Yayoi Watanabe
Japanese actress
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Yayoi Watanabe (渡辺やよい, Watanabe Yayoi; born 24 August 1952) is a Japanese actress.[1][2] She appeared in many Toei films including Pinky violence films. In 1979, she married sumo wrestler Tatsuya Kurama and retired.[3][4] After his 1995 death from leukemia, Watanabe wrote an autobiographical book about him which was adapted into a TV drama.
Selected filmography
Film
- Shin Harenchi Gakuen (1971)
- Wandering Ginza Butterfly (1972)
- Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion (1972)
- Female Prisoner Scorpion: 701's Grudge Song (1973)
- Karate Kiba (1973)
- School of the Holy Beast (1974)
- Cross the Rubicon! (1975)
- Violent Panic: The Big Crash (1976)
- Karate Warriors (1976)
- Okinawa Jūnen Sensou (1978)
Television
- playgirl (1972)
- Unmeitōge (1974) as Sasaka
- G-Men '75 (1975–79) Guest (ep.13,19,63,71,166,199)
- Space Ironman Kyodain (1976)
- Monkey (1979) Guest (ep,26)
- Hattori Hanzō: Kage no Gundan (1980) Guest (ep,19)