Tetsu Watanabe

ActorCinematographer Mar 11 (age 76) Tokoname, Aichi, Japan 1971–2025 (54 year career)

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Biography

Tetsu Watanabe (born 11 March 1950) is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films since 1989.

Known For

Film

Princess Mononoke

Wild Dog (voice)

Film

Silence

Prison Guard #2

Film

The Cat Returns

Muta (voice)

Film

Shin Godzilla

Kooriyama : Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management

Film

Fireworks

Junkyard Owner

Film

Sonatine

Uechi

Film

Dreams

7.7 1990

Film

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

Detective Kimura

Filmography

Acting (187)

Movies (141)

River Returns

2025

as Matsu

6.8

Laugh, Everyone!

2025

as Kanzo Saito

Harumi

Pipparan!!

Suiheisen

This Man

掟

Baby Assassins: 2 Babies

2023

as Mr. Matsumoto

6.6

Tea Friends

2023

as Shigeo Tokioka

Kamaishi Ramen Story

Pure Japanese

Prisoners of the Ghostland

as Nabe

A Janitor

as Gen

The Pretenders

Petto

Enter the Fat Dragon

as Grandfather

The Menu For Tomorrow

2020

Stardust Over The Town

as Komiyama Akira

Hope

as Hanazuka

Red Post on Escher Street

The Promised Land

Unification of Japan 35

2019

Darc

2018

as Ginzo Kageyama

6.1

Shino Can't Say Her Name

2018

7.0

天才を育てた女房～世界が認めた数学者と妻の愛～

2018

Life in Overtime

2018

7.7

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

2018

7.0

Haru-san – The Bride's Father is a Great Detective

2017

as Tokuzo Genda

Shin Godzilla

2016

as Kooriyama : Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management

7.2

Silence

2016

as Prison Guard #2

7.1

The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio

Detective Ballerino

Run for Love

as Sushi Chef

Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 30

2016

Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Fall Special

2016

as (segment "Harareru!")

6.0

CONFLICT: Outbreak

2016

as Kasahara

7.0

Samurai Cat: Tamanojo Goes to Edo

2016

as Mr. Aragaki

6.2

CONFLICT II: Conclusion

as Kasahara

Yakuza Apocalypse

as A-0257

The Noise

The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai

2015

as Dionisy

7.1

Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 37 - Mystery of Double Homicides from Tokyo to Hamamatsu

2015

4.3

Sumo Road - The Musical

as Subana

A Samurai Chronicle

Snow Jack

as Tadaaki Matsumiya

The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom

2014

7.0

小指ラプソディ

2014

Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark

2013

as Tomoda

The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji

2013

6.2

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

as Detective Kimura

Himizu

as Shozo Yoruno

Graffreeter Toki

The Pod of Good Fortune

Cold Fish

as Takayasu TsuTsui

Railways

Script

as Tetsu

Instant Swamp

2009

as Kumabechi

6.8

Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy

2009

as Haruo Maki

6.0

Girl's Life

2009

Detective Ushio VS Case Reporter Saeko at the Terminal Station

2008

as Detective Murata

6.0

Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad

2008

as Oboro

4.9

You'll Die Six Hours Later

as Matsuda Daigo

End Call

as Sayoko's Father

Glory to the Filmmaker!

2007

as Noh Mask Man

6.3

The Successful Businessmen Handbook II: Leadership Skills You Can Learn from the Yakuza

2007

Jingi 48: Intensified Emblem War

Gamera the Brave

as Victim in ocean

Memories of Matsuko

as Detective

Aogura

as Kumao Sakazaki

Touch

2005

as Head of Boxing Department

5.9

Takeshis'

2005

as TV Wardrobe Master / Noodle Cook / Audition Actor

6.1

Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter

2005

as Kabashima Chobei

Walking With The Dog

2004

Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series

The Cat Returns

as Muta (voice)

Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla

2002

as Management

7.4

Kichiku

2002

Tomie: Forbidden Fruit

as Suzuki

Igyō no koi

Misoji no gokesan: Yogari naki

2001

as President of K-Pro

Ichigensan

Jingi 23: Bodyguard

Sunday's Dream

A Woman in the Painting

as Doctor Aoyagi

Ley Lines

as Kondo

Birdcage of Horrors

Yakuza Lone Wolf

KIZU

Married Piano Teacher's Naughty Fingers

Princess Mononoke

as Wild Dog (voice)

Fireworks

as Junkyard Owner

Woman in Witness Protection

1997

as Detective

5.9

The King of Kita: Roar of Darkness

1997

A Story of Modern Chivalry

1997

5.5

Zero Woman: The Accused

1997

as Tadokoro

4.4

XX: Beautiful Killing Machine

1996

as Boat Man

5.8

Police Branch 82: Rebirth

1996

5.0

Chinpira Blues: Idiot!

1996

Suspicious Married Woman Telekura Report

Kagerô 2

Dangan Runner

as Chef

Lipstick: Falling Woman

1996

劇的紀行　深夜特急’９７西へ！ユーラシア編

1996

Aa!! Hana no Ouendan

1996

Swallowtail Butterfly

1996

as Katsushika Group Boss

7.4

Jingi 7: Proxy War Outbreak

1996

Manji Mai 3: I will let you go Paradise Jodo

Story of Miss Q

as Lulu's Father

Sleeping Man

as Daigo

Maji! 5: Deadly Struggle

あやしい人妻　テレクラ・リポート

33 1/3r.p.m.

A Quiet Life

as Water Bottle Man

History of Jirocho Shimizu

1995

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

1995

as Captain at Mt. Fuji

7.4

Kamikaze Taxi

1995

6.2

Extremely Inran Women: Osaka Lewd Cafe

A New Love in Tokyo

as Middle-aged Man

Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare

Alone in the Night

用心坊極道狩り

Zëiram 2

as Taguchi

Uneasy Encounters

as Cat

Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell

Gokutsubushi

Black Money

Sonatine

as Uechi

Madadayo

The King of Minami: Ginjiro vs. Liquidator

1993

as Daisaburo Gennai

Godzilla vs. Mothra

as Army Commander

Kwaidan

続・こちら凡人組

About Love, Tokyo

as Accountant manager

6.3

Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion

as Akechi

A Scene at the Sea

as Exercises Man

The love song of farewell later

Dreams

Like a Beast

Blood Oath

as Captain Ikeuchi

Tuff Part I - Origin

Circus Boys

as Elephant Master

Television (46)

Sunny

2024

as Reiji

6.8

The Record of Murder

2024

as Sakai Teruo

Fujiko F. Fujio Sci-Fi Short Drama

The Intercom Rings

Minato's Laundromat

Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi

2020

as Akane's Grandfather

7.0

Rekishi Meikyuu kara no Dasshutsu~Real Dasshutsu Game X TV Tokyo~

2020

as Hokusai Katsushika

7.7

Extras!

2020

Investor-Z

2018

as Zen

Unexploded Bomb

2018

9.0

Hello, Detective Hedgehog

2017

as Akatsuki-en Principal

6.6

Home Sweet Tokyo

2017

as Matsuyama Tsuneo

The World Yamizukan

as (voice)

Makanai-sō

Hibana: Spark

Otoko Meshi

as 山盛哲司

Wakako Zake

全力離婚相談

as 三ツ矢剛三

ほっとけない魔女たち

Kumokiri Nizaemon

Kumokiri Nizaemon

Olympic Ransom

Solitary Gourmet

The Last Train Bound for Nagoya

2012

as Shōhei Tanaka

Soumatou Kabushikigaisha

as Okishima Shozo

Perfect Blue

as Tamaki Fujinaga

My Dog, My Happiness

as Resident Association leader

Tensou Sentai Goseiger

as Jotaro

Steel Frame

30ハケン女が就職する方法

81Diver

as Tsukishima Fumio

Dream Again

2007

as Kenz Maeda

Dear Father

2007

as Nakagome

8.3

Nozokiya

2007

as Chou

Gachi Baka!

2006

as Kanamori Masaaki

4.0

Zenigata Heiji

2004

as Miwa no Manshichi

川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語

2003

Hero

2001

as Yoshiro Akama

8.0

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

2000

as Tetsu Ando

7.5

臨床心理士

2000

as Kenji Ushiyama

Watashi no Aozora

as Bazooka Tonegawa

Naguru Onna

新・赤かぶ検事奮戦記

Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi

1993

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

as Receiver

Kamen Rider

as Norio Uozumi

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

A Woman in the Painting

1999

Still Photographer

3.3

0105 Is the Man's Number

1996

Still Photographer

8.0