Kimio Watanabe
Camera
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.
On the crew 53
The Wandering Princess
1960
Dokuja-tō kidan: Joōbachi
1952
The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
1954
Midori no nakama
1954
The Betrothed
1957
Haha yamahiko
1952
Four Mothers
1954
Shinkon noroke bushi
1953
Haha no mizūmi
1953
Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi
1955
The Snowy Heron
1958
Daigaku no kotengu
1952
Patriotism
1966
The Sea Anemone
1969
Red Camellia
1953
Warau chikyū ni asa ga kuru
1950
Miss Hanaogi and Santa
1952
Tainted Flowers
1958
Clamouring Canines
1964
Saijoke no kyoen
1951
Hanagata kashu: Nanatsu no uta
1953
Morning Whistling
1957
Koi no Oranda-zaka
1951
Warning from Space
1956
The Last Loyalty Offering
1967
City of the Spider
1950
Ojōsama o te o
1946
Zero Escape Visibility
1963
The Sister Gamblers
1967
Butai wa mawaru
1948
Designated Criminal
1950
Night Mist Makes Women Cry
1962
Tokyo Night
1947
Eriko
1962
When Women Lie
1963
School for Thieves
1968
The Little Green Box
1947
Bridge of Japan
1956
Platform at Night
1948
The Falcon Fighters
1969
Akiko
1962
Jōnetsu no ningyo
1948
Kyō ware renaisu
1949
Accomplice
1958
Outlaw island
1956
The Song Lantern
1960
Black Challenger
1964
The Story of a Blind Woman
1965
Teinen Taishoku
1963
The Romance of Yushima
1955
Kurohyō
1953
The Cliff of Time
1971
Tokyo Paralympics: Festival of Love and Glory
1965