Shin Saburi

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
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