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Atsushi Watanabe
Atsushi Watanabe was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Watanabe began his career with roles in "Ikiru" (1956) and "Seven Samurai" (1956) with Takashi Shimura. Watanabe began to focus on film after appearing in the drama "The Burmese Harp" (1956) with Koji Ishizaka, the Toshiro Mifune adventure "Yojimbo" (1961) and "Dodeskaden" (1970). He also appeared in "Yamashita Shonen Monogatari" (1986). More recently, Watanabe produced the Kyoko Koizumi dramatic adventure "Three for the Road" (2007).