Kyū Sazanka: movies and TV shows
Kyū Sazanka has 146 credits in the archive: 145 films and 1 TV series, from 1947 to 1969. Highest rated: High and Low (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1947 – 1969 · busiest year: 1957 (16 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Bonds of Love | Hamuro | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1968 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune | Kyutaro Kanamura | Film | — | 54 |
| 1968 | Woman Gambler Is Coming | Film | 7.0 | 54 | |
| 1968 | High School Geisha | Film | 9.0 | 54 | |
| 1967 | Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire! | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1967 | Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda! | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1966 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga | President Iyami | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1966 | Silence Has No Wings | Film | 6.9 | 52 | |
| 1966 | A Company President's Life Story | Odanaka Masanosuke (Owariya CEO) | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1966 | The Man from Planet Alpha | Film | 8.0 | 52 | |
| 1965 | Taikouki | Hachisuka Koroku | TV | — | 51 |
| 1965 | Nami kage | Film | 8.0 | 51 | |
| 1965 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: University | Mr. Yamamura (Yumi's father/Keiko's uncle) | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1965 | Hoodlum Soldier | Film | 7.2 | 51 | |
| 1965 | Retirement of a Train Engineer | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1964 | Manji | Principal | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1964 | Pale Flower | Imai | Film | 7.4 | 50 |
| 1964 | Sweet Sweat | Kaneko | Film | 8.3 | 50 |
| 1964 | The Enforcer | Film | 8.0 | 50 | |
| 1964 | Japan's No. 1 Braggart | General Affairs Manager | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1964 | Gambling Den Breakdown | Film | 8.0 | 50 | |
| 1964 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady | Film | 10.0 | 50 | |
| 1964 | Black Challenger | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1963 | High and Low | First Creditor | Film | 8.4 | 49 |
| 1963 | Dobuike | Tanaka | Film | — | 49 |
| 1963 | When Women Lie | Mochizuki | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1963 | Pressure of Guilt | Film | 7.5 | 49 | |
| 1963 | The Maid Story | Film | 10.0 | 49 | |
| 1963 | Black Dividend | Executive Managing Director Ishigami | Film | — | 49 |
| 1963 | Nonsense Boys | Beggar | Film | — | 49 |
| 1963 | The Red Water | Film | 8.0 | 49 | |
| 1963 | Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility | Film | 10.0 | 49 | |
| 1963 | Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai | Sentarou Hideyama | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1963 | Fifty-Fifty | Film | 10.0 | 49 | |
| 1962 | 23 Steps to Bed | Film | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1962 | Chûshingura | Film | 7.1 | 48 | |
| 1962 | Elegant Beast | Shuntaro Yoshizawa | Film | 7.3 | 48 |
| 1962 | The Temple of Wild Geese | Sesshū Fujimoto | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1962 | The Fencing Master | Hyogoishi | Film | 5.9 | 48 |
| 1962 | Heso no taisho | Film | 10.0 | 48 | |
| 1962 | Let's Meet in Our Dreams | Film | 8.0 | 48 | |
| 1962 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant | Film | 8.0 | 48 | |
| 1962 | Tange Sazen: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon | Suzukawa Genjuro | Film | 7.8 | 48 |
| 1962 | Shin kitsune to tanuki | Film | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1962 | Kanpai! Sararīman shokun | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1962 | Ika naru hoshi no moto ni | Film | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1962 | Marriage of the Sky and the Sea | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1961 | Yojimbo | Ushitora | Film | 8.1 | 47 |
| 1961 | The End of Summer | Yamaguchi | Film | 7.5 | 47 |
| 1961 | A Geisha's Diary | Yajima | Film | 7.5 | 47 |
| 1961 | The Catch | Film | 6.5 | 47 | |
| 1961 | Playboy President | Oyamada | Film | 10.0 | 47 |
| 1961 | Playboy President: Part II | President Oyamada | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1961 | Tough Guy | Yoshioka | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1961 | Tale of a Company Boss 3 | Kurokoma | Film | — | 47 |
| 1961 | Bad Reputation Returns | Yamaoka | Film | 4.8 | 47 |
| 1961 | Red Flowers of Hell | Film | 7.0 | 47 | |
| 1961 | The Preacher of Love | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1961 | Love and Life | Shigezo Hanada | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1961 | Kawachi fudoki zoku oiro ke seppō | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1960 | The Bad Sleep Well | Construction Company Executive Director Kaneko | Film | 7.7 | 46 |
| 1960 | Cruel Story of Youth | Film | 6.6 | 46 | |
| 1960 | When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | Bar Owner | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1960 | Police Precinct Part 12 | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1960 | The Sand City in Manchuria | Hong | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1960 | The Masterless 47 | Koichi Bannai | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1960 | Ponkotsu | Film | 10.0 | 46 | |
| 1960 | The Wayside Pebble | Chusuke | Film | — | 46 |
| 1960 | Internees of Kampili | Commander Matsushita | Film | — | 46 |
| 1960 | Master Fencer Sees the World | Film | 9.0 | 46 | |
| 1960 | This Greedy Old Skin | Masukin | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1960 | Ôana | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1960 | Dakine no nagawakizashi | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1959 | The Human Condition I: No Greater Love | Meisan Chô | Film | 8.1 | 45 |
| 1959 | Room for Let | Kanzo Kumada | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1959 | Fires on the Plain | Army surgeon | Film | 7.6 | 45 |
| 1959 | Odd Obsession | Curio Dealer | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1959 | The Entrapped Gangster | Film | 9.0 | 45 | |
| 1959 | A Whistle in My Heart | Film | 6.7 | 45 | |
| 1959 | The Makioka Sisters | Film | 8.5 | 45 | |
| 1959 | Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period | Film | 10.0 | 45 | |
| 1959 | High Teen | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1959 | The Black Hooded Man Rides Again | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1959 | Utamaro, Painter of the Woman | Film | 9.0 | 45 | |
| 1959 | Fox and Raccoon | Hyōemon Tenchuken | Film | 9.0 | 45 |
| 1959 | The Adventures of Kantaro | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1959 | Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord | Film | 8.0 | 45 | |
| 1958 | First Love of Okon | Film | 5.0 | 44 | |
| 1958 | He's the Killer | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1958 | Giants and Toys | Takakura Higashi | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1958 | The Precipice | Film | 9.0 | 44 | |
| 1958 | Chance Meeting | Saburo Maeda | Film | 10.0 | 44 |
| 1958 | Accomplice | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1958 | Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring | Heita (head clerk) | Film | — | 44 |
| 1958 | The Shop Curtain | Film | 8.0 | 44 | |
| 1958 | Detective Duel | Film | 6.0 | 44 | |
| 1958 | Megitsune Buro | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1958 | Yaji and Kita on the Road | Genban Oniyama | Film | — | 44 |
| 1957 | Hadaka no Machi | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1957 | An Osaka Story | Film | 6.0 | 43 | |
| 1957 | Ninjō misui | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1957 | Ujō | Senzo Tomioka | Film | — | 43 |
| 1957 | A Tale of Dung and Urine | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1957 | On This Earth | Mineya | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1957 | Warm Current | Film | 7.8 | 43 | |
| 1957 | Travel Romances | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1957 | The Crowded Train | Film | 6.8 | 43 | |
| 1957 | Geisha in the Old City | master of Jeep | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1957 | Talkative Company President | Kuroda (Managing Director) | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1957 | Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Cursed Coin | Film | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1957 | The Oil-Hell Murder | Film | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1957 | Oshidori kenkagasa | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1957 | Demonfire Palanquin | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1957 | The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood | Film | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1956 | Darkness at Noon | Shiraki | Film | 6.9 | 42 |
| 1956 | I Will Buy You | Tarô Furukawa | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1956 | Undercurrent | Shinoda | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 1956 | Shozo, a Cat and Two Women | Film | 6.7 | 42 | |
| 1956 | The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye | Film | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1956 | Travel Chronicles of Yaji and Kita | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1956 | Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1956 | Story of Second Class Private, Sequel | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1956 | Fighting Fire Fighter | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1956 | Case of a Young Lord 3 | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1956 | Sisters of Gion | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1956 | The Fiery Magistrate | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1955 | Spring Voyage | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1955 | A Warrior's Flute | Film | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 1955 | The Swordsman and the Actress | Film | 5.0 | 41 | |
| 1955 | Song Festival, Full Moon, and the Battle of the Raccoon Dogs | Film | 9.0 | 41 | |
| 1955 | ふり袖小天狗 | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1955 | A Doting Parent’s Lullaby | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1955 | ふり袖侠艶録 | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1954 | 浮かれ狐千本櫻 | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1953 | 親馬鹿花合戦 | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1952 | Coward at Ganryu Island | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1952 | Chronicle of the Bulbul | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1952 | 大当り黄金狂時代 | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1952 | Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1951 | 風雲児 | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1950 | The Tattooed Magistrate: Fallen Flowers Showdown Volume | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1950 | The Tattooed Magistrate: Cherry Blossoms Dance Volume | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1948 | Shachō to onna tenin | Film | 10.0 | 34 | |
| 1948 | Oyabaka taishō | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1948 | Haru ranman tanuki matsuri | Film | 10.0 | 34 | |
| 1947 | A Luxurious Ship for the Bridegroom | Film | — | 33 |