Tsunehiko Watase


Tsunehiko Watase was a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 2nd Japan Academy Prize for The Incident and at the 3rd Hochi Film Award for The Incident, Kōtei no inai hachigatsu and The Fall of Ako Castle. His older brother is the actor Tetsuya Watari.

Death

Tsunehiko Watase died at a hospital in Tokyo on Tuesday, his office said Thursday. He was 72.
Watase had been undergoing treatment after a tumor was found in his gallbladder in 2015. He died of multiple organ failure, his office said.

Filmography

Film