Kyū Sazanka was born on 1 April 1914 in Osaka, Japan. He was an actor, known for Yojimbo (1961), High and Low (1963) and The Wayside Pebble (1960). He died on 4 March 1971.

Kyū Sazanka in When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

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Someshô Matsumoto, Masayuki Mori, and Kyū Sazanka in The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Someshô Matsumoto, Masayuki Mori, Kyū Sazanka, and Takashi Shimura in The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Miyuki Kuwano and Kyū Sazanka in Cruel Story of Youth (1960)

Toshirō Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo (1961)

Toshirō Mifune, Kenjirō Ishiyama, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, and Tatsuya Nakadai in High and Low (1963)

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Toshirō Mifune, Kyōko Kagawa, and Tatsuya Mihashi in The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

Kyū Sazanka(1914-1971)

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