SABU
Birthday
1964/11/18 (61 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Wakayama, Japan
Also know as
Hiroki Tanaka, 田中博行, サブ, Hiroyuki Tanaka, 田中博樹
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 ma...Read more
Acting
(2001) Ichi the Killer
as Kaneko
(1994) Zëiram 2
as Fujikuro (as Sabu)
(1991) World Apartment Horror
as Ita
(1996) Dangan Runner
as Assassin
(1993) Kuma-chan
as ---
(1994) 800 Two Lap Runners
as Kyoichi Nakazawa
(1995) Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! I: The Heist
as Domoto
(1997) Postman Blues
as Kurokawa
(1994) Kiriko
as ---
(2016) Silence
as Samurai #1
(2003) Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
as Patron
(1996) Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! IV: The Gamble
as ---
(1995) Shinjuku Triad Society
as Shusuke Shimada
(2006) Sakuran
as Patron
(1991) Savage City: Angel Whisper
as ---
(1998) Unlucky Monkey
as Bank Robber
(1996) Don't Look Up
as Sekikawa
(1992) A Legend of Turmoil
as ---
(1994) Warrior's Justice 2: Full Battle
as ---
(1996) (Ura) Tôsatsu nanpa-dô
as ---
Costume Club Wars - Angel of Sumata
as ---