Tsunehiko Watase

Known for: Acting

Born: 1944-07-28 – 2017-03-14 (aged 72)

From: Yasugi, Shimane, Japan

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.

Filmography (164)

TV★ 6.6
And Then There Were None
2017
as Hyogo Iwamura
TV
判事失格！？弁護士夏目連太郎の逆転捜査
2017
MOVIE
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 38
2015
as Hideo Yoake
MOVIE
Inspector Totsugawa Series 54 - The Woman of Sunrise Izumo
2015
MOVIE★ 4.3
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 37 - Mystery of Double Homicides from Tokyo to Hamamatsu
2015
as Hideo Yoake
MOVIE
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 36
2014
TV★ 8.0
Back of Father
2014
as Asakura Kenzou
TV
更生人・土門恭介の再犯ファイル～罪を犯した女たち～
2014
TV
よその歌わたしの唄
2013
TV
医師・円城寺修
2011
TV★ 8.3
Antarctica
2011
as Takeshi Kuramochi's Father
TV
内田康夫ミステリー　湯布院殺人事件
2010
MOVIE★ 4.0
Sanpei the Fisher Boy
2009
as Ippei Mihira
TV★ 8.0
Chiritotechin
2007
as Tsurezuretei Sojaku
MOVIE
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
2006
MOVIE
Taxi Driver’s Mystery Diary SP22
2006
as Yoake Sudeo
TV★ 7.0
Homicide Team 9
2006
as Rintaro Kano
TV
食い道楽!出張料理人亀崎源一
2006
TV
虚貌〜顔の無い殺人者
2005
MOVIE
Haru Urara
2005
as Dai Muneishi
TV
警視庁捜査一課強行犯七係
2005
TV
つぐない
2004
TV
湯けむり殺人案内なんにも専務の名推理
2003
TV★ 7.7
Omiyasan
2002
as Torii Kansaburo
TV
長崎で消えた女
2002
MOVIE★ 8.0
Jesus is My Boss
2001
as Yuji Kihara
TV
The Bubble
2001
TV
殺意の涯て－広域指定188号の女
2000
MOVIE
Nile
1999
MOVIE
Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: The Black Sunflower Woman
1998
as Yoake Hideo
MOVIE★ 8.0
Let's Get Happy
1998
MOVIE★ 4.9
Andromedia
1998
as Toshihiko Hitomi / Mai's Father / Ai's Creator
MOVIE★ 10.0
Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: Murder of the Killer
1998
as Yoake Hideo
TV
海を渡った愛と殺意
1997
MOVIE
Steel & Lead
1997
as 探偵
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1997
as Antique Dealer
MOVIE★ 5.4
Crest of Betrayal
1994
as Yasubei Horibe
MOVIE★ 6.3
Sangokushi: The Distant Land
1994
as Cao Cao (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
1993
as Akira Tateno
MOVIE
Emperor of Upheaval
1993
TV
The Fire Still Burns
1993
as Fujiwara no Hidehira
MOVIE
Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
1993
MOVIE
Nurses and Doctors
1992
as Naoyuki Uemura
TV★ 7.0
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary
1992
TV★ 9.0
Totsugawa Police Department Series
1992
as 十津川省三
MOVIE★ 8.0
One Bowl of Kakesoba
1992
as Proprietor of Hokkaitei
MOVIE★ 6.0
Maji!
1991
MOVIE★ 6.2
Heaven and Earth
1990
as Usami
MOVIE★ 8.3
1750 Days of Turbulence
1990
MOVIE
Paradise Nippon
1990
MOVIE★ 10.0
Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode
1990
MOVIE★ 7.3
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
as Ryoji Ishihara
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sensei
1989
as Akira Nakajima
MOVIE★ 7.0
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
1989
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Silk Road
1988
as Li Yuanhao
MOVIE★ 6.2
Gate of Flesh
1988
as Shintaro Ibuki
MOVIE★ 10.0
Golf Before Dawn
1987
MOVIE
Samurai Rebellion
1987
as Futago Rokubei
MOVIE★ 6.0
Tokyo Blackout
1987
as Asakura Tatsuya
MOVIE★ 6.3
Death Shadows
1986
MOVIE★ 7.0
Beyond the Shining Sea
1986
as Atsushi Tanii
MOVIE★ 4.8
Cabaret
1986
as Yakuza
TV★ 8.0
Sanada Taiheiki
1985
as Sanada Nobuyuki
MOVIE
Fushin no Toki
1984
MOVIE★ 8.0
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984
as Tony
MOVIE★ 6.0
Curtain Call
1984
as Takuji Shinozaki
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Street of Desire
1984
as Sadaichi Yamakoshi
MOVIE
The Politicians
1983
as Takuro Sotoura
TV
ランドセルと目玉焼き
1983
as Kunio Hayasaka
MOVIE★ 7.2
Antarctica
1983
as Ochi
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Bridge of Tears
1983
MOVIE★ 7.3
Time and Tide
1983
as Yasu-san
MOVIE★ 6.5
Amagi Pass
1983
as Matsunojo Tajima, the cop
MOVIE★ 6.3
Lovers Lost
1982
as Kozo Watanabe
MOVIE
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
1982
MOVIE★ 8.0
Fossilized Wilderness
1982
as Sousuke Nishina
MOVIE★ 10.0
Gate of Youth 2
1982
as Tadao Ishii
MOVIE★ 7.1
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
1981
as Makoto Sakuma
MOVIE★ 6.3
Call from Darkness
1981
as Kazuo Harada
MOVIE
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
1981
MOVIE★ 4.3
Morning Moon Is Cruel
1981
as Kusakabe
MOVIE★ 8.0
Abandoned
1981
MOVIE★ 7.2
Gate of Youth
1981
as Kanayama
MOVIE★ 6.8
Writhing Tongue
1980
as Akira Miyoshi
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Wicked
1980
as Lawyer Sakaki
MOVIE★ 6.3
Virus
1980
as Yasuo Tatsuno
MOVIE★ 5.5
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
MOVIE★ 6.0
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980
as Lower Hanzo
MOVIE★ 6.2
Heaven Sent
1979
as Shinsaku Miura
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Three Undelivered Letters
1979
as Minegishi
MOVIE★ 5.9
G.I. Samurai
1979
as Hayato Yano
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
as Kobayashi Heihachiro
MOVIE★ 7.3
August Without Emperor
1978
as Akimasa Fujisaki
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Incident
1978
as Takeshi Hanai
MOVIE
10th Degree Earthquake
1978
as Max
MOVIE★ 4.6
Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds
1977
as Takashi Ashizawa
MOVIE★ 7.3
Japan's Don
1977
as Takeshi Nomizo
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
1976
as Hiroshi Kategaru
MOVIE★ 5.5
Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist
1976
as Shuji Takagi
MOVIE★ 6.9
A Savage Beast Goes Mad
1976
as Shin Hayami
MOVIE★ 6.0
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
1976
as Takashi Yamanaka
MOVIE★ 7.7
Operation Plazma in Osaka
1976
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Decisive Power of Aikido
1975
MOVIE★ 7.3
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975
as Kunimitsu Sugawa
MOVIE★ 3.0
Pimp Heaven
1975
TV
Unified Shadows
1975
MOVIE★ 10.0
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
1975
MOVIE★ 5.7
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974
as Noboru Kitami
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974
as Tagami Kiyomatsu
MOVIE★ 5.6
Yakuza vs. Gang Leader
1974
MOVIE★ 8.0
Violent Fraternity
1974
MOVIE★ 7.5
Code of Wolves
1974
MOVIE
Father of the Kamikaze
1974
MOVIE★ 8.0
Third Generation Boss
1974
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Karate Man and the Spy
1974
as Tekken Sakuragi
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Tattooed Hitman
1974
as Kenichi Furuta
MOVIE★ 7.6
Jeans Blues: No Future
1974
as Jiro Katagiri
MOVIE
Woman Mobsters
1974
MOVIE★ 7.0
Student Yakuza
1974
MOVIE★ 6.5
Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown
1974
as Kuroki Tatsuya
TV
Katsu Kaishu
1974
as Tanaka Shinbei
MOVIE★ 6.4
Bodyguard Kiba 2
1973
as Takeshi Nanjo
MOVIE★ 7.0
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
as Takeshi Kuramoto
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
1973
as Mao
MOVIE★ 5.3
A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
1973
as Watarai
MOVIE★ 6.2
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
1973
as Yôichi Kikumura
MOVIE★ 9.0
Hell Riders in Kyoto
1973
MOVIE★ 6.2
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
1973
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1973
MOVIE★ 7.0
Aesthetics of a Bullet
1973
as Kiyoshi Koike
MOVIE★ 7.4
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
as Toshio Arita
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Horrible Obsessions
1972
as Masayuki Shinshiro
MOVIE★ 6.5
Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences
1972
as Goro Yuki
MOVIE★ 7.9
Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
1972
MOVIE★ 10.0
Yakuza Skirmishes
1972
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
1972
MOVIE★ 7.3
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
1972
as Genta
MOVIE
Shōwa Gokudōshi
1972
MOVIE★ 8.0
Gang Warfare
1972
MOVIE★ 6.7
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
1972
as Ryûji
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972
MOVIE
Zorome no San Kyoudai
1972
MOVIE★ 8.0
Wolves of the City: First to Fight
1971
MOVIE★ 9.0
A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers
1971
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Armed Organization
1971
MOVIE★ 6.0
Troops of Darkness
1971
MOVIE★ 8.5
The Gambler's Counterattack
1971
as Takeji
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup
1971
MOVIE★ 8.0
Wolves on Motorcycles
1971
MOVIE★ 6.1
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
1971
as Mari's friend
MOVIE
Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival
1971
as Tatsumi Eiji
MOVIE★ 8.5
Fate Deals the Card of Death
1971
MOVIE★ 7.1
Sympathy for the Underdog
1971
as Shin Seki
MOVIE★ 5.3
Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters
1970
MOVIE
Inside a Girl's Dormitory
1970
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Last Kamikaze
1970
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Experience
1970
MOVIE★ 8.0
Wolves of the City, Take Your Chance
1970
MOVIE★ 6.3
Three Pretty Devils
1970
MOVIE★ 7.0
Prison Tales
1970
MOVIE★ 8.0
Killer's Hit List
1970
TV
白昼の死角(TV)
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TV
刑事物語'85
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