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Acting

Kyū Sazanka

Career: Active from 1957 to 1969, busiest in 1963 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 0
top three billing

Average score: 75/100

Highest rated: Giants and Toys
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Kyū Sazanka Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.4, average 5.4
Coming of Age
1.1, average 3.0
Physical Comedy
1.3, average 2.4
Situational Comedy
1.7, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Psychological Drama 2
Post-War Japan 2
Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

51

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1960s

36 titles · average score 80

Bonds of Love

as Hamuro

Manji

64

as Principal

Sweet Sweat

as Kaneko

Japan's No. 1 Braggart

as General Affairs Manager

High and Low

90

as First Creditor

Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai

as Sentarou Hideyama

The Fencing Master

as Hyogoishi

Yojimbo

90

as Ushitora

A Geisha's Diary

74

as Yajima

The End of Summer

77

as Yamaguchi

The Bad Sleep Well

91

as Construction Company Executive Director Kaneko

This Greedy Old Skin

as Masukin

1950s

15 titles · average score 75

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

80

as Meisan Chô

Room for Let

as Kanzo Kumada

Odd Obsession

72

as Curio Dealer

Fox and Raccoon

as Hyōemon Tenchuken

Giants and Toys

87

as Takakura Higashi

Chance Meeting

as Saburo Maeda

On This Earth

as Mineya

Talkative Company President

as Kuroda (Managing Director)

Geisha in the Old City

as master of Jeep

I Will Buy You

70

as Tarô Furukawa

Darkness at Noon

as Shiraki

Undercurrent

67

as Shinoda