Kimio Watanabe
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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.
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I Love You (1956)
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Ma no hanayome ishō (1956)
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Spark (1956)
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Driving Like Mad (1955)
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Midori no nakama (1954)
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The Moon Over the Ruined Castle (1954)
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Four Mothers (1954)
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Haha no mizūmi (1953)
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Shinkon noroke bushi (1953)
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Dokuja-tō kidan: Joōbachi (1952)
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Red Camellia (1953)
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Kawa no aru shitamachi no hanashi (1955)
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Daigaku no kotengu (1952)
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Koi no Oranda-zaka (1951)
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Warning from Space (1956)
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Designated Criminal (1950)
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Hanagata kashu: Nanatsu no uta (1953)
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Kyō ware renaisu (1949)
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The Falcon Fighters (1969)
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Warau chikyū ni asa ga kuru (1950)
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The Wandering Princess (1960)
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Platform at Night (1948)
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The Betrothed (1957)
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Furusato no tōdai (1957)
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Haha yamahiko (1952)
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Tokyo Night (1947)
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Patriotism (1966)
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Ojōsama o te o (1946)
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Butai wa mawaru (1948)
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Miss Hanaogi and Santa (1952)
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Saijoke no kyoen (1951)
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Tainted Flowers (1958)
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When Women Lie (1963)
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Jōnetsu no ningyo (1948)
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The Little Green Box (1947)
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City of the Spider (1950)
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Outlaw island (1956)
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Bridge of Japan (1956)
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The Romance of Yushima (1955)
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The Snowy Heron (1958)
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Kurohyō (1953)
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Black Challenger (1964)
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The Sea Anemone (1969)
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The Last Loyalty Offering (1967)
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School for Thieves (1968)
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Teinen Taishoku (1963)
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The Song Lantern (1960)
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Accomplice (1958)
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Zero Escape Visibility (1963)
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The Sister Gamblers (1967)
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Akiko (1962)
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Night Mist Makes Women Cry (1962)
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Clamouring Canines (1964)
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Eriko (1962)
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The Cliff of Time (1971)
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The Story of a Blind Woman (1965)
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Morning Whistling (1957)
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Tokyo Paralympics: Festival of Love and Glory (1965)
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Chūzaisho nikki (1957)
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Duel at Noon (1957)
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