{{Short description|Japanese actor (1944–2017)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Tsunehiko Watase | image = | alt = | caption = | native_name = 渡瀬 恒彦 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|7|28}} | birth_place = [[Shimane Prefecture|Shimane]], Japan | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|3|14|1944|7|28}} | death_place = [[Tokyo]] | nationality = | native_name_lang = ja | other_names = | known_for = | education = [[Waseda University]] | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1969–2017 | spouse = {{marriage|[[Reiko Ohara]]|1973|1978|reason=divorced}} | relatives = [[Tetsuya Watari]] (brother) }} {{Nihongo|'''Tsunehiko Watase'''|渡瀬 恒彦|Watase Tsunehiko|July 28, 1944 – March 14, 2017|lead=yes}} 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 (film)|Japan Academy Prize]] for ''[[The Incident (1978 film)|The Incident]]'' and at the 3rd [[Hochi Film Award]] for ''[[The Incident (1978 film)|The Incident]]'', ''{{ill|Kōtei no inai hachigatsu|ja|皇帝のいない八月}}'' and ''[[The Fall of Ako Castle]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ja:第 2 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 |url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=2 |access-date=2010-12-15 |publisher=Japan Academy Prize |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ja:報知映画賞ヒストリー |url=http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1978/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131125704/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1978/ |archive-date=2009-01-31 |access-date=2010-12-15 |publisher=Cinema Hochi |language=Japanese}}</ref>
== Biography == === 1944–1969: Pre-debut === Watase was born on July 28, 1944, in [[Shimane Prefecture|Shimane]]. He had an older brother, [[Michihiko Watase]]. He moved from his hometown of [[Shimane Prefecture|Shimane]] to Awaji, [[Tsuna, Hyōgo]]. In his junior high school exam, he had the second highest score, and in his third year of junior high school, he received his [[Black belt (martial arts)|black belt]] in [[judo]].<ref name="hochi2017">{{Cite web |date=2017-03-17 |script-title=ja:【評伝】渡瀬恒彦さん「スターに学問はいらない 映画は肉体労働だ」 |trans-title=[Biography] Tsunehiko Watase: "Stars don't need academics. Movies are manual labor" |url=http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20170317-OHT1T50027.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516165528/http://www.hochi.co.jp/entertainment/20170317-OHT1T50027.html |archive-date=2017-05-16 |website=Sports Hochi}}</ref><ref name="sponichi1969">{{Cite news |date=1969-12-12 |script-title=ja:渡瀬恒彦第一作から主役 兄・渡哲也そっくり |language=ja |trans-title=Tsunehiko Watase plays the leading role in his first film, looking just like his older brother Tetsuya Watari |pages=10 |work=[[Sports Nippon]]}}</ref> He belonged to the swimming club in high school.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-17 |script-title=ja: 渡瀬恒彦さん死去母校からも惜しむ声 三田学園同級生ら悼む 女子学生が押しかけ／人の上に立つ資質 ／兵庫 |trans-title=Tsunehiko Watase's alma mater expresses their condolences; Mita Gakuen classmates mourn; female students crowd / Qualities to stand above others / Hyogo |url=http://mainichi.jp/articles/20170317/ddl/k28/200/456000c |website=[[Mainichi Shimbun]]}}</ref> His classmate, Hyōgo Prefectural Assemblyman Hiroshi Noma, recalled that Watase "was always reading [[Natsume Sōseki]]" and his Japanese score was always in the top 5 among 270 students.<ref name="shincho">{{Cite web |date=2017-03-31 |script-title=ja:渡瀬恒彦、大原麗子からベッドインを拒否されていた 三枚目な私生活（全文） |trans-title=Tsunehiko Watase was refused bed-in by Reiko Ohara. The third photo of his private life (full text) |url=https://www.dailyshincho.jp/article/2017/03310800/ |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=[[Shukan Shincho]] |language=ja}}</ref> During high school, Watase aspired to be a newspaper reporter.<ref name="bigtomorrow">{{Cite magazine |date=October 2009 |script-title=ja:変幻自在役者インタビュー渡瀬恒彦 |trans-title=Interview with the ever-changing actor Tsunehiko Watase |magazine=Big tomorrow |issue=17621–10 |page=52}}</ref>
After graduating from high school, Watase was accepted into the Faculty of Law at [[Chuo University]] and [[Keio University]], but not [[Waseda University]]. His older brother told him to go to Keio University, but after seeing his mother in tears over the rejection letter in the garden, he decided to retake the college exams a year later. Influenced by Shirou Ozaki's ''Theater of Life'',<ref name="shincho" /> he entered Waseda University's Faculty of Law.<ref name="bigtomorrow" /> He began living with his older brother, who was attending [[Aoyama Gakuin University]] at the time.<ref name="shincho" /> While at Waseda, he belonged to the [[karate]] club and was a second [[Dan (rank)|dan]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-17 |script-title=ja:渡瀬さん“芸能界最強伝説” 早大空手部出身「元格闘家をＫＯ」 |trans-title=Mr. Watase, "The strongest legend in the entertainment world", from Waseda University Karate Club, "KO’d a former martial artist" |url=https://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2017/03/17/0010006371.shtml |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=Daily Sports online |language=ja}}</ref> He said he was "a sloppy student", his dream to become a newspaper reporter disappeared because the university had no lectures or graduation thesis at the height of [[student activism]],<ref name="bigtomorrow" /> and at one point he wrote a lot of poems, hoping to become a lyricist.<ref name="shincho" /> Watase then thought that after graduating, he wanted to work in a job that was demanding and cutting-edge, and his brother advised him to "take the hard path".<ref name="myojo1969">{{Cite news |date=1969-12-28 |script-title=ja:渡哲也の実弟渡瀬恒彦が東映からデビュー ついに押し切られた兄貴の反対 |language=ja |trans-title=Tetsuya Watari's younger brother Tsunehiko Watase makes his debut with Toei, finally overcoming his brother's opposition |pages=150 |work=Shūkan Myōjō |publisher=[[Shueisha]]}}</ref> He got a job in public relations at [[Dentsu]] but quit the company after a month to work in sales at Japark, an advertising agency in [[Aoyama, Tokyo|Aoyama]] founded by his senior.<ref name="sponichi1969" />
While working at Japark, an acquaintance of his brother started a real estate agency and did not have any advertising staff, so Watase would help on his days off. While there, Shigeru Okada, the head of Toei's planning and production department, asked him if he wanted to be an actor.<ref name="toei2">{{Cite web |script-title=ja:今までサラリーマンをやってた奴が、何日か後に映画の主演をやるんですよ（笑） |trans-title=A guy who used to be an office worker will be playing the lead role in a movie in a few days (lol) |url=http://www.toei.co.jp/meister/vol9/detail/02.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930021233/https://www.toei.co.jp/meister/vol9/detail/02.html |archive-date=2023-09-30 |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=[[Toei Company|Toei]]}}</ref> His older brother, then an actor under the stage name Tetsuya Watari, opposed Watase entering the entertainment industry, saying it was a "premodern workplace" and that he wanted Watase to take the "normal, strict path".<ref name="myojo1969" /><ref name="hochi1969">{{Cite news |date=1969-12-12 |script-title=ja:兄貴渡哲也は反対、でもガンバル渡瀬恒彦、主役でデビュー 『殺し屋人別帳』 ずぶとい神経で意気込む 石井監督『来年はスター』 |language=ja |trans-title=Big brother Tetsuya Watari is against it, but Tsunehiko Watase makes his debut in the lead role in ''Killer Hitman Betscho'' Director Ishii is enthusiastic with his bold nerves 'Next year I will be a star' |pages=13 |work=[[Hochi Shimbun]]}}</ref><ref name="naigai1969">{{Cite news |date=1969-12-18 |script-title=ja:"渡哲也の弟"デビュー 渡瀬恒彦 十年ぶりの大型新人 |language=ja |trans-title='Tetsuya Watari's Younger Brother' Debuts Tsunehiko Watari First Major Newcomer in Ten Years |pages=5 |work=Naigai Times}}</ref> Concerned he was being used to lure his brother to Toei,<ref name="naigai1969" /> Watase met Okada with the intention of refusing.<ref name="sponichi1969" /> However, after being told "just leave it to me",<ref name="myojo1969" /><ref name="hochi1969" /> he was fascinated by his personality and decided that if there were more people like Okada in the world, he wanted to work with them, and he would give his all until he was 30.<ref name="bigtomorrow" /><ref name="toei2" />
=== 1970–1977: Debut, early roles === On January 31, 1970, Watase made his debut with the release of ''Killer Hitman Betsucho'', in which he played the lead.<ref name="hochi1969" /> He was the first young talent brought in from outside Toei to make their debut in a leading role since [[Hashizo Okawa]].<ref name="sponichi1969" /> Watase had come to Kyoto without studying acting, stayed in the same room as the director, and attended all filming regardless of whether he was part of the scene or not.<ref name="myojo1969" /><ref name="toei2" /> Though he doubted whether acting was right for him, Watase was too busy with work to worry. For Watase, action was the only element in which he could compete against great actors,<ref name="bigtomorrow" /> and he was expected to be Toei's hope for an action star.<ref name="ei1983">{{Cite magazine |last=Yoshimoto |first=Junichi |date=May 1983 |script-title=ja:気になるスター渡瀬恒彦『主役もワキ役もそれなりにおもしろいですね……』 |trans-title=Interesting star Tsunehiko Watase: "Both the lead role and the side role are interesting in their own way..." |magazine=Eiga Information |pages=18–19}}</ref>
With ''Modern Yakuza: Three Bloody Sakura Brothers'' (1971), ''True Story: Private Ginza Police'' (1973),<ref name="shincho" /> ''Karajishi Police'' (1974), a fierce and tragic murder between brothers played by Watase and [[Akira Kobayashi]], and ''Jeans Blues: A Scoundrel With No Tomorrow'' (1974), where he played the Japanese [[Bonnie and Clyde]] with [[Meiko Kaji]], Watase continued to play roles of outlaws struggling at the bottom.<ref name="nakajima2017">{{Cite web |date=2017-03-17 |script-title=ja:【芸能】渡瀬恒彦さんの盟友・中島貞夫監督が語る「やんちゃな恒さん」 |trans-title=[Entertainment] Tsunehiko Watase's ally, director Sadao Nakajima, talks about "Naughty Tsunehiko" |url=https://www.daily.co.jp/opinion-d/2017/03/17/0010009219.shtml |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=Daily Sports online |language=ja}}</ref> In 1977, while filming ''[[Hokuriku Proxy War]]'', Watase was thrown out of an open [[Jeep]], and his leg was crushed by the car.<ref name="livedoor" /> He was replaced by [[Goro Ibuki]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-11-02 |script-title=ja:病魔と闘う荒ぶる役者たちの不屈秘話 「第3回・渡瀬恒彦」（3）アクションに代役は不要だ |trans-title=Unyielding untold stories of savage actors fighting illness "Part 3: Tsunehiko Watase" (3) No need for substitutes for action |url=https://www.asagei.com/68814 |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=Asegai Plus |language=ja}}</ref> The injury led him to change from an action actor to a character actor,<ref name="nakajima2017" /> expanding his range of roles.<ref>{{Cite web |script-title=ja:なんで役者さんがスピンの練習をするんだ（笑） |trans-title=Why do actors practice spin (lol) |url=https://www.toei.co.jp/meister/vol9/detail/03.html |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=[[Toei Company|Toei]]}}</ref><ref name="ei1983" />
Watase announced his engagement to actress [[Reiko Ohara]], whom he co-starred with in ''Three Bees'' (1970), in February 1972.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 15, 1972 |script-title=ja:渋谷、青山で食べ歩きデート渡瀬恒彦・大原麗子が婚約発表 今秋には式を… 『彼女のすべてが好きです』 |trans-title=Eating-while-walking date in Shibuya and Aoyama, Tsunehiko Watase and Reiko Ohara will announce the engagement this fall ... "I like all of her" |pages=10 |work=[[Sports Nippon]]}}</ref> They married in 1973 and divorced in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-17 |script-title=ja:友が明かす渡瀬さん秘話 大原麗子さんとの結婚…離婚 |trans-title=Watase's secret story revealed by a friend: Marriage with Reiko Ohara...divorce |url=https://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2017/03/17/0010006373.shtml |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=Daily Sports online |language=ja}}</ref>
=== 1978–1991: Expansion of roles === In 1978, Watase received [[Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor|Blue Ribbon]] and [[Kinema Junpo]] awards for his supporting roles in ''[[The Incident (1978 film)|The Incident]]'', his first role outside of Toei, and ''[[The Fall of Ako Castle]]''.<ref name="bigtomorrow" /> He was also nominated for the [[Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role|Japan Academy Film Prize]] for his leading role in the [[Shochiku]] film ''August Without an Emperor''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=日本アカデミー賞公式サイト |url=https://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117103123/https://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=2 |archive-date=2019-01-17 |website=[[Japan Academy Film Prize]]}}</ref> In 1979, Watase won the Kinema Junpo Best Actor Award for his roles in ''Quivering Tongue'' and ''The Baby God Gave Me''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-16 |script-title=ja:渡瀬恒彦さん死去…「仁義なき戦い」シリーズ |trans-title=Tsunehiko Watase passes away... ''Battles Without Honor and Humanity'' series |url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/20170316-OYT1T50023.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320060423/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/20170316-OYT1T50023.html |archive-date=2017-03-20 |website=[[Yomiuri Shimbun]]}}</ref> Watase was enthusiastic about the film adaptation of Nobuhiko Kobayashi's novel ''Karajishi Corporation'', but it was impossible to make a ''[[yakuza]]'' film at Shochiku; Kobayashi recalled that it was a great regret.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2017-03-30 |script-title=ja:本音を申せば |trans-title=If I State My True Feelings |magazine=Weekly Bunshun |issue=20405–3･30 |page=51}}</ref>
In a 2014 interview, Watase recalled that appearing in a Bathclin commercial was an opportunity to expand his horizons, connect with his audience more, and increase his recognition, as he had primarily appeared in serious roles.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=August 2014 |script-title=ja:広告の中の人（1）お客さんとの距離が近くなる 渡瀬恒彦氏 |trans-title=People in advertisements (1) Mr. Tsunehiko Watase, who brings you closer to the customer |magazine=Senden Kaigi |issue=15611–8 |page=71}}</ref>
=== 1992–2014: Increase in television roles === In 1994, Watase suffered a [[cerebral infarction]], leaving him with a slight disability in his left hand.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-19 |script-title=ja:【甘口辛口】渡瀬恒彦さん「最高の仕事」のために健康に留意…最期の最期まで手抜きを嫌った人生だった |trans-title=[Sweet and Dry] Tsunehiko Watase takes care of his health in order to do his "best job"...He hated cutting corners until the very end of his life |url=https://www.sanspo.com/article/20170319-2HLAFGX2BJPMZBK75ACVC3PDA4/ |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=[[Sanspo]] |language=ja}}</ref> Although Watase continued to appear in films such as ''[[Crest of Betrayal]]'', around this time he began appearing in more television dramas like ''Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary'', which he had starred in since 1992. In the ''Inspector Totsugawa'' series, which he starred in from 1992 to 2015, producer Kazukiyo Morishita recalled that Watase was "not only an actor, but a staff member", having input on the script and sometimes directing the production.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-19 |script-title=ja:（追想録）渡瀬恒彦さん（俳優） |trans-title=(Reminiscence) Mr. Tsunehiko Watase (actor) |url=https://www.nikkei.com/nkd/company/article/?ng=DGKKZO15481680Z10C17A4EAC000&scode=9605 |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=[[Nihon Keizai Shimbun]] |language=ja}}</ref>
In ''Chiri to Techin'', which aired beginning in late 2007, Watase played Kusawaka Tsurezuritei, one of the four kings of ''[[rakugo]]'' in [[Kamigata]]. Though he struggled to play a role different from those he had played previously, feeling distant from a character that understood ''rakugo'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-05 |script-title=ja:渡瀬恒彦が落語に悪戦苦闘中！ |trans-title=Tsunehiko Watase is struggling with ''rakugo''! |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/47665/full/ |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=[[Oricon News]]}}</ref> Watase expressed a sense of accomplishment.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-05 |script-title=ja:渡瀬恒彦が『ちりとてちん』クランクアップ |trans-title=Tsunehiko Watase cranks up ''Chiri to Techin'' |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/51797/full/ |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=[[Oricon News]]}}</ref>
In 2012, Watase won the 20th [[Sugako Hashida|Hashida]] Award for his starring roles in television dramas like ''Omiya-san''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-12 |script-title=ja:橋田賞に渡瀬恒彦、水谷豊、阿部寛ら |trans-title=Tsunehiko Watase, Yutaka Mizutani, Hiroshi Abe and others won the Hashida Prize |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2012/07/12/kiji/K20120712003660180.html |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=[[Sponichi]] |language=ja}}</ref>
=== 2015–2017: Later life and death === In August 2015, Watase was diagnosed with [[gallbladder cancer]]. His diagnosis was made public in May 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-17 |script-title=ja:【サンスポ記者が明かす渡瀬さんの役者魂】９係は「やらせてください！」 |trans-title=[Mr. Watase's actor spirit revealed by Sanspo reporter] "Please let me do" Section 9! |url=https://www.sanspo.com/article/20170317-KOI2UACKSBOWJBLANHT7AQ6VWE/ |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=[[Sanspo]] |language=ja}}</ref> He died on March 14, 2017 due to [[multiple organ failure]] caused by the cancer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-17 |script-title=ja:渡瀬恒彦さん壮絶死 武骨、不器用、男くさい…人間味あふれる演技もう見られない |trans-title=Tsunehiko Watase's tragic death: brutal, clumsy, manly... I can't see his humane acting anymore |url=https://www.sanspo.com/article/20170317-MVMU5G52JBPWXHLYYYGN5KHIFQ/3/ |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=[[Sanspo]] |language=ja}}</ref>
== Reception and acting style == Director [[Sadao Nakajima]] said that Watase's interest in acting began when he met Ichirō Araki in ''Modern Yakuza: Three Bloody Sakura Brothers'' (1971).<ref name="nakajima2017" /> Araki's noisy acting style transformed Watase's previous acting style of simply throwing himself into it.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=May 2017 |script-title=ja:追悼・渡瀬恒彦「70年代を猛然とつっ走ったスター」中島貞夫 |trans-title=Memorial of Tsunehiko Watase, "A star who ran wild through the 1970s" Sadao Nakajima |magazine=Kinema Junpo |issue=20723–5/15 |page=69}}</ref>
Watase did many of his stunts without a [[stunt double]]. In ''Crazy Beast'' (1976), Watase obtained a bus driver's license for a scene where a bus he is driving flips over.<ref name="livedoor">{{Cite web |date=2017-04-01 |script-title=ja:渡瀬恒彦さん 「北陸代理戦争」のロケで運転ミスを起こし大事故 |trans-title=Tsunehiko Watase causes a serious accident due to a driving error on location for ''Hokuriku Proxy War'' |url=https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/12877041/ |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=Live Door News |language=ja}}</ref> Nakajima praised Watase's athletic ability, as he was able to hang onto a helicopter as it took off.<ref name="nakajima2017" /> Gradually, Nakajima worried that Watase was becoming overconfident in his driving skills,<ref name="livedoor" /> as in [[Violent Panic: The Big Crash|Violent Panic:the big crash]] 1976), he was the only cast member to not use a stunt double for the climactic scene in which 200 cars and motorcycles collide.<ref name="hochi2017" />
==Filmography== ===Film=== * ''[[Sympathy for the Underdog]]'' (1971) * ''[[Wandering Ginza Butterfly]]'' (1972) * ''[[Battles Without Honor and Humanity (film)|Battles Without Honor and Humanity]]'' (1973) * ''[[Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War]]'' (1973) * ''[[Bodyguard Kiba 2 (1973 film)|Bodyguard Kiba 2]]'' (1973) * ''Aesthetics of a Bullet'' (1973) * ''The Rapacious Jailbreaker'' (1974) * ''[[New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1974 film)|New Battles Without Honor and Humanity]]'' (1974) * ''[[New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head]]'' (1975) * ''[[Violent Panic: The Big Crash]]'' (1976) * ''[[Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds]]'' (1977) * ''[[The Fall of Ako Castle]]'' (1978) * ''[[The Incident (1978 film)|The Incident]]'' (1978) * ''Kōtei no Inai Hachigatsu'' (1978) * ''Heaven Sent'' (1979) * ''[[G.I. Samurai]]'' (1979) * ''[[Virus (1980 film)|Virus]]'' (1980) * ''[[Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (film)|Sailor Suit and Machine Gun]]'' (1981) * ''[[The Gate of Youth (1981 film)|The Gate of Youth]]'' (1981) * ''[[Dotonbori River]]'' (1982) * ''[[The Gate of Youth: Part 2]]'' (1982) * ''[[Antarctica (1983 film)|Antarctica]]'' (1983) * ''[[Heaven and Earth (1990 film)|Heaven and Earth]]'' (1990) * ''[[Rex: A Dinosaur's Story]]'' (1993) * ''[[Crest of Betrayal]]'' (1994) * ''[[Tokyo Blackout]]'' (1987) * ''[[Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (1997 film)|Toki o Kakeru Shōjo]]'' (1997) * ''[[Andromedia]]'' (1998)
===Television=== * ''[[Oshin]]'' (1983–1984) * ''[[Sanada Taiheiki (TV series)|Sanada Taiheiki]]'' (1985–1986) – [[Sanada Nobuyuki]] * ''[[Inspector Totsugawa Series]]'' (1992–2015) – Inspector Totsugawa * ''[[Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary]]'' (1992–2016) – Yoake * ''Homura Tatsu'' (1993–1994) – [[Fujiwara no Hidehira]] * ''Musashi'' (2003) * ''Keishicho Sosa Ikka 9 Gakari'' (2005–2017) – Rintaro Kano * ''[[Omiya-san]]'' (2008–2009)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{imdb name|0913912|Tsunehiko Watase}}
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