Shin Saburi
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Shin Saburi (佐分利 信, Saburi Shin; February 12, 1909 in Hokkaidō, Japan – September 22, 1982) was a Japanese film actor noted for his leading roles in a number of films by the director Yasujiro Ozu including Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941), Tea Over Rice (1952), Equinox Flower (1958) and Late Autumn (1960). Description above from the Wikipedia article Shin Saburi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
May Love Be Restored
as Jishu TagamiA tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk.
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The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
as Mokichi SatakeThe arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic...
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There Was a Father
as Yasutaro KurokawaShuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite...
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Late Autumn
as Soichi MamiyaA woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry,...
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After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced...
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Equinox Flower
as Wataru HirayamaWataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter...
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The Castle of Sand
as Ex-Finance Minister, Shigeki TadokoroTwo detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in...
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The Masseurs and a Woman
as Shintaro OmuraA pair of blind masseurs, an enigmatic city woman, a lonely man and his ill-behaved nephew—The...
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Japanese Godfather: Ambition
as Kazumasa SakuraAn ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking...
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Island of Hell
as Priest RyonenA scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.
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Hiroba no kōdoku
as Kotaro HaraguchiBased on the novel by Yoshie Hotta
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Rise, Fair Sun
as uncreditedThough a farmer and his fellow villagers in this Japanese film resist the effort to turn the...
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August without Emperor
as Gozo OhataTaking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese...
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Fountainhead
as uncreditedA botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.
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Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets
as Isoroku YamamotoAdmiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the...
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When a Woman Loves
as Reisaku NiizuStory of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.
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The Waves
as uncreditedNami (波 Nami) is a Japanese film directed by Noboru Nakamura. It was entered into the 1952...
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Japan's Don
as Kazumasa SakuraA yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo...
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Marching Song
as uncreditedA Japanese wartime film directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
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The Cast-Off
as uncreditedThe inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high...
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A Brother and His Younger Sister
as Keisuke MamiyaA man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger...
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Rainy Night Duel
as Masazumi AsajiMasahiko Koseki, a judo master, gets in several fights as a result of protecting a young woman....
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The Flower is not False
as uncreditedHana wa itsuwarazu (1941) is the second directorial work by Shochiku's Oba Hideo. Oba had...
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Temptation
as RyukichiA young lawyer falls in love with the daughter of his former professor, whom he's hired to tutor...
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Three Women of the North
as uncreditedThe story of an airport and its air traffic control crew in a remote and northern Japanese town....
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The Trio's Engagements
as Shin MikiThree men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted...
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Settlement of Love
as NarasakiLiving in a house that has lost its man to the war a year earlier are the widow and her child....
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The Fossil
as Tajihei ItsukiAn industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a...
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Hunting Rifle
as Josuke MisugiStory of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger...
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Warm Current
as Yuzo HibikiAdaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a...
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Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
as uncreditedPart one of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.
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Magnitude 7.9
as uncreditedA large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.
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Housewife Camellia
as uncreditedThe narrative is about a woman who faces hard times, when her husband is arrested for a crime...
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The Three Undelivered Letters
as MitsumasaA young Japanese-American man arrives at his grandmother's old hometown in Yamaguchi, begins to...
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Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
as uncreditedPart two of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.
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Homecoming
as uncreditedA former naval officer returns to Japan after the Second World War ends, encounters the former...
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The New Road: Ryota
as uncreditedThe eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow...
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Island of the Evil Spirits
as Daizen OsakabeFamous detective Kosuke Kindaichi follows a dying man's words to an enigmatic island, where he...
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The Refugee
as uncreditedA Chinese medical student named Gan Shosho finds himself cut off from his homeland as he is...
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Army
as CaptainThough plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his...
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Glowing Autumn
as uncreditedA very beautiful Japanese woman is in love with Persian carpets. She is being chased by...
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Mother and Child
as TeraoThe movie follows a young woman (Kinuyo Tanaka), a daughter of a high-ranking businessman and...
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The Wicked
as uncreditedA selfish playboy uses rich women to pay off his debts. Divorcing his wife and marrying the...
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Tokyo Omnibus
as uncreditedThe story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow...
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The Fixer
as uncreditedPolitical fixer Homei Yamaoka's misdeeds come to light, throwing Japanese politics into deadly...
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The Incident
as uncreditedThe body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a...
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Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
as Kazumasa SakuraThe three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to...
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Freedom School
as uncreditedMinamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is...
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Family Meeting
as Takayuki ShigezumiA melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life.
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Burden of Life
as Kimimasa HashimotoA middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old...
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Vermilion and Green
as uncreditedA businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.
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Family Diary
as Shuzo UbukataTwo childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both...
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The New Road: Akemi
as uncreditedThe eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow...
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Akutoku
as Kaji SosukeA movie adaptation of Funayama Kaoru's novel of the same name, which depicts the story of a...
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The Tree of Love
as uncreditedA young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret:...
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Dancing with a Mask
as Tsuneoka ShinichiroJapanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
as Lieutenant-General YanoTelevision production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan,...
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On This Earth
as Ichiro AmanoKanazawa in the Taisho era. A former junior high school student, Ichiro's family used to be a...
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Flower Shop Curtain
as uncreditedThe movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant...
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The Golden Demon
as Jôsuke AraoA penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy...
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Woman in the Mist
as DoctorOtoku asks her brother Bunkichi to speak with her son Seiichi, a young man for whom sacrificed...
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Frozen River
as uncreditedA young doctor starts working at a mental hospital in the Yokohama region and falls in love with...
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Lady Doctor Kinuyo
as Yasuo AsanoKinuyo is a daughter of doctor of Chinese medicine, and Yasuo is a son of surgeon. Their...
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A Man's Recompense: Part 2
as uncreditedSabu Toshinobu is an archaeologist who has taken a liking to Kinuyo Tanaka, the daughter of an...
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Record of a Woman Doctor
as uncreditedA group of female doctors travel to a remote village during their summer holiday to offer free...
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Let's Go in Good Spirits
as uncreditedIn the movies of those times, you can see young boys in the company scene often. Those boys were...
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Men vs. Women
as uncreditedA musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of...
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South Wind 2
as uncreditedIn this comic sequel to Yoshimura Kozaburo's original, Minami no Kaze, ex-baron (Saburi Shin) is...
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A Man's Recompense: Part 1
as uncreditedSabu Toshinobu is an archaeologist who has taken a liking to Kinuyo Tanaka, the daughter of an...
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The Family
as Daisuke ManpyoSet in the post-World War II climate of the 1960s in Kobe, the movie explores the struggle for...
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The Stormy Era of Twenty Years
as uncreditedThe Stormy Era of Twenty Years
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The Woman’s Reflective Pool
as ManabeTozai Electric president Minamoto (Yanagi) is about to be pursued by the public prosecutor's...
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Kinuyo's First Love
as uncreditedKinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister's...
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Southern Wind
as uncreditedBased on the original work by Fumiko Hayashi, this is a story about a woman and two men. The...
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South Wind
as uncreditedAmusing masterpiece from director Yoshimura Kazusabu divided in two parts taken from the...
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Ashita Koso
as 画家・重宗恒有The 8th NHK Asadora. Starring Yumiko Fujita in a family drama. The first Asadora filmed in color.
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Ashura no Gotoku
as uncreditedKuniko Mukōda's masterpiece, a poignant and subtle portrait of the jealousy and suspicion that...
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