Acting

Masayuki Watanabe

Born

1956-01-24 (70)

Place of birth

Isumi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

16 titles

Known for

Seven Detectives poster
7.4

Yū Amagi is a slightly eccentric detective who has been assigned to the Twelfth Section of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division from the Lost and Found Centre. The Twelfth Section is called the "graveyard of detectives" and ridiculed as the "banishment room where hardened detectives who cannot be fired are sent." Its assembled detectives Kōsuke Samura, Takumi Yamashita, Keita Nagasawa, Tamaki Mizuta, and Masatoshi Katagiri are elite and yet oddballs. Amagi appears fixated with time which seems to have no relation with a case. Raising questions about the timelines of the perpetrator and victim derived from the estimated time of death, time of crime, time of alibi, and time limit, he searches for the meaning of "blank time" which arises from this. He obsesses over the weight of every minute and second of time because of some incident.

Seven Detectives

2015

M-1 Grand Prix poster
8.5

The next generation of Manzai duos compete in a fierce battle of wits and laughter, unleashing their best material for a chance at comedic glory.

M-1 Grand Prix

2001

Burst City poster
6.4

Set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo of highways and wastelands, a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest slow, boring, Japanese living.

Burst City

1982

Kansei! Dream House poster
NR

What makes an ideal house? A warm, sunny interior perhaps, or a house with a rooftop spa and a fantastic view? Maybe a large garden where the kids can play? Everyone has a different answer. But what if you're limited to a plot size of just 20㎡ ? Don't give up, because help is at hand from super architects. Using innovative architectural design you can realize your very own dream house. Dream House is a social documentary in which we build a home fulfilling as many of the dreams and wishes of the client as possible, following each step in detail, from the initial design stage onward.

Kansei! Dream House

2003

熱海五郎一座「仁義なきストライク」 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

熱海五郎一座「仁義なきストライク」

2026

Supermarket Woman poster
6.7

A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty of ideas for revitalizing his business.

Supermarket Woman

1996

Film credits

1980s · 8 titles

Series credits

Seven Detectives poster
7.4

Yū Amagi is a slightly eccentric detective who has been assigned to the Twelfth Section of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division from the Lost and Found Centre. The Twelfth Section is called the "graveyard of detectives" and ridiculed as the "banishment room where hardened detectives who cannot be fired are sent." Its assembled detectives Kōsuke Samura, Takumi Yamashita, Keita Nagasawa, Tamaki Mizuta, and Masatoshi Katagiri are elite and yet oddballs. Amagi appears fixated with time which seems to have no relation with a case. Raising questions about the timelines of the perpetrator and victim derived from the estimated time of death, time of crime, time of alibi, and time limit, he searches for the meaning of "blank time" which arises from this. He obsesses over the weight of every minute and second of time because of some incident.

Seven Detectives

2015

M-1 Grand Prix poster
8.5

The next generation of Manzai duos compete in a fierce battle of wits and laughter, unleashing their best material for a chance at comedic glory.

M-1 Grand Prix

2001

Kansei! Dream House poster
NR

What makes an ideal house? A warm, sunny interior perhaps, or a house with a rooftop spa and a fantastic view? Maybe a large garden where the kids can play? Everyone has a different answer. But what if you're limited to a plot size of just 20㎡ ? Don't give up, because help is at hand from super architects. Using innovative architectural design you can realize your very own dream house. Dream House is a social documentary in which we build a home fulfilling as many of the dreams and wishes of the client as possible, following each step in detail, from the initial design stage onward.

Kansei! Dream House

2003