Saburō Shinoda Explained

Native Name:	篠田三郎
Birth Name:	Haruo Ohtsuka
Birth Date:	5 December 1948
Birth Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Height:	1.78 m
Years Active:	1966–present

is a Japanese actor who has played roles in films and television dramas. He signed with Daiei film and made his film debut with Gan in 1966.^{[1] [2]}

He is famous for playing the role of Kotaro Higashi in Ultraman Taro.^[2] He is the only original Ultraman actor to have not reprised his role in any other Ultraman film or television series.

Filmography

Drama Series

• 1973: Ultraman Taro as Higashi Kotaro
• 1979: Kusa Moeru, Minamoto no Sanetomo
• 1984: Sanga Moyu, Keisuke Mishima
• 1988: Takeda Shingen, Yamagata Masakage
• 1989: Onihei Hankachō as Sakai
• 1994: Hana no Ran, Gan'ami
• 1996: Hideyoshi, Niwa Nagahide
• 2000: The One Stringed Harp
• 2002: Golden Bowl
• 2009: A Secret in Summer
• 2014: Mozu Season 2 - Maboroshi no Tsubasa

Films

• 1966: Gan
• 1966: Red Angel
• 1967: Zen'in shugo shirizu 1
• 1968: The Time of Reckoning
• 1968: Gamera vs. Viras
• 1970: Innocent Sinner
• 1970: High-School Boss
• 1972: Uta
• 1974: Lived in a Dream
• 1975: I Am a Cat
• 1976: Between Wife and Woman
• 1982: The Tower of Lilies
• 1982: The Imperial
• 1983: Hometown
• 1983: Okinawan Boys
• 1989: Sadako Story
• 1991: Earth
• 1992: Godzilla vs. Mothra
• 1995: Godzilla vs. Destroyer
• 2000: The Frame
• 2000: Not Forgotten
• 2002: Mori no Gakko
• 2004: Izo
• 2007: The Kiss
• 2008: Yamazakura
• 2011: Hayabusa: Back to the Earth
• 2020: Hayabusa 2: Reborn, narrator

TV Films

• 1989: Nemuri Kyōshirō
• 2012: Missing Person
• 2016: Simple is Best

References

• Screening of 'Takamine' at Norton Simon Museum;The Rafu Shimpo-13 Jul 2012;

http://www.rafu.com/2012/07/screening-of-takamine-at-norton-simon-museum/

• McDonald,K.I.;From Book to Screen: Modern Japanese Literature in Films: Modern ...;2016;https://books.google.com/books?id=D50YDQAAQBAJ&dq=saburo+shinoda&pg=PT346
• Ryfie,S.;Japan's Favorite Mon-star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G";1998;https://books.google.com/books?id=cqSOkywWeX4C&dq=saburo+shinoda&pg=PA364
• DVD "NECHYOSHA Photonikle" released on September 18, 2015 Selling agency - Digital Ultra Project DUPJ-133

" Ultraman Taro " related materials

• "Taro tarou Ultraman T (Tarou): Validation · Second Ultra Boom" Tatsumi Publishing , 1999 . .

"Talk! Ultraman Brothers Gekito Hen" Best Sellers , October 2013 . .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Saburo Shinoda. 劇団民芸. August 5, 2021.
2. Web site: Saburo Shinoda profile. NHK. August 5, 2021.