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Tsunehiko Watase

Tsunehiko Watase

Born: 1944-07-28 • Yasugi, Shimane, Japan

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
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 38 poster
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 38
2015 • Hideo Yoake
Inspector Totsugawa Series 54 - The Woman of Sunrise Izumo poster
Inspector Totsugawa Series 54 - The Woman of Sunrise Izumo
2015
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 37 - Mystery of Double Homicides from Tokyo to Hamamatsu poster
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 37 - Mystery of Double Homicides from Tokyo to Hamamatsu
2015 • Hideo Yoake
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 36 poster
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 36
2014
Sanpei the Fisher Boy poster
Sanpei the Fisher Boy
2009 • Ippei Mihira
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 poster
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
2006
Taxi Driver’s Mystery Diary SP22 poster
Taxi Driver’s Mystery Diary SP22
2006 • Yoake Sudeo
Haru Urara poster
Haru Urara
2005 • Dai Muneishi
Jesus is My Boss poster
Jesus is My Boss
2001 • Yuji Kihara
Nile poster
Nile
1999
No Image
Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: The Black Sunflower Woman
1998 • Yoake Hideo
Let's Get Happy poster
Let's Get Happy
1998
Andromedia poster
Andromedia
1998 • Toshihiko Hitomi / Mai's Father / Ai's Creator
No Image
Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: Murder of the Killer
1998 • Yoake Hideo
Steel & Lead poster
Steel & Lead
1997 • 探偵
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time poster
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1997 • Antique Dealer
Crest of Betrayal poster
Crest of Betrayal
1994 • Yasubei Horibe
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story poster
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
1993 • Akira Tateno
Emperor of Upheaval poster
Emperor of Upheaval
1993
Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears poster
Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
1993
No Image
Nurses and Doctors
1992 • Naoyuki Uemura
One Bowl of Kakesoba poster
One Bowl of Kakesoba
1992 • Proprietor of Hokkaitei
Maji! poster
Maji!
1991
Heaven and Earth poster
Heaven and Earth
1990 • Usami
1750 Days of Turbulence poster
1750 Days of Turbulence
1990
Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode poster
Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode
1990
Four Days of Snow and Blood poster
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989 • Ryoji Ishihara
Sensei poster
Sensei
1989 • Akira Nakajima
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die poster
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
1989
The Silk Road poster
The Silk Road
1988 • Li Yuanhao
Gate of Flesh poster
Gate of Flesh
1988 • Shintaro Ibuki
Golf Before Dawn poster
Golf Before Dawn
1987
Samurai Rebellion poster
Samurai Rebellion
1987 • Futago Rokubei
Tokyo Blackout poster
Tokyo Blackout
1987 • Asakura Tatsuya
Death Shadows poster
Death Shadows
1986
Beyond the Shining Sea poster
Beyond the Shining Sea
1986 • Atsushi Tanii
Cabaret poster
Cabaret
1986 • Yakuza
Fushin no Toki poster
Fushin no Toki
1984
Marriage Counselor Tora-san poster
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984 • Tony
Curtain Call poster
Curtain Call
1984 • Takuji Shinozaki
The Street of Desire poster
The Street of Desire
1984 • Sadaichi Yamakoshi
The Politicians poster
The Politicians
1983 • Takuro Sotoura
Antarctica poster
Antarctica
1983 • Ochi
No Image
A Bridge of Tears
1983
Time and Tide poster
Time and Tide
1983 • Yasu-san
Amagi Pass poster
Amagi Pass
1983 • Matsunojo Tajima, the cop
Lovers Lost poster
Lovers Lost
1982 • Kozo Watanabe
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword poster
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
1982
Fossilized Wilderness poster
Fossilized Wilderness
1982 • Sousuke Nishina
Gate of Youth 2 poster
Gate of Youth 2
1982 • Tadao Ishii
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun poster
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
1981 • Makoto Sakuma
Call from Darkness poster
Call from Darkness
1981 • Kazuo Harada
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage poster
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
1981
Morning Moon Is Cruel poster
Morning Moon Is Cruel
1981 • Kusakabe
Abandoned poster
Abandoned
1981
Gate of Youth poster
Gate of Youth
1981 • Kanayama
Writhing Tongue poster
Writhing Tongue
1980 • Akira Miyoshi
The Wicked poster
The Wicked
1980 • Lawyer Sakaki
Virus poster
Virus
1980 • Yasuo Tatsuno
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga poster
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo poster
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980 • Lower Hanzo
Heaven Sent poster
Heaven Sent
1979 • Shinsaku Miura
The Three Undelivered Letters poster
The Three Undelivered Letters
1979 • Minegishi
G.I. Samurai poster
G.I. Samurai
1979 • Hayato Yano
The Fall of Ako Castle poster
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978 • Kobayashi Heihachiro
August Without Emperor poster
August Without Emperor
1978 • Akimasa Fujisaki
The Incident poster
The Incident
1978 • Takeshi Hanai
Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds poster
Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds
1977 • Takashi Ashizawa
Japan's Don poster
Japan's Don
1977 • Takeshi Nomizo
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War poster
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
1976 • Hiroshi Kategaru
Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist poster
Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist
1976 • Shuji Takagi
A Savage Beast Goes Mad poster
A Savage Beast Goes Mad
1976 • Shin Hayami
Violent Panic: The Big Crash poster
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
1976
Operation Plazma in Osaka poster
Operation Plazma in Osaka
1976
The Decisive Power of Aikido poster
The Decisive Power of Aikido
1975
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss poster
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975 • Kunimitsu Sugawa
Pimp Heaven poster
Pimp Heaven
1975
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack poster
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
1975
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 poster
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974 • Noboru Kitami
The Rapacious Jailbreaker poster
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974
Yakuza vs. Gang Leader poster
Yakuza vs. Gang Leader
1974
Violent Fraternity poster
Violent Fraternity
1974
Code of Wolves poster
Code of Wolves
1974
Father of the Kamikaze poster
Father of the Kamikaze
1974
Third Generation Boss poster
Third Generation Boss
1974
The Karate Man and the Spy poster
The Karate Man and the Spy
1974 • Tekken Sakuragi
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers poster
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974
The Tattooed Hitman poster
The Tattooed Hitman
1974 • Kenichi Furuta
Jeans Blues: No Future poster
Jeans Blues: No Future
1974 • Jiro Katagiri
Woman Mobsters poster
Woman Mobsters
1974
Student Yakuza poster
Student Yakuza
1974
Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown poster
Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown
1974 • Kuroki Tatsuya
Bodyguard Kiba 2 poster
Bodyguard Kiba 2
1973 • Takeshi Nanjo
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War poster
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973 • Takeshi Kuramoto
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers poster
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
1973 • Mao
A True Story of the Private Ginza Police poster
A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
1973 • Watarai
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School poster
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
1973 • Yôichi Kikumura
Hell Riders in Kyoto poster
Hell Riders in Kyoto
1973
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom poster
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
1973
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail poster
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1973