Makiko Watanabe
Makiko Watanabe was born 14 September 1968 is a Japanese actress. She has appeared in more than 60 films since 1996.
Also recorded as Watanabe Makiko
Makiko Watanabe
Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · Watanabe Makiko from "Hello, Goodbye" at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2016 · CC BY 2.0
- Name
- Makiko Watanabe
- Born
- 14 September 1968
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- Japan
- Honours
- Asian Film Award for Best Supporting Actress · Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay
- Languages
- Japanese
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• Name — Makiko Watanabe • Born — 14 September 1968 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1986–present
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 2022 — Tokyo Vice — Kazuko Tozawa — American drama • 2023 — Tengu no Daidokoro — Ichino Izuna Wilson • 2024 — The Great Passage — Kaoru Sasaki • Golden Kamuy: The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido — Monoa • 2026 — Sins of Kujo — Hanae Iemori
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 1996 — XX: Beautiful Prey • 2004 — Zebraman • 2007 — The Mourning Forest • The Rebirth • 2008 — Love Exposure • 2011 — Himizu • 2014 — Still the Water • 2016 — While the Women Are Sleeping • 2017 — Hello, Goodbye • 2018 — My Friend "A" • A Banana? At This Time of Night? • 2019 — 37 Seconds • Aesop's Game • Walking Man • 2020 — Momi's House • The Asadas • State of Emergency • 2021 — Tomorrow's Dinner Table • Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning — Landlady • 2022 — Midnight Maiden War • Small, Slow But Steady • Haw — Reiko Nanebshima • Fragments of the Last Will • 2023 — Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – The Movie — Mariko Shirokane • Family • 2024 — Desert of Namibia — Mari Hayashi • Happyend — Yōko • 2025 — The Harbor Lights — Izumi • Or Utopia • Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – Nankai Mission — Mariko Shirokane • Bridge of Avidya — Yukiko Yagi — Lead role • 2026 — I Don't Know You — French-Japanese film • Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – Capital Crisis — Mariko Shirokane
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Awards
Watanabe was given the award for best script at the 1999 Mainichi Film Awards for M/Other with director Nobuhiro Suwa and co-star Tomokazu Miura for dialogue that was mostly improvised on the set.
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