Saburo Date

Known For

Chikamatsu Monogatari

Katada Government Official

Ugetsu

Vassal

Sansho the Bailiff

Kimpei

An Actor's Revenge

Kawaguchi-ya

The Bullet Train

Businessman's Man

Odd Obsession

Police Detective

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Official Envoy

Typhoon Club

Okabe

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1990	Takeshi: Childhood Days	Takeno Grandfather
1987	Luminous Woman
1985	Typhoon Club	Okabe
1985	Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion	Maruyama
1983	The Bored Samurai	Ikeda Kazue
1981	Lowly Ronin
1980	The Woman
1977	Ballad of Orin
1977	Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
1977	Gambling Code and Feuds
1975	Wolf Guy	Tsukada
1975	Song of the Devil
1975	Graveyard of Honor
1975	The Bullet Train	Businessman's Man
1974	Oh Wonderful Utamaro!
1973	The Blossom and the Sword
1973	The Bodyguard
1973	Yokosuka Navy Prison
1972	Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance	Official Envoy
1972	The Trail of Blood
1972	Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion	Kaizutoshi
1972	Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth	Rokubei of Hakoda
1972	Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades	Swift-style Swordsman
1971	Kumo no Yuna
1971	The Woman Gambler's Iron Rule
1970	Ghost of Kasane Swamp	Fukami Shinzaemon
1970	Island of Horrors
1970	The Angry Sword
1970	Mission: Iron Castle
1970	Naked Ambition
1969	Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
1969	Gokudô Petenshi
1969	Girl with Bamboo Leaves
1969	Sworn Brothers
1969	Blood End
1969	Lefty Fencer
1969	Sleepy Eyes of Death 13: The Full Moon Swordsman
1969	Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
1969	Devil's Temple
1969	The Curse of the Ghost
1968	Hoodlum Soldier: Looting and Pillaging
1968	The Funeral Racket
1968	The Saga of Tanegashima	Tokunoshin Wakita
1968	Lone Wolf Isazo
1968	Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters	First Ronin
1968	Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
1968	Samaritan Zatoichi	Yakuza
1968	Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint
1968	Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty
1968	The Bride from Hades
1967	Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack
1967	A Certain Killer
1967	Quick-Draw Dog
1967	Secret Assignment
1967	The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka	Ryôan Shimomura
1967	Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
1967	Zatoichi the Outlaw
1967	A Killer's Key
1966	Zatoichi's Pilgrimage	Kagimatsu
1966	Hoodlum Soldier's Flight to Freedom
1966	Daimajin	Ippei Cyjûma
1966	Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back	Jinnai
1966	Assignment Cloud
1966	Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
1966	The Virgin Witness	Policeman
1966	The Betrayal
1966	Zatoichi's Vengeance	Hanji
1966	The Thieves' Who's Who
1966	Dianas of the Campus
1965	New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel
1965	Sword Devil	Toda Shingo
1965	New Tengu from Mount Kurama
1965	Rampaging Dog
1965	Life of Matsu the Untamed
1965	Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan	Anzai
1965	Zatoichi's Revenge
1965	Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
1965	Young Boss: Prison Release
1965	Bloody Shuriken
1965	Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire	Mon'nosuke Kaizuka
1965	Young Boss	Monjiro
1965	Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi
1965	Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy	Kanai Hanbei
1964	The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
1964	Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
1964	Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing	Flying Squirrel Banzo
1964	Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege	Juzo Kakei
1964	Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
1964	Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo	Hatori Hanzo
1964	Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
1964	Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964	The Gambling Samurai
1964	The Battle Begins at Night
1963	New Tale of Zatoichi	Anzo
1963	An Actor's Revenge	Kawaguchi-ya
1963	Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963	Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade	Zeniya Gohei
1963	Shinsengumi Chronicles	Keisuke Yamanami
1963	Assassins for sale
1963	Bamboo Doll of Echizen	Choshichi
1963	Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963	The Third Shadow Warrior
1963	Maiko and the Assassin
1963	Bad Reputation: The Notorious Harbor
1963	A Samurai Never Tells a Lie	Kobotoke Kodaira
1962	Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962	Teppo Yasu no Shogai
1962	Ken ni kakeru
1962	The Notorious Man's Return
1962	The Tale of Zatoichi Continues	Mirosuke
1962	The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
1962	Her Hidden Past	Manta
1962	Sōran wataridori
1962	Nokosa reta ko tonoko shita haha to
1962	Hell's Assassin
1962	Destiny's Son
1962	The Temple of Wild Geese	Heikichi Hisama
1962	Seven Miles to Nakayama
1962	The Fencing Master
1962	The Actress and the Three Rascals
1961	Otemoyan
1961	The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
1961	Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
1961	Buddha	Ashvajit
1961	A Lustful Man
1961	Vagabonds from Badgerville
1961	Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut
1961	Flowers of Chivalry
1961	Oniisan to oneesan
1961	晴小袖
1961	Three Young Samurai
1961	木曽ぶし三度笠
1961	Shikaku yashiki
1960	Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
1960	Bonchi
1960	風来物語あばれ飛車
1960	Koga's Messenger
1960	Satan's Sword	Hirama Jusuke
1960	Scars of Honor
1960	The Blind Menace
1960	Yûrei koban
1960	お嬢さん三度笠
1960	The Two Musashis
1959	Ojo-kichiza
1959	Samurai Vendetta
1959	The Woman and the Pirate	転法利平
1959	Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959	Odd Obsession	Police Detective
1959	The Ghost of Yotsuya
1959	Gambler and the Princess
1959	The Lord Pretends	Watônai no Yasu
1959	Peony on the Skin
1958	The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall
1958	Travels of Lord Mito	Jûbei Negoro
1958	Conflagration	Police detective A
1958	Shogun's Holiday
1958	The Gay Masquerade
1958	Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958	Hanatarō Jumon
1958	Princess Tsuki
1958	The 7th Secret Agent to Edo
1958	Megitsune Buro
1957	Akado Suzunosuke vs. the Devil in Crescent Moon Tower
1957	Yataro’s Travel Hat
1957	Ishimatsu - The One-Eyed Swordsman	Genba Kanai
1957	Advance Patrol
1957	An Osaka Story	Shokichi, samurai's servant
1957	Fighting Letter for 29 People
1957	Secret of Naruto
1957	Night Butterflies
1957	Mangorō Tengu
1957	Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
1956	Undercurrent
1956	Asataro the Crow
1956	Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan
1956	Gonpachi	Denzô Yuasa
1956	Fighting Fire Fighter
1956	Flowery Hood 2
1956	Marathon Samurai
1955	Taira Clan Saga
1955	The Magistrate
1955	The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955	The Young Lord
1954	The Woman in the Rumor	Nakauchi
1954	Sansho the Bailiff	Kimpei
1954	Chikamatsu Monogatari	Katada Government Official
1954	Daikichi Konomura	Mizuno
1954	Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
1954	The Great White Tiger Platoon
1954	Maiko monogatari
1953	A Geisha	Imanishi
1953	An Heir's Place
1953	Gate of Hell	Tomoyuki
1953	Ugetsu	Vassal
1952	This Way, That Way
1951	Judge of the Ashuras
1951	Story of a Beloved Wife
1950	Song of Love
1950	The Motherland Far Far Away	Kino
1949	Ghost Train
1949	A Bullet Hole Underground
1949	The Invisible Man Appears	Keizô Sasatani
1949	The Man Who Laughs Last
1949	Goblin Courier
1948	Children Hand in Hand
1948	Thirty-three footprints
1947	The Devil's toast

Year	TV Show	Role
1972	Professional Killers
1972	Kogarashi Monjiro	Senzo