Acting
Tsunehiko Watase
Born 1944-07-28
Yasugi, Shimane, Japan
Department: 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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Tsunehiko Watase
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
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Virus
1980
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Antarctica
1983
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Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
1981
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Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
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Homicide Team 9
2006
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Omiyasan
2002
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Gate of Flesh
1988
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G.I. Samurai
1979
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Morning Moon Is Cruel
1981
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (165 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | And Then There Were None | Hyogo Iwamura | TV Series | 2017 |
| 判事失格！？弁護士 夏目連太郎の逆転捜査 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2017 | |
 | Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 38 | Hideo Yoake | Movie | 2015 |
 | Inspector Totsugawa Series 54 - The Woman of Sunrise Izumo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2015 |
 | Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 37 - Mystery of Double Homicides from Tokyo to Hamamatsu | Hideo Yoake | Movie | 2015 |
 | Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 36 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2014 |
 | Back of Father | Asakura Kenzou | TV Series | 2014 |
| 更生人・土門恭介の再犯ファイル～罪を犯した女たち～ | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2014 | |
| よその歌 わたしの唄 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2013 | |
| 医師・円城寺修 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2011 | |
 | Antarctica | Takeshi Kuramochi's Father | TV Series | 2011 |
| 内田康夫ミステリー 湯布院殺人事件 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2010 | |
 | Sanpei the Fisher Boy | Ippei Mihira | Movie | 2009 |
 | Chiritotechin | Tsurezuretei Sojaku | TV Series | 2007 |
 | 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 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2006 |
 | Taxi Driver’s Mystery Diary SP22 | Yoake Sudeo | Movie | 2006 |
 | Homicide Team 9 | Rintaro Kano | TV Series | 2006 |
| 食い道楽!出張料理人 亀崎源一 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2006 | |
| 虚貌〜顔の無い殺人者 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2005 | |
 | Haru Urara | Dai Muneishi | Movie | 2005 |
| 警視庁捜査一課強行犯七係 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2005 | |
| つぐない | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2004 | |
| 湯けむり殺人案内 なんにも専務の名推理 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2003 | |
 | Omiyasan | Torii Kansaburo | TV Series | 2002 |
| 長崎で消えた女 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2002 | |
 | Jesus is My Boss | Yuji Kihara | Movie | 2001 |
| The Bubble | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2001 | |
| 殺意の涯て－広域指定188号の女 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2000 | |
| 死刑囚の妹 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2000 | |
 | Nile | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1999 |
| Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: The Black Sunflower Woman | Yoake Hideo | Movie | 1998 | |
 | Let's Get Happy | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1998 |
 | Andromedia | Toshihiko Hitomi / Mai's Father / Ai's Creator | Movie | 1998 |
| Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: Murder of the Killer | Yoake Hideo | Movie | 1998 | |
 | 海を渡った愛と殺意 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Steel & Lead | 探偵 | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Girl Who Leapt Through Time | Antique Dealer | Movie | 1997 |
 | Crest of Betrayal | Yasubei Horibe | Movie | 1994 |
 | Sangokushi: The Distant Land | Cao Cao (voice) | Movie | 1994 |
 | Rex: A Dinosaur's Story | Akira Tateno | Movie | 1993 |
 | Emperor of Upheaval | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1993 |
 | The Fire Still Burns | Fujiwara no Hidehira | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1993 |
 | Nurses and Doctors | Naoyuki Uemura | Movie | 1992 |
 | Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Totsugawa Police Department Series | 十津川省三 | TV Series | 1992 |
 | One Bowl of Kakesoba | Proprietor of Hokkaitei | Movie | 1992 |
 | Maji! | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1991 |
 | Heaven and Earth | Usami | Movie | 1990 |
 | 1750 Days of Turbulence | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1990 |
 | Paradise Nippon | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1990 |
 | Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1990 |
 | Four Days of Snow and Blood | Ryoji Ishihara | Movie | 1989 |
 | Sensei | Akira Nakajima | Movie | 1989 |
 | Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1989 |
 | The Silk Road | Li Yuanhao | Movie | 1988 |
 | Gate of Flesh | Shintaro Ibuki | Movie | 1988 |
 | Golf Before Dawn | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1987 |
 | Samurai Rebellion | Futago Rokubei | Movie | 1987 |
 | Tokyo Blackout | Asakura Tatsuya | Movie | 1987 |
 | Death Shadows | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1986 |
 | Beyond the Shining Sea | Atsushi Tanii | Movie | 1986 |
 | Cabaret | Yakuza | Movie | 1986 |
 | Sanada Taiheiki | Sanada Nobuyuki | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Fushin no Toki | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1984 |
 | Marriage Counselor Tora-san | Tony | Movie | 1984 |
 | Curtain Call | Takuji Shinozaki | Movie | 1984 |
 | The Street of Desire | Sadaichi Yamakoshi | Movie | 1984 |
 | The Politicians | Takuro Sotoura | Movie | 1983 |
 | ランドセルと目玉焼き | Kunio Hayasaka | TV Series | 1983 |
 | Antarctica | Ochi | Movie | 1983 |
| A Bridge of Tears | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1983 | |
 | Time and Tide | Yasu-san | Movie | 1983 |
 | Amagi Pass | Matsunojo Tajima, the cop | Movie | 1983 |
 | Lovers Lost | Kozo Watanabe | Movie | 1982 |
 | Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1982 |
 | Fossilized Wilderness | Sousuke Nishina | Movie | 1982 |
 | Gate of Youth 2 | Tadao Ishii | Movie | 1982 |
 | Sailor Suit and Machine Gun | Makoto Sakuma | Movie | 1981 |
 | Call from Darkness | Kazuo Harada | Movie | 1981 |
 | Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1981 |
 | Morning Moon Is Cruel | Kusakabe | Movie | 1981 |
 | Abandoned | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1981 |
 | Gate of Youth | Kanayama | Movie | 1981 |
 | Writhing Tongue | Akira Miyoshi | Movie | 1980 |
 | The Wicked | Lawyer Sakaki | Movie | 1980 |
 | Virus | Yasuo Tatsuno | Movie | 1980 |
 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1980 |
 | Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo | Lower Hanzo | Movie | 1980 |
 | Heaven Sent | Shinsaku Miura | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Three Undelivered Letters | Minegishi | Movie | 1979 |
 | G.I. Samurai | Hayato Yano | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Fall of Ako Castle | Kobayashi Heihachiro | Movie | 1978 |
 | August Without Emperor | Akimasa Fujisaki | Movie | 1978 |
 | The Incident | Takeshi Hanai | Movie | 1978 |
 | 10th Degree Earthquake | Max | Movie | 1978 |
 | Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds | Takashi Ashizawa | Movie | 1977 |
 | Japan's Don | Takeshi Nomizo | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Great Okinawa Yakuza War | Hiroshi Kategaru | Movie | 1976 |
 | Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist | Shuji Takagi | Movie | 1976 |
 | A Savage Beast Goes Mad | Shin Hayami | Movie | 1976 |
 | Violent Panic: The Big Crash | Takashi Yamanaka | Movie | 1976 |
 | Operation Plazma in Osaka | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Decisive Power of Aikido | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss | Kunimitsu Sugawa | Movie | 1975 |
 | Pimp Heaven | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | Unified Shadows | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1975 |
 | Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1975 |
 | New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 | Noboru Kitami | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Rapacious Jailbreaker | Tagami Kiyomatsu | Movie | 1974 |
 | Yakuza vs. Gang Leader | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | Violent Fraternity | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | Code of Wolves | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | Father of the Kamikaze | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | Third Generation Boss | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Karate Man and the Spy | Tekken Sakuragi | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | The Tattooed Hitman | Kenichi Furuta | Movie | 1974 |
 | Jeans Blues: No Future | Jiro Katagiri | Movie | 1974 |
 | Woman Mobsters | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | Student Yakuza | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1974 |
 | Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown | Kuroki Tatsuya | Movie | 1974 |
 | Katsu Kaishu | Tanaka Shinbei | TV Series | 1974 |
 | Bodyguard Kiba 2 | Takeshi Nanjo | Movie | 1973 |
 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War | Takeshi Kuramoto | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers | Mao | Movie | 1973 |
 | A True Story of the Private Ginza Police | Watarai | Movie | 1973 |
 | Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School | Yôichi Kikumura | Movie | 1973 |
 | Hell Riders in Kyoto | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1973 |
 | Aesthetics of a Bullet | Kiyoshi Koike | Movie | 1973 |
 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity | Toshio Arita | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Horrible Obsessions | Masayuki Shinshiro | Movie | 1972 |
 | Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences | Tetsu Nagakawa | Movie | 1972 |
 | Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | Yakuza Skirmishes | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro | Genta | Movie | 1972 |
 | Shōwa Gokudōshi | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | Gang Warfare | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | Wandering Ginza Butterfly | Ryūji | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | Zorome no San Kyoudai | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1972 |
 | Wolves of the City: First to Fight | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | The Armed Organization | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | Troops of Darkness | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | The Gambler's Counterattack | Takeji | Movie | 1971 |
 | The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
| Wolves on Motorcycles | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 | |
 | Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess | Mari's friend | Movie | 1971 |
 | Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival | Tatsumi Eiji | Movie | 1971 |
 | Fate Deals the Card of Death | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1971 |
 | Sympathy for the Underdog | Shin Seki | Movie | 1971 |
 | Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | Inside a Girl's Dormitory | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Last Kamikaze | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Experience | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | Wolves of the City, Take Your Chance | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | Three Pretty Devils | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | Prison Tales | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
 | Killer's Hit List | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1970 |
| 白昼の死角(TV) | Self / Appearance | TV Series | — | |
 | 刑事物語'85 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | — |