Tetsu Watanabe

Tetsu Watanabe (渡辺 哲, Watanabe Tetsu; born 11 March 1950) is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films since 1989.

Tetsu Watanabe
渡辺 哲
Born	(1950-03-11) 11 March 1950 (age 75) Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989 - present

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1985	Ran
1993	Sonatine	Uechi
1996	Sleeping Man	Daigo
1997	Hana-bi	Tesuka
1999	Nichiyobi wa Owaranai
2002	The Cat Returns	Muta / Renaldo Moon
	Tomie: Forbidden Fruit	Suzuki
2005	Takeshis'	TV wardrobe master/noodle cook/audition actor
2010	Railways	Takahashi
	Cold Fish	Takayasu TsuTsui
2011	Himizu	Shozo
2016	Shin Godzilla	Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management		[1]
2018	Darc	Ginzo Kageyama	American film
	Life in Overtime
	Shino Can't Say Her Name
2020	Stardust Over the Town
	Enter the Fat Dragon	Grandfather	Hong Kong film
2021	Janitor
	Pretenders			[2]
	Prisoners of the Ghostland	Grandfather	American film	[3]
	Red Post on Escher Street			[4]
2022	Pure Japanese	Ryuzo		[5]
2023	Tea Friends	Shigeo Tokioka		[6]
	Baby Assassins: 2 Babies			[7]
	Kamaishi Ramen Monogatari			[8]
2024	Horizon			[9]
	This Man			[10]
	Okite			[11]
	Bibalam			[12]
2025	Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope			[13]
	River Returns			[14]
	Yuko Side B, and Hereafter			[15]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1991	Taiheiki	Akamatsu Enshin	Taiga drama	[16]
2010	General Rouge no Gaisen
2011	Inu o Kau to Iu Koto
2012	Hayami-san to Yobareru Hi
2017	Naotora: The Lady Warlord	Ōkubo Tadayo	Taiga drama
2021	Reach Beyond the Blue Sky	Kakubei	Taiga drama	[17]
2024	Sunny	Reiji		[18]