Atsushi Watanabe

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)