Makiko Watanabe

Makiko Watanabe (渡辺 真起子, Watanabe Makiko, born 14 September 1968) is a Japanese actress. She has appeared in more than 60 films since 1996.

Makiko Watanabe
Born	(1968-09-14) 14 September 1968 (age 56) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present

Awards

Watanabe was given the award for best script at the 1999 Mainichi Film Awards for M/Other with director Nobuhiro Suwa and co-star Tomokazu Miura for dialogue that was mostly improvised on the set.^[1]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1996	XX: Beautiful Prey
2004	Zebraman
2007	The Mourning Forest
	The Rebirth
2008	Love Exposure
2011	Himizu
2014	Still the Water
2016	While the Women Are Sleeping
2017	Hello, Goodbye
2018	My Friend "A"
	A Banana? At This Time of Night?
2019	37 Seconds
	Aesop's Game
	Walking Man
2020	Momi's House
	The Asadas			[2]
	State of Emergency			[3]
2021	Tomorrow's Dinner Table			[4]
	Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning	Landlady		[5]
2022	Midnight Maiden War			[6]
	Small, Slow But Steady			[7]
	Haw	Reiko Nanebshima		[8]
	Fragments of the Last Will			[9]
2023	Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – The Movie	Mariko Shirokane		[10]
	Family			[11]
2024	Desert of Namibia	Mari Hayashi		[12]
	Happyend	Yōko		[13]
2025	The Harbor Lights	Izumi		[14]
	Or Utopia			[15]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022	Tokyo Vice			[16]
2024	Golden Kamuy: The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido	Monoa		[17]