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Acting

Saburo Date

Career: Active from 1952 to 1966, with a break from 1953 to 1962, busiest in 1964 and 1966 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles: 0
top three billing

Average score: 66/100

Highest rated: Bamboo Doll of Echizen
76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Saburo Date Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.6, average 5.4
Situational Comedy
1.1, average 2.7
Pop Culture
0.7, average 2.2
Wholesome
2.1, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

65

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

1 title · average score 74

Takeshi: Childhood Days

74

as Takeno Grandfather

1980s

3 titles · average score 68

Typhoon Club

69

as Okabe

Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion

68

as Maruyama

The Bored Samurai

as Ikeda Kazue

1970s

11 titles · average score 66

The Bullet Train

65

as Businessman's Man

Graveyard of Honor

59

as Oyabun

Wolf Guy

50

as Tsukada

The Bodyguard

52

as Kenzo Ebina

Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion

76

as Kaizutoshi

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

77

as Swift-style Swordsman

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

83

as Official Envoy

Professional Killers

TV show

Kogarashi Monjiro

TV show · as Senzo

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth

as Rokubei of Hakoda

Ghost of Kasane Swamp

as Fukami Shinzaemon

1960s

32 titles · average score 68

Daimajin

66

as Ippei Cyjûma

Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back

as Jinnai

The Virgin Witness

as Policeman

Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan

as Anzai

Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege

65

as Juzo Kakei

Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo

67

as Hatori Hanzo

Bamboo Doll of Echizen

76

as Choshichi

Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade

58

as Zeniya Gohei

An Actor's Revenge

69

as Kawaguchi-ya

New Tale of Zatoichi

75

as Anzo

The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

71

as Mirosuke

Ninja, A Band of Assassins

68

as Hattori Hanzo

1950s

17 titles · average score 85

Odd Obsession

72

as Police Detective

The Woman and the Pirate

as 転法利平

Conflagration

84

as Police detective A

An Osaka Story

as Shokichi, samurai's servant

Ishimatsu - The One-Eyed Swordsman

as Genba Kanai

Gonpachi

as Denzô Yuasa

Sansho the Bailiff

91

as Kimpei

Chikamatsu Monogatari

91

as Katada Government Official

The Woman in the Rumor

74

as Nakauchi

Ugetsu

92

as Vassal

Gate of Hell

82

as Tomoyuki

A Geisha

90

as Imanishi

1940s

1 title · average score 62

The Invisible Man Appears

62

as Keizô Sasatani