Personal Info
Hiroki Tanaka
田中博行
サブ
Hiroyuki Tanaka
田中博樹
SABU
Directing
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 made his directorial debut with the 1996 Dangan Runner, a film that set his early style of "quirky act…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Silence
as Samurai #1
Sakuran
as Patron
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
as Patron
Ichi the Killer
as Kaneko
Unlucky Monkey
as Bank Robber
Postman Blues
as Kurokawa
Dangan Runner
as Assassin
Don't Look Up
as Sekikawa
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Gamble
(Ura) Tôsatsu nanpa-dô