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name: "Atsushi Watanabe"
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born: "9 April 1898"
died: "27 February 1977"
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# Atsushi Watanabe

Actor. Born 9 April 1898 in Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan. Died 27 February 1977.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 April 1898, Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo, Japan
- **Died:** 27 February 1977
- **Active:** 1952–1961
- **Also known as:** 渡边笃, 渡邊篤

## Biography

Atsushi Watanabe (渡辺 篤) was a Japanese film actor. Born on 9 April 1898 in Asakusa, Tokyo, he began his career in Asakusa Opera before entering films in 1921 at Makino Educational Pictures. He became established as a comic performer at Shochiku's Kamata studio and starred in Japan's first talkie, *Madamu to Nyōbō* (1931).

After the war he worked as a freelance actor and appeared in numerous films by Akira Kurosawa, including *One Wonderful Sunday* (1947), *Ikiru* (1952) as a patient, *Seven Samurai* (1954) as the bun seller, *I Live in Fear* (1955), *The Lower Depths* (1957), *Yojimbo* (1961) as the cooper, *Red Beard* (1965) and *Dodes'ka-den* (1970) as Mr Tanba. He appeared in more than eighty films between 1921 and 1970 and died on 27 February 1977 in Tokyo.

*Sources: imdb.com, ja.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Yojimbo* (1961), Fi1m 88, as The Cooper (Coffin-Maker) — [page](https://film.one/film/yojimbo.md)
- *Seven Samurai* (1954), Fi1m 95, as Bun Seller — [page](https://film.one/film/seven-samurai.md)
- *Ikiru* (1952), Fi1m 92, as Patient — [page](https://film.one/film/ikiru.md)

## Also known for

- *Red Beard* (1965), Patient B
- *Dodes'ka-den* (1970), Mr. Tanba
- *The Lower Depths* (1957), Kuna
- *I Live in Fear* (1955), Factory Worker Ishida
- *One Wonderful Sunday* (1947), Yamamoto

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