Misako Watanabe
Actor · 84 credits · 12 in highly-rated films
Best known for Kwaidan (1965)
Frequent collaborators: Nobuo Kaneko, Shirō Ōsaka, Hiroyuki Nagato, Izumi Ashikawa, Shinsuke Ashida
Best Misako Watanabe movies by genre
Movies (84 total, ranked by score)
1Kwaidan
1965 · ★ 7.7 (468 votes)
Horror, Fantasy, Drama
2Midnight Diner 2
2016 · ★ 7.5 (38 votes)
Drama, Comedy
3Bread of Happiness
2012 · ★ 6.7 (38 votes)
Comedy, Drama
4The Great Passage
2013 · ★ 7.2 (61 votes)
Drama
5The Inheritance
1962 · ★ 7.3 (31 votes)
Drama
6Youth of the Beast
1963 · ★ 6.9 (87 votes)
Thriller, Crime, Action
7Endless Desire
1958 · ★ 6.5 (12 votes)
Drama, Comedy
8The Ghost of Iwojima
1959
War, Drama
9Sasuke and His Comedians
1963 · ★ 5.8 (4 votes)
Fantasy, Action, Comedy
10This Is Noriko
1981
Drama
11Samurai Spy
1965 · ★ 6.4 (51 votes)
Action, Drama
12Kikenna onna
1959
Drama
13Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965 · ★ 6.4 (5 votes)
Drama
14Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963 · ★ 6.7 (30 votes)
History, Drama, Action
15Human
1962 · ★ 6.6 (7 votes)
Drama
16The Third Ninja
1964 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)
Drama, Action, Comedy
17Young Breasts
1958
Drama
18Face
2000 · ★ 6.6 (19 votes)
Drama, Crime, Comedy
19The Antique
2018 · ★ 6.4 (6 votes)
Drama, Mystery
20Who's the Real Killer
1957
Action, Crime
21In Blazing Love
1994
Drama
22Sennen-Tabito
1999
Drama, Thriller, Romance
23Child Bride
1970 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)
Drama
24Tsugumi
1990 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)
Drama
25Rennyo and His Mother
1981
Animation
26A Slope in the Sun
1958 · ★ 5.7 (7 votes)
Romance, Drama
27With Beauty and Sorrow
1965 · ★ 5.7 (17 votes)
Romance, Drama
28Sketches of Life
2019 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Drama
29Frost
2008 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)
Drama
30The Man Who Rode the Typhoon
1958
Action, Comedy, Drama
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.