Kimio Watanabe

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Gender Male

Birthday 1918-01-01

Deathday 1983-12-31 (65 years old)

Place of Birth Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Kimio Watanabe

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

Camera

1971
The Cliff of Time

as Director of Photography

1969
The Falcon Fighters

as Director of Photography

1969
The Sea Anemone

as Director of Photography

1967
The Sister Gamblers

as Director of Photography

1966
Patriotism

as Director of Photography

1965
1964
Clamouring Canines

as Director of Photography

1963
Teinen Taishoku

as Director of Photography

1962
Eriko

as Director of Photography

1962
Akiko

as Director of Photography

1962
Night Mist Makes Women Cry

as Director of Photography

1960
The Wandering Princess

as Director of Photography

1960
The Song Lantern

as Director of Photography

1958
Accomplice

as Director of Photography

1958
Tainted Flowers

as Director of Photography

1958
The Snowy Heron

as Director of Photography

1957
The Betrothed

as Director of Photography

1957
Morning Whistling

as Director of Photography

1956
Warning from Space

as Director of Photography

1956
Bridge of Japan

as Director of Photography

1955
The Romance of Yushima

as Director of Photography

1952
母山彦

as Director of Photography

Crew

1968
School for Thieves

as Cinematography

1967
The Last Loyalty Offering

as Cinematography

1965
The Story of a Blind Woman

as Cinematography

1964
Black Challenger

as Cinematography

1963
When Women Lie

as Cinematography

1956
Outlaw island

as Cinematography

1953
Kurohyō

as Cinematography

Art

1955
The Romance of Yushima

as Art Direction