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Tsunehiko Watase

Tsunehiko Watase

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.

Born

Jul 28, 1944

Yasugi, Shimane, Japan

Died

Mar 14, 2017

Known For

Acting

Movies

135 acting

0 crew

Popularity

2.0

movie

Known For

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973

as Toshio Arita
Morning Moon Is Cruel
Morning Moon Is Cruel
1981 • as Kusakabe
★ 4.3
The Politicians
The Politicians
1983 • as Takuro Sotoura
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973 • as Toshio Arita
★ 7.3
Japan's Don
Japan's Don
1977 • as Takeshi Nomizo
★ 7.2
Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
1972
★ 7.7
Writhing Tongue
Writhing Tongue
1980 • as Akira Miyoshi
★ 7.0
The Wicked
The Wicked
1980 • as Lawyer Sakaki
★ 6.7
Time and Tide
Time and Tide
1983 • as Yasu-san
★ 7.3
Gate of Flesh
Gate of Flesh
1988 • as Shintaro Ibuki
★ 6.2
G.I. Samurai
G.I. Samurai
1979 • as Hayato Yano
★ 5.8
Violent Fraternity
Violent Fraternity
1974
★ 8.0
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
1974
★ 10.0
Call from Darkness
Call from Darkness
1981 • as Kazuo Harada
★ 6.3
Gate of Youth 2
Gate of Youth 2
1982 • as Tadao Ishii
★ 10.0
Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival
Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival
1971 • as Tatsumi Eiji
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
1973
★ 6.2
The Silk Road
The Silk Road
1988 • as Li Yuanhao
★ 6.5
The Fall of Ako Castle
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978 • as Kobayashi Heihachiro
★ 6.8
The Armed Organization
The Armed Organization
1971
★ 8.0
Wolves of the City: First to Fight
Wolves of the City: First to Fight
1971
★ 8.0
Operation Plazma in Osaka
Operation Plazma in Osaka
1976
★ 7.7
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
1976 • as Hiroshi Kategaru
★ 7.6
Crest of Betrayal
Crest of Betrayal
1994 • as Yasubei Horibe
★ 5.5
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972
★ 6.8
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989 • as Ryoji Ishihara
★ 7.3
Virus
Virus
1980 • as Yasuo Tatsuno
★ 6.3
Code of Wolves
Code of Wolves
1974
★ 7.5
Antarctica
Antarctica
1983 • as Ochi
★ 7.2
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
1980
★ 5.5
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
1975 • as Kunimitsu Sugawa
★ 7.4
A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
1973 • as Watarai
★ 5.9
Tokyo Blackout
Tokyo Blackout
1987 • as Asakura Tatsuya
★ 6.2
Heaven and Earth
Heaven and Earth
1990 • as Usami
★ 6.2
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
1971 • as Mari's friend
★ 6.1
Emperor of Upheaval
Emperor of Upheaval
1993
Sensei
Sensei
1989 • as Akira Nakajima
★ 8.0
The Tattooed Hitman
The Tattooed Hitman
1974 • as Kenichi Furuta
★ 6.2
Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds
Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds
1977 • as Takashi Ashizawa
★ 4.6
Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist
Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist
1976 • as Shuji Takagi
★ 5.5
The Three Undelivered Letters
The Three Undelivered Letters
1979 • as Minegishi
★ 6.0
Bodyguard Kiba 2
Bodyguard Kiba 2
1973 • as Takeshi Nanjo
★ 6.4
Father of the Kamikaze
Father of the Kamikaze
1974
Shōwa Gokudōshi
Shōwa Gokudōshi
1972
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
1981 • as Makoto Sakuma
★ 7.0
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
1993 • as Akira Tateno
★ 5.5
The Horrible Obsessions
The Horrible Obsessions
1972 • as Masayuki Shinshiro
★ 6.3
Amagi Pass
Amagi Pass
1983 • as Matsunojo Tajima, the cop
★ 6.5
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
1974 • as Noboru Kitami
★ 5.9
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
1974 • as Tagami Kiyomatsu
★ 6.6
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 37 - Mystery of Double Homicides from Tokyo to Hamamatsu
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 37 - Mystery of Double Homicides from Tokyo to Hamamatsu
2015 • as Hideo Yoake
★ 4.3
The Last Kamikaze
The Last Kamikaze
1970
★ 7.0
Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown
Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown
1974 • as Kuroki Tatsuya
★ 6.5
Lovers Lost
Lovers Lost
1982 • as Kozo Watanabe
★ 6.5
Aesthetics of a Bullet
Aesthetics of a Bullet
1973 • as Kiyoshi Koike
★ 7.0
August Without Emperor
August Without Emperor
1978 • as Akimasa Fujisaki
★ 7.3
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973 • as Takeshi Kuramoto
★ 7.0
Killer's Hit List
Killer's Hit List
1970
★ 8.0
The Karate Man and the Spy
The Karate Man and the Spy
1974 • as Tekken Sakuragi
★ 6.0
Nurses and Doctors
Nurses and Doctors
1992 • as Naoyuki Uemura
Yakuza Skirmishes
Yakuza Skirmishes
1972
★ 10.0
movie
Wolves on Motorcycles
1971
★ 8.0
Gang Warfare
Gang Warfare
1972
★ 8.0
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
1973 • as Yôichi Kikumura
★ 6.2
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
1972 • as Ryūji
★ 6.8
10th Degree Earthquake
10th Degree Earthquake
1978 • as Max
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
1972 • as Genta
★ 7.3
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
1976 • as Takashi Yamanaka
★ 6.5
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
1981
The Incident
The Incident
1978 • as Takeshi Hanai
★ 7.2
Gate of Youth
Gate of Youth
1981 • as Kanayama
★ 7.2
The Street of Desire
The Street of Desire
1984 • as Sadaichi Yamakoshi
★ 10.0
Sympathy for the Underdog
Sympathy for the Underdog
1971 • as Shin Seki
★ 7.1
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1997 • as Antique Dealer
★ 7.5
The Decisive Power of Aikido
The Decisive Power of Aikido
1975
★ 7.8
The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup
The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup
1971
★ 10.0
Fushin no Toki
Fushin no Toki
1984
Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
1993
Beyond the Shining Sea
Beyond the Shining Sea
1986 • as Atsushi Tanii
★ 7.0
Yakuza vs. Gang Leader
Yakuza vs. Gang Leader
1974
★ 5.6
Nile
Nile
1999
A Savage Beast Goes Mad
A Savage Beast Goes Mad
1976 • as Shin Hayami
★ 6.9
Steel & Lead
Steel & Lead
1997 • as 探偵
movie
A Bridge of Tears
1983
★ 7.0
1750 Days of Turbulence
1750 Days of Turbulence
1990
★ 8.3
Death Shadows
Death Shadows
1986
★ 6.3
movie
Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: Murder of the Killer
1998 • as Yoake Hideo
★ 10.0
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
1973 • as Mao
★ 7.0
Hell Riders in Kyoto
Hell Riders in Kyoto
1973
★ 9.0
Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode
Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode
1990
★ 10.0
Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences
Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences
1972 • as Tetsu Nagakawa
★ 6.5
Zorome no San Kyoudai
Zorome no San Kyoudai
1972
Third Generation Boss
Third Generation Boss
1974
★ 8.0
Golf Before Dawn
Golf Before Dawn
1987
★ 10.0
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1973
★ 10.0
Curtain Call
Curtain Call
1984 • as Takuji Shinozaki
★ 6.0
Jeans Blues: No Future
Jeans Blues: No Future
1974 • as Jiro Katagiri
★ 7.6
Sanpei the Fisher Boy
Sanpei the Fisher Boy
2009 • as Ippei Mihira
★ 4.0
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
1980 • as Lower Hanzo
★ 6.0
Heaven Sent
Heaven Sent
1979 • as Shinsaku Miura
★ 6.2
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
1972
★ 10.0
Abandoned
Abandoned
1981
★ 8.0
Cabaret
Cabaret
1986 • as Yakuza
★ 4.8
Sangokushi: The Distant Land
Sangokushi: The Distant Land
1994 • as Cao Cao (voice)
★ 6.3
Haru Urara
Haru Urara
2005 • as Dai Muneishi
One Bowl of Kakesoba
One Bowl of Kakesoba
1992 • as Proprietor of Hokkaitei
★ 8.0
Wolves of the City, Take Your Chance
Wolves of the City, Take Your Chance
1970
★ 8.0
Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters
Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters
1970
★ 5.3
Fossilized Wilderness
Fossilized Wilderness
1982 • as Sousuke Nishina
★ 8.0
The Experience
The Experience
1970
★ 6.0
Fate Deals the Card of Death
Fate Deals the Card of Death
1971
★ 8.5
Maji!
Maji!
1991
★ 6.0
Inside a Girl's Dormitory
Inside a Girl's Dormitory
1970
Troops of Darkness
Troops of Darkness
1971
★ 6.0
Jesus is My Boss
Jesus is My Boss
2001 • as Yuji Kihara
★ 8.0
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
1989
★ 7.0
movie
Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: The Black Sunflower Woman
1998 • as Yoake Hideo
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984 • as Tony
★ 8.0
Andromedia
Andromedia
1998 • as Toshihiko Hitomi / Mai's Father / Ai's Creator
★ 4.9
Three Pretty Devils
Three Pretty Devils
1970
★ 6.3
The Gambler's Counterattack
The Gambler's Counterattack
1971 • as Takeji
★ 8.5
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 36
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 36
2014
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
1982
Student Yakuza
Student Yakuza
1974
★ 7.0
Pimp Heaven
Pimp Heaven
1975
★ 3.0
Woman Mobsters
Woman Mobsters
1974
Prison Tales
Prison Tales
1970
★ 7.0
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
1975
★ 10.0
A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers
A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers
1971
★ 9.0
Samurai Rebellion
Samurai Rebellion
1987 • as Futago Rokubei
Taxi Driver’s Mystery Diary SP22
Taxi Driver’s Mystery Diary SP22
2006 • as Yoake Sudeo
Let's Get Happy
Let's Get Happy
1998
★ 8.0
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
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
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 38
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 38
2015 • as Hideo Yoake
Paradise Nippon
Paradise Nippon
1990
Inspector Totsugawa Series 54 - The Woman of Sunrise Izumo
Inspector Totsugawa Series 54 - The Woman of Sunrise Izumo
2015