Acting

Shōzaburō Date

Born December 7, 1935 (age 90)

No biography available.

Known For

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Naked Princess and Mysterious Bear ManCasebook of Dandy Sashichi: Naked Princess and Mysterious Bear Man · 1959
Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Naked Princess and Mysterious Bear Man
1959
MovieDramaCrime
This time around, Sashichi is investigating a case of serial murders believed to be perpetrated by a giant bear.
Haha yamahikoHaha yamahiko · 1952
Haha yamahiko
1952
Movie
The BetrothedThe Betrothed · 1957
The Betrothed
8.01957
MovieDrama
Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.
Giants and ToysGiants and Toys · 1958
Giants and Toys
7.11958
MovieComedyDrama
Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese WarEmperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War · 1958
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
1958
MovieHistoryWar
The Ghosts of Kagami PondThe Ghosts of Kagami Pond · 1959
The Ghosts of Kagami Pond
8.51959
MovieHorrorDrama
A store manager named Kinbei becomes enraged when the owners of the store decide to hand it down to an adopted son instead of him. He hatches a plot to murder them all, but as it turns out he has done this sort of thing before. As bodies pile up in the nearby Kagami Pond, a ghostly vengeance is about to be unleashed.
Sutekina 16-saiSutekina 16-sai · 1962
Sutekina 16-sai
1962
Movie
1962 Japanese movie
The Most Valuable WifeThe Most Valuable Wife · 1959
The Most Valuable Wife
8.01959
MovieComedyDrama
Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daughter, is married to Ichiro, the president of Mihara Shoji, and Riko, the second daughter, is married to Jiro, the managing director, and they plot to marry Kyoko to Saburo, the third son of the Mihara family. Kyoko is angry at the marriage talk that is being pushed forward without her permission, and declares that she "definitely won't get married," but before she knows it, she begins to become aware of the other person...

Filmography

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Bridge of JapanBridge of Japan · 1956
Bridge of Japan
7.81956
MovieRomanceDrama
Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic melodramas—and re-evaluate it as a tanbi-ha work of decadence, aestheticism, and intrigue. Ichikawa's film presents the tragic plot of the young geisha who is unable to enact her love for a man publicly in any way other than a histrionic story of torment, a heart-rending tale of lovers being crushed by fate. Instead, Ichikawa shows the contest of wills that transpires as two geisha, Oko and Kiyoha fight for the top spot in Nihonbashi, the pinnacle of the Tokyo geisha world. Nihonbashi is an elegant, if steely, exposition of manners. The young doctor, Shinzo Katsuragi, is the object of affection for both women, but appears to be more the choice reward for the plotting and thieving of these two early modern superwomen, than a lover they swoon over.
The Pacific War and the International Military TribunalThe Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal · 1959
The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal
8.01959
MovieWar
In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and her forces push forward to the borders of India. But gradually the tide turns in favour of the Allies and after the atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is compelled to accept the Potsdam Declaration and by the order of the Emperor agrees to unconditional surrender. Under the supervision of the occupation forces the International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo to try the Japanese war leaders. Established in the cause of justice, and to prevent future aggressive wars the trials drag on for two and a half years. And on December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six other war leaders mount the thirteen steps to the gallows at Tokyo's Sugamo prison.

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