Atsushi Watanabe (actor)

Atsushi Watanabe
Born 9 April 1898
Tokyo, Japan
Died 27 February 1977(1977-02-27) (aged 78)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation Actor
Years active 1921-1970

Atsushi Watanabe (渡辺 篤 Watanabe Atsushi, 9 April 1898 – 27 February 1977) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1921 to 1970.

Career

Starting out in Asakusa Opera, Watanabe shifted to film in 1921, joining Makino Educational Pictures, a precursor to Makino Film Productions.[1] Moving to other studios, he eventually settled at Shochiku's Kamata studio in 1925 and eventually became established as a comic star, often appearing in Torajiro Saito's films.[1] He eventually joined the revue company of Roppa Furukawa and made films at Toho.[1] In the postwar, he appeared in a number of films by Akira Kurosawa.

Selected filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1964 Sorcerer's Orb
1961 Yojimbo
1954 Seven Samurai
1952 Ikiru
1949 Odoroki ikka
1931 The Neighbor's Wife and Mine

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Watanabe Atsushi". Kotobanku (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 3 March 2015.

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