Kyū Sazanka

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Biography

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

Known For

Yojimbo

Ushitora

High and Low

First Creditor

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Meisan Chô

The Bad Sleep Well

Construction Company Executive Director Kaneko

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Bar Owner

Fires on the Plain

Army surgeon

Pale Flower

Imai

The End of Summer

Yamaguchi

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1969	Bonds of Love MOVIE	Hamuro
1968	High School Geisha MOVIE	Self
1968	Woman Gambler Is Coming MOVIE	Self
1967	Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire! MOVIE	Self
1967	Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda! MOVIE	Self
1966	The Man from Planet Alpha MOVIE	Self
1966	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga MOVIE	President Iyami
1966	Silence Has No Wings MOVIE	Self
1966	A Company President's Life Story MOVIE	Odanaka Masanosuke (Owariya CEO)
1965	A Comedy in Front of the Station: University MOVIE	Mr. Yamamura (Yumi's father/Keiko's uncle)
1965	喜劇各駅停車 MOVIE	Self
1965	Hoodlum Soldier MOVIE	Self
1965	Nami kage MOVIE	Self
1965	Taikouki TV	Hachisuka Koroku
1964	The Enforcer MOVIE	Self
1964	Sweet Sweat MOVIE	Kaneko
1964	Manji MOVIE	Principal
1964	Gambling Den Breakdown MOVIE	Self
1964	The Sandal Keeper MOVIE	General Affairs Manager
1964	Black Challenger MOVIE	Self
1964	Pale Flower MOVIE	Imai
1964	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady MOVIE	Self
1963	Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility MOVIE	Self
1963	Fifty-Fifty MOVIE	Self
1963	The Maid Story MOVIE	Self
1963	Nonsense Boys MOVIE	Beggar
1963	The Red Water MOVIE	Self
1963	Black Dividend MOVIE	Executive Managing Director Ishigami
1963	Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai MOVIE	Sentarou Hideyama
1963	When Women Lie MOVIE	Mochizuki
1963	High and Low MOVIE	First Creditor
1963	Pressure of Guilt MOVIE	Self
1962	Elegant Beast MOVIE	Shuntaro Yoshizawa, Writer
1962	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant MOVIE	Self
1962	Marriage of the sky and the sea MOVIE	Self
1962	Chûshingura MOVIE	Self
1962	The Fencing Master MOVIE	Hyogoishi
1962	Shin kitsune to tanuki MOVIE	Self
1962	Let's Meet in Our Dreams MOVIE	Self
1962	Heso no taisho MOVIE	Self
1962	Tange Sazen: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon MOVIE	Suzukawa Genjuro
1962	Ika naru hoshi no moto ni MOVIE	Self
1962	23 Steps to Bed MOVIE	Self
1962	The Temple of Wild Geese MOVIE	Sesshū Fujimoto
1962	Kanpai! Sararīman shokun MOVIE	Self
1961	Bad Reputation Returns MOVIE	Yamaoka
1961	The Catch MOVIE	Self
1961	Tale of a Company Boss 3 MOVIE	Kurokoma
1961	The End of Summer MOVIE	Yamaguchi
1961	Tough Guy MOVIE	Yoshioka
1961	Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō MOVIE	Self
1961	A Geisha's Diary MOVIE	Yajima
1961	Playboy President: Part II MOVIE	President Oyamada
1961	Red Flowers of Hell MOVIE	Self
1961	Yojimbo MOVIE	Ushitora
1961	Playboy President MOVIE	Oyamada
1961	The Preacher of Love MOVIE	Self
1961	Love and Life MOVIE	Shigezo Hanada
1960	The Wayside Pebble MOVIE	Chusuke
1960	The Masterless 47 MOVIE	Koichi Bannai
1960	Ponkotsu MOVIE	Self
1960	Master Fencer Sees the World MOVIE	Self
1960	Internees of Kampili MOVIE	Commander Matsushita
1960	The Bad Sleep Well MOVIE	Construction Company Executive Director Kaneko
1960	This Greedy Old Skin MOVIE	Masukin
1960	The Sand City in Manchuria MOVIE	Hong
1960	Cruel Story of Youth MOVIE	Self
1960	Ôana MOVIE	Self
1960	Police Precinct Part 12 MOVIE	Self
1960	抱寝の長脇差 MOVIE	Self
1960	When a Woman Ascends the Stairs MOVIE	Bar Owner
1959	Fires on the Plain MOVIE	Army surgeon
1959	The Adventures of Kantaro MOVIE	Self
1959	Utamaro, Painter of the Woman MOVIE	Self
1959	The Black Hooded Man Rides Again MOVIE	Self
1959	Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord MOVIE	Self
1959	Odd Obsession MOVIE	Curio Dealer
1959	Room for Let MOVIE	Kanzo Kumada
1959	High Teen MOVIE	Self
1959	Fox and Raccoon MOVIE	Hyōemon Tenchuken
1959	A Whistle in My Heart MOVIE	Self
1959	The Entrapped Gangster MOVIE	Self
1959	The Human Condition I: No Greater Love MOVIE	Meisan Chô
1959	The Makioka Sisters MOVIE	Self
1959	Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period MOVIE	Self
1958	Accomplice MOVIE	Self
1958	Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring MOVIE	Heita (head clerk)
1958	Detective Duel MOVIE	Self
1958	He's the Killer MOVIE	Self
1958	Megitsune Buro MOVIE	Self
1958	First Love of Okon MOVIE	Self
1958	Giants and Toys MOVIE	Takakura Higashi
1958	The Shop Curtain MOVIE	Self
1958	Yaji and Kita on the Road MOVIE	Genban Oniyama
1958	The Precipice MOVIE	Self
1958	Chance Meeting MOVIE	Saburo Maeda
1957	Warm Current MOVIE	Self
1957	On This Earth MOVIE	Mineya
1957	The Oil-Hell Murder MOVIE	Self
1957	Travel Romances MOVIE	Self
1957	Demonfire Palanquin MOVIE	Self
1957	Geisha in the Old City MOVIE	master of Jeep
1957	Hadaka no Machi MOVIE	Self
1957	The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood MOVIE	Self
1957	Oshidori kenkagasa MOVIE	Self
1957	The Crowded Train MOVIE	Self
1957	An Osaka Story MOVIE	Self
1957	Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi MOVIE	Self
1957	Talkative Company President MOVIE	Kuroda (Managing Director)
1956	Fighting Fire Fighter MOVIE	Self
1956	I Will Buy You MOVIE	Tarô Furukawa
1956	Shozo, a Cat and Two Women MOVIE	Self
1956	The Fiery Magistrate MOVIE	Self
1956	Undercurrent MOVIE	Shinoda
1956	Travel Chronicles of Yaji and Kita MOVIE	Self
1956	Case of a Young Lord 3 MOVIE	Self
1956	Sisters of Gion MOVIE	Self
1956	Darkness at Noon MOVIE	Shiraki
1956	Story of Second Class Private, Sequel MOVIE	Self
1956	Zenigata Heiji Case Files: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse MOVIE	Self
1956	The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye MOVIE	Self
1955	A Warrior's Flute MOVIE	Self
1955	ふり袖小天狗 MOVIE	Self
1955	A Doting Parent’s Lullaby MOVIE	Self
1955	ふり袖侠艶録 MOVIE	Self
1955	Song Festival, Full Moon, and the Battle of the Raccoon Dogs MOVIE	Self
1955	Spring Voyage MOVIE	Self
1955	The Swordsman and the Actress MOVIE	Self
1954	浮かれ狐千本櫻 MOVIE	Self
1953	親馬鹿花合戦 MOVIE	Self
1952	Chronicle of the Bulbul MOVIE	Self
1952	Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil MOVIE	Self
1952	大当り黄金狂時代　 MOVIE	Self
1951	風雲児 MOVIE	Self
1950	The Tattooed Magistrate: Fallen Flowers Showdown Volume MOVIE	Self
1950	The Tattooed Magistrate: Cherry Blossoms Dance Volume MOVIE	Self
1948	Haru ranman tanuki matsuri MOVIE	Self
1948	Shachō to onna tenin MOVIE	Self
1947	聟入り豪華船 MOVIE	Self

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