Yūsuke Watanabe

Japanese director active in both film and television productions.

Works

Talio
6.6

Talio

Mami Shirasawa became a lawyer at the age 20, but she does not get any cases to work on.One day, Mami finally gets a case. The client was sexually assaulted by a man, who is the son of an owner of a large construction company.Mami and Swindler, Kensuke Kuroiwa happen to team up and take revenge on the man who assaulted the client.

Release Date: 2020-10-09

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 7

Female Detective Yuko Kasumi

Female Detective Yuko Kasumi

A popular suspense series in which a female prosecutor, Yuko Kasumi, solves difficult murder and arson cases in Yokohama and Shonan, by putting herself in the victims' shoes and judging their "hearts".

Release Date: 1985-10-15

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 10

Karate Cop 4

Release Date: 1985-10-10

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case

After two thugs are killed, Dobu and his crew have three days to catch the murderers. Dobu suspects a hidden mastermind influencing the magistrate.

Release Date: 1983-02-11

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun

Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun

The tumultuous life of the fallen Isoroku Yamamoto is depicted, along with his family, friends, and subordinates, his bonds with the women who loved and watched over him, and the sorrows of the nameless people who have disappeared in the torrent of history.

Release Date: 1983-01-02

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Highschool Scramble

Release Date: 1982-12-18

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case

After six exiles return to Edo, four are mysteriously killed. Two survivors, Kosuke and Kingo, lead a search to uncover a hidden motive behind the murders.

Release Date: 1982-11-19

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Yoru no yūwaku-sha hisho-chi no kyōfu kinpatsu bijo o nerau kyūketsu no kiba

Japanese horror movie from 1982.

Release Date: 1982-08-14

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case

Dobu, an Edo samurai, is tasked with investigating a string of noble murders in Kyoto, disrupting his routine in Shimotani.

Release Date: 1982-07-09

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Karate Cop

A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse attendant, Hisako.

Release Date: 1982-04-17

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Private Detective DOBU 1

Dobu (Kunie Tanaka) used to be a soldier but now is a private detective. Three vagrants were killed in a shrine, and Dobu found out that those three had a grudge on a timber whole seller, Hinokiya. He reunited with Zirokichi (Takeo Chii), one of his friends and Nezumi Kozo (a thief) , and he infiltrates Hinokiya together.

Release Date: 1981-01-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Tennō no Ryōriban

Tennō no Ryōriban

A biographical series about Tokuzō Akiyama, who served as the imperial cook, from his youth until he became the chief cook of the Ministry of the Imperial Household.

Release Date: 1980-10-19

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 19

Monkey
8.5

Monkey

Buddhist priest Tripitaka and his three disciples Monkey, Pigsy, and Sandy, travel from China to India to fetch the Buddhist scriptures. They have been sent by Buddha, and getting these scriptures will bring peace to the people of the world.

Release Date: 1978-10-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 14

Shinjuku baka monogatari

Japanese film from 1977.

Release Date: 1977-09-17

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Beauty Wandering Story

Release Date: 1977-03-19

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Hangyaku no Tabi

Hiroshi Kakurai is an assassin who was thinking of retiring. He travels to an island in the Seto Inland Sea and begins to live peacefully with Shinobu, a woman he has fallen in love with, but the intensity of his love for her begins to drive him towards destruction...

Release Date: 1976-09-04

Department: Directing

Job: Director

5.3

Outlaw Cop

A bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs away with another man, who turns out to be the very same man that her husband is hunting. Once he discovers this, he loses his nerve and turns in his badge. But the chase turns into a personal vendetta where the ex-cop plans to wipe out the entire gang.

Release Date: 1976-02-04

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 3

Japan Beauty Story: A Woman Among Women

Release Date: 1975-07-12

Department: Directing

Job: Director

The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles

The Nagasaki Crime Chronicles

The drama depicts in the late Edo period in Nagasaki, Hiramatsu takes up Nagasaki bugyō`s head post. He likes alcohol and women. Furthermore He is always willing to accept a bribe from villains so they consider it is easy to manipulate him. But he is just pretending to be idiot and he kills villains who escape justice despite their crimes.

Release Date: 1975-04-06

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 26

ザ・ドリフターズの極楽はどこだ!!

Release Date: 1974-12-24

Department: Directing

Job: Director

It's a Psychic, Gather Everyone!

Release Date: 1974-08-03

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Japan Beauty Story

Release Date: 1974-07-13

Department: Directing

Job: Director

大事件だよ全員集合!!

Release Date: 1973-12-26

Department: Directing

Job: Director

9.0

Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry

An assassin is mistaken for a doctor and threatened by a band of masterless warriors, but they realize their mistake and retreat into the darkness. Days later, he is asked to kill the doctor's brother. What secrets are these men hiding?

Release Date: 1973-09-29

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 2

チョットだけョ全員集合!!

Release Date: 1973-08-04

Department: Directing

Job: Director

7.5

Professional Killers

Two assassins are hired to carry out a hit on the second wife of a candle merchant, but someone is watching...

Release Date: 1973-06-09

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 4

舞妓はんだよ全員集合!!

Release Date: 1972-12-29

Department: Directing

Job: Director

6.0

Cross-Currents

A ryokan maid is on trial for pushing a familiar guest off a cliff to his death. An eager attorney offers to take the case to gain notoriety.

Release Date: 1972-09-09

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 1

祭りだお化けだ全員集合!!

Release Date: 1972-08-05

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Sex, Gamble and Big Money

Release Date: 1972-07-05

Department: Directing

Job: Director

春だドリフだ全員集合!!

Release Date: 1971-12-29

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Kigeki Toruko-buro Osho-sen

A young man who aspires to become a big-shot businessman, finds himself in a twist of fate. Despite trying his hand at various jobs, success eludes him, and he unexpectedly ends up in Osaka's Shinimamiya district. With empty pockets, he stumbles upon an invitation to the 'Gokuraku Toruko' establishment, becoming a patron. Led by the enchanting Ibohachi, he becomes entangled with the charismatic hostesses, including the captivating Tama. This leads him to infiltrate Tama's apartment complex, Sakura-so. Within its walls reside a colorful cast of characters, from hostesses Chie, Akemi, Yukari, and Kayoko to the quirky parasites like Masao, Tetsuo, Arima, and more. Seeking a fresh start, He embarks on a journey as a 'parasite,' but things take unexpected turns...

Release Date: 1971-08-21

Department: Directing

Job: Director

ツンツン節だよ全員集合!!

Release Date: 1971-08-07

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Fun on the Run

Comedy about five good-for-nothings who run a phony exercise-hall.

Release Date: 1970-12-30

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Kigeki Gyanburu Hisshôhô

Release Date: 1970-10-17

Department: Directing

Job: Director

ズンドコズンドコ全員集合!!

Release Date: 1970-08-08

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Our Miyo-chan

Owner and workers of a tiny medicine factory fall in love with a lovable girl.

Release Date: 1969-12-31

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

喜劇 深夜族

Release Date: 1969-08-27

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Madcap Mixup

Five fellows are taken by the police for bank hold-ups.

Release Date: 1969-07-23

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

ドリフターズですよ!特訓特訓また特訓

Release Date: 1969-01-15

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Age of Japanese Guerrillas

Kinta (Nabe Osami) is Japanese by birth, but raised by a Chinese man. He stowsaway to Japan to see his girlfriend Yukiko but gets picked up for vagrancy in Shinjuku and thrown in jail. Helped by a yakuza and a prostitute, he goes on a search for Yukiko but winds up on a journey of sexual discovery.

Release Date: 1968-08-30

Department: Directing

Job: Director

ドリフターズですよ!盗って盗って盗りまくれ

Release Date: 1968-04-10

Department: Directing

Job: Director

やればやれるぜ全員集合!!

Release Date: 1968-01-03

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Everybody, Let's Go!

A new stationmaster is appointed to a dilapidated local line. On top of the failing local line feuding for hot spring customers with a bus company looking to start a new route, they even get involved in a disappearance and a murder...

Release Date: 1967-08-05

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Secret Love

Release Date: 1966-12-03

Department: Directing

Job: Director

A Circus Girl

Japanese drama film.

Release Date: 1966-02-25

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

5.0

Code of Ruffians

Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it will forfeit a major dam construction job to the scheming Ojika Group.

Release Date: 1965-12-04

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 1

Ankoku gai jingi

A big American boss landed in Japan in search of funding sources. A lone wolf trying to stop it ends up fighting against his big brother's organization and emerging powers. A huge gangster story depicting a three-way turf war on a large scale.

Release Date: 1965-06-13

Department: Directing

Job: Director

The Black Cat

Helping her mother manage a nightclub, young Emiko quickly realizes how difficult life is.

Release Date: 1965-02-13

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Female

Release Date: 1964-11-21

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Night Scandal

Release Date: 1964-07-11

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Night Scandal in Japan

Mayumi Ogawa stars in the tale of a Turkey miss—basically a prostitute who services men in Turkish baths—whose plans to get rich in the stock market, open a beauty salon, and marry her sweetie are turned upside down by the arrival of her boyfriend-stealing half sister Mako Midori. - Pulpinternational

Release Date: 1964-03-12

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Gun Demon Without Form

A detective drama that realistically shows the work of an experienced detective who, under cover, pursues the organizer of the arms trade route from Kobe.

Release Date: 1964-03-04

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Blackmail

Release Date: 1963-09-14

Department: Directing

Job: Director

A Devil of a Gentleman

Release Date: 1963-04-06

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Curry Rice

1962 Japanese movie

Release Date: 1962-11-23

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain

Release Date: 1962-09-22

Department: Directing

Job: Director

I am the Judge

1962 Japanese movie

Release Date: 1962-02-11

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々

1962 Japanese movie

Release Date: 1962-01-09

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Keiyaku kekkon

1961 Japanese movie

Release Date: 1961-01-27

Department: Directing

Job: Director

7.2

Ghost of the Pearl Divers

Release Date: 1960-07-08

Department: Directing

Job: Assistant Director

Vote Count: 4

Quiet Dawn in the Front

Japanese war film.

Release Date: 1959-09-04

Department: Directing

Job: Assistant Director

Rajo to satsujin-meiro

Japanese crime film.

Release Date: 1959-01-22

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Underwater Murder

The film marked Yōko Mihara's debut as the star of Shintoho's series of ama films, a role she took over from Michiko Maeda.

Release Date: 1958-07-27

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

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