Kyū Sazanka

was a Japanese actor.

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). He made his film debut in 1946.

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