Tetsu Watanabe films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 14 films on Boxlist

Known for Princess Mononoke, Silence and Fireworks.

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Starring Tetsu Watanabe

Princess Mononoke
1997 · Film
8.4/10 · TMDB
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who...
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Silence
2016 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
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Fireworks
1997 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Detective Nishi is relieved from a stakeout to visit his sick wife in hospital. He is informed that she is terminally ill, and is advised to take her home. During his visit, a suspect shoots one detective dead and leaves Nishi's partner...
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Shin Godzilla
2016 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its...
Sonatine
1993 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Kitano plays Murakawa, a Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life. Along with a few of his henchmen, he is sent by his boss to Okinawa to help end a gang war, supposedly to mediate between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between...
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Baby Assassins 2
2023 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
After being suspended from their agency due to a rules violation, teenage hitmen Chisato and Mahiro are forced to get “real” jobs to make ends meet. But while the elite duo is forbidden from executing targets or enemies under any...
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The Cat Returns
2002 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Haru, a schoolgirl bored by her ordinary routine, saves the life of an unusual cat and suddenly her world is transformed beyond anything she ever imagined. The Cat King rewards her good deed with a flurry of presents, including a very...
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Dreams
1990 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
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Why Don't You Play in Hell?
2013 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.
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Cold Fish
2010 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop. When his daughter Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a grocery store a man named Murata steps in to settle things between the girl and the store manager. Murata also runs a tropical fish shop and he...
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Enter the Fat Dragon
2020 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
After being dumped by his fiancé, heartbroken Hong Kong police officer Fallon Zhu gains 200+ pounds. His superiors demote him to the job of escorting convicts to Japan. When a convict in his custody mysteriously dies, he must team up with...
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Pure Japanese
2022 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Action actor Tateishi Daisuke who struggles with loneliness after suffering a traumatic experience due to an accident during filming. One day, he comes across a senior high school girl Ayumi who is being harassed consistently by Chinese...
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Prisoners of the Ghostland
2021 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
In the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town, a ruthless bank robber is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor, whose adopted granddaughter Bernice has gone missing. The Governor offers the prisoner his freedom in exchange...
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Darc
2018 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
To bring down a global human trafficking ring, an Interpol agent recruits the help of a brutal criminal with inside knowledge of the yakuza.

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