{{Short description|Japanese actress (born 1932)}} {{Infobox person | name = Misako Watanabe | image = Misako Watanabe 01.jpg | alt = | caption = Misako Watanabe in 1956 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1932|10|23}} | birth_place = [[Azabu]], [[Tokyo]], Japan<ref name="kinenote">{{cite web|website=Kinenote |url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/person.aspx?person_id=87529 |title=Watanabe Misako |language=ja |access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref> | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = [[Actor|Actress]] | years_active= 1953–present }}
{{nihongo|'''Misako Watanabe'''|渡辺 美佐子|Watanabe Misako|born 23 October 1932}} is a Japanese stage, film and television actress.
== Career == A graduate of the [[Haiyuza Theatre Company]],<ref name="kotobank">{{cite web|website=Kotobank |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B8%A1%E8%BE%BA%E7%BE%8E%E4%BD%90%E5%AD%90-1121968 |title=Watanabe Misako |language=ja |access-date=3 March 2012}}</ref> Watanabe gave her film debut in [[Tadashi Imai]]'s ''Tower of Lilies'' (1953)<ref name="kinenote" /><ref name="jmdb">{{cite web|website=Japanese Movie Database |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0298810.htm |title=Watanabe Misako |language=ja |access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref> before becoming a contract player at the [[Nikkatsu]] film studios.<ref name="kotobank" /> She appeared in almost 100 films of directors like [[Shōhei Imamura]], [[Masahiro Shinoda]] and [[Masaki Kobayashi]].<ref name="jmdb" />
She received the [[Blue Ribbon Awards|Blue Ribbon Award]] for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1958 ''[[Endless Desire]]''. In 1997 she was awarded a [[Medals of Honor (Japan)#Purple ribbon|Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon]] and in 2004 the [[Order of the Rising Sun]].<ref name="kinenote" />
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Date !Work !Role !class="unsortable"|Notes !class="unsortable"|Ref. |- |1953 |''Tower of Lilies'' |Yoshiko Tomiyasu | | |- |1958 |''[[Endless Desire]]'' |Shima | | |- |1959 |''[[The Wandering Guitarist]]'' | | | |- |1962 |''[[Being Two Isn't Easy]]'' |Aunt Setsuko | | |- |1963 |''[[Brave Records of the Sanada Clan]]'' |Musasabi No Ogiri | | |- |1963 |''[[Bushido, Samurai Saga]]'' |Yasu, Sajiemon's wife | | |- |1964 |''[[Kwaidan (film)|Kwaidan]]'' |Second Wife (segment "Kurokami") | | |- |1965 |''[[With Beauty and Sorrow]]'' |Fumiko Ōki | | |- |1967 |''The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka'' |Kuriko | | |- |1973 |''[[Long Journey into Love]]'' |Kaito Takeno | | |- |1982 |''[[Tattoo Ari]]'' |Sadako Takeda | | |- |1983–1984 |''[[Oshin]]'' (TV series) |Madam Taka Hasegawa |''[[Asadora]]'' | |- |1990 |''[[Tugumi]]'' |Masako | |<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/37886/|title=つぐみ|access-date= January 23, 2023|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |2010 |''[[Shiawase no Pan]]'' |Aya | | |- |2013 |''[[The Great Passage]]'' |Take | | |- | 2024 | ''Route 29'' | | | <ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/101443/|title= ルート29|access-date= 31 July 2024|work= eiga.com}}</ref> |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0913843}}
{{Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress}} {{Authority control}}
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