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Hiroki Tanaka, 田中博行, サブ, Hiroyuki Tanaka, 田中博樹
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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1964-11-18
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 3.7
- info Birth Place Wakayama, Japan
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by SABU
7
Ichi the Killer
2001-12-22
6.3
Zëiram 2
1994-12-17
5.7
World Apartment Horror
1991-04-05
6.9
Dangan Runner
1996-11-09
0
Kuma-chan
1993-04-24
4.3
800 Two Lap Runners
1994-07-09
8
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
1995-04-22
7.3
Postman Blues
1997-08-16
3
Kiriko
1994-09-23
7.2
Silence
2016-12-23
7
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
2003-12-13
6.7
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape
1995-08-12
6
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Gamble
1996-03-01
6.4
Shinjuku Triad Society
1995-08-26
6.5
Sakuran
2006-12-07
5
Savage City: Angel Whisper
1991-04-26
6.5
Unlucky Monkey
1998-07-18
6.8
Don't Look Up
1996-03-22
7.5
A Legend of Turmoil
1992-01-15
0
Warrior's Justice 2: Full Battle
1994-01-01
movie_edit Directing
0
Monday
2000-04-29
0
Postman Blues
1997-08-16
0
Monday
2000-04-29
0
Drive
2002-08-24
0
Drive
2002-08-24
0
Chasuke's Journey
2015-06-27
0
Blessing Bell
2002-12-08
0
Hold Up Down
2005-10-28
0
Unlucky Monkey
1998-07-18
0
Unlucky Monkey
1998-07-18
0
Bunny Drop
2011-08-20
0
Dangan Runner
1996-11-09
0
Hard Luck Hero
2003-01-01
0
Kanikôsen
2009-07-04
0
Dead Run
2005-12-17
0
A1012K
2003-10-17
0
Miss ZOMBIE
2013-09-14
0
Miss ZOMBIE
2013-09-14
0
Blessing Bell
2002-12-08
0
My Blood and Bones in a Flowing Galaxy
2021-04-09
0
My Blood and Bones in a Flowing Galaxy
2021-04-09
0
Chasuke's Journey
2015-06-27
0
Under Your Bed
2023-12-13
0
Dancing Mary
2019-10-03
0
Jam
2018-12-01
0
Mr. Long
2017-04-22
0
Happiness
2017-03-16
0
Happiness
2017-03-16
0
Postman Blues
1997-08-16
0
Kanikôsen
2009-07-04
0
Hard Luck Hero
2003-01-01
0
Dead Run
2005-12-17
0
Redder Than Yesterday, Bluer Than Tomorrow: Cinema Fighters Project
0
Bunny Drop
2011-08-20
0
Hold Up Down
2005-10-28
0
Jam
2018-12-01
0
Jam
2018-12-01
0
Dangan Runner
1996-11-09
0
Dancing Mary
2019-10-03
0
Dancing Mary
2019-10-03
0
My Blood and Bones in a Flowing Galaxy
2021-04-09
0
Mr. Long
2017-04-22
0
Trouble Man
2010-04-09
0
Trouble Man
2010-04-09
0
Jam: The Drama
2021-08-30
0
Jam: The Drama
2021-08-30
0
Jam: The Drama
2021-08-30
0
Trouble Man
2010-04-09