Tetsu Watanabe
Popularity:0.645
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1950-03-11
Place of Birth:Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Homepage:
Also Known As:Тэцу Ватанабэ

Princess Mononoke (1997)
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way,...

用心坊 極道狩り (1994)
Priests from a temple solving problems caused by yakuza, taiwanese mafia and hitmen with their fists.

Baby Assassins 2 (2023)
Chisato and Mahiro must pay four years of overdue fees or lose their membership in their assassin guild. They take part-time jobs, but find...

The Promised Land (2019)
A girl is kidnapped and the perpetrator roams freely. When a similar case occurs along the same road and in similar circumstances a suspect is...

The Pretenders (2021)
It depicts two high school girls trying to change the atmosphere of the world with their ideas by setting up a camera in the town and transmitting...

Sonatine (1993)
Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war,...

A Scene at the Sea (1991)
A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion. Encouraged by...

Sleeping Man (1996)
Ever since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji's slept in a coma; his neighbors care for him as new events occur every day.

Pure Japanese (2022)
Action actor Tateishi Daisuke who struggles with loneliness after suffering a traumatic experience due to an accident during filming. One day, he...

Zëiram 2 (1994)
Intergalactic bounty hunters Iria and Bob return to track down an ancient mystical relic. When a second Zeiram unit shows up and goes berserk, it...

The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai (2015)
An Orthodox priest, Father Nikolay, the brother of a Yakuza boss, is drawn into in a mob war in Japan. He escapes to the small Russian village of...

The King of Kita: Roar of Darkness (1997)
The mysterious death of the perpetrator of sexual violence against women continues. Former lawyer Toshisuke Honmoto begins to work on solving the...

The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom (2014)
Two feuding eccentric families with super powers clash when their young sons confront each other after a silly mistake. Meanwhile, the local high...

Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad (2008)
In the year 20xx, scientifically created zombies roam the world in record numbers. Despite this, Aya is determined to track down her father's killer,...

The Cat Returns (2002)
Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats.

Like a Beast (1990)
This work further strengthens the neo-chimpira line of Toei V-Cinema which has a reputation for being more powerful than the movie.

Instant Swamp (2009)
A woman finds out her father is not her real one after her mother falls into a coma while searching for a mythical creature. She decides to meet her...

Cold Fish (2011)
Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop. When his daughter Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a grocery store a man named Murata steps in to settle...

Tomie: Forbidden Fruit (2002)
When a lonely high school girl befriends a strange, mysterious and beautiful girl, it is soon becomes clear that the two girls' meeting was not...

Lipstick: Falling Woman (1996)
1996 / Japan / Drama / 75 minutes

Manji Mai 3: I will let you go Paradise Jodo (1996)
The female ninja butterfly was the daughter of a large store five years ago. The butterfly is in love with the Ronin Kurokawa Gennoshin, and one...

Blood Oath (1990)
On an obscure Pacific Island just north of Australia, the Japanese Empire has operated a prisoner of war camp for Australian soldiers. At the close...

チンピラぶるーす ど・アホ! (1996)
A comedy in which Furaibo and a detective work together against a bomber.

Yakuza Lone Wolf (1998)
Kansuke Kandaiji, an expert witness who takes see's the heart's of people and determines the true value of things.

Himizu (2011)
After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.

A New Love in Tokyo (1994)
A look a the lives of two sex workers in Tokyo: Rei, who works as an S&M dominatrix, and Ayumi, in the more straightforward profession of call girl....

Minbo, or the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion (1992)
An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they...

A Samurai Chronicle (2014)
A retired samurai must redeem himself for a crime that he committed earlier in his life.

Jingi 7: Proxy War Outbreak (1996)
The seventh film in the Jingi series

Gokutsubushi (1994)
The original is a manga work by Shigeru Tsuchiyama serialized in the magazine "Leed Comic". The director is Takeshi Watanabe of "Kyouju Luger P08",...

Suspicious Married Woman Telekura Report (1996)
Sawaki, who used to be a socially active reportage writer, is now unemployed. The job that came to Sawaki was that of a telekura report. Now that his...

Jingi 23: Bodyguard (2000)
The long-established Kanto Ichienkai, Nabarikai, was shaking. Chairman Nabari is suffering from an elderly illness of 80 and is trying to give his...

Kamaishi Ramen Story (2023)
The eldest daughter, Masami, who ran away from home three years ago and hadn't heard from her father and sister who run the ramen shop "Kogawa...

Gamera the Brave (2006)
A young boy in a peaceful seaside town gets more than he bargained for when he takes home a mysterious egg. When it hatches, out comes a baby turtle...

Dangan Runner (1996)
A would-be bank robber forgets his mask on his first big heist, and then botches an attempt to shoplift a replacement mask from a nearby convenience...

History of Jirocho Shimizu (1995)
A historical chivalric drama with tears and laughter, telling the story of Jirocho Shimizu's family, his confrontation with Katsuzo Kurokoma's...

Tea Friends (2023)
Shigeo Tokioka (Tetsu Watanabe), a lonely man who has lost his wife, sees a three-line ad for a club in the newspaper that reads, "Tea drinking...

Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)
The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.

Memories of Matsuko (2006)
While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life...

Zero Woman: The Accused (1996)
Rei, the deadly but reluctant assassin for the Zero Division of the Tokyo Police Department, befriends a young man after she sees him cruising a gay...

Takeshis' (2005)
Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience...

Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)
In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.

Glory to the Filmmaker! (2007)
Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete...

A Story of Modern Chivalry (1997)
A hard-boiled man who lived in the world of the Yakuza, leaves everything behind in search of revenge for his great friend.

Script (2010)
Four strangers participate in a psychological experiment in a dark space with nothing else other than a table and four envelopes. They are payed...

Maji! 5: Deadly Struggle (1996)
Nagisa Gumi Gold Batch Shirogane Maji (Tamotsu Ishibashi) was imprisoned in Aomori for attempted murder at the end of a war with the Shuyukai....

Detective Ushio VS Case Reporter Saeko at the Terminal Station (2008)

Snow Jack (2014)
A blackmail arrives at Appi ski resort. “We demand 30,000,000 yen as consolation money for the destruction of the environment. If you do not...

The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (2013)
Reiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest score ever. He becomes a police constable, but...

Alone in the Night (1994)
An undercover narcotics officer is killed, and after his funeral some yakuza break into his apartment and rape his wife, Nami, while looking for the...

The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio (2016)
A young undercover cop tries to get back with his former love, while unraveling the mystery behind the head of the police force. Meanwhile he has to...

You'll Die Six Hours Later (2008)
"You will die six hours later." Keishi, a youth who proclaims himself a seer, suddenly says this to Mio, who is walking along the streets of Shibuya....

Touch (2005)
Twin brothers, Tatsuya and Kazuya, grew up with their next door neighbor Minami like siblings. Minami's dream is that her school's baseball team will...

The Noise (2015)
Underground people who exhale toxic gas appear in Tokyo's S-Ward, which is dealing with construction noise from urban development projects. Everyone...

Shin Godzilla (2016)
When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of...

XX: Beautiful Killing Machine (1996)
Cheryl, a sexy bodyguard, crosses paths with a hit man from her past; she is forced to use all her skills, including the art of seduction, to escape.

This Man (2024)
An inexplicable wave of tragic deaths plunges two investigators into the heart of a fateful whirlwind, where logic and facts have no value as a...

The King of Minami: Ginjiro vs. Liquidator (1993)
#5 in the King of Minami series and the second film to be released theatrically. Manda's original apprentice, Ryuichi, resurfaces after being...

Run for Love (2016)
A romantic anthology with five episodes featuring five love stories in Japan, United States, Norway, the Island of Saipan, and the one in Rjukan...

Petto (2021)
Haruno, a second-year high school student, is aiming to go to a national university as her parents wish, but she really wants to be a groomer....

Silence (2016)
In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy,...

About Love, Tokyo (1992)
Looks at the lives of Chinese people in Japan.

Sumo Road - The Musical (2015)
An overweight exchange student with no friends decides to join the university’s sumo team at a Japanese university. But in order to get in,...

Kagerô 2 (1996)
An entertainment drama depicting the conflict of yakuza, centering on the female torso and her sister's feud.

Kichiku (2002)
Made-for-TV film adaptation of the 1957 novel by Seicho Matsumoto starring Takeshi Kitano and directed by Noboru Tanaka. The novel was previously...

Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series (2003)
When Bussan learns he has less than a year to live, he decides to continue his life as usual. He spends his time with his friends, a band called...

Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 30 (2016)
A man is murdered after stealing documents from the Olympic Department of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter (2005)
Master swordsman Akiyama Kohei’s simple life in retirement is jarred into violent sword action when he meets an elderly fencing instructor who...

Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 37 - Mystery of Double Homicides from Tokyo to Hamamatsu (2015)

Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Fall Special (2016)

Graffreeter Toki (2012)
A shopping arcade in a working-class Tokyo neighborhood filled with Baki fans comes under threat when an unscrupulous corporation tries to take over.

Samurai Cat: Tamanojo Goes to Edo (2016)
A prequel to the story of the legendary samurai and one cat. In Edo era, there was a legendary samurai named Kyutaro Madarame who are feared as a...

Ley Lines (1999)
The story follows a trio of Japanese youths of Chinese descent who escape their semi-rural upbringing and relocate to Shinjuku, Tokyo, where they...

Detective Ballerino (2016)
In the past, Kurumi Usushima (Yuto Nakajima) wanted to become a ballerino, but he is now a detective. Kurumi Usushima and his senior detective, Takao...

Shino Can't Say Her Name (2018)
Ooshima Shino is a 1st-grade high school student. She has difficulties pronouncing words that start with vowels in front of people. Because of her...

Ichigensan (2000)
A foreign university student tries to fit in in Kyoto by reading books to the blind and finds himself falling in love.

Conflict II (2016)
When Tendokai's headquarters are attacked, underboss Washio Kazuma orders his trusted lieutenant to investigate a possible mole inside the family.

Darc (2018)
To bring down a global human trafficking ring, an Interpol agent recruits the help of a brutal criminal with inside knowledge of the yakuza.

Conflict (2016)
Tendokai's Washio Kazuma, the underboss of Japan's largest crime syndicate, goes on the warpath when his blood brother and family turn up dead.

Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)
When young protege Akira Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, Genyo Kamiura, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge.

Haru-san – The Bride's Father is a Great Detective (2017)
Dollmaker Haruhiko Kasukabe, nicknamed Haru-san, lost his wife Ruriko in an airplane crash 22 years ago and has been living with his only daughter...

Woman in Witness Protection (1997)
Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of...

Enter the Fat Dragon (2020)
After being dumped by his fiancé, heartbroken Hong Kong police officer Fallon Zhu gains 200+ pounds. His superiors demote him to the job of...

Kamikaze Taxi (1995)
A young foot soldier in the yakuza seeks revenge when his prostitute girlfriend dies after a session with a high-ranking Japanese politician with a...

End Call (2008)
The Devil has a phone number, and if you call him on your mobile phone at midnight, he will grant your wish. In return however, he will control your...

Girl's Life (2009)
Rina Sakurai, a popular model of Koakuma Ageha, a hair and make-up magazine for gals, makes her actress debut. Abandoned by family and betrayed by...

Story of Miss Q (1996)
Lulu, the most popular woman in the phone sex business, was helpless to resist the wiles of a female client. But the laws of the phone sex club are...

Sunday's Dream (2005)
Kazuya goes to live with his mother Shinobu because his father, Yoshiki, who works in the same company, has fired him according to the company policy...

Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992)
Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by...

Railways (2010)
A heartwarming tale about the turning point in the life of an elite business man in his fifties and a local train that has been running since 1911....

Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla (2002)
JSDF pilot Akane has a fateful encounter when a new Godzilla emerges in Tateyama. As a countermeasure, a cyborg named Kiryu is constructed from the...

Uneasy Encounters (1994)
A five-part comedy and horror anthology

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he...

The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai (2015)
An Orthodox priest, Father Nikolay, the brother of a Yakuza boss, is drawn into in a mob war in Japan. He escapes to the small Russian village of...

The Pod of Good Fortune (2012)
Ryosaku, a struggling actor, endures daily abuse from his wicked wife. One day, the janitor of his apartment gives him a 'The Pod of Good Fortune'....

Circus Boys (1989)
Two brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. After an accident, Jinta decides to leave the circus and travels the countryside...

Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell (1994)
The seventh movie of the series “Yakuza Ladies” focuses on a wife of a small Osaka family. She risks her life to protect her...

Madadayo (1993)
Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset...

Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy (2009)
Jiro (Jiro Sato) is a 32-year-old man who doesn't have a job. He lives at his parents' house and doesn't go outside or socialise with people. After...

Fireworks (1997)
Detective Nishi is relieved from a stakeout to visit his sick wife in hospital. He is informed that she is terminally ill, and is advised to take her...

Red Post on Escher Street (2020)
A genius film director, Tadashi Kobayashi holds an audition for his new film project. Several actors and actresses answer the open call, but most...

Igyō no koi (2002)
A sensual coming-of-age drama direct — It depicts a precarious relationship between a homosexual woman and a man who was picked up by her and...

Stardust Over The Town (2020)
Story of the struggling chorus group "Yamada Osamu and the Hello Nights", who gain an unexpected new member in the young Ai, who pursues her dream of...

Dreams (1990)
A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.

Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)
In the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town, a ruthless bank robber is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor, whose adopted...

The love song of farewell later (1991)
A suspense drama based on Osamu Takahashi's original work starring Shinobu Otake. The shooting location of Gunkanjima is a famous tourist attraction....

A Quiet Life (1995)
A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to...

The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan (2018)
Shoji Segawa was a quiet and inconspicuous boy, but, for the first time, he is recognized by people after winning the National Middle School Shogi...

The Menu For Tomorrow (2020)
Reiwa Wedding Hall is one of the popular wedding halls in Tokyo. Their new chef, Saki, is always busy planning new menus. However, one day,...

A Janitor (2021)
Fukumi is a high school janitor whose father was a gangster. He works at the school as a janitor instead of belonging to the gang so he can watch out...

Jingi 48 (2007)
The 48th film in the popular yakuza action series starring Takeuchi Riki and Sakakibara Toshihiko.

River Returns (2025)
In 1958, as a deadly typhoon approaches, a young boy embarks on a perilous journey to a haunted mountain pool, determined to calm a sorrowful spirit...

Birdcage of Horrors (1999)
A murder mystery told in one-minute clips — one for each day of the year — filmed specifically for the SEGA Dreamcast console. It tells...

The Successful Businessmen Handbook: Leadership Skills You Can Learn from the Yakuza (2007)
The strength or weakness of an organization lies in the hands of its boss. In the unforgiving world of the yakuza, where leadership is relentlessly...

Minna warae (2025)
This drama depicts the bittersweet life of a down-and-out rakugo storyteller. At 50 years old, he still has no popularity or ambition, and has never...

Gachi Baka! (2006)
Former pro boxer Gondo Tetta has come to Kaki-no-ki-zaka High School as a beginning teacher. The school hopes to restore finances by improving the...

Naguru Onna (1998)
Fired by the company she works at, and desperate for a new job, accountant Yoshimura Kaoru finds herself taking a job at Paradise Gym - a boxing...

Tensou Sentai Goseiger (2010)
The alien invasion force called Warstar destroy the Heaven’s Tower, the bridge between the Earth and the Gosei World, home of the Gosei Angels....

Home Sweet Tokyo (2017)
Englishman Bryan Jenkins was living peacefully with his Japanese wife Itsuki and daughter Alice in London, when his Japanese mother-in-law suddenly...

川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語 (2003)
NHK's 50th-anniversary memorial drama serial. This drama consisting of several short stories starring some of the well-known actors and actress of...

Dear Father (2007)
Set in an old prestigious ryotei (Japanese-style restaurant) in a small town in the center of Tokyo, a young itamae (cook for Japanese dishes)...

Hero (2001)
Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent who drops out of junior high and goes on to earn a high school equivalency diploma. After passing the law...

Dream Again (2007)
A pro baseball player Shunsuke Ogi was fired by the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants because of a shoulder injury. After one year, he still dreams of coming back...

Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000)
Living in an area known for its juvenile crime, 21-year-old Makoto has become a member of a youth gang called the G-Boys. Known for his cool head and...

Minato's Laundromat (2022)
"I want to grow up quicker, so I can date Minato-san." Akira Minato inherited his grandfather's coin laundry. And so, the middle-aged former...

81Diver (2008)
Sugata Kentaro used to be one of the most hopeful trainee to be a professional Shogi (Japanese chess) player, but fails at the final test. Now he has...

Hello, Detective Hedgehog (2017)
Detective Goro Nanase and his colleagues of "Akatsuka Detective Office" are based in Shimo-Akazuka of Itabashi-ku, Tokyo. The detectives take on a...

Watashi no Aozora (2000)
This is the story of a young mother, Kitayama Nazuna, and her son Taiyo from Ohma, a small town at the tip of a peninsula in Aomori. Taiyo's father,...

Kumokiri Nizaemon (2013)
During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo,...

Otoko Meshi (2016)
University student Wakamizu Ryota (Emoto Tokio), who is the middle of job hunting, gets caught up in a sudden gang dispute. Ryota’s life is...

Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi (1993)
A jidaieki drama where a hard-nosed doshin, Shinpachiro Kariya, takes on difficult cases with exquisite teamwork under the supervision of a young...

Perfect Blue (2012)
Hasumi Kayoko, the rookie investigator at the all-female Hasumi Detective Agency, always observes people and cases in a level-headed manner. She...

Makanai-sō (2016)
Located in the downtown area of Nagoya, this 60-year-old, bath and toilet co-op accommodation is a room with no room, "Makanai-sō".

The Last Train Bound for Nagoya (2012)
This mini series follows the life of the people on the last train bound for Nagoya. Every new season is a snap of their lives a year after the...

Solitary Gourmet (2012)
Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments...

My Dog, My Happiness (2011)
Inu o Kau to Iu Koto is a Japanese television series which premiered on TV Asahi on April 15, 2011. Its full title is The Story of Keeping a...

Unexploded Bomb (2018)
A press conference is held by a large electrical manufacturer. The press conference discusses improper accounting by the company of 150 billion yen....

Zenigata Heiji (2004)
Heiji is an undercover policeman in the city of Edo. He possesses a superior skill of throwing coins. When a criminal is caught, Heiji throws coins...

Kamen Rider (1971)
Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by...

Investor-Z (2018)
Takashi learns there’s more to this exclusive high school than meets the eye when he’s recruited into its ultra-secret, mega-capital...

Steel Frame (2010)
Sharply revealing the issue of Japanese construction industry where bid-rigging was a common practice among the giants. After working diligently for...

Hibana: Spark (2016)
Tokunaga, a comedian who is down on his luck, has a shock encounter with Kamiya, an older comedian when he visits a fireworks event in Atami on a...

Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi (2020)
Detective Goro Akechi has a passion for fine dining. Good-looking but incredibly quirky, he solves food-related crimes by using, well, food. He...

Sunny (2024)
The life of an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash. As consolation,...

Rekishi Meikyuu kara no Dasshutsu~Real Dasshutsu Game X TV Tokyo~ (2020)
About a senior high school girl in the year 2520 who travels back in time with her friend to correct the history erased by a cyber hacker through...

The Intercom Rings (2023)
The intercom rings. When Tanaka Yuka responds, she sees a woman she doesn't recognize. The woman says she wants to pay back the money she'd borrowed...

The Record of Murder (2024)
A psychological thriller centered on Sakai Yoichi, a freelance video director, and Mitsumi Kei, a piano teacher who moonlights as a serial killer....