FrameThrower · Actors · Fumio Watanabe
Fumio Watanabe
3 films · 189 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1966–1972
Born 31 October 1929 · Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan · died 4 August 2004
Fumio Watanabe October 31, 1929 – August 4, 2004 was a Japanese actor most known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Nagisa Oshima. He was born in Tokyo and graduated from the University of Tokyo before joining the Shōchiku studio in 1956.
How their films are shot
Measured across 189 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Fumio takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 66% of their frames are day, 45% natural — the look of the work Fumio takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 189 frames from Fumio Watanabe's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.