

Acting
Kyū Sazanka
- Titles
- 50movies1TV show
- Career
Active from 1957 to 1969, busiest in 1963 with 4 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 0top three billing
- Average score
75/100
- Highest rated
Giants and Toys87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.3average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism7.0average 3.3
- Social Commentary7.4average 4.9
- Politics4.9average 2.6
- Psychological7.5average 5.6
- Melancholy6.7average 4.7
- Eroticism3.2average 1.8
- Crime4.9average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.4, average 5.4
- Coming of Age1.1, average 3.0
- Physical Comedy1.3, average 2.4
- Situational Comedy1.7, average 2.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 2
- Post-War Japan 2
- Psychological Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Hisaya MorishigeActorThis Greedy Old Skin, Talkative Company President, Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai, The Wayside Pebble, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune
Frankie SakaiActorA Geisha's Diary, Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai, Room for Let, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune- TTatsuji NakashizuEditorManji, Giants and Toys, A Geisha's Diary, Black Dividend
- KKōzō OkazakiCinematographerSweet Sweat, Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai, Room for Let
Yūzō KawashimaDirectorA Geisha's Diary, Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai, 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
Mayumi KurataActorA Geisha's Diary, Black Dividend
Junzaburō BanActorNonsense Boys, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune
Sadako SawamuraActorSweet Sweat, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune
Chikage AwashimaActorKigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai, Room for Let
Junko IkeuchiActorSweet Sweat, Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Movies and TV shows
51Type
1960s
36 titles · average score 80
as Principal
as General Affairs Manager
as Kaneko
as First Creditor
as Sentarou Hideyama
as Hyogoishi
as Yajima
as Ushitora
as Yamaguchi
as Construction Company Executive Director Kaneko
as Masukin
as Bar Owner
1950s
15 titles · average score 75
as Meisan Chô
as Kanzo Kumada
as Curio Dealer
as Hyōemon Tenchuken
as Takakura Higashi
as Saburo Maeda
as Kuroda (Managing Director)
as Mineya
as master of Jeep
as Shinoda
as Tarô Furukawa
as Shiraki
























