Kyū Sazanka

Kyū Sazanka
Sazanka (center) as one of the Akireta Boys
Born
Mineo Suehiro

(1914-04-01)April 1, 1914
Chūō-ku, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
DiedMarch 4, 1971(1971-03-04) (aged 56)
OccupationActor
Years active1932–1970

Kyū Sazanka (山茶花 究, Sazanka Kyū, born April 1, 1914 – March 4, 1971) was a Japanese actor.

Career

Sazanka debuted as a singer in Asakusa in 1932 and was active on the vaudeville circuit as a member of the Akireta Bōizu (Boys).[1] He made his film debut in 1946.[1]

Selected filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director
1955 Meoto zenzai Kyōichi Shirō Toyoda
Takekurabe Tatsugorō Heinosuke Gosho
1956 Mahiru no ankoku Shiraki Tadashi Imai
Koi Sugata Kitsune Goten Fujimaru Nobuo Nakagawa
1957 An Osaka Story Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Oshidori kenkagasa Ryō Hagiwara
1958 Giants and Toys Ryûzô Higashi Yasuzo Masumura
Yūrakuchō de Aimashō Saburō Maeda Koji Shima
1959 The Human Condition Chang Masaki Kobayashi
Odd Obsession Curio dealer Kon Ichikawa
1960 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Bar owner Mikio Naruse
Cruel Story of Youth Nagisa Oshima
The Bad Sleep Well Kaneko Akira Kurosawa
1961 Yojimbo Ushitora Akira Kurosawa
Akumyō Yoshioka Tokuzō Tanaka
Zoku Akumyō Yoshioka Tokuzō Tanaka
The End of Summer Yamaguchi Yasujirō Ozu
1962 Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu Hiroshi Inagaki
1963 High and Low Creditor Akira Kurosawa
1964 Pale Flower Boss Imai Masahiro Shinoda
1965 The Hoodlum Soldier Yasuzo Masumura

Television

Year Title Role Network Notes
1965 Taikōki Hachisuka Masakatsu NHK Taiga drama

References

  1. ^ a b "Sazanka Kyū". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus. Kōdansha. Retrieved 29 September 2014.


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