Anne Watanabe

Anne Watanabe (渡辺 杏 Watanabe An, born 14 April 1986 in Tokyo) is a Japanese fashion model, actress, and singer. She is the daughter of film actor Ken Watanabe and his first wife Yumiko. In her modeling work, she is known by the mononym Anne. Watanabe's first high-profile modeling season was spring/summer 2006, in which she was featured in runway shows for Anna Sui, Diane von Furstenberg, Tommy Hilfiger, and Vivienne Tam, among others. She also walked for Baby Phat, Imitation of Christ, Karl Lagerfeld, Lacoste, Marc by Marc Jacobs, and Thakoon in subsequent seasons. Watanabe has been featured in print advertisements for Anna Sui and NARS Cosmetics. She was the main visual model for Sui's Secret Wish Magic Romance fragrancefor both print and video. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Bandage (2010)

Set in the 1990s during Japan's "band boom" era, the film tells the tale of a girl in high school, Asako, who goes to a concert and meets Natsu, vocalist of the new band LANDS. Asako ends up being the band manager, but as the band's popularity starts to soar, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kobayashi
CAST:  Kie Kitano  •  Jin Akanishi  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Ayumi Ito

Set in the 1990s during Japan's "band boom" era, the film tells the tale of a girl in high school, Asako, who goes to a concert and meets Natsu, vocalist of the new band LANDS. Asako ends up being the band manager, but as the band's popularity starts to soar, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kobayashi
CAST:  Kie Kitano  •  Jin Akanishi  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Ayumi Ito

The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming (2008)

Remake of a hit film from 1990, "The Cherry Orchard" which Nakahara himself directed, based on a popular comic book from Akimi Yoshida. The story takes place at a prestigious girls high school where everyone is oppressed with rules. One girl who just transferred to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shun Nakahara
CAST:  Saki Fukuda  •  Saki Terashima  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Oshima Yuko

Remake of a hit film from 1990, "The Cherry Orchard" which Nakahara himself directed, based on a popular comic book from Akimi Yoshida. The story takes place at a prestigious girls high school where everyone is oppressed with rules. One girl who just transferred to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shun Nakahara
CAST:  Saki Fukuda  •  Saki Terashima  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Oshima Yuko

Platinum Data (2013)

Set in the year 2017, the Japanese government attempts to secretly control the DNA of its people. Ryuhei Kagura is a top scientist in the field of DNA analysis. He works at the DNA analysis institution run by the National Police Agency. When the inventor of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keishi Otomo
CAST:  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Honami Suzuki  •  Namase Katsuhisa

Set in the year 2017, the Japanese government attempts to secretly control the DNA of its people. Ryuhei Kagura is a top scientist in the field of DNA analysis. He works at the DNA analysis institution run by the National Police Agency. When the inventor of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keishi Otomo
CAST:  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Etsushi Toyokawa  •  Honami Suzuki  •  Namase Katsuhisa

Midsummer's Equation (2013)

Masaharu Fukuyama reprises his role from 2008's "Suspect X," playing the physicist-cum-detective Manabu Yukawa. The scientist-sleuth arrives in an oceanside town to speak on a panel. But when a man turns up dead outside the inn where he's staying, Yukawa begins to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Jun Fubuki  •  Hakuryu

Masaharu Fukuyama reprises his role from 2008's "Suspect X," playing the physicist-cum-detective Manabu Yukawa. The scientist-sleuth arrives in an oceanside town to speak on a panel. But when a man turns up dead outside the inn where he's staying, Yukawa begins to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Nishitani
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Jun Fubuki  •  Hakuryu

Time Scoop Hunter (2013)

A reporter is sent through time and space to document the lives of Japanese people at various times in history. This time, he is sent to unwrap the mystery of Azuchi castle which was built by Oda Nobunaga, one of the most famous shogun of all times, and lost within ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Nakao
CAST:  Jun Kaname  •  Kaho  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Ryûhei Ueshima

A reporter is sent through time and space to document the lives of Japanese people at various times in history. This time, he is sent to unwrap the mystery of Azuchi castle which was built by Oda Nobunaga, one of the most famous shogun of all times, and lost within ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Nakao
CAST:  Jun Kaname  •  Kaho  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Ryûhei Ueshima

Ninja Kids!!! (2011)

The film stars Seishiro Kato as Rantaro who is sent to a ninja training school by his parents. During the summer, their teacher is invaded by a group of rival ninjas culminating in a race to ring a bell on top of a mountain.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Shido Nakamura  •  Rei Dan  •  Roi Hayashi  •  Seishirou Katou

The film stars Seishiro Kato as Rantaro who is sent to a ninja training school by his parents. During the summer, their teacher is invaded by a group of rival ninjas culminating in a race to ring a bell on top of a mountain.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Shido Nakamura  •  Rei Dan  •  Roi Hayashi  •  Seishirou Katou

Cannonball Wedlock (2011)

24-year-old OL Chie Ikeshita's (Yuriko Yoshitaka) motto is to try various things to enjoy life. Chie spends her time accordingly to her motto. Chie Ikeshita then starts to date 5 different men and adjusts herself to the different situations. Up to this point, Chie ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kôji Maeda
CAST:  Yuriko Yoshitaka  •  Ryo Kase  •  Kenta Hamano  •  Takaaki Enoki

24-year-old OL Chie Ikeshita's (Yuriko Yoshitaka) motto is to try various things to enjoy life. Chie spends her time accordingly to her motto. Chie Ikeshita then starts to date 5 different men and adjusts herself to the different situations. Up to this point, Chie ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kôji Maeda
CAST:  Yuriko Yoshitaka  •  Ryo Kase  •  Kenta Hamano  •  Takaaki Enoki

Welcome Home, Hayabusa (2012)

Kento Ohashi (Tatsuya Fujiwara) is a novice ion engine developer working on a team that is launching the unmanned Hayabusa spacecraft into outerspace. His father Isao (Tomokazu Miura) was the leader of a previously failed space probe named Nozomi. Now, Kento ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhide Motoki
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Tomokazu Miura  •  Oshirō Maeda

Kento Ohashi (Tatsuya Fujiwara) is a novice ion engine developer working on a team that is launching the unmanned Hayabusa spacecraft into outerspace. His father Isao (Tomokazu Miura) was the leader of a previously failed space probe named Nozomi. Now, Kento ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhide Motoki
CAST:  Tatsuya Fujiwara  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Tomokazu Miura  •  Oshirō Maeda

Lost and Found (2016)

Atsuto was abandoned by his mother when he was young. He now works in the lost and found department at the Hoshigaoka Station. He spends his days imagining about the owner of the lost item, how the item became lost and found. One day, Atsuto learns that his mother ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Show Yanagisawa
CAST:  Tomoya Nakamura  •  Nozomi Sasaki  •  Yoshino Kimura  •  Masaki Suda

Atsuto was abandoned by his mother when he was young. He now works in the lost and found department at the Hoshigaoka Station. He spends his days imagining about the owner of the lost item, how the item became lost and found. One day, Atsuto learns that his mother ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Show Yanagisawa
CAST:  Tomoya Nakamura  •  Nozomi Sasaki  •  Yoshino Kimura  •  Masaki Suda

Miss Hokusai (2015)

A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own mark in the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Hara
CAST:  Anne Watanabe  •  Kumiko Aso  •  Gaku Hamada  •  Kengo Kora

A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own mark in the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Hara
CAST:  Anne Watanabe  •  Kumiko Aso  •  Gaku Hamada  •  Kengo Kora

Pla-Baroque (2015)

Yu Kuroha, a female detective from the Kanagawa PD Mobile Unit, discovers bodies of fourteen men and women frozen to death in a rental container. When the wills of the dead persons were found, her boss decides to treat the case as a simple group suicide. But Kuroha ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manabu Asô
CAST:  Anne Watanabe  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Manami Konishi  •  Tomoya Nakamura

Yu Kuroha, a female detective from the Kanagawa PD Mobile Unit, discovers bodies of fourteen men and women frozen to death in a rental container. When the wills of the dead persons were found, her boss decides to treat the case as a simple group suicide. But Kuroha ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manabu Asô
CAST:  Anne Watanabe  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Manami Konishi  •  Tomoya Nakamura

Humanoid Monster, Bem (2012)

Bem, Bela and Belo arrive at a new town plagued by a series of mysterious, unsolved cases which, as they discover, are caused by another youkai, one more powerful than they have ever encountered. The story will also focus on Belo's first love, and his increasing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunsuke Kariyama
CAST:  Kazuya Kamenashi  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Hana Sugisaki

Bem, Bela and Belo arrive at a new town plagued by a series of mysterious, unsolved cases which, as they discover, are caused by another youkai, one more powerful than they have ever encountered. The story will also focus on Belo's first love, and his increasing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunsuke Kariyama
CAST:  Kazuya Kamenashi  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Hana Sugisaki

High and Low (2007)

At a crucial point in his business life, executive Gondo learns that his son has been kidnapped and that the ransom demanded is near the amount Gondo has raised for a critical business deal. Gondo is prepared to pay the ransom - that is, until he learns that the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Tsuruhashi
CAST:  Koichi Sato  •  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki

At a crucial point in his business life, executive Gondo learns that his son has been kidnapped and that the ransom demanded is near the amount Gondo has raised for a critical business deal. Gondo is prepared to pay the ransom - that is, until he learns that the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Tsuruhashi
CAST:  Koichi Sato  •  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki

Golden Orchestra (2016)

When Chizuru joins as a teacher at Umega High School, she hears an amateur orchestra perform. Reminiscing her old days of playing the violin, she decides to enroll in one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toru Hosokawa
CAST:  Anne Watanabe  •  Yuina Kuroshima  •  Kentaro Sakaguchi  •  Takashi Sasano

When Chizuru joins as a teacher at Umega High School, she hears an amateur orchestra perform. Reminiscing her old days of playing the violin, she decides to enroll in one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toru Hosokawa
CAST:  Anne Watanabe  •  Yuina Kuroshima  •  Kentaro Sakaguchi  •  Takashi Sasano

The Wonderland (2019)

The story follows Akane, a girl with no self-confidence. On the day before her birthday, she meets a mysterious alchemist, Hippocrates, and his student, Pipo, who both tell her they're on a mission to save the world. Together, they set out from the basement for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Hara
CAST:  Mayu Matsuoka  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Kumiko Aso  •  Nao Toyama

The story follows Akane, a girl with no self-confidence. On the day before her birthday, she meets a mysterious alchemist, Hippocrates, and his student, Pipo, who both tell her they're on a mission to save the world. Together, they set out from the basement for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Hara
CAST:  Mayu Matsuoka  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Kumiko Aso  •  Nao Toyama

Murder on the Orient Express (2015)

The Japanese adaption of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keita Kono
CAST:  Mansai Nomura  •  Nanako Matsushima  •  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Hiroshi Tamaki

The Japanese adaption of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keita Kono
CAST:  Mansai Nomura  •  Nanako Matsushima  •  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Hiroshi Tamaki

The Deer King (2021)

Following a brutal war, former soldier Van toils in a mine controlled by the ruling empire. One day, his solitary existence is upended when a pack of wild dogs carrying a deadly and incurable disease attack, leaving only Van and a young girl named Yuna as survivors ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Miyaji  •  Masashi Ando
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Ryoma Takeuchi  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Hisui Kimura

Following a brutal war, former soldier Van toils in a mine controlled by the ruling empire. One day, his solitary existence is upended when a pack of wild dogs carrying a deadly and incurable disease attack, leaving only Van and a young girl named Yuna as survivors ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Miyaji  •  Masashi Ando
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Ryoma Takeuchi  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Hisui Kimura

Only Yesterday (2021)

Sugimoto Taeko moves in with her daughter Natsuki and granddaughter Mizuki. They begin a lively life together. In the midst of it all, Taeko sees her former self in Mizuki. The bitter taste of the first pineapple she ever ate, the disastrous score on a math test, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazutaka Watanabe
CAST:  Keiko Matsuzaka  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Kazuyuki Asano  •  Naho Yokomizo

Sugimoto Taeko moves in with her daughter Natsuki and granddaughter Mizuki. They begin a lively life together. In the midst of it all, Taeko sees her former self in Mizuki. The bitter taste of the first pineapple she ever ate, the disastrous score on a math test, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazutaka Watanabe
CAST:  Keiko Matsuzaka  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Kazuyuki Asano  •  Naho Yokomizo

Tales of the Bizarre: 2020 Summer Special (2020)

Story 1 - Stains Story 02 - Three Wishes Story 03 - Father Who Does Not Burn Story 04 - Distributor  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keita Kono  •  Yasushi Ueda
CAST:  Chiaki Takahashi  •  Tamori  •  Ichirôta Miyakawa  •  Kaori Yamaguchi

Story 1 - Stains Story 02 - Three Wishes Story 03 - Father Who Does Not Burn Story 04 - Distributor  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keita Kono  •  Yasushi Ueda
CAST:  Chiaki Takahashi  •  Tamori  •  Ichirôta Miyakawa  •  Kaori Yamaguchi

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DIRECTION:  Shunsaku Kawake  •  Genta Satou  •  Masaya Kakei
CAST:  Tamori  •  Nao Omori  •  Anne Watanabe  •  Kenji Sakaguchi
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