Kimio Watanabe

Kimio Watanabe

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Camera

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1918-01-01

  • Day of Death

    1983-12-31 (65 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Biography

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.

Known For

Crew