Kimio Watanabe
- Camera
- January 1, 1918 · Chiba Prefecture, Japan
- December 31, 1983
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
Filmography
- The Cliff of Time · Cinematography
- The Falcon Fighters · Cinematography
- The Sea Anemone · Cinematography
- School for Thieves · Cinematography
- The Last Loyalty Offering · Cinematography
- The Sister Gamblers · Cinematography
- Patriotism · Cinematography
- Tokyo Paralympics: Festival of Love and Glory · Screenplay, Cinematography
- The Story of a Blind Woman · Cinematography
- Clamouring Canines · Cinematography
- Black Challenger · Cinematography
- Zero Escape Visibility · Cinematography
- When Women Lie · Cinematography
- Teinen Taishoku · Cinematography
- Akiko · Cinematography
- Eriko · Cinematography
- Night Mist Makes Women Cry · Cinematography
- Ore no namida wa amakunai · Cinematography
- The Song Lantern · Cinematography
- The Wandering Princess · Cinematography
- The Snowy Heron · Cinematography
- Accomplice · Cinematography
- Tainted Flowers · Cinematography
- Dohyō monogatari · Cinematography
- Symphony of Love · Cinematography
- Chūzaisho nikki · Cinematography
- Duel at Noon · Cinematography
- Furusato no tōdai · Cinematography
- The Betrothed · Cinematography
- Morning Whistling · Cinematography
- I Love You · Cinematography
- Bridge of Japan · Cinematography
- Ma no hanayome ishō · Cinematography
- Outlaw island · Cinematography
- Spark · Cinematography
- Warning from Space · Cinematography
- The Romance of Yushima · Cinematography, Art Direction
- Driving Like Mad · Cinematography
- Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi · Cinematography
- The Moon Over the Ruined Castle · Cinematography
- Midori no nakama · Cinematography
- Four Mothers · Cinematography
- Haha no mizūmi · Cinematography
- Red Camellia · Cinematography
- Hanagata kashu: Nanatsu no uta · Cinematography
- Kurohyō · Cinematography
- Shinkon noroke bushi · Cinematography
- Daigaku no kotengu · Cinematography
- Haha yamahiko · Cinematography
- Miss Hanaogi and Santa · Cinematography
- Dokuja-tō kidan: Joōbachi · Cinematography
- Saijoke no kyoen · Cinematography
- Koi no Oranda-zaka · Cinematography
- Designated Criminal · Cinematography
- City of the Spider · Cinematography
- Warau chikyū ni asa ga kuru · Cinematography
- Kyō ware renaisu · Cinematography
- Jōnetsu no ningyo · Cinematography
- Platform at Night · Cinematography
- Butai wa mawaru · Cinematography
- The Little Green Box · Cinematography
- Tokyo Night · Cinematography
- Ojōsama o te o · Cinematography











