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Biography

Eldest son of . Graduated from Musashi(?) University he studied music in Paris, France.

Works

Television

Animation

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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * (In the English version of this series as well as in adaptations based on the English version, Watanabe's score was replaced with one by

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and Shuki Levy.) * * *

TV dramas

Historical dramas

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Theatrical releases

Movies

* (ja) Hakuja komachi (1958) Actor * * The Ninja: A New Beginning (1966) * (ja) Nemuri Kyoshiro 9: Burai-Hikae masho no hada (1967) * (ja) Waka oyabun o kese (1967) * (ja) Waka oyabun senryū-hada (1967) * When the Cookie Crumbles (1967) * (ja) Bakuto retsuden (1968) * The Daring Nun (1968) * Lone Wolf Isazo (1968) * Nemuri Kyoshiro 10: Onna jigoku (1968) * Nemuri Kyoshiro 12: Akujo-gari (1969) * ''Priest and the Gold Mint'' (1968) * '' The Valiant Red Peony'' (1968) * ''Broken Swords'' (1969) * '' Nemuri Kyōshirō manji giri'' (1969) * ''The Valiant Red PeonyFlower Cards Match'' (1969) * Watch Out, Crimson Bat! (1969) * Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive (1970) * The Invisible Swordsman (1970) * The Return of the Desperado (1970) * (ja) Asobi (1971) * Chivalrous Woman (1971) * Duel of Swirling Flowers (1971) * (ja) Kaihei yon-gō seito (1971) * Fearless Avenger (1972) * Trail of Blood (1972) *

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(1973) * Cockroach Cop (1973) * Slaughter in the Snow (1973) * (ja) Hiroshima jingi: Hitojichi dakkai sakusen (1976) * The Shadowstar (1976) soundtrack * Shogun's Sadism (1976) * (ja) Piranha-gundan: Daboshatsu no ten (1977) * あばれはっちゃく (1979) * (ja) Miira no hanayome: Kindaichi Kōsuke sirīzu: Arashi no yoru ni ubugoe ga kikoeru (1983) * Serendipity Stories: Friends on Pure Island (1983) * Fugitive Samurai (1984) * (ja) Gokumon-iwa no kubi: Kindaichi Kōsuke shirîzu (1984) * (ja) Mori no tonto tachi (1984) * (ja) Kōsui shinjū: Yokomizo Seishi supesharu (1987) * (ja) Fushichō: Kindaichi Kōsuke no kessaku suiri (1988) * Lost in Translation (2003) soundtrack

Animated Movies

* 30000 Miles Under the Sea (1971) * '' Boy of the Wilderness Isamu (1973)'' * * *

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II: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981) *

III: Encounters in Space (1982) * soundtrack

Other works

References

External links

株式会社三協新社 , HOME PAGE
(Sankyo Shinsha Inc.)
Takeo Watanabe
discography at SoundtrackCollector.com
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