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SABU

SABU

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Sabu (サブ, Sabu, born November 18, 1964) is the pseudonym of Japanese actor and director Hiroyuki Tanaka. Born in Wakayama Prefecture, Sabu studied at an Osaka fashion school before deciding to go to Tokyo to become a professional musician. It was suggested he try acting and in 1986 he made his film debut in Sorobanzuku. He earned his first starring role in the 1991 World Apartment Horror, a live-action film directed by Katsuhiro Ōtomo of Akira fame. Working from a script he wrote himself, he made his directorial debut with the 1996 Dangan Runner, a film that set his early style of "quirky action-comedies propelled by characters who hurtle headlong though squirming narratives steered more by the forces of incidence and coincidence than the actions of the protagonists themselves." Shin'ichi Tsutsumi played the lead in Sabu's first five films. Blessing Bell, starring Susumu Terajima (who has played minor roles in nearly all of Sabu's films), was a turn away from his kinetic, parodic, and black comedy narratives, and earned the NETPAC Award at the 2003 Berlin Film Festival. Later films featured the J-pop band V6. In 2009, he directed The Crab Cannery Ship, a modern adaptation of a classic of Japanese proletarian literature written by Takiji Kobayashi. He has continued to work as an actor, such as in Takashi Miike's Ichi the Killer (2001). His film Chasuke's Journey was selected to be screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.

Born: November 18, 1964 (Age 59) in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

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SABU  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
7.2
ActorKaneko2001
Movie
6.2
ActorFujikuro (as Sabu)1994
Movie
5.7
ActorIta1991
Movie
7
Actor1996
Movie
7.5
ActorKurokawa1997
Movie
7.1
ActorSamurai #12016
Movie
7.2
Actor2003
Movie
6.5
Actor1995
Movie
6.9
ActorPatron2006
Movie
5.2
Actor1994
Movie
6.9
ActorKyoichi Nakazawa1994
Movie
5.1
Actor1991
Movie
6.4
ActorBank Robber1998
Movie
6
ActorSekikawa1996
Movie
6.8
Actor1992
Movie
6.7
ActorDomoto1995
Movie
6.7
ActorDomoto1995
Movie
6.2
Actor1996
Movie
7
DirectingDirector, Writer2002
Movie
7.4
DirectingScreenplay, Director2011
Movie
5.8
DirectingScreenplay, Director2015
Movie
6.7
DirectingScreenplay, Director2005
Movie
6.9
DirectingScreenplay, Director2002
Movie
6.5
DirectingScreenplay, Director2017
Movie
6
DirectingScreenplay, Director2003
Movie
6.4
DirectingDirector, Writer2005
Movie
5.8
DirectingScreenplay, Director2009
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector, Writer2013
Movie
7.2
DirectingScreenplay, Director2000
Movie
7.1
DirectingScreenplay, Director2017
Movie
7
DirectingDirector, Screenplay1996
Movie
7.5
DirectingDirector, Writer1997
Movie
6.4
DirectingDirector, Writer1998
Movie
6.6
DirectingScreenplay, Director, Editor2018
Movie
6.5
DirectingScreenplay, Director, Editor2021
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector, Editor, Writer2019
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector2023
TV Show
7.4
DirectingDirector, Screenplay, Creator
12 Episodes
2010
Short Film
5.9
DirectingDirector2003
Limited Series
7.8
DirectingDirector, Teleplay, Editor
8 Episodes
2021-2021
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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