Saburo Komyoji

Acting

Known For & Full Filmography18 Titles

#1Samurai from Nowhere

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.2 / 10
ActionAdventure

Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter of the clan's chief counselor who married the low-ranking Ihei to avoid becoming the clan lord's mistress. Into the mix comes Oba Gunjuro (Tetsurō Tamba), a mysterious ronin who will do anything for money. This leads to a fitting climax as the forces of hate and love converge while the couple attempt to break through the border!

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#2The Adventures of Chuji

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

10.0 / 10

Chuji Kunisada runs into strange adventures which tests his skill as a samurai as he untangles intrigue and murder against the backdrop of the majestic Mount Akagi.

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#3続々々番頭はんと丁稚どん チャンポン旅行

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10

1961 Japanese movie

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#4A Tale of Dung and Urine

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10
Comedy

In a provincial Japanese town, an entrepreneurial sanitation collector is drawn into the world of local politics, only to discover that the prosperity he helped create will benefit everyone but himself.

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#5Disappearance in the Night

Movie - 1959, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10
Mystery

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#6兵六大臣行状記 漁色のこよみ

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10

1961 Japanese movie

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#7Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as 万兵衛

8.8 / 10

One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya, revealing herself to a beautiful woman. She told the owner, Shigebē, that she had come to collect a life he owed from twenty years ago and then left. The same night, Maruiya Genbē also received a visit from the woman's palanquin, and nearby, a man named Manbē was murdered. The detective Hayanawa Gohē concluded the murder was the work of a fox spirit, but another detective, Den Shichi, skeptical of this theory, noticed footprints on the tatami and decided to investigate further.

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#8Tsukigata Hanpeita

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
DramaHistory

During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt government and end the bloodshed between the Choshu and Satsuma clans which would ultimately lead to the alliance of these 2 clans and restoration of the emperor to full power. Based on the play that made Sawada Shojiro famous, this is the story of Tsukigata Hanpeita, a forward looking samurai from Choshu, who along with Katsura Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma of Tosa worked to bring their dream of a new era in Japan.

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#9Denshichi Torimonocho: Silver Snake Spell

Movie - 1959, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10
HorrorThriller

The eleventh episode of the Denshichi Torimonocho series. Around the time of Shogun Ienari, a murderer known as a ghost hikyaku appeared in Edo, raping and killing young girls one after another. One night, a notice was recieved that Oichi, the daughter of Wakasa Kanayu of the small construction group, would be taken away. The mansion was surrounded by ten and twenty layers of people including Denshichi, who was asked to guard the house, and Sesshinsai Ohba, the owner of the dojo. Four seconds later, a violent explosion suddenly occurred.

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#10The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

10.0 / 10
DramaHistory

The head of Oshu, Harumichi Honma, was ordered by the boat bugyo (Commissioner of the board) Tajima Kuze to extract five gold coins to the Shogun family in Edo, and put it into Ryujin Maru. However, Tajima, who was the chief retainer of the shogunate, said that he was a member of the board, tetsugoro Funabashi, kumiyumi no Kami ichibei, and his son, masakichi, and others, and in the middle of the night, he killed all the members with poison in the night of the storm, threw Masayoshi, who was a fellow of the city, and masakichi, who escaped from the death of poison, into the sea and sank the boat to eliminate evidence.

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#11Honno-Ji in Flames

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.3 / 10
DramaHistory

The plot is based on the novel "Akechi Samanosuke no Koi," the final work in a trilogy by Hiroshi Kato about the forced suicide of Oda Nobunaga at the temple Honnoji. Historically, the general Akechi Mitsuhide is credited with causing Nobunaga's downfall. Kato's novel focuses on Mitsuhide's nephew Samanosuke, who fought alongside his uncle during the assault on Honnoji.

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#12The Tragedy of Bushido

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

10.0 / 10
Drama

A 16-year-old boy is ordered to commit ritual suicide to follow his deceased lord into death and preserve the honor of his clan. His elder brother's wife, who has raised him as if he were her own child, asks her husband for permission to spend a single night with the young man and teach him the pleasures of the flesh, out of motherly mercy and desire. However, the following day, a newly issued official decree changes everything...

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#13Akagi no komori-uta

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10

Film directed by Tadashi Ashihara

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#14Seizoroi momoiro goten

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10

1957 Japanese movie

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#15The Further Adventures of Genta

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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#16Echigo jishi-sai

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10

1960 version of Lion Festival of Echigo

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#17The Missing Heir

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as 仲間助十

8.8 / 10

Ginpei, in an act of desperation to get money for his gravely ill mother, was laughed at and ended up fighting with the companions of the castle patrol Matsunomura Genba, including Onimatsu. He was later reconciled by the family elder Ishikawa Yoriimo, who also gave him some money. Returning home happily, Ginpei found that his mother had already passed away. Okin, the daughter of a soba shop owner, comforted the heartbroken Ginpei, who in gratitude became affiliated with the Ishikawa household. Ginpei, a ruffian but ordinarily a quiet and honest man, became favored by Yoriimo's wife Chiyo and their child Harunosuke, and he began to accompany Yoriimo to the castle. Inside the castle, the family elder Otsuki Gyobu was in cahoots with Yoshitada's favorite concubine, Osada no Kata, and together with the treacherous Genba, they were plotting to establish Osada no Kata's child, Seinosuke, as the heir.

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#18Sakon Detective Story: Handprint in Fresh Blood

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10
Drama

An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

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