Tetsu Watanabe

Tetsu Watanabe
渡辺 哲
Born (1950-03-11) 11 March 1950 (age 74)
Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active1989 - present

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

Selected filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1985 Ran
1993 Sonatine
1996 Sleeping Man Daigo
1997 Hana-bi Tesuka
1999 Nichiyobi wa Owaranai
2002 The Cat Returns
Tomie: Forbidden Fruit Suzuki
2005 Takeshis'
2010 Railways
Cold Fish
2011 Himizu
2016 Shin Godzilla Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management
2018 Darc Ginzo Kageyama American film
Life in Overtime
Shino Can't Say Her Name
2020 Stardust Over the Town
Enter the Fat Dragon Hong Kong film
2021 Janitor
Pretenders [1]
Prisoners of the Ghostland American film [2]
Red Post on Escher Street [3]
2022 Pure Japanese [4]
2023 Tea Friends Shigeo Tokioka [5]
Baby Assassins: 2 Babies [6]
Kamaishi Ramen Monogatari [7]
2024 Horizon [8]
This Man [9]
Okite [10]
Bibalam [11]
2025 Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope [12]
River Returns [13]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1991 Taiheiki Akamatsu Enshin Taiga drama [14]
2010 General Rouge no Gaisen
2011 Inu o Kau to Iu Koto
2012 Hayami-san to Yobareru Hi
2017 Naotora: The Lady Warlord Ōkubo Tadayo Taiga drama
2021 Reach Beyond the Blue Sky Kakubei Taiga drama [15]
2024 Sunny Reiji [16]

References

  1. ^ "プリテンダーズ". eiga.com. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "園子温最新作『プリズナーズ・オブ・ゴーストランド』に栗原類ら出演へ 特報映像も公開". Real Sound. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. ^ "園子温が選び抜いた51人が集結、「エッシャー通りの赤いポスト」公開は12月に". Natalie. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Pure Japanese". eiga.com. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  5. ^ "茶飲友達". eiga.com. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  6. ^ "ベイビーわるきゅーれ 2ベイビー". eiga.com. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  7. ^ "釜石ラーメン物語". eiga.com. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  8. ^ "水平線". eiga.com. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  9. ^ "THIS MAN". eiga.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  10. ^ "掟". eiga.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  11. ^ "ぴっぱらん!!". eiga.com. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  12. ^ "雪の花 ともに在りて". eiga.com. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  13. ^ "光る川". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  14. ^ "太平記". NHK. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  15. ^ "『青天を衝け』草なぎ剛×堤真一の名コンビが誕生！ 栄一は身分制度への怒りをあらわに". Real Sound. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Tetsu Watanabe | Actor, Camera and Electrical Department". IMDb. Retrieved 5 October 2024.