Tsunehiko Watase
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.
Born: July 28, 1944
Place of Birth: Yasugi, Shimane, Japan
Known For
Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode
Some of the greatest battles during the Age of Civil Wars were fought between the Uesugi and Takeda clans. Leading up to them was the incredible life of Uesugi Kenshin, who rose from a son out of favor with his...
Totsugawa Police Department Series
Antarctica
Set in the 1950's, a Japanese Antarctic research exploration team and 19 dogs that accompanied the team are stationed at the Showa Base in Antarctica. After a year, the exploration team is ordered to withdraw from the Antarctic station due to severe weather conditions. The dogs have to be left behind. The following year, the next team arrives at the Showa Base station and a miraculous reunion occurs between a dog handler accompanying the new tean and two dogs, Taro and Shiro, that are brothers.
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate Province. Tora-san refuses to drink with him, afraid that the acquaintance, now settled and married, will again become attracted to Tora-san's wandering existence. Tora-san becomes attracted to a female barber, but must break off their relationship so that she too can live a secure life. She instead gets into an abusive relationship with a motorcyclist.
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
The tale takes place around 1650, after the death of the third Tokugawa shogun, when ronin were expelled from Edo, the military capital. During the political instability following the death of Iemitsu Tokugawa, Hanzo's Iga ninja clan battles against the Koga clan as various factions vie to seize power. The child shogun Ietsuna is kidnapped but turns out to be hidden under (or over) everyone's noses in a castle turret which is reinforced by a comic book villain, the fire-spitting black ninja. The good ninja has to get through all the traps & save the child.
The Armed Organization
Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsurata as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union. He finds himself between a rock and a hard place, at odds with both the dockworkers' leader (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and sadistic, unprincipled bosses (Fumio Watanabe and Tetsuro Tamba).
1750 Days of Turbulence
After the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years.
Chiritotechin
The 77th NHK Asadora is Chiritotechin. Location includes Fukui prefecture. This renzoku is about Wada Kiyomi (referred to as Kiyomi-B), a girl brought up in Fukui who moves to Osaka in search of her soul. In Osaka, Kiyomi-B becomes enchanted with rakugo, a Japanese traditional form of comic storytelling, and pursues a career in rakugo. In the summer of 1982, Kiyomi-B and her family move to Obama of Fukui, her father's hometown. Kiyomi-B's grandmother and uncle welcome the family, but Shotaro the grandfather does not allow Masanori to take over the Wakasa lacquer chopsticks making. One day, Kiyomi-B listens to rakugo at Shotaro's factory and becomes fond of it. Shotaro and Kiyomi-B become close through rakugo.
Sanada Taiheiki
The drama tells the story of the Sanada family. Originally serving the Takeda Clan they ruled the northern district of Shinano. The story begins right after the death of Takeda Shingen, continues through the rise of Tokugawa Ieyasu who founded the Tokugawa shogunate and covers roughly the period 1580-1610.
Back of Father
A 10-part omnibus drama by 10 different scriptwriters on the theme of fathers and their sons and daughters.
Filmography
as Hyogo Iwamura
as Hideo Yoake
as Asakura Kenzou
as Takeshi Kuramochi's Father
as Ippei Mihira
as Tsurezuretei Sojaku
as Yoake Sudeo
as Rintaro Kano
as Dai Muneishi
as Torii Kansaburo
as Yuji Kihara
as Toshihiko Hitomi / Mai's Father / Ai's Creator
as 探偵
as Antique Dealer
as Yasubei Horibe
as Akira Tateno
as Fujiwara no Hidehira
as Proprietor of Hokkaitei
as Usami
as Ryoji Ishihara
as Akira Nakajima
as Li Yuanhao
as Shintaro Ibuki
as Futago Rokubei
as Asakura Tatsuya
as Atsushi Tanii
as Yakuza
as Sanada Nobuyuki
as Tony
as Takuji Shinozaki
as Sadaichi Yamakoshi
as Takuro Sotoura
as Kunio Hayasaka
as Ochi
as Yasu-san
as Matsunojo Tajima, the cop
as Kozo Watanabe
as Sousuke Nishina
as Tadao Ishii
as Makoto Sakuma
as Kazuo Harada
as Kusakabe
as Kanayama
as Akira Miyoshi
as Lawyer Sakaki
as Yasuo Tatsuno
as Lower Hanzo
as Shinsaku Miura
as Minegishi
as Hayato Yano
as Kobayashi Heihachiro
as Akimasa Fujisaki
as Takeshi Hanai
as Takashi Ashizawa
as Takeshi Nomizo
as Hiroshi Kategaru
as Shuji Takagi
as Shin Hayami
as Kunimitsu Sugawa
as Noboru Kitami
as Tekken Sakuragi
as Kenichi Furuta
as Jiro Katagiri
as Kuroki Tatsuya
as Tanaka Shinbei
as Takeshi Nanjo
as Takeshi Kuramoto
as Watarai
as Yôichi Kikumura
as Toshio Arita
as Masayuki Shinshiro
as Goro Yuki
as Ryûji
as Takeji
as Mari's friend
as Tatsumi Eiji
as Shin Seki