Saburo Shinoda (篠田三郎, Shinoda Saburō; born December 5, 1948, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actor who has played roles in films and television dramas. He signed with Daiei film and made his film debut with Gan in 1966.
He is famous for playing the role of Kotaro Higashi in Ultraman Taro. He is the only original Ultraman actor to have not reprised his role in any other Ultraman film or television series.
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Filmography
Drama Series
1973: Ultraman Taro as Higashi Kotaro
1979: Kusa Moeru, Minamoto no Sanetomo
1984: Sanga Moyu, Keisuke Mishima
1988: Takeda Shingen, Yamagata Masakage
1989: Onihei Hankachō as Sakai
1994: Hana no Ran, Gan'ami
1996: Hideyoshi, Niwa Nagahide
2000: The One Stringed Harp
2002: Golden Bowl
2009: A Secret in Summer
2014: Mozu Season 2 - Maboroshi no Tsubasa
Films
1966: Gan
1966: Red Angel
1967: Zen'in shugo shirizu 1
1968: The Time of Reckoning
1968: Gamera vs. Viras
1970: Innocent Sinner
1970: High-School Boss
1972: Uta
1974: Lived in a Dream
1975: I Am a Cat
1976: Between Wife and Woman
1982: The Tower of Lilies
1982: The Imperial
1983: Hometown
1983: Okinawan Boys
1989: Sadako Story
1991: Earth
1992: Godzilla vs. Mothra
1994: Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon
1995: Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
2000: The Frame
2000: Not Forgotten
2002: Mori no Gakko
2004: Izo
2007: The Kiss
2008: Yamazakura
2011: Hayabusa: Back to the Earth
TV Films
1989: Nemuri Kyōshirō
2012: Missing Person
2016: Simple is Best