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Shin Saburi

Shin Saburi

Actor · Died September 22, 1982, aged 73 · Utashinai, Hokkaido, Japan

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Shin Saburi (佐分利 信, Saburi Shin; February 12, 1909 in Hokkaidō, Japan – September 22, 1982) was a Japanese film actor noted for his leading roles in a number of films by the director Yasujiro Ozu including Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941), Tea Over Rice (1952), Equinox Flower (1958) and Late Autumn (1960). Description above from the Wikipedia article Shin Saburi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 12, 1909
Died
September 22, 1982 (aged 73)
From
Utashinai, Hokkaido, Japan
Works as
Actor
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 120 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 6% in 30 days

What are Shin Saburi's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Power.

Genres

Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 97th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 96th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
30%
Power
18%
Society
17%
Morality
13%
Self
10%
Ideas
8%
Survival
5%
Family bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeTradition vs change2 titles, browse their movies with this themePower2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 3

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
5
Contemplative
4
Tense
3
Warm
2
Bittersweet
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Bittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet3
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Shin Saburi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Shin Saburi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

120 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.

  • Countryside Accountant's Government Reform (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Sukezaemon Tsuda

  • Fossilized Wilderness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Actor

  • Island of the Evil Spirits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Daizen Osakabe

  • Magnitude 7.9 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Actor

  • The Wicked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Chief Judge

  • May Love Be Restored(1980)

    as Jishu Tagami

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Fixer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Actor

  • The Three Undelivered Letters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Mitsumasa

  • Ashura no Gotoku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 7 episodes · Actor

  • Glowing Autumn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Kageyama Ryōzō

  • August Without Emperor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Gozo Ohata

  • Japanese Godfather: Conclusion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Kazumasa Sakura

  • The Incident(1978)

    as Judge Tanimoto

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Japanese Godfather: Ambition(1977)

    as Kazumasa Sakura

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Devil's Island(1977)

    as Priest Ryonen

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Japan's Don(1977)

    as Kazumasa Sakura

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Frozen River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Actor

  • The Fossil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Tajihei Itsuki

  • The Castle of Sand(1974)

    as Ex-Finance Minister, Shigeki Tadokoro

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Daisuke Manpyo

  • Rise, Fair Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    as Inagi

  • Fossil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Show 8 episodes · as Tajihei Kazuki

  • Ashita Koso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 315 episodes · as 画家・重宗恒有

  • Akatsuki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 313 episodes · as 佐田正之助

  • The Rokumeikan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Actor

  • Shiroi minamikaze (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Actor

  • Uzu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Actor

  • Hunting Rifle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Josuke Misugi

  • Late Autumn(1960)

    as Soichi Mamiya

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Shiroi Kiba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Tosaku Tashiro

  • When a Woman Loves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Reisaku Niizu

  • Tokyo Omnibus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Actor

  • Otome no inori (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Director · Actor

  • The Cast-Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Sahei Sanada

  • Flower Shop Curtain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Actor

  • Goodbye, Hello (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Gosuke Aota

  • I Want to Be a Shellfish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Lieutenant-General Yano

  • Equinox Flower(1958)

    as Wataru Hirayama

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Thirst (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Actor

  • Vice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Director · as Kaji Sosuke

  • On This Earth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Ichiro Amano

  • Seagull of the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Director · Actor

  • Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Isoroku Yamamoto

  • Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Taniyama’s Father

  • Settlement of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Director · as Narasaki

  • Fountainhead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Actor

  • Rainy Night Duel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Masazumi Asaji

  • Image of Mother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Actor

  • The Refugee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Actor

  • Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Director

  • Hanran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Director

  • Hiroba no kōdoku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Director · as Kotaro Haraguchi

  • Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Director · Actor

  • Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Director · Actor

  • Dôkoku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Director · Actor

  • The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice(1952)

    as Mokichi Satake

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Divorce (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Daisuke Sakuma

  • The Waves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Actor

  • The Stormy Era of Twenty Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Director · Actor

  • Ah, Youth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Director · Actor

  • Freedom School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Actor

  • The Woman’s Reflective Pool (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Manabe

  • The Actress and the Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Actor

  • Homecoming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Actor

  • Probation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Director · Actor

  • First Love Questions and Answers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Actor

  • Jigoku no fue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Actor

  • Farewell Tango (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Oi Taisuke

  • 娘十八嘘つき時代 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Actor

  • Jealousy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Actor

  • Komadori fujin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Actor

  • Temptation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Ryukichi

  • Rira no hana wasureji (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Actor

  • Kanojo no hatsugen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Actor

  • Sennichimae fukin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Actor

  • The Young Women of Izu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Actor

  • Three Women of the North (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Actor

  • Army (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Captain

  • Field Army Orchestra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Sonoda

  • Nichijô no tatakai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Actor

  • Sinking the Unsinkable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Actor

  • Wakaki sugata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Karasawa, army doctor

  • Dancing with a Mask (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Tsuneoka Shinichiro

  • Our Planes Fly South (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Actor

  • South Wind 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Actor

  • South Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Actor

  • The Spy Has Not Died Yet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Actor

  • There Was a Father(1942)

    as Yasutaro Kurokawa

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Record of a Woman Doctor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Actor

  • Dawn Chorus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Actor

  • Let's Go in Good Spirits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Actor

  • The Flower is not False (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Actor

  • Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Shojiro Toda

  • Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Matsuda

  • Kinuyo's First Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Actor

  • Warm Current (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Yuzo Hibiki

  • Weeds with flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Actor

  • Zoku aizen katsura (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Actor

  • A Brother and His Younger Sister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Keisuke Mamiya

  • Southern Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Actor

  • Family Diary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Shuzo Ubukata

  • The Tree of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Actor

  • The Masseurs and a Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Shintaro Omura

  • Mother and Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Terao

  • Half Virgin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Actor

  • Marching Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Actor

  • A Man's Recompense: Part 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Actor

  • A Man's Recompense: Part 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Actor

  • The Trio's Engagements (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Shin Miki

  • The Golden Demon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Jôsuke Arao

  • Lady Doctor Kinuyo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Yasuo Asano

  • Vermilion and Green (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Actor

  • Moon Over the Ruins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Miura

  • The New Road: Ryota (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Actor

  • The New Road: Akemi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Actor

  • Housewife Camellia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Actor

  • Men vs. Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Actor

  • Woman in the Mist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Doctor

  • Family Meeting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Takayuki Shigezumi

  • Burden of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Kimimasa Hashimoto

Career shape

Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 120 titles from 1935 to 1987; peak year 1960.

Biggest box office

Equinox Flower (1958)

$18K worldwide

Highest rated

Late Autumn (1960)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

19351987

Peak 1960 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting118 of 120: 107 only acting, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score84thDirecting13 of 120: 2 only directing, 11 with another role

120 titles, 11 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 11 of them.

By decade

1930s25 · acting1940s29 · acting1950s35 · 33 acting · 13 crew1960s9 · acting1970s16 · acting1980s6 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 29% of 7 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Shin Saburi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 84th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 92nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th4

Shape of the crowd

None of their 10 titles divides audiences: 5 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed1

Most loved · actor

Late Autumn (1960)

Midcredits 97th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the acting 80/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Shin Saburi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Shin Saburi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Chishū Ryū shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers