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Kyū Sazanka (
Kyū Sazanka | |
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Sazanka (center) as one of the Akireta Boys | |
Born | Mineo Suehiro April 1, 1914 |
Died | March 4, 1971 | (aged 56)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1932–1970 |
Career
editSazanka debuted as a singer in Asakusa in 1932 and was active on the vaudeville circuit as a member of the Akireta Bōizu (Boys).[1] He made his film debut in 1946.[1]
Selected filmography
editFilm
editYear | Title | Role | Director |
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1955 | Meoto zenzai | Kyōichi | Shirō Toyoda |
Takekurabe | Tatsugorō | Heinosuke Gosho | |
1956 | Mahiru no ankoku | Shiraki | Tadashi Imai |
Koi Sugata Kitsune Goten | Fujimaru | Nobuo Nakagawa | |
1957 | An Osaka Story | Kōzaburō Yoshimura | |
Oshidori kenkagasa | Ryō Hagiwara | ||
1958 | Giants and Toys | Ryûzô Higashi | Yasuzo Masumura |
Yūrakuchō de Aimashō | Saburō Maeda | Koji Shima | |
1959 | The Human Condition | Chang | Masaki Kobayashi |
Odd Obsession | Curio dealer | Kon Ichikawa | |
1960 | When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | Bar owner | Mikio Naruse |
Cruel Story of Youth | Nagisa Oshima | ||
The Bad Sleep Well | Kaneko | Akira Kurosawa | |
1961 | Yojimbo | Ushitora | Akira Kurosawa |
Akumyō | Yoshioka | Tokuzō Tanaka | |
Zoku Akumyō | Yoshioka | Tokuzō Tanaka | |
The End of Summer | Yamaguchi | Yasujirō Ozu | |
1962 | Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki | Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu | Hiroshi Inagaki |
1963 | High and Low | Creditor | Akira Kurosawa |
1964 | Pale Flower | Boss Imai | Masahiro Shinoda |
1965 | The Hoodlum Soldier | Yasuzo Masumura |
Television
editYear | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
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1965 | Taikōki | Hachisuka Masakatsu | NHK | Taiga drama |
References
edit- ^ a b "Sazanka Kyū". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus. Kōdansha. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
External links
edit- Kyū Sazanka at IMDb