Atsushi Watanabe (actor, born 1898)

Atsushi Watanabe
渡辺 篤
Born	9 April 1898 Tokyo, Japan
Died	27 February 1977(1977-02-27) (aged 78) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1921–1970

Atsushi Watanabe (渡辺 篤, Watanabe Atsushi, 9 April 1898 – 27 February 1977) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films from 1921 to 1970.

Starting out in Asakusa Opera, Watanabe shifted to film in 1921, joining Makino Educational Pictures, a precursor to Makino Film Productions.^[1] Moving to other studios, he eventually settled at Shochiku's Kamata studio in 1925 and eventually became established as a comic star, often appearing in Torajiro Saito's films.^[1] He eventually joined the revue company of Roppa Furukawa and made films at Toho.^[1] In the postwar era, he appeared in a number of films by Akira Kurosawa.^{[citation needed]}

• Atsushi Watanabe at IMDb