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Takeo Watanabe

Composer · Died June 2, 1989, aged 56 · Tokyo, Japan

Musician and composer.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 16, 1933
Died
June 2, 1989 (aged 56)
From
Tokyo, Japan
Works as
Composer
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 136 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 2% in 30 days

What are Takeo Watanabe's films like?

Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Genres

Animation4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 85th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
30%
Self
28%
Bonds
23%
Morality
17%
Society
2%
War3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 3 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Thrilling
3
Melancholic
5
Hopeful
2
Contemplative
2
Other
5

How their films linger

Bittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Takeo Watanabe's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on MUBI (2).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Takeo Watanabe's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

136 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.

  • Sweetness & Lightning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Background Designer

  • Mobile Suit Gundam Evolve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 15 episodes · Composer

  • Alps no Shoujo Heidi: Heidi to Clara Hen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Composer

  • Heidi: Girl of the Alps: Heidi and Clara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Composer

  • Heidi: Girl of the Alps: Mt. Alm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Composer

  • Serendipity the Pink Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Composer

  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms II: Tensho's Heroes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Composer

  • Mr. Pen Pen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Composer

  • Osomatsu-kun: Iyami and Chibita's Cooking Showdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Ichimatsu

  • Tokimeki no Gogo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Composer

  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Composer

  • Elves of the Forest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 23 episodes · Composer

  • Oyo Neko Bunyan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 93 episodes · Composer

  • Branded Female Convicts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • Ningyo Sashichi: The Cat’s Golden Claws of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • The Fugitive Samurai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Composer

  • Undercover Ninja: Secret Assassins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Composer

  • The Many Dream Journeys of Meme (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 127 episodes · Compositors

  • Lady Georgie(1983)

    Show Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Messengers to Satsuma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Composer

  • Shadow Conspirator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Composer

  • Baian Mayoibashi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Composer

  • Goyou Sen Enjou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Composer

  • The King and His Vassal 2 - The Great Riot of Edo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Composer

  • Star of the Giants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Music Director

  • Assassin's Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Composer

  • Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space(1982)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Pinwheel Hamakichi’s Spell 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Composer

  • Jirocho of Shimizu 1: The Glorious Port of Shimizu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Composer

  • The King and His Vassal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Composer

  • Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow(1981)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Kinagashi Bugyō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • Little Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 26 episodes · Composer

  • Glorious Number 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Composer

  • Mobile Suit Gundam I(1981)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Call of the Wild: Howl, Buck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Composer

  • Twenty-Four Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Composer

  • License to Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 71 episodes · Composer

  • Botchan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Composer

  • Little Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Composer

  • Tokugawa no Onnatachi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • Nobody's Boy: Remi (Movie) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Composer

  • Mobile Suit Gundam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 43 episodes · Composer

  • The Story of Heidi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Composer

  • Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 40 episodes · Composer

  • The White Tower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 31 episodes · Composer

  • Witch Girl Tickle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 45 episodes · Composer

  • Ghost Train (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Composer

  • The Story of Perrine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 53 episodes · Composer

  • Nobody's Boy: Remi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 51 episodes · Composer

  • The Story of a Geisha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Composer

  • Nuns That Bite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Composer

  • The Smart Aleck Ten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Sound

  • The Yakuza Code Still Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • Candy Candy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 115 episodes · Compositors

  • Oxen Split Torturing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • The Kagestar: The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • The Most Perverted Post War Crimes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • Ganso Tensai Bakabon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 103 episodes · Composer

  • Shonen Tokugawa Ieyasu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 20 episodes · Composer

  • A Picture of Madame Yuki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Composer

  • Bronson Lee, Champion(1974)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Little Meg the Witch Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 72 episodes · Composer

  • The Great Adventures of Kikansha Yaemon D51 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Composer

  • Heidi in the Mountains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Composer

  • Heidi, Girl of the Alps(1974)

    Show 52 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Wild Cop 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • Cutie Honey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 25 episodes · Composer

  • Wild Cop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • Kouya no Shounen Isamu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 52 episodes · Composer

  • Rebellion Reward (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • The Fearless Avenger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • The Trail of Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • Little Samurai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 52 episodes · Composer

  • Wandering Wolf: Ryu the Branded Cross (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 26 episodes · Composer

  • Lullaby for a Tough Guy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • Kaihei shi-gō seito (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Ryu the Primitive Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 22 episodes · Composer

  • Suki! Suki!! Majo sensei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 26 episodes · Composer

  • Kataashi no ēsu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Games (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Bitter Tears of a Woman Gambler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Patience Has An End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Challenge at Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • The Samurai's Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 26 episodes · Composer

  • Bloodiest Flower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Okoma, the Orphan Gambler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Useless Creature: Fighting Man's Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • Crescent Scarred Hatamoto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • Star of the Giants - Fateful Showdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • Tomorrow's Joe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • Yukyo-retsuden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • Ā dokushin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • Naked Ambition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • The Invisible Swordsman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Composer

  • Women of Osaka Castle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Show 39 episodes · Composer

  • Atakku no. 1(1970)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • Attack Number One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 104 episodes · Composer

  • Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • Watch Out, Crimson Bat! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • Woman Boss: Chivalrous Fight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • Broken Swords (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Composer

  • Gambler Biography (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation(1968)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Desperate Hoodlum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: First Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Fangs of a Female (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Rogue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • The Valiant Red Peony(1968)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Kanto Woman Yakuza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Thoroughbred (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Lone Wolf Isazo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Star of the Giants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 234 episodes · Composer

  • Women's Prison (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • Young Boss: Leader's Flesh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • The Last Loyalty Offering (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Parole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Escape Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Invitation to Jail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Code Between Brothers 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Tears of Banishment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • When the Cookie Crumbles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Flower Cards Chivalry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Exterminate the Young Boss! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Composer

  • Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • The Blazing Sword (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • New News Reporter: Hill of Murderous Intent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • New News Reporter: The Trap of the Big City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    Composer

  • Zero-sen Hayato (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Show 38 episodes · Composer

  • Koga's Messenger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Composer

Career shape

A full career of 134 titles from 1960 to 2016.

Highest rated

Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982)

Midcredits 95th

Most popular right now

Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 134: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleMusic128 of 134: 128 only music, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score79thOther crew5 of 134: 5 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1960s38 · crew1970s55 · crew1980s36 · 1 acting · 35 crew1990s3 · crew2000s1 · crew2010s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Takeo Watanabe's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 79th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · composer

Atakku no. 1 (1970)

89th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982)

Midcredits 95th · 83% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Takeo Watanabe work with?

People who share at least 2 of Takeo Watanabe's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Yoshiyuki Tomino shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers