Saburo Tokito

Acting

Saburo Tokito

Born February 4, 1958 · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan (age 68)

Saburō Tokitō (時任三郎, Tokitō Saburō) is a Japanese actor and singer. He won the award for best actor at the 9th Yokohama Film Festival for Eien no 1/2 and at the 9th Hochi Film Award for The Miracle of Joe Petrel.

Known For

A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in SaigonA Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon · 1989
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
6.41989
MovieActionCrime
Before the events of A Better Tomorrow (1986), Mark 'Gor' Lee heads to Saigon during the Vietnam War to bring home his uncle and cousin, but his task becomes complicated when a well-known criminal tries to help him.
Survival FamilySurvival Family · 2017
Survival Family
7.32017
MovieComedyDrama
A world wide electrical outage occurs. Everything that requires electricity comes to a stop. Tokyo is nearly ruined. Yoshiyuki Suzuki decides to escape from Tokyo with his family.
The House of WedlockThe House of Wedlock · 1986
The House of Wedlock
8.01986
MovieComedyDrama
Tokiko Enomoto finds out that her husband Kazuya, who mostly lives at an apartment near his work while she and their children live at home, has been having an affair with a live-in mistress, Ryōko, at his apartment. Tokiko tells her two sons, Tarō and Jirō, that she has decided to divorce their father. The children are shocked but understand their mother's position. Kazuya realizes the damage he has done and tries to remedy the situation.
Woman from Hong KongWoman from Hong Kong · 1990
Woman from Hong Kong
1990
Movie
In 1997, a female detective from Hong Kong passed an exam for a man who dreamed of becoming a senior detective, which produced a series of stories.
うちの弁護士はまたしても手がかかるうちの弁護士はまたしても手がかかる · 2026
うちの弁護士はまたしても手がかかる
5.02026
MovieTV MovieDrama
Gate of YouthGate of Youth · 1981
Gate of Youth
7.21981
MovieDrama
The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner. Ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of his life. Shinsuke's father a group leader at the mine, dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a friendly Harley-riding yakuza boss. This movie has it all, drama, romance, sex, yakuza and violence! It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine Shukan Gendai in 1969-70.
Happy FlightHappy Flight · 2008
Happy Flight
6.42008
MovieComedyDrama
A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers.
Fortuna's EyeFortuna's Eye · 2019
Fortuna's Eye
6.62019
MovieDrama
Shinichiro Kiyama is completely alone in the world. One day, he realizes he possesses "Fortuna's Eye", an ability through which people whose death is drawing near appear transparent to him. It is a gift that torments him. Then he meets a cheerful, optimistic girl Aoi Kiryu who makes him feel at ease. Shinichiro develops feelings for her, but after a brief period of happiness, Aoi's body suddenly starts turning transparent.

Movies

A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in SaigonA Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon · 1989
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
6.41989
MovieActionCrime
Before the events of A Better Tomorrow (1986), Mark 'Gor' Lee heads to Saigon during the Vietnam War to bring home his uncle and cousin, but his task becomes complicated when a well-known criminal tries to help him.
Survival FamilySurvival Family · 2017
Survival Family
7.32017
MovieComedyDrama
A world wide electrical outage occurs. Everything that requires electricity comes to a stop. Tokyo is nearly ruined. Yoshiyuki Suzuki decides to escape from Tokyo with his family.
The House of WedlockThe House of Wedlock · 1986
The House of Wedlock
8.01986
MovieComedyDrama
Tokiko Enomoto finds out that her husband Kazuya, who mostly lives at an apartment near his work while she and their children live at home, has been having an affair with a live-in mistress, Ryōko, at his apartment. Tokiko tells her two sons, Tarō and Jirō, that she has decided to divorce their father. The children are shocked but understand their mother's position. Kazuya realizes the damage he has done and tries to remedy the situation.
Woman from Hong KongWoman from Hong Kong · 1990
Woman from Hong Kong
1990
Movie
In 1997, a female detective from Hong Kong passed an exam for a man who dreamed of becoming a senior detective, which produced a series of stories.
うちの弁護士はまたしても手がかかるうちの弁護士はまたしても手がかかる · 2026
うちの弁護士はまたしても手がかかる
5.02026
MovieTV MovieDrama
Gate of YouthGate of Youth · 1981
Gate of Youth
7.21981
MovieDrama
The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner. Ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of his life. Shinsuke's father a group leader at the mine, dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a friendly Harley-riding yakuza boss. This movie has it all, drama, romance, sex, yakuza and violence! It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine Shukan Gendai in 1969-70.
Happy FlightHappy Flight · 2008
Happy Flight
6.42008
MovieComedyDrama
A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers.
Fortuna's EyeFortuna's Eye · 2019
Fortuna's Eye
6.62019
MovieDrama
Shinichiro Kiyama is completely alone in the world. One day, he realizes he possesses "Fortuna's Eye", an ability through which people whose death is drawing near appear transparent to him. It is a gift that torments him. Then he meets a cheerful, optimistic girl Aoi Kiryu who makes him feel at ease. Shinichiro develops feelings for her, but after a brief period of happiness, Aoi's body suddenly starts turning transparent.
Brave Hearts: UmizaruBrave Hearts: Umizaru · 2012
Brave Hearts: Umizaru
6.22012
MovieActionDrama
Mika is a flight attendant on board an airplane scheduled to land at Haneda Airport. On the way to the airport the airplane's engine starts to burn. In order to save the 346 people on board the airplane, sea marshall Daisuke Senzaki and his team are called into action ...
The Lightning TreeThe Lightning Tree · 2010
The Lightning Tree
7.02010
MovieHistoryDrama
Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called "Raiou" (the tree was struck by lightning at one time with the broken part eventually sprouting out cherry blossoms). The young woman lived freely in the mountains after she was abducted as a young child. The couple soon fall in love under the Raiou tree, but become acutely aware of their different social positions & the ramifications it has on their relationship.
Dr. Coto's ClinicDr. Coto's Clinic · 2022
Dr. Coto's Clinic
7.62022
MovieDrama
In this drama set on Shikina Island, a far-flung island of the Japanese archipelago located more than six hours from the Japanese main islands, the young physician Kensuke Goto arrives at the island and has to deal with the island's inhabitants, not eager to accept him, at a clinic lacking sufficient medical equipment. Here's a human drama showing how Dr. Coto values the dignity of human life while unflinchingly facing disease with a serious attitude.
Umizaru 3: The Last MessageUmizaru 3: The Last Message · 2010
Umizaru 3: The Last Message
7.12010
MovieActionDrama
While a menacing typhoon approaches, an accident at the giant natural gas plant Regalia occurs. Japan Coast Guard rescue divers Daisuke Senzaki (Hideaki Ito), Tetsuya Yoshioka (Ryuta Sato) and engineer Hiroshiichirou Sakuragi (Masaya Kato) head together to the gas plant. During their rescue efforts an explosion occurs that traps Daisuke, Natsu Nishizawa Kazue Fukiishi and worker Hisayoneo Kizima (Gaku Hamada). Daisuke then looks for a way out for his party with a man he just meets Takuya Hotori. Because of the typhoon, even a helicopter cannot approach the Regalia. Meanwhile, at the head office of the Japan Coast Guard, the Japanese coast guard tries to find a way to rescue the trapped people, but the government officials put national interests first. Tension arises between these two parties. Daisuke's wife Tamakisai Senzaki (Ai Kato) prays for the safe return of Daisuke not only for her sake, but for their new born son.
The Lady in a Black DressThe Lady in a Black Dress · 1987
The Lady in a Black Dress
6.51987
MovieDramaCrime
A woman named Fujiki Asuka arrives as an acquaintance of a sister in law for a day under the bar master Tamura who had guided Yakuza's escaping as a shoji. Tamura who lives on the second floor of the store for the time being the son who wants to work here. A few days later, Tamura finds a handgun from Yuko's baggage and holds a suspicion.
Spy GamesSpy Games · 1989
Spy Games
6.01989
MovieActionComedy
A japanese singer believes her father has been kidnapped. She goes to Hong Kong to find him.
Jungle Emperor: Courage Changes the FutureJungle Emperor: Courage Changes the Future · 2009
Jungle Emperor: Courage Changes the Future
4.52009
MovieAnimationAdventure
Because of non-stop environmental destruction, the United Nations commission a private company, "Eternal Earth", to create an artificial jungle to be a nature preserve and to protect animals. Leo, son of Panja, is born in this artificial world. The story starts when Leo and Kenichi, the son of the Eternal Earth company's CEO, meet. Kenichi has the ability to understand and talk to the animals.
Time Scoop HunterTime Scoop Hunter · 2013
Time Scoop Hunter
4.72013
MovieScience Fiction
A reporter is sent through time and space to document the lives of Japanese people at various times in history. This time, he is sent to unwrap the mystery of Azuchi castle which was built by Oda Nobunaga, one of the most famous shogun of all times, and lost within merely three years after its completion.
The Gentlemen’s AllianceThe Gentlemen’s Alliance · 1986
The Gentlemen’s Alliance
6.51986
MovieRomanceComedy
Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets scammed one after another.
The Miracle of Joe, the PetrelThe Miracle of Joe, the Petrel · 1984
The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
6.71984
MovieActionCrime
In Okinawa, a Japanese-Filipino gangster named Joe kills an Okinawan mobster. Joe temporarily escapes the pursuing mob by fleeing to the Philippines, hoping to find there safety and perhaps to link up with his father. He meets Yoko, a saloon girl, who looks after him, but soon Joe's enemies show up, determined to make Joe pay.
Paper LanternPaper Lantern · 1987
Paper Lantern
10.01987
MovieActionDrama
A new wave Yakuza film in which Takanori Jinnai plays a young Yakuza suffering from stomach cancer who has very little left to live. This film is based on the posthumous manuscript of Shoji Kaneko, the legendary director who died of cancer after completing work on the hit "Ryuji".
Bakayarô! 3: Weird BunchBakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch · 1990
Bakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch
7.01990
MovieComedy
It All Began When I Met YouIt All Began When I Met You · 2013
It All Began When I Met You
7.12013
MovieRomance
Six love stories following the love lives of ten different people.
Tokiwa: The Manga ApartmentTokiwa: The Manga Apartment · 1996
Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
6.31996
MovieDrama
There still stands a famous apartment building where such prominent manga artists as Tezuka Osamu, Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujio Akatsuka once lived, worked, and shared experiences.
Hawaiian DreamHawaiian Dream · 1987
Hawaiian Dream
10.01987
MovieActionComedy
Tatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, having flown out of Japan and entered the country illegally for a reason. The two make a living by trafficking pakalolo – marijuana – under the pretext of selling tea leaves, but they are in a foreign land where they don't speak the language well. When they get busted by the chief of police, they're forced to make a deal and and help get a local crime boss masquerading as a benevolent celebrity arrested.
Overprotected Kahoko: 2018 Love & DreamOverprotected Kahoko: 2018 Love & Dream · 2018
Overprotected Kahoko: 2018 Love & Dream
9.02018
MovieComedyRomance
Set one year after drama series "Overprotected Kahoko." Kahoko is busy running her daycare center "Kahoko House" and also doing housework. Things at work and home are not going smoothly. "Kahoko House" is in financial difficulties and she isn't very good with housework. Her relationship with her husband Hajime is troubled and his career as a painter has been unsuccessful to date. Can Kahoko turn things around?

TV Shows

Emergency Room 24 HoursEmergency Room 24 Hours · 1999
Emergency Room 24 Hours
7.41999
SeriesDrama
Dr. Shindo seems cold, but is a competent surgeon. He is also an ER doctor capable of accurate decisions and treatment, who always tries to see things from the patient’s side. Although once retired from his profession, he one day discovers someone in need of help, who he treats and rushes to the Kohoku Medical University Emergency Center. This incident encourages him to once again work as an ER doctor. Confrontation erupts between female doctor Tamaki, and Shindo, now a just-arrived ER doctor. While this human drama depicts the relationships among doctors and nurses, it appeals emotionally to viewers on the subject of life.
Dr. Coto's ClinicDr. Coto's Clinic · 2003
Dr. Coto's Clinic
8.72003
SeriesDrama
Dr. Goto Kensuke transfers to a remote island clinic after an incident at his Tokyo hospital. His first task: winning over the wary locals.
PridePride · 2004
Pride
8.02004
SeriesDrama
Haru Satonaka is the captain of an ice-hockey team, a star athlete who stakes everything on hockey but can only consider love as a game. Aki Murase is a woman who has been waiting for her lover who went abroad two years ago. These two persons start a relationship while frankly admitting to each other that it is only a love game. …The result is the unfolding of a drama of people with their respective pasts and with their pride as individuals.
Kansatsui AsagaoKansatsui Asagao · 2019
Kansatsui Asagao
8.22019
SeriesDramaFamily
Asagao (Juri Ueno) is a rookie forensic scientist, who works at a university forensic medicine class in Kanagawa Prefecture. She is a licensed doctor and respected by those around her. Asagao lives with her father Taira (Saburo Tokito), who is a veteran detective. Asago's mother died in the 2011 Tohoku earthquake disaster and her mother’s body was never found. One day, Asagao’s forensic medicine class unexpectedly works with the investigation section of the police department. When a dead body is found, the dead body is transferred to Asagao’s forensic medicine class. Asagao now works with her detective father.
TOKYO Airport -Air Traffic Service Department-TOKYO Airport -Air Traffic Service Department- · 2012
TOKYO Airport -Air Traffic Service Department-
8.02012
SeriesDrama
Fukada Kyoko plays the role of the main character, Shinoda Kaori, who works in the airport control tower as an air traffic controller. As a single small error of judgment can lead to a catastrophe, air traffic controllers must be on alert at all times. And this is why it is considered to be one of the most difficult occupations in the world. This drama will portray the teamwork and struggles between Shinoda and the other staff, dramas that arise at the airport and the secrets of airports... As well, along with real life stories that have occurred in the airport, it will portray how the aiport staff ensures the safety of people and the importance of protecting lives.
White and Yellow ~My Pancake Story from Hawaii~White and Yellow ~My Pancake Story from Hawaii~ · 2018
White and Yellow ~My Pancake Story from Hawaii~
2018
SeriesDrama
University student Sawano Natsumi lives in Shonan, Kanagawa Prefecture. An encounter in Hawaii makes her decide to bring the popular pancake restaurant Eggs n’ Things to Japan, which sparks a pancake boom in the country. Despite suffering difficulties and setbacks, Natsumi fulfils her dream, motivated by thoughts of her father as well as the support of family and friends.
In HandIn Hand · 2019
In Hand
7.82019
SeriesMystery
Tetsu Himokura is a parasitologist. He enjoys researching the lives of parasites at his home laboratory and he barely leaves his home. He also has assistant Haruma Takaie to help him. Tetsu Himokura's right hand is a robotic prosthetic hand. He is very smart, but blunt to others.
Umizaru EvolutionUmizaru Evolution · 2005
Umizaru Evolution
7.52005
SeriesDrama
To the One I LoveTo the One I Love · 2004
To the One I Love
8.02004
SeriesDramaRomance
What if the one you love were destined to lose his eyesight in three months? What would you like him to see last? If you were him, what would you want to see last? Shiki Tomokawa is a new pediatrician who is enjoying her life. She falls in love with Shunsuke, a cameraman, who is destined to lose his eyesight in a couple of months. How will Shiki react when she finds out Shunsuke's destiny? "To the One I Love" takes place in two contrasting cities?in the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, and in the peaceful city of Nagasaki, and depicts both the joys and sadness of life, and the interaction with family and friends.
A Fading SummerA Fading Summer · 2015
A Fading Summer
8.72015
SeriesCrimeMystery
A major newspaper has informally decided to employ a female university student. However, shock ripples within the newspaper because of a weekly magazine’s scoop that she is the daughter of the criminal in a serious case. This was the kidnapping of a newborn baby at a big hospital 20 years ago. The criminal demanded a ransom from the director of the hospital instead of the parents. But after the criminal had the large sum of money in hand, he died in an accident while being pursued by the police. The baby was never found. Kaji Hidekazu, a former hotshot journalist who has become deadwood in the wake of an incident, is ordered by the newspaper to re-investigate the kidnapping case. He finds out the shocking, tragic truth which had been kept under wraps.
Summer RescueSummer Rescue · 2012
Summer Rescue
2012
SeriesDrama
Overprotected KahokoOverprotected Kahoko · 2017
Overprotected Kahoko
7.52017
SeriesFamilyDrama
College student Kahoko is the quintessential overprotected child born out of today's Japanese society. Shielded by her parents, Kahoko grew up completely pampered and became somewhat of a miraculously naive "test tube human." She is 21 years old and about to start working for a company, but she has never slept away from home, had a part time job, chosen her own clothes, or even ridden a train alone. Kahoko has had her picture taken, but she has never taken a picture herself. Now, Kahoko is about to step out of her germ-free isolation pod and into the germ-infested world. It won't be long until she realizes, "I'm different from everybody else!" She has been her mother's best friend all her life and her father can't live without her. As they become emotionally unstable from the changes that Kahoko goes through, their family begins to fall apart. That's when Kahoko herself and the people around her begin to see the strength that hides deep within.
Tokyo ControlTokyo Control · 2012
Tokyo Control
7.02012
SeriesDrama
Tokyo Control is a 2011 Japanese television drama series that is produced by Sony and Fuji Television. It is the first television series in 3D made in Japan.This television series revolves around air traffic control, and it stars Ayako Kawahara and Saburo Tokito as air traffic controllers. Tokyo Control premiered on Sky PerfecTV! HD, a subscription-based channel on the Fuji Television network, on January 19, 2012. It was aired in both 2D and 3D formats, and it has a total of 10 episodes. This television series has been well received by viewers.
VoiceVoice · 2009
Voice
7.12009
SeriesMystery
A group of five medical students take on the task of conveying the "voices of the dead." Kaji Daiki fails to get into a popular heart surgery seminar but is somehow accepted into a seminar on forensic pathology. When he approaches professor Sagawa and asks him why he ended up in the seminar, Sagawa challenges him by asking why he wants to study heart surgery. Daiki replies that medicine is meaningless after the heart stops, but Sagawa counters that medicine also applies to the dead. And so, together with fellow students Ryosuke, Kanako, Teppei and Akira, Daiki begins to explore the mysteries of death.
ふぞろいの林檎たちふぞろいの林檎たち · 1983
ふぞろいの林檎たち
6.01983
Series
Rice CurryRice Curry · 1986
Rice Curry
1986
SeriesDrama
Set in the majestic Canadian wilderness, the drama depicts the adolescence and love of three young men who were on a high school baseball team together.
New Year's Card from the Sparkling SeaNew Year's Card from the Sparkling Sea · 2007
New Year's Card from the Sparkling Sea
2007
SeriesDrama
The drama revolves around Okinawa's Churaumi Aquarium, which opened in 2002 and was the largest in the world until 2005. Tokito Saburo stars in the drama as the aquarium's director. The story begins when he announces the plans for the aquarium's 7500-ton main tank, inspired by a boy fighting an incurable illness in a Hokkaido hospital. (Source: Tokyograph)
Am I Unattractive?Am I Unattractive? · 1993
Am I Unattractive?
1993
Series
監察医 朝顔監察医 朝顔 · 2019
監察医 朝顔
2019
SeriesDrama
Akireta DekaAkireta Deka
Akireta Deka
Series
Tengoku no SoupTengoku no Soup · 2008
Tengoku no Soup
2008
SeriesDrama
A woman searching for "phantom soup" and a quiet chef who lost her family. The mystery surrounding them is slowly unraveled ...Based on an original story by Michiko Matsuda