
Tsunehiko Watase
Biography
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Killer's Hit List
1970

Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences
as Goro Yuki
1972

Zorome no San Kyoudai
1972

Shōwa Gokudōshi
1972

Student Yakuza
1974

The Viper Brothers: Four and a Half Years in Jail
1973

The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
1972

Pimp Heaven
1975

Abandoned
1981

A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers
1971

Inside a Girl's Dormitory
1970

Kanto Street Peddlers: Violent Fire Festival
as Tatsumi Eiji
1971

Jesus is My Boss
as Yuji Kihara
2001

Steel & Lead
as 探偵
1997

Fossilized Wilderness
as Sousuke Nishina
1982

Kasajiro: The Kappa Marriage
1981

Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 36
2014

Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
1982

Samurai Rebellion
as Futago Rokubei
1987

Nile
1999
TV Appearances

The Fire Still Burns
as Fujiwara no Hidehira
1993
殺意の涯て-広域指定188号の女
2000
湯けむり殺人案内 なんにも専務の名推理
2003
食い道楽!出張料理人 亀崎源一
2006

Omiyasan
as Torii Kansaburo
2002
つぐない
2004
医師・円城寺修
2011
判事失格!?弁護士 夏目連太郎の逆転捜査
2017
更生人・土門恭介の再犯ファイル~罪を犯した女たち~
2014

And Then There Were None
as Hyogo Iwamura
2017

Chiritotechin
as Tsurezuretei Sojaku
2007

Antarctica
as Takeshi Kuramochi's Father
2011