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 more by the forces of incidence and coincidence than the actions of the protagonists themselves." Shin'ichi Tsutsumi played the lead in Sabu's first five films. Blessing Bell, starring Susumu Terajima (who has played minor roles in nearly all of Sabu's films), was a turn away from his kinetic, parodic, and black comedy narratives, and earned the NETPAC Award at the 2003 Berlin Film Festival. Later films featured the J-pop band V6. In 2009, he directed The Crab Cannery Ship, a modern adaptation of a classic of Japanese proletarian literature written by Takiji Kobayashi. He has continued to work as an actor, such as in Takashi Miike's Ichi the Killer (2001). His film Chasuke's Journey was selected to be screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.

Filmografi

Silence2016 · Samurai #1Ichi the Killer2001 · KanekoSakuran2006 · PatronJosee, the Tiger and the Fish2003 · PatronKiriko1994 · Ichi the Killer - Making Of2013 · SelfCostume Club Wars - Angel of Sumata1995 · High-Speed ​​NSX: The Screaming Boogie1992 · Ichi the Killer - Behind the Scenes2013 · SelfShinjuku Triad Society1995 · Shusuke ShimadaNew Book of the Waru 3: Passion1993 · Don't Look Up1996 · Sekikawa800 Two Lap Runners1994 · Kyoichi NakazawaPostman Blues1997 · KurokawaZëiram 21994 · Fujikuro (as Sabu)Unlucky Monkey1998 · Bank RobberWorld Apartment Horror1991 · ItaA Legend of Turmoil1992 · Dangan Runner1996 · AssassinSavage City: Angel Whisper1991 · Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble1996 · Kuma-chan1993 · Warrior's Justice 2: Full Battle1994 · (Ura) Tôsatsu nanpa-dô1996 ·