Acting
Yoshiko Watanabe
Born
1973-01-24 (53)
Place of birth
Shizuoka, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
4 titles
Yoshiko Watanabe (渡辺 喜子, Watanabe Yoshiko, born January 24, 1973) is a Japanese actress and film director from Shizuoka Prefecture. She graduated from the Tama Art University Department of Graphic Design and worked as a student instructor at the Tachikawa Art Institute during her studies. Her career spans acting, directing, screenwriting, and assistant directing across film, television, stage, and promotional videos. As an actress, she has appeared in independent films, TV dramas, music videos, and stage productions since the early 2000s. Watanabe also develops her own creative projects. Her feature film tig☆hug (2014)—which she wrote, directed, and appeared in—was produced as part of the …
Known for
6.2Professor Shiro Sakaki, a butterfly researcher, confesses to turning six young boys, including his own son Itaru, into "human specimens."
Human Specimens
2025
7.2TV Tokyo's 60th anniversary special drama. This is a human drama about a doctor struggling with his life and a patient who has been told he has little time left to live, as they travel around the world in search of answers to the eternal questions of what people live for and what they leave behind.
All Lives
2024
NRTakeshi is an assistent director who remembers his grandfather, who was a Butoh dancer, once asked him: 'Would you dance in a costume that didn't fit you for the rest of your life? Or would you find a costume that fit you perfectly?' Takeshi decides to fight for his dream to break through as a director.
Tig Hug
2017
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Natsu no hanabi hen - asagao
2004