Kyū Sazanka
Birthday: 1914-04-01
Place of Birth: Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Biography: Kyū Sazanka (山茶花 究 Sazanka Kyū, born April 1, 1914 – March 4, 1971) was a Japanese actor.
Movies
Fires on the Plain
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his comp...
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Undercurrent
In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor....
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of la...
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Yojimbo
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival ...
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High and Low
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s ...
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The End of Summer
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his ...
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The Precipice
Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s D...
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Ayako
An ambitious young woman uses her sex appeal to solve financial problems in her family, including a ...
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Giants and Toys
Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in...
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Yaji and Kita on the Road
Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious ...
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Elegant Beast
A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keep...
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I Will Buy You
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko...
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Master Fencer Sees the World
A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style o...
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A Whistle in My Heart
The story is about the social problems faced by Japan's indigenous Ainu, mostly centered on the reac...
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Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Sixth entry in the Company President Series....
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Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesa...
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown....
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Let's Meet in Our Dreams
Mie Nakao runs away from home to join her older sister's production company as a new talent. We foll...
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Black Challenger
Young lawyer Jiro receives a late night phone call from a distraught woman sending him on a journey ...
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Marriage of the sky and the sea
A love comedy directed by Osamu Takahashi based on an original screenplay by Kei Tasaki....
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This Greedy Old Skin
A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow ...
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風雲児
Yano, a progressive individual who seeks to overcome strength with gentleness and confronts physical...
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The Bad Sleep Well
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within...
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Manji
The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture....
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The Makioka Sisters
Based on the famous novel by Junichiro Tanizaki, this is a story of the four sisters of the ancient ...
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The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business....
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Story of Second Class Private, Sequel
First sequel to "Story of Second Class Private"....
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Detective Duel
A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private ...
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The Fencing Master
The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming...
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Geisha in the Old City
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a mov...
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The Man from Planet Alpha
A film produced by Toho and Watanabe Productions as part of the Crazy Movie project featuring The Cr...
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Odd Obsession
A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot be...
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When Women Lie
Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Compan...
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The Catch
Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese village...
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Shozo, a Cat and Two Women
Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat...
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A Warrior's Flute
Tale of tragic love between samurai and princess during Heian period....
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First Love of Okon
A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap....
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Warm Current
The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose betwee...
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Bonds of Love
Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company...
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A Geisha's Diary
A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she stru...
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Internees of Kampili
In the autumn of 1945, Petty Officer Tadashi Yamaji is among the numerous war crimes suspects facing...
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Room for Let
When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion...
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Pale Flower
A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gan...
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Darkness at Noon
Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a...
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Hoodlum Soldier
A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. ...
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She ...
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Chance Meeting
Aya successfully stages a fashion show in Osaka and in the train on her way home to Tokyo accidental...
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The Maid Story
Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters...
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Black Dividend
Ryokichi Ibuki is a clerk who learns company "top secrets" and becomes an industrial blackmailer. Ka...
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Tough Guy
Asakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss. Whe...
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Silence Has No Wings
Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this al...
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Sweet Sweat
This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 3...
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Woman Gambler Is Coming
Sixth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where s...
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie Sakai...
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Chûshingura
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the c...
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The Swordsman and the Actress
A fellow member of the company named Hanjiro tells Koharu, an actress in a traveling theatrical trou...
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The Sand City in Manchuria
When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save...
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An Osaka Story
A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji...
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The Wayside Pebble
In Meiji era Japan a sixth grade boy is smart, likable and confident and owing to his academic succe...
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The Temple of Wild Geese
Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple i...
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Case of a Young Lord 3
Okawa Hashizo as 'Young Lord', the unlikely sleuth sets out to untangle the riddle of what went on a...
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On This Earth
Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His m...
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Japan's No. 1 Braggart
When hopeful Olympic triple-jump competitor injures both his Achilles tendons, he discovers an old m...
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The Adventures of Kantaro
Comedy historical film about a wandering warrior, based on the novel by Shin Hasegawa....
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Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility
Seven employees rise up in rebellion against an irresponsible company....
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Cruel Story of Youth
A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for ...
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Tange Sazen: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon
This movie depicts a familiar samurai Tange Sazen story realistically. Tange loses one of his eyes a...
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The Crowded Train
Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing ...
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Ponkotsu
In the shimotsuke town of Tokyo, Honmachi tenkawa Cho continues to take the remains of the car. One ...
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High Teen
Terasaki, the new history teacher at the Senior High School, finds encouragement in the words of his...
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The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
A revenge comedy directed by Torajiro Saito (Oedo's most Popular Man) from a script by Chao Fushimi ...
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Talkative Company President
A former company man turned drifter is pulled back to lead a struggling toy company, enforcing bold ...
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Playboy President
A straight-laced employee is tasked with supervising his impulsive CEO during a business trip intend...
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Playboy President: Part II
After a promotion brings new professional challenges, a diligent employee is pulled into corporate m...
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A Company President's Life Story
A clothing manufacturer president tries to revitalize his company during a business downturn by secu...
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Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
At a coastal hot spring inn, a group of women navigate work, personal struggles, and unexpected scan...
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
15th entry in the Ekimae series, surrounding the then-insanely popular Weekly Shounen Sunday series ...
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady
Seventh in the Ekimae series, detailing the exploits of the landladies around Ryogoku Station in Tok...
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Fox and Raccoon
A group of hustling peddlers swindle rural towns with fake goods, facing betrayals, close calls, and...
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The Oil-Hell Murder
A privileged son betrays his family for the favors of a geisha in 18th century Osaka....
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