People
SABU
Biography:
Sabu (サブ, Sabu, born November 18, 1964) is the pseudonym of Japanese actor and director Hiroyuki Tanaka.
Born in Wakayama Prefecture, Sabu studied at an Osaka fashion school before deciding to go to Tokyo to become a professional musician. It was suggested he try acting and in 1986 he made his film debut in Sorobanzuku. He earned his first starring role in the 1991 World Apartment Horror, a live-action film directed by Katsuhiro Ōtomo of Akira fame. Working from a script he wrote himself, he made his directorial debut with the 1996 Dangan Runner, a film that set his early style of "quirky action-comedies propelled by characters who hurtle headlong though squirming narratives steered... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Silence as Samurai #1 | 2016-12-23 |
Sakuran as Patron | 2006-12-07 |
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish | 2003-12-13 |
Ichi the Killer as Kaneko | 2001-12-22 |
Unlucky Monkey as Bank Robber | 1998-07-18 |
Postman Blues as Kurokawa | 1997-08-16 |
Dangan Runner as Assassin | 1996-11-09 |
Don't Look Up as Sekikawa | 1996-03-22 |
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Gamble | 1996-03-01 |
Shinjuku Triad Society as Shusuke Shimada | 1995-08-26 |
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape as Domoto | 1995-08-12 |
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist as Domoto | 1995-04-22 |
Zëiram 2 as Fujikuro (as Sabu) | 1994-12-17 |
Kiriko | 1994-09-23 |
800 Two Lap Runners as Kyoichi Nakazawa | 1994-07-09 |
Warrior's Justice 2: Full Battle | 1994-01-01 |
Kuma-chan | 1993-04-24 |
A Legend of Turmoil | 1992-01-15 |
Savage City: Angel Whisper | 1991-04-26 |
World Apartment Horror as Ita | 1991-04-05 |