Tetsu Watanabe (born 11 March 1950) is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films since 1989.

Filmography

• 2025Harumi
• 2025Laugh, Everyone! — Kanzo Saito
• 2025River Returns — Matsu
• 2025Silent Night
• 2025Who Cares? The Movie
• 2024Pipparan!!
• 2024Suiheisen
• Sunny — Reiji
• The Record of Murder — Sakai Teruo
• 2024This Man
• 2024掟
• 2023Baby Assassins 2 — Mr. Matsumoto
• Fujiko F. Fujio Sci-Fi Short Drama
• 2023Kamaishi Ramen Story
• 2023Tea Friends — Shigeo Tokioka
• The Intercom Rings
• Minato's Laundromat
• 2022Pure Japanese
• 2021A Janitor — Gen
• 2021Petto
• 2021Prisoners of the Ghostland — Nabe
• 2021The Pretenders
• 2020Enter the Fat Dragon — Grandfather
• Extras!
• Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi — Akane's Grandfather
• 2020Hope — Hanazuka
• 2020Red Post on Escher Street
• Rekishi Meikyuu kara no Dasshutsu~Real Dasshutsu Game X TV Tokyo~ — Hokusai Katsushika
• 2020Stardust over the Town — Komiyama Akira
• 2020The Menu For Tomorrow
• 2019The Promised Land
• 2019Unification of Japan 35
• 2018Darc — Ginzo Kageyama
• Investor-Z — Zen
• 2018Life in Overtime
• 2018Shino Can't Say Her Name
• 2018The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan — Professor Yasuda
• Unexploded Bomb
• 2018天才を育てた女房～世界が認めた数学者と妻の愛～
• 2017Haru-san – The Bride's Father is a Great Detective — Tokuzo Genda
• Hello, Detective Hedgehog — Akatsuki-en Principal
• Home Sweet Tokyo — Matsuyama Tsuneo
• The World Yamizukan — (voice)
• 2016CONFLICT II: Conclusion — Kasahara
• 2016CONFLICT: Outbreak — Kasahara
• 2016Detective Ballerino
• Hibana: Spark
• Makanai-sō
• Otoko Meshi — 山盛哲司
• 2016Price of Desire
• 2016Price of Desire 2
• 2016Run for Love — Sushi Chef
• 2016Samurai Cat: Tamanojo Goes to Edo — Mr. Aragaki
• 2016Shin Godzilla — Kooriyama : Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management
• 2016Silence — Prison Guard #2
• 2016Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Fall Special — Tatsuo Handa
• 2016Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 30
• 2016The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio
• 2015Sumo Road - The Musical — Subana
• 2015Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 37 - Mystery of Double Homicides from Tokyo to Hamamatsu
• 2015The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai — Dionisy
• 2015The Noise
• Wakako Zake
• 2015Yakuza Apocalypse — A-0257
• 全力離婚相談 — 三ツ矢剛三
• 2014A Samurai Chronicle
• Hottokenai Majotachi
• 2014Little Finger Rhapsody — Ryota Kira
• 2014Snow Jack — Tadaaki Matsumiya
• 2014The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
• 2013Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark — Tomoda
• Kumokiri Nizaemon
• Olympic Ransom
• 2013The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
• 2013Why Don't You Play in Hell? — Detective Kimura
• 2012Graffreeter Toki
• 2012Himizu — Shozo Yoruno
• Perfect Blue — Tamaki Fujinaga
• Solitary Gourmet
• Soumatou Kabushikigaisha — Okishima Shozo
• The Last Train Bound for Nagoya — Shōhei Tanaka
• 2012The Pod of Good Fortune
• 2011Cold Fish — Takayasu TsuTsui
• Dōki
• My Dog, My Happiness — Resident Association leader
• 30ハケン女が就職する方法
• 2010Railways
• 2010Script — Tetsu
• Steel Frame
• Tensou Sentai Goseiger — Jotaro
• 2009Girl's Life
• 2009Instant Swamp — Kumabechi
• 2009Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy — Haruo Maki
• 81Diver — Tsukishima Fumio
• 2008Detective Ushio VS Case Reporter Saeko at the Terminal Station — Detective Murata
• 2008End Call — Sayoko's Father
• 2008Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad — Oboro
• 2008You'll Die Six Hours Later — Matsuda Daigo
• Dear Father — Nakagome
• Dream Again — Kenz Maeda
• 2007Glory to the Filmmaker! — Noh Mask Man
• 2007Jingi 48: Intensified Emblem War
• Nozokiya — Chou
• 2007The Successful Businessmen Handbook II: Leadership Skills You Can Learn from the Yakuza
• 2006Aogura — Kumao Sakazaki
• Gachi Baka! — Masaaki Kanamori
• 2006Gamera the Brave — Victim in ocean
• 2006Memories of Matsuko — Detective
• 2005Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter — Kabashima Chobei
• 2005Takeshis' — TV Wardrobe Master / Noodle Cook / Audition Actor
• 2005Touch — Head of Boxing Department
• 2004Walking With The Dog
• Zenigata Heiji — Miwa no Manshichi
• 2003Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series — Master (2033)
• 川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語
• 2002Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla — Management
• 2002Igyō no koi
• 2002Kichiku
• 2002The Cat Returns — Muta (voice)
• 2002Tomie: Forbidden Fruit — Suzuki
• 2001A widow in her thirties cries out in pleasure — President of K-Pro
• Hero — Yoshiro Akama
• 2000Ichigensan
• Ikebukuro West Gate Park — Tetsu Ando
• 2000Jingi 23: Bodyguard
• Watashi no Aozora — Bazooka Tonegawa
• 臨床心理士 — Kenji Ushiyama
• 1999A Woman in the Painting — Doctor Aoyagi, Still Photographer
• 1999Birdcage of Horrors
• 1999Ley Lines — Kondo
• 1999Sunday's Dream — Father
• 1998KIZU
• 1998Married Piano Teacher's Naughty Fingers
• Naguru Onna
• 1998Yakuza Lone Wolf
• 1997A Story of Modern Chivalry
• 1997Dramatic Travelogue: Midnight Express ’97 – Westward to Eurasia
• 1997Fireworks — Junkyard Owner
• 1997Princess Mononoke — Wild Dog (voice)
• 1997The King of Kita: Roar of Darkness
• 1997Woman in Witness Protection — Detective
• 1997Zero Woman: The Accused — Tadokoro
• 19960105 Is the Man's Number — Still Photographer
• 199633 1/3r.p.m.
• 1996Aa!! Hana no Ouendan
• 1996Chinpira Blues: Idiot!
• 1996Dangan Runner — Chef
• 1996Jingi 7: Proxy War Outbreak
• 1996Kagerô 2
• 1996Lipstick: Falling Woman
• 1996Maji! 5: Deadly Struggle
• 1996Manji Mai 3: I will let you go Paradise Jodo
• 1996Police Branch 82: Rebirth
• 1996Sleeping Man — Daigo
• 1996Story of Miss Q — Lulu's Father
• 1996Suspicious Married Woman Telekura Report
• 1996Swallowtail Butterfly — Katsushika Group Boss
• 1996XX: Beautiful Killing Machine — Boat Man
• 1995A Quiet Life — Water Bottle Man
• 1995Extremely Inran Women: Osaka Lewd Cafe
• 1995Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe — Captain at Mt. Fuji
• 1995History of Jirocho Shimizu
• 1995Kamikaze Taxi
• 1994A New Love in Tokyo — Middle-aged Man
• 1994Alone in the Night
• 1994Black Money
• 1994Gokutsubushi
• 1994Legends of Mahjong Masters: The Moon Sleeping on the Ocean Floor
• 1994Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
• 1994Uneasy Encounters — Cat
• 1994Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell
• 1994Zëiram 2 — Taguchi
• 新・赤かぶ検事奮戦記
• 1994用心坊 極道狩り
• Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
• 1993Madadayo
• 1993Rainbow Bridge
• 1993Sonatine — Uechi
• 1993The King of Minami: Ginjiro vs. Liquidator — Daisaburo Gennai
• 1992About Love, Tokyo — Accountant manager
• 1992Dirty Money
• 1992Godzilla vs. Mothra — Army Commander
• 1992Kwaidan
• 1992Minbo, or The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion — Akechi
• 1992続・こちら凡人組
• 1991A Scene at the Sea — Exercises Man
• 1991Kumagusu
• 1991The love song of farewell later
• 1990Blood Oath — Captain Ikeuchi
• 1990Dreams
• 1990Like a Beast
• 1990Tuff Part I - Origin
• 1989Circus Boys — Elephant Master
• Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series — Receiver
• Kamen Rider — Norio Uozumi
• Heaven-Sent

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2012Making of Himizu — Self