Kimio Watanabe
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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
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movieThe Cliff of Time
1971
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movieThe Falcon Fighters
1969
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movieThe Sea Anemone
1969
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movieSchool for Thieves
1968
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movieThe Last Loyalty Offering
1967
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movieThe Sister Gamblers
1967
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moviePatriotism
1966
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movieTokyo Paralympics: Festival of Love and Glory
1965
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movieThe Story of a Blind Woman
1965
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movieClamouring Canines
1964
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movieBlack Challenger
1964
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movieZero Escape Visibility
1963
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movieWhen Women Lie
1963
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movieTeinen Taishoku
1963
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movieAkiko
1962
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Eriko
1962
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Night Mist Makes Women Cry
1962
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movieThe Song Lantern
1960
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movieThe Wandering Princess
1960
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movieThe Snowy Heron
1958
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movieAccomplice
1958
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movieTainted Flowers
1958
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movieThe Betrothed
1957
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movieMorning Whistling
1957
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movieBridge of Japan
1956
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movieOutlaw island
1956
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movieWarning from Space
1956
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movieThe Romance of Yushima
1955
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movieKawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi
1955
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movieKurohyō
1953
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movie母山彦
1952
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movieSaijoke no kyoen
1951
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movieKumo no Machi
1950
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Warau chikyū ni asa ga kuru
1950
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Jōnetsu no ningyo
1948
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moviePlatform at Night
1948
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movieButai wa mawaru
1948
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movieThe Little Green Box
1947
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Tokyo Night
1947
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Ojōsama o te o
1946
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movieThe Romance of Yushima
1955
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