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Fumio Watanabe has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1970s.
Lady Snowblood
1973
Action · Crime
A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.
Dir. Nagisa Ōshima · With Yun Yun-Do, Kei Satō, Fumio Watanabe
After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
Dir. Shunya Ito · With Meiko Kaji, Fumio Watanabe, Kayoko Shiraishi
After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cahoots with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire for revenge knows no bounds.
Dir. Shunya Ito · With Meiko Kaji, Rie Yokoyama, Isao Natsuyagi
Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro.
Dir. Kenji Misumi · With Tomisaburō Wakayama, Fumio Watanabe, Tomoko Mayama
Takuma Tsurugi takes on the government, the police, the mafia and an international ring of kidnappers who aim to dispossess a beautiful young heiress of her millions.
Dir. Shigehiro Ozawa · With Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Goichi Yamada
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