Kunio Watanabe (I) (1899–1981)

Director | Writer | Actor

Kunio Watanabe was born on June 3, 1899 in Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan. He was a director and writer, ...

Born: June 3, 1899
Died: November 5, 1981 (age 82)

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Filmography

Known For

Rajo no urei Director (1950)
Ikoku no oka Director (1949)
Onna Sanshiro Director (1950)
Known For

Minyô no tabi: Akita obako Director (1963)
Director

Sanshiro Sugata (1970)
Dorifutazu desu yo! Tokkun tokkun mata tokkun (1969)
The Birth of Judo (1965)
Minyô no tabi: Akita obako (1963)
Hibari's Tale of Pathos (1962)
365 Nights (1962)
Nagadosu chûshingura (1962)
Song of Otemoyan at Sakurajima (1962)
Beran me-e geisha to Osaka musume (1962)
Minami taiheiyô nami takashi (1962)
Kenka fuji (1961)
Yoru no emmacho (1961)
Mito komon umi o wataru (1961)
The Devil's Ballad (1961)
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado (1961)
Shindo's Boss Series: Jirocho the Boss and Ishimatsu the Employee Part 2 (1961)
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Yoru no enma chô (1961)
Wanderer's Story: Checkmate (1960)
Futari no musashi (1960)
Tenka gomen (1960)
Kyokaku harusame gasa (1960)
Fuji no mieru kuni (1959)
Kinokuniya bunzaemon (1959)
The Five Swordsmen (1959)
Bôfûken (1959)
Onna no kyôshitsu (1959)
Hebihime sama (1959)
Onna-za murai tadaima sanjô (1958)
The Gay Revengers (1958)
Tempo suiko-den (1958)
Iga no suigetsu (1958)
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (1958)
First Love of Okon (1958)
The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)
Ankoru watto monogatari utsukushiki aishu (1958)
Hibari no san'yaku: Zoku Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge (1957)
Hibari no san'yaku: Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge (1957)
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)
The Pains of Hell: Furious Attack on Fushima Palace (1957)
The Pains of Hell: Swordsman at Satsuta Pass (1957)
Yôun Satomi kaikyoden (1957)
Kingorô no heitai-san (1956)
Onihime kyôenroku (1956)
Emperor? Shogunate? Female Mandala Part 2 (1956)
Emperor? Shogunate? Female Mandala (1956)
Harikiri shacho (1956)
Onryô sakura ôsôdô (1956)
Spy Chronicle of Seven Lives, Part 2: Fiercely Fighting the Decisive Battle (1956)
Onmitsu shichishoki: Ken-un Usuitoge no ranjin (1956)
Bikkuri torimonochô: Onna irezumi hyakumanryô (1956)
Abare andon (1956)
Morishige's Honeymoon (1956)
Hokkai no hanran (1956)
Seki no yatappe (1955)
Mori Shigeru's Hoax Gentleman (1955)
Waga na wa Peten-shi (1955)
Morishige no yarikuri shain (1955)
Nonki saiban (1955)
Morishige no shinnyû shain (1955)
Onmitsu wakashû (1955)
Hanayome rikkohô (1955)
Yancha musume gyojoki (1955)
Inugami-ke no nazo: Akuma wa odoru (1954)
Iwami Shigetarô: Kessen Amano Hashidate (1954)
Tôkyô romance: Shigemori kunjô kyôsuru (1954)
Ukkari fujin to chakkari fujin - Yarikuri sandan no maki (1954)
Beranmee shishi (1953)
Nichirin (1953)
Shinpen abare kasa: Kôhen (1953)
Shinpen abare kasa: Zenpen (1953)
Sasurai no kohan (1953)
Teishû no saiten (1953)
Daibosatsu Tôge - Dai-san-bu: Ryûjin no maki; Ai no yama no maki (1953)
Daibosatsu Tôge - Dai-ni-bu: Mibu to Shimabara no maki; Miwa kamisugi no maki (1953)
Daibosatsu tôge: Kôgen ittôryû no maki (1953)
Daibosatsu Tôge (1953)
Jonan kaidô (1953)
Gozen reiji (1953)
Doting Competition (1953)
Hanafubuki otoko matsuri (1952)
Uta matsuri Shimizu Minato (1952)
Hi bitcho hangan (1952)
Geisha Waltz (1952)
Kessen Takada no baba (1952)
Zoku chakkari fujin to ukkari fujin: Sokonuke avec sandan tobi (1952)
Hadaka daimyô: Kôhen (1952)
Hadaka daimyô: Zenpen (1952)
Ôatari ôgon kyô jidai (1952)
Chakkari fujin to ukkari fujin (1952)
Mitokômon man'yû-ki: Fushimaden no yôzoku (1952)
Mitokômon man'yû-ki: Jigokudani no gôzoku (1952)
Rakka no mai (1952)
Nagurareta Ishimatsu (1951)
Gokuraku rokkasen (1951)
Kaiketsu tekkamen (1951)
Nodo jiman sanba garasu (1951)
Haha wa nagekazu (1951)
Utau yakyû kozô (1951)
Mokka ren'ai chû (1951)
Izu monogatari (1951)
Rajo no urei (1950)
Enoken no ten'ichibô (1950)
Enoken no happyakuya-danuki ôabare (1950)
Moyuru rôgoku (1950)
Onna Sanshiro (1950)
Tenpô ninki otoko: Tsumagoizaka no kettô (1950)
Irezumi hankan: Rakka taiketsu no maki (1950)
Irezumi hankan: Ôkaranbu no maki (1950)
Enoken no Sokonuke dai hôsô (1950)
Kappore ondo (1950)
Enoken Kasagi no Osome Hisamatsu (1949)
Repatriation (1949)
Nabeshima kaibyô-den (1949)
Enoken Ôkôchi no tabi sugata ninki otoko (1949)
Ikoku no oka (1949)
Enoken no kentokyo ichidai ki (1949)
Utau Enoken torimonochou (1948)
Zoku mukô sangen ryôdonari: Sutakora jinsei no maki (1948)
Mukô sangenryô donari: Shirayuri no maki (1948)
Enoken's Homerun King (1948)
Ano yume kono uta (1948)
Aijo shindan-sho (1948)
Dare ka yume naki: Kôhen (1947)
Dare ka yume naki: Zenpen (1947)
Kyô wa odotte (1947)
Reijin (1946)
Hometown in Green (1946)
Ato ni tsuzuku o shinzu (1945)
Young Eagles (1944)
Harbor of Life (1944)
Kessen no ôzora e (1943)
Otoko (1943)
Ongaku dai-shingun (1943)
Musashibo Benkei (1942)
Shinpen bochan (1941)
Shima ha yúyaka (1941)
Nessa no chikai (Zenpen; Kôhen) (1940)
Kingorô no Aa mujô (1940)
Niizuma kagami: Kôhen (1940)
Niizuma kagami: Zenpen (1940)
Haru yo izuko (1940)
Ungetsu no Kudan no haha (1940)
Echigo jishi matsuri (1939)
Byakuran no uta: zenpen: kôhen (1939)
Puropera oyashi (1939)
Hadaka no kyôkasho (1939)
Wasuraruenu hitomi (1939)
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Yoto-hen (1938)
Shogun no magô (1938)
Seishun kaku ryoku-niki (1938)
Tetsuwan toshi (1938)
Tange Sazen (1937)
Chirô (1937)
Striking at the North China Skies (1937)
Kenji to sono imôto (1937)
Tange sazen: Nikko no maki (1936)
Jazz no machikado (1935)
Uramachi no kokyogaku (1935)
Shôshûrei (1935)
Zensen butai (1934)
Hanayome nikki (1934)
Sakura ondo (1934)
Haha no bishô (1934)
Nure karasu (1933)
Furansu Omasa (1933)
Bonnô hibunsho - Gedatsu hen (1933)
Rônin Shiguregasa (1932)
Bonnô hibunsho - Kenkô hen (1932)
Korui Sakashita Gomon (1932)
Tsuedachî sodo (1932)
Bonnô hibunsho - Ryûsei hen (1932)
Hakaranno uta (go) (1930)
Tsurugi wo koete (1930)
Tatsumaki nagaya (1929)
Yamamoto Kansuke (1929)
Daitojin (1929)
Director

Nikkatsu kôshinkyoku: Kan'nin (1929)
Writer

Sanshiro Sugata (1970)
Dorifutazu desu yo! Tokkun tokkun mata tokkun (1969)
The Birth of Judo (1965)
Minyô no tabi: Akita obako (1963)
Hibari's Tale of Pathos (1962)
365 Nights (1962)
Song of Otemoyan at Sakurajima (1962)
Beran me-e geisha to Osaka musume (1962)
Minami taiheiyô nami takashi (1962)
The Devil's Ballad (1961)
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado (1961)
Shindo's Boss Series: Jirocho the Boss and Ishimatsu the Employee Part 2 (1961)
Wanderer's Story: Checkmate (1960)
Futari no musashi (1960)
The Five Swordsmen (1959)
Onna no kyôshitsu (1959)
Hebihime sama (1959)
The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958)
Ankoru watto monogatari utsukushiki aishu (1958)
Hibari no san'yaku: Zoku Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge (1957)
Hibari no san'yaku: Kei tsuya yuki no jôhenge (1957)
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)
The Pains of Hell: Furious Attack on Fushima Palace (1957)
The Pains of Hell: Swordsman at Satsuta Pass (1957)
Emperor? Shogunate? Female Mandala Part 2 (1956)
Emperor? Shogunate? Female Mandala (1956)
Onryô sakura ôsôdô (1956)
Abare andon (1956)
Nonki saiban (1955)
Daibosatsu Tôge - Dai-san-bu: Ryûjin no maki; Ai no yama no maki (1953)
Daibosatsu Tôge - Dai-ni-bu: Mibu to Shimabara no maki; Miwa kamisugi no maki (1953)
Daibosatsu tôge: Kôgen ittôryû no maki (1953)
Daibosatsu Tôge (1953)
Hanafubuki otoko matsuri (1952)
Hi bitcho hangan (1952)
Kessen Takada no baba (1952)
Ôatari ôgon kyô jidai (1952)
Gokuraku rokkasen (1951)
Haha wa nagekazu (1951)
Utau yakyû kozô (1951)
Rajo no urei (1950)
Enoken no happyakuya-danuki ôabare (1950)
Onna Sanshiro (1950)
Irezumi hankan: Rakka taiketsu no maki (1950)
Irezumi hankan: Ôkaranbu no maki (1950)
Enoken no Sokonuke dai hôsô (1950)
Enoken Ôkôchi no tabi sugata ninki otoko (1949)
Ikoku no oka (1949)
Enoken no kentokyo ichidai ki (1949)
Enoken's Homerun King (1948)
Ano yume kono uta (1948)
Aijo shindan-sho (1948)
Dare ka yume naki: Kôhen (1947)
Dare ka yume naki: Zenpen (1947)
Kyô wa odotte (1947)
Shinpen bochan (1941)
Niizuma kagami: Kôhen (1940)
Niizuma kagami: Zenpen (1940)
Hadaka no kyôkasho (1939)
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Hayate-hen (1939)
Shinpen Tange Sazen: Yoto-hen (1938)
Seishun kaku ryoku-niki (1938)
Chirô (1937)
Uramachi no kokyogaku (1935)
Writer

Shôshûrei (1935)
Actor

Sodachi zakari Jirô Matsuzaki (1967)
Kyosô mîkkakân (1927)
Zôho kaitei Chûshingura: Ten no maki Chi no maki Jin no maki Heima Kasuya (1927)
Tsubakihime Servant at apartment (1927)
Miyako no seihokû (1926)
Chishîo no kâbîn (1926)
Mito Kômon (1926)
Yoshioka taisa (1926)
Zoku Tôyô no Karumen (1926)
Ai no kikôshi (1926)
Shinpaî gomuyô (1925)
Nogi shôgun to Kuma-san (1925)
Tôyô no Karumen (1925)
Aiji no yukue (1925)
Yôkai no sumu ie (1925)
Actor

Akai yûhi ni terasarete Military Detective Yamakawa Mô (1925)
Producer

Geisha Waltz (1952)
Rajo no urei (1950)
Moyuru rôgoku (1950)
Onna Sanshiro (1950)
Producer

Ikoku no oka (1949)
Additional Crew

Repatriation (1949)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jiraika-gumi: Kanketsu-hen (1928)

All Filmography

Awards

1 win.

Personal Details

Born

June 3, 1899
Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan

Died

November 5, 1981 (age 82)

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