
Tsunehiko Watase in The Fall of Ako Castle
Tsunehiko Watase (1944 - 2017)
Film Deaths[]
- Sympathy for the Underdog (Gamblers in Okinawa; Bakuto gaijin butai) (1971) [Susumu Seki]: Machine-gunned to death by Kenji Imai after a fight then dies after driving the jeep they're in foward.
- Withered Tree (Kogarashi Monjiro) (Cold Country Wind Monjiro) (1972) [Yakuza] Stabbed in the back with a sword by Rin'ichi Yamamoto for having sex on his boat.
- Bullet Aesthetics (Teppôdama no bigaku) (1973) [Lead] Dies in a bus after being shot in the gut.
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 3: Proxy War (Jingi naki tatakai: Dairi sensô) (1973) [Kuramoto Takeshi]: Shot to death by rival gangsters sent by Kunie Tanaka while he was about to preform a hit in a theater after Takuzo Kawatani snitched on him.
- The Bodyguard 2 (Bodigaado Kiba: Hissatsu sankaku tobi) (1973) [Takeshi Nanjo] Stabbed by numerous gangsters.
- Girl Boss: Escape from Reform School (Sukeban: Kankain dassô) (1973) [Yôichi Kikumura] Burns to death after he is unable to leaving the burning truck he's in due to his wounds.
- Private Ginza Police (Jitsuroku: Shisetsu Ginza keisatsu) (1973) [Kijima] Dies of a drug overdose.
- Father of the Kamikaze (Â kessen kôkûta) (1974) [Pilot] Kills himself by crashing his plane into the sea after the war officially ends.
- Blue Jeans - No Future (Jinzu burusu: Asu naki buraiha) (1974) [Jiro Katagiri] Mortally stabbed by Takuzô Kawatani. He is then shot by Meiko Kaji as a mercy killing.
- Authentic True Accounts: Osaka Shock Tactics (Jitsuroku gaiden: Osaka dengeki sakusen) (1976) [Takayama] Machine gunned by Yûki Meguro.
- Okinawa Yakuza War (Okinawa Yakuza Senso) (1976) [Hiroshi Kategaru]: Shot to death by Mikio Narita's men off-screen just as the film's climatic boat chase ends, it's only after Hiroki Matsukata checks on him do we find out that he died as he drives the boat away.
- Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist (Onna hissatsu godan ken) (1976) [Shuji Takagi] Possibly dies after being shot. The movie ends before he dies, but the film makes it seem like he's not going to make it.
- Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (Kyôryû kaichô no densetsu) (1977) [Takashi Ashizawa] Possibly dies during an eruption of Mt. Fuji as a volcano. He's still alive at the end of the film, but seeing as how he is hanging on a ledge and surrounded by lava as the film ends, it's possible he died.
- August Without Emperor (Kôtei no inai hachigatsu) (1978) [Akimasa Fujisaki] Machine gunned by the military.
- The Fall of Ako Castle (Akô-jô danzetsu) (1978) [Heihachiro Kobayashi]: Accidentally walks back onto his own katana that was stuck in a wall after a long grueling duel with Sonny Chiba whom gives the killing blow via impalement with his own katana.
- G.I. Samurai (Sengoku jieitai; Time Slip) (1979) [Hayato Yano]: Shot to death by Sonny Chiba after going rogue.
- Virus (Day of Resurrection; Fukkatsu no hi) (1980) [Yasuo Tatsuno]: Dies after he walks into the snow and freezes to death.
- Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (Sera-fuku to kikanju) (1981) [Sakuma, Makoto] Stabbed in a brawl off-camera that he tries to stop. His body is later shown at the morgue.
- Death Shadow (Jitternai) (1986) [Samurai Lord]: Stabbed to death by Mariko Ishihara.
- Carmen 1945 (Nikutai no mon) (1988) [Man] Dies of his wounds after being stabbed by yakuza.
- 1750 Days of Turbulence (Gekido no 1750 nichi) (1990) [Aramaki] Shoots himself in the head with a shotgun blast.
- Heaven and Earth (Ten to Chi to) (1990) [Usami] Sliced with a sword in a duel with Takaaki Enoki.
- Andromedia (1999) [Toshihiko Hitomi]: Shot in the back while in his office.
Notable Connections[]
- Brother of Tetsuya Watari.
- Ex-Mr. Reiko Ôhara.