Person
Kimio Watanabe
Camera · 1918–1983 · Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Biography
Known more as a cinematographer throughout the 1940s to the 1960s in Japan, Kimio Watanabe (1918–1983) has a decorated career in film. One of his productions, The White Heron, was screened and nominated for the Palme d’Or in the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. Watanabe also lent his skills to Kon Ichikawa – the director of Tokyo Olympiad – in his classic Bridge of Japan.
Known for
Platform at Night
Director of Photography
The Betrothed
Director of Photography
Ojōsama o te o
Director of Photography
母山彦
Director of Photography
Tainted Flowers
Director of Photography
Patriotism
Director of Photography
Kumo no Machi
Director of Photography
Butai wa mawaru
Director of Photography
The Little Green Box
Director of Photography
Tokyo Night
Director of Photography
Filmography
- 1971The Cliff of TimeDirector of Photography
- 1969The Falcon FightersDirector of Photography
- 1969The Sea AnemoneDirector of Photography
- 1968School for ThievesDirector of Photography
- 1967The Last Loyalty OfferingDirector of Photography
- 1967The Sister GamblersDirector of Photography
- 1966PatriotismDirector of Photography
- 1965Tokyo Paralympics: Festival of Love and GloryDirector of Photography
- 1965The Story of a Blind WomanDirector of Photography
- 1964Clamouring CaninesDirector of Photography
- 1964Black ChallengerDirector of Photography
- 1963Zero Escape VisibilityDirector of Photography
- 1963When Women LieDirector of Photography
- 1963Teinen TaishokuDirector of Photography
- 1962AkikoDirector of Photography
- 1962ErikoDirector of Photography
- 1962Night Mist Makes Women CryDirector of Photography
- 1960The Song LanternDirector of Photography
- 1960The Wandering PrincessDirector of Photography
- 1958The Snowy HeronDirector of Photography
- 1958AccompliceDirector of Photography
- 1958Tainted FlowersDirector of Photography
- 1957The BetrothedDirector of Photography
- 1957Morning WhistlingDirector of Photography
- 1956Bridge of JapanDirector of Photography
- 1956Outlaw islandDirector of Photography
- 1956Warning from SpaceDirector of Photography
- 1955The Romance of YushimaDirector of Photography
- 1955Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashiDirector of Photography
- 1953KurohyōDirector of Photography
- 1952母山彦Director of Photography
- 1951Saijoke no kyoenDirector of Photography
- 1950Shimei hanninDirector of Photography
- 1950Kumo no MachiDirector of Photography
- 1950Warau chikyū ni asa ga kuruDirector of Photography
- 1948Jōnetsu no ningyoDirector of Photography
- 1948Platform at NightDirector of Photography
- 1948Butai wa mawaruDirector of Photography
- 1947The Little Green BoxDirector of Photography
- 1947Tokyo NightDirector of Photography
- 1946Ojōsama o te oDirector of Photography
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