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.
| 1971 | 時の崖 - Director of Photography |
| 1969 | あゝ陸軍隼戦闘隊 - Director of Photography |
| 1969 | いそぎんちゃく - Director of Photography |
| 1968 | 喜劇 泥棒学校 - Director of Photography |
| 1967 | 残侠の盃 - Director of Photography |
| 1967 | 女賭場荒し - Director of Photography |
| 1966 | 憂國 - Director of Photography |
| 1965 | 東京パラリンピック 愛と栄光の祭典 - Director |
| 1965 | 東京パラリンピック 愛と栄光の祭典 - Director of Photography |
| 1965 | 東京パラリンピック 愛と栄光の祭典 - Screenplay |
| 1965 | 女めくら物語 - Director of Photography |
| 1964 | 喧嘩犬 - Director of Photography |
| 1964 | 黒の挑戦者 - Director of Photography |
| 1963 | 視界ゼロの脱出 - Director of Photography |
| 1963 | 嘘 - Director of Photography |
| 1963 | 停年退職 - Director of Photography |
| 1962 | 御身 - Director of Photography |
| 1962 | 江梨子 - Director of Photography |
| 1962 | 女は夜霧に濡れている - Director of Photography |
| 1960 | 歌行燈 - Director of Photography |
| 1960 | 流転の王妃 - Director of Photography |
| 1958 | 白鷺 - Director of Photography |
| 1958 | 共犯者 - Director of Photography |
| 1958 | 赤線の灯は消えず - Director of Photography |
| 1957 | 永すぎた春 - Director of Photography |
| 1957 | 朝の口笛 - Director of Photography |
| 1956 | 日本橋 - Director of Photography |
| 1956 | 無法者の島 - Director of Photography |
| 1956 | 宇宙人東京に現わる - Director of Photography |
| 1955 | 婦系図湯島の白梅 - Art Direction |
| 1955 | 婦系図湯島の白梅 - Director of Photography |
| 1953 | 黒豹 - Director of Photography |
| 1952 | 母山彦 - Director of Photography |
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