Kyū Sazanka

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

Kyū Sazanka
Sazanka (center) as one of the Akireta Boys
Born	Mineo Suehiro (1914-04-01)April 1, 1914 Chūō-ku, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Died	March 4, 1971(1971-03-04) (aged 56)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1932–1970

Career

Sazanka debuted as a singer in Asakusa in 1932 and was active on the vaudeville circuit as a member of the Akireta Bōizu (Boys).^[1] He made his film debut in 1946.^[1]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director
1955	Meoto zenzai	Kyōichi	Shirō Toyoda
	Takekurabe	Tatsugorō	Heinosuke Gosho
1956	Mahiru no ankoku	Shiraki	Tadashi Imai
	Koi Sugata Kitsune Goten	Fujimaru	Nobuo Nakagawa
1957	An Osaka Story		Kōzaburō Yoshimura
	Oshidori kenkagasa		Ryō Hagiwara
1958	Giants and Toys	Ryûzô Higashi	Yasuzo Masumura
	Yūrakuchō de Aimashō	Saburō Maeda	Koji Shima
1959	The Human Condition	Chang	Masaki Kobayashi
	Odd Obsession	Curio dealer	Kon Ichikawa
1960	When a Woman Ascends the Stairs	Bar owner	Mikio Naruse
	Cruel Story of Youth		Nagisa Oshima
	The Bad Sleep Well	Kaneko	Akira Kurosawa
1961	Yojimbo	Ushitora	Akira Kurosawa
	Akumyō	Yoshioka	Tokuzō Tanaka
	Zoku Akumyō	Yoshioka	Tokuzō Tanaka
	The End of Summer	Yamaguchi	Yasujirō Ozu
1962	Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki	Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu	Hiroshi Inagaki
1963	High and Low	Creditor	Akira Kurosawa
1964	Pale Flower	Boss Imai	Masahiro Shinoda
1965	The Hoodlum Soldier		Yasuzo Masumura

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1965	Taikōki	Hachisuka Masakatsu	NHK	Taiga drama