Tsunehiko Watase (July 28, 1944 – March 14, 2017) 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 for The Incident and at the 3rd Hochi Film Award for The Incident, Kōtei no inai hachigatsu and The Fall of Ako Castle.
Known For
Carmen 1945
(1988)
Crest of Betrayal
(1994)
Yasubei Horibe
Virus
(1980)
Yasuo Tatsuno
Morning Moon Is Cruel
(1981)
Kusakabe
G.I. Samurai
(1979)
Hayato Yano
Antarctica
(1983)
Ochi
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
(1973)
Toshio Arita
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
(1981)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
(1973)
Kuramoto Takeshi
Aesthetics of a Bullet
(1973)
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
(1981)
Makoto Sakuma
Heaven and Earth
(1990)
Usami
Full Filmography
Acting
Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters
(1970)
Three Pretty Devils
(1970)
Wolves of the City, Take Your Chance
(1970)
The Experience
(1970)
Prison Tales
(1970)
The Last Kamikaze
(1970)
Killer's Hit List
(1970)
Inside a Girl's Dormitory
(1970)
Troops of Darkness
(1971)
Kantō tekiya ikka: Goromen himatsuri
(1971)
A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers
(1971)
The Armed Organization
(1971)
The Bad Boss: Wholesale Roundup
(1971)
Wolves on Motorcycles
(1971)
The Gambler's Counterattack
(1971)
Takeji
Sympathy for the Underdog
(1971)
Susumu Seki
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess
(1971)
Mari's friend
Wolves of the City: First to Fight
(1971)
Fate Deals the Card of Death
(1971)
Shōwa Gokudōshi
(1972)
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
(1972)
Zorome no San Kyoudai
(1972)
Yakuza Wolf: Extend My Condolences
(1972)
Goro Yuki
The Horrible Obsessions
(1972)
Masayuki Shinshiro
Yakuza Skirmishes
(1972)
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
(1972)
Genta
Gang Warfare
(1972)
Wandering Ginza Butterfly
(1972)
Ryûji
Hell Riders in Kyoto
(1973)
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
(1973)
Aesthetics of a Bullet
(1973)
The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
(1973)
Mao
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
(1973)
Kuramoto Takeshi
The Viper Brothers: Jail - Living for 4 1/2 Years
(1973)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
(1973)
Toshio Arita
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
(1973)
Yôichi Kikumura
Karate Killer
(1973)
A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
(1973)
Watarai Kikuo
Father of the Kamikaze
(1974)
Student Yakuza
(1974)
Code of Wolves
(1974)
Yakuza vs. Gang Leader
(1974)
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
(1974)
Noboru Kitami
The Karate Man and the Spy
(1974)
Tekken Sakuragi
Violent Fraternity
(1974)
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
(1974)
Woman Mobsters
(1974)
Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown
(1974)
Kuroki Tatsuya
The Tattooed Hitman
(1974)
Kenichi Furuta
Jeans Blues: No Future
(1974)
Jiro Katagiri
Third Generation Boss
(1974)
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
(1974)
Pimp Heaven
(1975)
Path of Japanese Chivalry: Story of All-Out Attack
(1975)
The Decisive Power of Aikido
(1975)
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
(1975)
Kunimitsu Sugawa
Operation Plazma in Osaka
(1976)
Violent Panic: The Big Crash
(1976)
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
(1976)
Hiroshi Kategaru
Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist
(1976)
Shuji Takagi
A Savage Beast Goes Mad
(1976)
Shin Hayami
Japan's Don
(1977)
Takeshi Nomizo
Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds
(1977)
Ashizawa
August without Emperor
(1978)
Akimasa Fujisaki
The Fall of Ako Castle
(1978)
Kobayashi Heihachiro
The Incident
(1978)
Takeshi Hanai
Heaven Sent
(1979)
Shinsaku Miura
G.I. Samurai
(1979)
Hayato Yano
The Three Undelivered Letters
(1979)
Minegishi
Virus
(1980)
Yasuo Tatsuno
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
(1980)
Writhing Tongue
(1980)
Akira Miyoshi
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
(1980)
Lower Hanzo
The Wicked
(1980)
Gate of Youth
(1981)
Kanayama
Call from Darkness
(1981)
Kazuo Harada
Abandoned
(1981)
Morning Moon Is Cruel
(1981)
Kusakabe
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
(1981)
Makoto Sakuma
Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
(1981)
Gate of Youth 2
(1982)
Tadao Ishii
Fossilized Wilderness
(1982)
Sousuke Nishina
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
(1982)
Lovers Lost
(1982)
Kozo Watanabe
Amagi Pass
(1983)
Matsunojo Tajima, the cop
A Bridge of Tears
(1983)
Time and Tide
(1983)
Yasu-san
Antarctica
(1983)
Ochi
Curtain Call
(1984)
Takuji Shinozaki
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
(1984)
Tony
The Street of Desire
(1984)
Sadaichi Yamakoshi
Death Shadows
(1986)
Beyond the Shining Sea
(1986)
Atsushi Tanii
Tokyo Blackout
(1987)
Asakura Tatsuya
Golf Before Dawn
(1987)
Carmen 1945
(1988)
The Silk Road
(1988)
Li Yuanhao
Four Days of Snow and Blood
(1989)
Ryoji Ishihara
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
(1989)
Sensei
(1989)
Akira Nakajima
Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode
(1990)
Heaven and Earth
(1990)
Usami
1750 Days of Turbulence
(1990)
Maji!
(1991)
One Bowl of Kakesoba
(1992)
Proprietor of Hokkaitei
Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears
(1993)
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
(1993)
Akira
Emperor of Upheaval
(1993)
Crest of Betrayal
(1994)
Yasubei Horibe
Steel & Lead
(1997)
探偵
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
(1997)
Antique Dealer
Let's Get Happy
(1998)
Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: The Black Sunflower Woman
(1998)
Yoake Hideo
Investigative Notes of a Taxi Driver: Murder of the Killer
(1998)
Yoake Hideo
Andromedia
(1998)
Toshihiko Hitomi / Mai's Father / Ai's Creator
Jesus is My Boss
(2001)
Yuji Kihara
Haru Urara
(2005)
Dai Muneishi
Sanpei the Fisher Boy
(2009)
Ippei Mihira
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 36
(2014)
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 38
(2015)
Hideo Yoake
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 37 - Mystery of Double Homicides from Tokyo to Hamamatsu
(2015)
Hideo Yoake
Inspector Totsugawa Series 54 - The Woman of Sunrise Izumo
(2015)