Saburō Shinoda

Japanese actor

Saburō Shinoda
篠田三郎
Born	Haruo Ohtsuka (1948-12-05) December 5, 1948 (age 75) Tokyo, Japan
Years active	1966–present
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Saburo Shinoda (篠田三郎, Shinoda Saburō, born December 5, 1948, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actor who has played roles in films and television dramas. He signed with Daiei film and made his film debut with Gan in 1966.^[1]^[2]

He is famous for playing the role of Kotaro Higashi in Ultraman Taro.^[2] He is the only original Ultraman actor to have not reprised his role in any other Ultraman film or television series.

Filmography

Drama Series

1973: Ultraman Taro as Higashi Kotaro
1979: Kusa Moeru, Minamoto no Sanetomo
1984: Sanga Moyu, Keisuke Mishima
1988: Takeda Shingen, Yamagata Masakage
1989: Onihei Hankachō as Sakai
1994: Hana no Ran, Gan'ami
1996: Hideyoshi, Niwa Nagahide
2000: The One Stringed Harp
2002: Golden Bowl
2009: A Secret in Summer
2014: Mozu Season 2 - Maboroshi no Tsubasa

Films

1966: Gan
1966: Red Angel
1967: Zen'in shugo shirizu 1
1968: The Time of Reckoning
1968: Gamera vs. Viras
1970: Innocent Sinner
1970: High-School Boss
1972: Uta
1974: Lived in a Dream
1975: I Am a Cat
1976: Between Wife and Woman
1982: The Tower of Lilies
1982: The Imperial
1983: Hometown
1983: Okinawan Boys
1989: Sadako Story
1991: Earth
1992: Godzilla vs. Mothra
1995: Godzilla vs. Destroyer
2000: The Frame
2000: Not Forgotten
2002: Mori no Gakko
2004: Izo
2007: The Kiss
2008: Yamazakura
2011: Hayabusa: Back to the Earth
2020: Hayabusa 2: Reborn, narrator

TV Films

1989: Nemuri Kyōshirō
2012: Missing Person
2016: Simple is Best

References

^ "Saburo Shinoda". 劇団民芸. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Saburo Shinoda profile". NHK. Retrieved August 5, 2021.

Screening of 'Takamine' at Norton Simon Museum;The Rafu Shimpo-13 Jul 2012;

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McDonald,K.I.;From Book to Screen: Modern Japanese Literature in Films: Modern ...;2016;[2]
Ryfie,S.;Japan's Favorite Mon-star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G";1998;[3]
DVD "NECHYOSHA Photonikle" released on September 18, 2015 Selling agency - Digital Ultra Project DUPJ-133

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