# Atsushi Watanabe (actor, born 1898)

Atsushi Watanabe (渡辺 篤, Watanabe Atsushi, 9 April 1898 – 27 February 1977) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films from 1921 to 1970.

## Career

Starting out in Asakusa Opera, Watanabe shifted to film in 1921, joining Makino Educational Pictures, a precursor to Makino Film Productions. Moving to other studios, he eventually settled at Shochiku's Kamata studio in 1925 and eventually became established as a comic star, often appearing in Torajiro Saito's films. He eventually joined the revue company of Roppa Furukawa and made films at Toho. In the postwar era, he appeared in a number of films by Akira Kurosawa.

## Selected filmography

* 1921: Kyôdainaka wa
* 1922: Aa, Konishi junsa
* 1922: Aru shinbun kisha no shuki
* 1924: Shiragiku no uta
* 1924: Nemurerû daichî
* 1924: Mikazuki Oroku: zenpen
* 1925: Kagaribi no yoru
* 1925: Momoiro no toge
* 1925: Mahjong
* 1925: Umi no himitsu
* 1925: Koizuma - Rakugoka Koiasa
* 1925: Yôsei chi ni otsureba
* 1925: Aisai no himitsu
* 1925: Mikazuki oroku
* 1925: Mâjan
* 1925: Korerâ seibatsû
* 1925: Goiken gomuyô
* 1926: Nayamashiki koro
* 1926: Don Kyûnoshin
* 1926: Karabotan
* 1926: Ama - Nangoku-hen
* 1926: Cosmos saku koro
* 1926: Junanbana - Hayashi Kenichi [bank president]
* 1926: Yume no koban musume shiranami
* 1926: Venisû no funauta
* 1926: Shinkon jidai
* 1927: Kyûkanchô - Torakichi Ôyama - Chimney sweeper
* 1927: Shôwa jidai - Yasuda's assistant
* 1927: Kafe no joô
* 1927: Mura no isha gendai no on'nanoko e
* 1927: Shinsô no bijô
* 1927: Shinkônshâ kyoiku
* 1927: Mura no isha to modan garû
* 1928: Moshimo kanojo ga
* 1928: Katsudôkyô
* 1928: Renai futari angya
* 1928: Odore wakamono
* 1928: Hito no yo no sugata
* 1928: Hirotta hanayome
* 1928: Riku no ôja
* 1928: Teishû soju
* 1928: Nonkimono
* 1928: Gokurôsama
* 1928: Doraku goshinan
* 1928: Appare bîdanshî
* 1929: Ahiru onna
* 1929: Iroke tappuri
* 1929: Kibô
* 1929: Yôkina uta
* 1929: Oyaji to sono ko
* 1929: Shunyo kôitatehikî
* 1929: Renai dai-ikka
* 1929: Aishite chodaî
* 1930: Shingun - Soldier
* 1930: Reijin - A gentleman
* 1930: Kânôjo wa dôkoê iku
* 1930: Hohoemu jinsei
* 1930: Modern okusama
* 1930: Umi no kôshinkyoku
* 1930: Seishun no chi wa odoru
* 1930: Ubawareta kuchibiru
* 1930: Tatakarê teishû
* 1930: Sêntantekî dawanê
* 1930: Îroke dangô sodoki
* 1930: Chotto demashita sânkakuyarô
* 1931: Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are - Zenpen: Nihon hen - Yoshida, secretary
* 1931: Machî no runpên
* 1931: Kagoya dainagôn
* 1931: The Neighbor's Wife and Mine - Shibano Shinnsaku
* 1931: Runpen niwaka daijin
* 1931: Kono ana wo miyo
* 1932: Kuma no deru kaikonchi - Sahei
* 1932: Amerika koro
* 1932: Midori no kishu - Horse groom Genzo
* 1932: Mâchi seîshun sôtohen
* 1932: Shin senjô
* 1932: Konjiki yasha - Tadatsugu Toyama
* 1932: Modan hakusho
* 1934: Karisome no kuchibeni - Ogata
* 1937: Gyudarê chôtokyu
* 1939: Roppa no Ôkubo Hikozaemon
* 1939: Musume no negai wa tada hitotsu
* 1939: Roppa no komoriuta
* 1939: Tokyo blues
* 1939: Roppa uta no miyako e yuku
* 1940: Oyako kujira
* 1941: Kinô kieta otoko - Kanko
* 1941: Kodakara fûfu - Watanabe, Goto's secretary
* 1941: Hasegawa Roppa no Iemitsu to Hikoza
* 1941: Otoko no hanamichi - Kasuke
* 1943: Ongaku dai-shingun
* 1944: Tanoshiki kana jinsei - Clockmaker Shûkichi
* 1944: Shibaidô
* 1945: Tokkan ekichô
* 1947: Todoroki sensei
* 1947: One Wonderful Sunday - Yamamoto
* 1947: Shin baka jidadi: Zenpen
* 1947: Shin baka jidai: kôhen
* 1948: Konjiki yasha: Kôhen
* 1949: Nodojiman-kyô jidai
* 1949: Hana kurabe tanuki-goten
* 1949: Otoko no namida
* 1949: Umon torimonochô: Nazo no hachijûhachi-ya - Matsu
* 1949: Odoroki ikka
* 1950: Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka
* 1950: Shimikin no muteki keirin-ô
* 1950: Enoken no happyakuya-danuki ôabare
* 1951: Umon torimonochô: Katame ookami - 'Chongire' no Matsu
* 1951: Joshu Garasu
* 1952: Yagura daiko - Zenba
* 1952: Musume jûku wa mada junjô yo - Yoshibei Echigoya
* 1952: Ikiru - Patient
* 1952: Ashita wa gekkyûbi - Furugaki
* 1952: Hanayome wa na muko chanbara bushi
* 1953: Botchan - Teacher
* 1954: Jyazû sutaa tanjô
* 1954: Seven Samurai - Bun Seller
* 1954: Natsu matsuri rakugochoyo
* 1954: Sorcerer's Orb
* 1954: Heiji torimono hikae: yurei daimyo
* 1955: Kago de iku no wa
* 1954: Appare koshinuke chindochu
* 1955: I Live in Fear - Factory Worker Ishida
* 1956: Taifû sôdôki
* 1957: Hesokuri oyaji
* 1957: Akuma no kao - New croquette shop owner
* 1957: Donzoko: Ralé - Kuna
* 1957: Hana kurenai ni - Sen'yama
* 1957: Musume sanbagarasu
* 1958: Nitôhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki
* 1958: Nitôhei monogatari: Aa senyû no maki
* 1959: Senryô-jishi - Kansuke
* 1960: Tenpô rokkasen - Jigoku no hanamichi
* 1960: Kyôsaitô sôsai ni eikô are - Tanimura
* 1960: Tôkkaidô kaginuke chindochu
* 1961: Shin nitôhei monogatari medetaku gaisen no maki
* 1961: Hatamoto kenka taka - Yobei Tajimaya
* 1961: Yojimbo - The Cooper - Coffin-Maker
* 1961: Kaidan Oiwa no borei
* 1962: Nippon no obaachan - Suzumura
* 1962: Hatamoto taikutsu otoko: nazo no sango yashiki
* 1963: Bakurô ichidai - Ogasawara
* 1963: Okashina yatsu - Takuetsu
* 1965: The Scarlet Camellia - Yosuke
* 1965: Red Beard - Patient B
* 1966: Ohana han - Kitakawara, Ôzu town mayor
* 1968: Sukurappu shûdan
* 1970: Dodes'ka-den - Mr. Tanba (final film role)