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Tsunehiko Watase (渡瀬恒彦, Watase Tsunehiko) (July 28, 1944 – March 14, 2017) was a Japanese actor known for portraying Rintaro Kano in Keishicho Sosa Ikka 9 Gakari ("Homicide Team 9"). He won the award for 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.[1][2] His older brother is the actor Tetsuya Watari.

Tsunehiko Watase
Born	(1944-07-28)July 28, 1944 Shimane, Japan
Died	March 14, 2017(2017-03-14) (aged 72) Tokyo
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1969–2017
Spouse	Reiko Ohara ​ ​ (m. 1973; div. 1978)​

Death

Tsunehiko Watase died at a hospital in Tokyo on Tuesday, his office said Thursday. He was 72.

Watase had been undergoing treatment after a tumor was found in his gallbladder in 2015. He died of multiple organ failure, his office said.

Filmography

Film

• Sympathy for the Underdog (1971)
• Wandering Ginza Butterfly

(1972)

• Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973)
• Bodigaado Kiba: Hissatsu sankaku tobi (1973)
• Aesthetics of a Bullet (1973)
• New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1974)
• New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head (1975)
• Violent Panic: The Big Crash (1976)
• Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds (1977)
• The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)
• The Incident (1978)
• Kōtei no inai hachigatsu (1978)
• Heaven Sent (1979)
• G.I. Samurai (1979)
• Virus (1980)
• Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)
• The Gate of Youth (1981)
• Dotonbori River (1982)
• Nankyoku Monogatari (1983)
• Heaven and Earth (1990)
• Crest of Betrayal (1994)
• Tokyo Blackout (1987)
• Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (1997)
• Andromedia (1998)

Television

• Oshin (1983-1984)
• Sanada Taiheiki (1985-1986) - Sanada Nobuyuki
• Inspector Totsugawa Series (1992-2015) - Inspector Totsugawa
• Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary (1992-2016) - Yoake
• Homura Tatsu (1993-1994) - Fujiwara no Hidehira
• Musashi (2003)
• Keishicho Sosa Ikka 9 Gakari (2005-2017) - Rintaro Kano
• Omiya-san (2008-2009)

References

External links

• Tsunehiko Watase at IMDb

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