Acting
Kyū Sazanka
- Titles
- 50movies1TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19571969
- Leading roles
- 0top three billing
- Average score
75/100
- Highest rated
Fires on the Plain91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.2average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism6.5average 3.3
- Social Commentary7.6average 4.9
- Politics5.0average 2.6
- Melancholy7.0average 4.7
- Warfare3.3average 1.2
- Psychological7.2average 5.6
- Pathos6.6average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.7, average 5.2
- Coming of Age1.1, average 2.9
- Wonder2.1, average 3.4
- Physical Comedy1.2, average 2.5
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 3
- Japanese Cinema 2
- Post-War Japan 2
- Psychological Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- TTatsuji NakashizuEditorFires on the Plain, Manji, Giants and Toys, A Geisha's Diary, Black Dividend
Hisaya MorishigeActorTalkative Company President, This Greedy Old Skin, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune, The Wayside Pebble
Frankie SakaiActorA Geisha's Diary, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune, Room for Let- HHiroshi MuraiCinematographerGiants and Toys, A Geisha's Diary, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune
Mitsuko KusabueActorThis Greedy Old Skin, Japan's No. 1 Braggart
Junzaburō BanActorA Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune, Nonsense Boys
Mayumi KurataActorA Geisha's Diary, Black Dividend
Sadako SawamuraActorA Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune, Sweet Sweat
Tadao TakashimaActorTalkative Company President, This Greedy Old Skin
Shoichi OzawaActorRoom for Let, Sweet Sweat
Kinzō ShinActorGiants and Toys, Internees of Kampili
Ayako WakaoActorManji, A Geisha's Diary
Movies and TV shows
511960s
35 titles · average score 75
Bonds of Love (1969)
as Hamuro
66
Manji (1964)
as Principal
Sweet Sweat (1964)
as Kaneko
Japan's No. 1 Braggart (1964)
as General Affairs Manager
75
Pale Flower (1964)
as Imai
83
High and Low (1963)
as First Creditor
The Fencing Master (1962)
as Hyogoishi
72
A Geisha's Diary (1961)
as Yajima
81
Yojimbo (1961)
as Ushitora
75
The End of Summer (1961)
as Yamaguchi
78
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
as Construction Company Executive Director Kaneko
79
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
as Bar Owner
1950s
16 titles · average score 75
91
Fires on the Plain (1959)
as Army surgeon
Room for Let (1959)
as Kanzo Kumada
83
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)
as Meisan Chô
65
Odd Obsession (1959)
as Curio Dealer
Fox and Raccoon (1959)
as Hyōemon Tenchuken
70
Giants and Toys (1958)
as Takakura Higashi
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring (1958)
as Heita (head clerk)
On This Earth (1957)
as Mineya
Geisha in the Old City (1957)
as master of Jeep
69
I Will Buy You (1956)
as Tarô Furukawa
Darkness at Noon (1956)
as Shiraki
Night River (1956)
as Shinoda