Atsushi Watanabe (actor, born 1898)

Atsushi Watanabe (渡辺 篤) 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)