was a Japanese actor.
In 1945, he signed a contract with
Daiei Film company and started his acting career.
[ Following year, he made his film debut with ''Okagura Kyōdai'' directed by ]Hiroshi Inagaki
was a Japanese filmmaker best remembered for the Academy Award-winning '' Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto'', which was released in 1954.
Career
Born in Tokyo as the son of a shinpa actor, Inagaki appeared on stage in his childhood before joining ...
.[ At the same time, he was given the stage name ''Saburo Date'' by Inagaki.][ He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1947 and 1990.
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Selected filmography
* ''Okagura Kyōdai'' (1946)
* Story of a Beloved Wife'' (1951)
* ''Avalanche
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'' (1952)
* '' Ugetsu'' (1953)[
* '' Gate of Hell'' (1953)][
* '' Sansho the Bailiff'' (1954)][
* '' The Crucified Lovers'' (1954)
* '' Enjō'' (1958)
* '']The Loyal 47 Ronin
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'' (1958)
* '' Tsukihime keizu'' (1958)
* '' Nichiren: A Man of Many Miracles'' (1958)
* '' The Tale of Zatoichi Continues'' (1962)
* '' Enter Kyōshirō Nemuri the Swordman'' (1963) as Zeniya
* '' Daimajin'' (1966)
* '' A Certain Killer'' (1967)
* '' Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts'' (1969)
References
External links
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1924 births
1991 deaths
Japanese male film actors
People from Osaka
20th-century Japanese male actors