Eriko Watanabe
Japanese actress, stage director and playwright
About Eriko Watanabe
Born 1955. Eriko Watanabe is a Japanese film director, playwright, impresario, stage actor, film actor and writer.
, who was previously known as , is a Japanese actress. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 21st Hochi Film Awards for Shall We Dance?.
Filmography Films Comic Magazine (1986) Crest of Betrayal (1994) Shall We Dance? (1996) Swing Girls (2004), Sanae Suzuki Milk White (2004) Memories of Tomorrow (2006) Ichi (2008) Lady Maiko (2014) My Dad and Mr. Ito (2016) Survival Family (2017) Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017), Banks (voice) Talking the Pictures (2019) Tezuka's Barbara (2019) Romance Doll (2019) Labyrinth of Cinema (2020) Disease of Family (2026) In My Father's Room (2027)
Television Oshin (1983) Amachan (2013)
Dubbing Lilo & Stitch (2025), Tūtū
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Who is Eriko Watanabe?
Japanese actress, stage director and playwright
When was Eriko Watanabe born?
Eriko Watanabe was born on 5 January 1955 in Yamagata.
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Eriko Watanabe is a film director, playwright, impresario, stage actor, film actor and writer.
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Eriko Watanabe is Japanese.
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