta
- Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
- Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences as Goro Yuki
- The Horrible Obsessions as Masayuki Shinshiro
- Shōwa Gokudōshi
- Wandering Ginza Butterfly as Ryûji
- Gang Warfare
- Zorome no San Kyoudai
- The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
- Yakuza Skirmishes
1971
- Sympathy for the Underdog as Shin Seki
- A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers
- The Gambler's Counterattack as Takeji
- Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival as Tatsumi Eiji
- Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess as Mari's friend
- Wolves of the City: First to Fight
- Fate Deals the Card of Death
- Troops of Darkness
- The Armed Organization
- Wolves on Motorcycles
- The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup