Shin Saburi

was a Japanese actor and film director.

Biography

Shin Saburi was born Yoshio Ishizaki in Utashinai, Hokkaidō, Japan. He made his acting debut in 1931 and started working for the Shochiku studio in the mid-1930s, where he became one of the studio's biggest stars. He regularly starred in the films of director Yasujirō Ozu, including '' Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family'' (1941), '' Tea Over Rice'' (1952), '' Equinox Flower'' (1958) and '' Late Autumn'' (1960). He also appeared in films by Yasujirō Shimazu ('' A Brother and His Younger Sister'', 1939), Hiroshi Shimizu ('' The Masseurs and a Woman'', 1939), and Heinosuke Gosho ('' Burden of Life'', 1935, '' Hunting Rifle'', 1961). In addition, he directed over a dozen films himself, receiving the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Newcomer for his directorial debut in 1950.

Selected filmography

Film

* 1931: ''Misu nippon'' as San-chan
* 1931: ''Hokuman no teisatsu''
* 1932: ''Minato no jojōshi'' as Shinoshima
* 1932: ''Sōretsu bakudn sanyūshi''
* 1932: ''Saraba Tokyo''
* 1932: ''Kiri no yo no kyakumā''
* 1933: ''Joseijin''
* 1935: ''Akogare''
* 1935: '' Burden of Life'' as Kōsei Hashimoto
* 1936: ''Kanjō sanmyaku''
* 1936: ''Kazoku kaigi''
* 1936: ''Woman of the Mist'' as Doctor
* 1936: ''Dansei tai josei'' as Yukio, Atsumi's first son
* 1936: ''Hitozuma tsubaki''
* 1936: ''The New Road'' (part 1 and 2) as Toru Nogami
* 1937: ''Kōjō no tsuki'' as Miura
* 1937: ''Shu to midori''
* 1937: ''Joi Kinuyo sensei'' as Yasuo Asano
* 1937: ''The Golden Demon'' as Jōsuke Arao
* 1937: ''Konyaku sanbagarasu'' as Shin Miki
* 1937: ''Otoko no tsugunai kohen''/''Otoko no tsugunai zenpen''
* 1937: ''Shingun no uta''
* 1938: ''Shuppatsu''
* 1938: ''Han-shojo'' as Sōkichi Maeda
* 1938: ''Mother and Child''
* 1938: '' The Masseurs and a Woman'' as Shintarō О̄mura
* 1938: ''Aizen katsura'' as Hattori
* 1938: ''Katei nikki'' as Shūzō Ubukata
* 1939: ''Minamikaze'' as Michio Nito
* 1939: '' A Brother and His Younger Sister''
* 1939: ''Zoku aizen katsura'' as Hattori
* 1939: ''Hana no aru zassō'' as Mr. Hiramatsu
* 1939: ''Aizen katsura – Kanketsu-hen'' as Hattori
* 1939: ''Warm Current'' as Yuzo Hibiki
* 1940: ''Kinuyo no hatsukoi'' as Shoichiro Kiriyama
* 1940: ''Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru''
* 1940: ''Tokai no honryu'' as Keichi Hatta
* 1940: '' The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi'' as Hosoki, Commander
* 1941: '' Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family'' as Shōjirō Toda
* 1941: ''Hana wa itsuwarazu'' as Jōtarō
* 1941: ''Genkide yukōyo''
* 1941: ''Akatsuki no gasshō''
* 1941: ''Record of a Woman Doctor'' as Teacher Kamiya
* 1942: '' There Was a Father'' as Yasutaro Kurokawa
* 1942: ''Kanchō imada shisezu''
* 1942: ''Minami no kaze mizue no maki''
* 1943: ''Aiki minami e tobu''
* 1943: ''Hiwa Normanton jiken: Kamen no butō'' as Seiichiro Tsuneoka
* 1943: ''Wakaki sugata'' as Karasawa, army doctor
* 1943: ''Haha no kinembi''
* 1944: ''Fuchinkan gekichin''
* 1944: ''Yasen gungakutai'' as Sonoda shoi
* 1944: ''Army'' as Captain
* 1944: ''Nichijō no tatakai''
* 1945: ''Kita no san-nin'' as Iwao Hara
* 1945: ''Izu no musumetachi'' as Miyauchi
* 1946: ''Kanojo no hatsugen''
* 1948: ''Yuwaku'' as Ryukichi
* 1949: ''Shitto''
* 1949: ''Musume jūhachi usotsuki jidai'' as Nisaku Maki
* 1949: ''Beni imada kiezu''
* 1949: ''Wakare no tango''
* 1950: ''Shikkō yūyo'' (also director)
* 1950: ''Kikyō'' as Kyokichi Moriya
* 1950: ''Hatsukoi mondo''
* 1951: ''Onna no mizu-kagami'' as Manabe
* 1951: ''Jiyū gakkō''
* 1951: ''Aa seishun''
* 1951: ''Fusetsu niju-nen'' (also director)
* 1952: '' Rikon'' as Daisuke Sakuma
* 1952: '' The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice'' as Mokichi Satake
* 1952: ''Dōkoku'' (also director)
* 1952: ''Nami''
* 1952: ''Jinsei gekijo: dai ichi bu/dai ni bu'' (also director)
* 1953: ''Hiroba no kodoku'' as Kōtarō Hraguchi (also director)
* 1955: ''Bomeiki''
* 1955: ''Aogashima no kodomotachi – Onna kyōshi no kiroku'' as Mr. Shimada
* 1955: ''Uruwashiki haha'' as Tomitarō О̄ta
* 1956: ''Kuro-obi sangokushi'' as Masazumi Amaji
* 1956: ''Fountainhead''
* 1956: ''Aijō no kessan'' as Narasaki (also director)
* 1956: ''Kon'yaku sanbagarasu''
* 1956: ''Gunshin Yamamoto gensui to Rengō kantai'' as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
* 1957: ''Chijo'' as Ichiro Amano
* 1957: ''Yoru no kamome'' (also director)
* 1958: ''Akutoku'' (also director)
* 1958: '' Equinox Flower'' as Wataru Hirayama
* 1959: ''Anata to watashi no aikotoba: Sayōnara, konnichiwa'' as Gosuke Aota
* 1959: ''Haru o matsu hitobito''
* 1959: ''Fubuki To Tomoni Kieyukinu'' as Mamoru Kitagawa
* 1959: ''Hanran'' as Sahei Sanada
* 1959: ''Waga ai'' as Reisaku Niizu
* 1960: '' Late Autumn'' as Soichi Mamiya
* 1961: ''Uzu''
* 1961: '' Hunting Rifle'' as Misugi
* 1973: '' Rise, Fair Sun'' as Inashiro
* 1974: '' Karei-naru Ichizoku'' as Daisuke Manpyo
* 1974: '' Castle of Sand'' as Ex-Finance Minister Tadokoro
* 1975: '' The Fossil'' as Tajihei Kazuki
* 1975: ''Tōkyō-wan enjō''
* 1977: ''Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don'' as Kazumasa Sakura
* 1977: ''Hell's Gate Island'' (a.k.a. ''The Devil's Island'') as Priest Ryōnen
* 1977: ''Nippon no Don: Yabohen'' as Kazumasa Sakura
* 1978: '' The Incident''
* 1978: ''Kōtei no inai hachigatsu'' as Kozo Ohata
* 1978: ''Nihon no Don: Kanketsuhen'' as Kazumasa Sakura
* 1979: ''The Three Undelivered Letters'' as Mitsumasa Karasawa
* 1979: '' Nihon no Fixer''
* 1979: ''Moeru aki''
* 1980: ''Warui yatsura'' as Judge
* 1980: ''Deathquake''
* 1981: ''Akuryo-to'' as Captain Daizen
* 1982: ''Kaseki no kouya'' as Haruyoshi Nakaomi (final film role)

Television

* 1963–1964: '' Akatsuki'' (NHK Asadora)
* 1979–1980: '' Ashura no Gotoku'' as Kōtarō Takezawa

References

External links

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Japanese male film actors
Asadora lead actors
1909 births
1982 deaths
20th-century Japanese male actors
Japanese film directors
Actors from Hokkaido
Recipients of the Medal with Purple Ribbon

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