| Misako Watanabe | |
| Birth Date: | 23 October 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Azabu, Tokyo, Japan[1] |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1953–present |
is a Japanese stage, film and television actress.
A graduate of the Haiyuza Theatre Company,[2] Watanabe gave her film debut in Tadashi Imai's Tower of Lilies (1953)[3] before becoming a contract player at the Nikkatsu film studios. She appeared in almost 100 films of directors like Shōhei Imamura, Masahiro Shinoda and Masaki Kobayashi.
She received the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1958 Endless Desire. In 1997 she was awarded a Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon and in 2004 the Order of the Rising Sun.
| Date | Work | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Tower of Lilies | Yoshiko Tomiyasu | ||
| 1958 | Endless Desire | Shima | ||
| 1959 | The Wandering Guitarist | |||
| 1962 | Being Two Isn't Easy | Aunt Setsuko | ||
| 1963 | Brave Records of the Sanada Clan | Musasabi No Ogiri | ||
| 1963 | Bushido, Samurai Saga | Yasu, Sajiemon's wife | ||
| 1964 | Kwaidan | Second Wife (segment "Kurokami") | ||
| 1965 | With Beauty and Sorrow | Fumiko Ōki | ||
| 1967 | The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka | Kuriko | ||
| 1973 | Long Journey into Love | Kaito Takeno | ||
| 1982 | Tattoo Ari | Sadako Takeda | ||
| 1983–1984 | Oshin (TV series) | Madam Taka Hasegawa | Asadora | |
| 1990 | Tugumi | Masako | [4] | |
| 2010 | Shiawase no Pan | Aya | ||
| 2013 | The Great Passage | Take | ||
| 2024 | Route 29 | [5] | ||