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{{Infobox person
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| image = MJK33850 Sabu (Mr Long, Berlinale 2017).jpg
| name = Sabu
| name = Sabu
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| caption = Sabu at the [[Berlinale 2017]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|11|18}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|11|18}}
| birth_place = [[Wakayama, Wakayama|Wakayama]], [[Wakayama Prefecture|Wakayama]], Japan
| birth_place = [[Wakayama, Wakayama|Wakayama]], [[Wakayama Prefecture|Wakayama]], Japan
| death_date =
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| occupation = [[Film director]] and [[actor]].
| occupation = [[Film director]] and [[actor]]
| salary =
| years_active = 1986–present
| networth =
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{{nihongo|'''Sabu'''|サブ|Sabu|born November 18, 1964}} is the [[pseudonym]] of Japanese actor and director {{nihongo|'''Hiroyuki Tanaka'''|田中博行<ref>{{cite web|title=Eiga kantoku Sabu, 6 sakuhin jōei|url=http://www.yomitime.com/011411/0501.html|work=Yomitaimu|accessdate=7 September 2011|date=14 January 2011}}</ref>|Tanaka Hiroyuki}}.
{{nihongo|'''Hiroyuki Tanaka'''|田中博行<ref>{{cite web|title=Eiga kantoku Sabu, 6 sakuhin jōei|url=http://www.yomitime.com/011411/0501.html|work=Yomitaimu|accessdate=7 September 2011|date=14 January 2011}}</ref>|Tanaka Hiroyuki|born November 18, 1964}}, known professionally as {{nihongo|'''Sabu'''|サブ||}}, is a Japanese actor and film director.


==Career==
==Career==
Born in [[Wakayama Prefecture]], Sabu studied at an [[Osaka]] fashion school before deciding to go to [[Tokyo]] to become a professional musician.<ref name=PiC>{{cite web|last=Sōichirō|first=Matsutani|title=PiC Interview VOL.001 ＳＡＢＵ|url=http://www.naked.co.jp/pic/interview/sabu/sabu_01.html|work=PiC Internet Magazine|accessdate=27 June 2011}}</ref> 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 (film)|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."<ref>{{cite web|last=Sharp|first=Jasper|title=The Blessing Bell|url=http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/blesbell.shtml|work=Midnight Eye|accessdate=28 June 2011|date=17 February 2003}}</ref> [[Shinichi Tsutsumi|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]].<ref>{{cite news|title=NETPAC Shō ni Nihon sakuhin|url=http://www.47news.jp/CN/200302/CN2003021501000376.html|accessdate=28 June 2011|newspaper=47 News|date=15 February 2003}}</ref> Later films featured the [[J-pop]] band [[V6 (band)|V6]]. In 2009, he directed ''[[The Crab Cannery Ship]]'', a modern adaptation of a classic of Japanese [[proletarian literature]] written by [[Takiji Kobayashi]].
Born in [[Wakayama Prefecture]], Sabu studied at an [[Osaka]] [[fashion]] school before deciding to go to [[Tokyo]] to become a professional musician.<ref name=PiC>{{cite web|last=Sōichirō|first=Matsutani|title=PiC Interview VOL.001 ＳＡＢＵ|url=http://www.naked.co.jp/pic/interview/sabu/sabu_01.html|work=PiC Internet Magazine|accessdate=27 June 2011}}</ref> 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 (1988 film)|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."<ref>{{cite web|last=Sharp|first=Jasper|title=The Blessing Bell|url=http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/blesbell.shtml|work=Midnight Eye|accessdate=28 June 2011|date=17 February 2003}}</ref> [[Shinichi Tsutsumi|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]].<ref>{{cite news|title=NETPAC Shō ni Nihon sakuhin|url=http://www.47news.jp/CN/200302/CN2003021501000376.html|accessdate=28 June 2011|newspaper=47 News|date=15 February 2003}}</ref> Later films featured the [[J-pop]] band [[V6 (band)|V6]]. In 2009, he directed ''[[The Crab Cannery Ship]]'', a modern adaptation of a classic of [[Japan|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).
He has continued to work as an actor, such as in [[Takashi Miike]]'s ''[[Ichi the Killer (film)|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]].<ref name="Berlin">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/wettbewerb/wettbewerb-presse-detail_26644.html |title=Berlinale 2015: Competition Complete |accessdate=1 February 2015 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref>


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[Postman Blues]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Postman Blues]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Unlucky Monkey]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Unlucky Monkey]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Monday (film)|Monday]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Monday (2000 film)|Monday]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Drive (2002 film)|Drive]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Drive (2002 film)|Drive]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Blessing Bell]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Blessing Bell]]'' (2002)
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* ''[[Hard Luck Hero]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Hard Luck Hero]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Hold-Up Down]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Hold-Up Down]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Shisso]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Dead Run (2005 film)|Dead Run]]'' ([[Shisso]]) (2005)
* ''[[The Crab Cannery Ship]]'' ([[Kanikōsen]], 2009)
* ''[[The Crab Cannery Ship]]'' ([[Kanikōsen]], 2009)
* ''[[Troubleman]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Troubleman]]'' (2010) TV Series
* ''[[Usagi Drop (film)|Usagi Drop]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Usagi Drop (film)|Usagi Drop]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Miss ZOMBIE]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Chasuke's Journey]]'' (2015)
* ''Happiness'' (2016)
* ''[[Mr. Long]]'' (2017)
* ''Jam'' (2018)
* ''Dancing Mary'' (2020)
* ''My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy'' (2021)


===Actor===
===Actor===
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* ''[[Ghost Actress]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Ghost Actress]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Postman Blues]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Postman Blues]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Ichi the Killer]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Ichi the Killer (film)|Ichi the Killer]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Josee, the Tiger and the Fish]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Josee, the Tiger and the Fish]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Silence (2016 film)|Silence]]'' (2016)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commonscat|Sabu}}
* {{imdb name|id=0848992|name=Sabu}}
* {{imdb name|id=0848992|name=Sabu}}
* [http://www.sabu-film.com/ Sabu's Official Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020802170513/http://www.sabu-film.com/ Sabu's Official Website]
* {{jmdb name|id=0009390|name=Sabu}}
* {{jmdb name|id=0009390|name=Sabu}}


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Latest revision as of 07:45, 10 July 2022

Sabu
Sabu at the Berlinale 2017
Born (1964-11-18) November 18, 1964 (age 59)
Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan
Occupation(s)Film director and actor
Years active1986–present

Hiroyuki Tanaka (田中博行[1], Tanaka Hiroyuki, born November 18, 1964), known professionally as Sabu (サブ), is a Japanese actor and film director.

Career

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Born in Wakayama Prefecture, Sabu studied at an Osaka fashion school before deciding to go to Tokyo to become a professional musician.[2] 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."[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

Selected filmography

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Director

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Actor

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References

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  1. ^ "Eiga kantoku Sabu, 6 sakuhin jōei". Yomitaimu. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  2. ^ Sōichirō, Matsutani. "PiC Interview VOL.001 ＳＡＢＵ". PiC Internet Magazine. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  3. ^ Sharp, Jasper (17 February 2003). "The Blessing Bell". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  4. ^ "NETPAC Shō ni Nihon sakuhin". 47 News. 15 February 2003. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Berlinale 2015: Competition Complete". berlinale.de. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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