was a Japanese film actor and director. He appeared in more than two hundred films between 1925 and 1967.
Career Saitō joined Nikkatsu studios, where he made his film debut in 1925, before moving to Shochiku two years later. He appeared in many films of Yasujirō Ozu between 1929 and 1950, and repeatedly worked for directors like Heinosuke Gosho and Hiroshi Shimizu. After the Second World War, he also directed a number of films and appeared in many television films and series.
Selected filmography + Year Title Director 1929Days of YouthYasujirō Ozu 1931Tokyo ChorusYasujirō Ozu 1932I Was Born, But...Yasujirō Ozu1933Japanese Girls at the HarbourHiroshi ShimizuEvery-Night DreamsMikio Naruse1935Burden of LifeHeinosuke Gosho 1937What Did the Lady Forget?Yasujirō Ozu 1941Brothers and Sisters of the Toda FamilyYasujirō OzuOrnamental HairpinHiroshi Shimizu 1950The Munekata SistersYasujirō Ozu 1951Tokyo File 212Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan 1952RikonMasahiro MakinoCarmen's Pure LoveKeisuke Kinoshita 1953Totsugu koyoi niTatsuo Saitō (also actor and writer)1957Elegy of the NorthHeinosuke Gosho 1962My GeishaJack Cardiff 1965Lord JimRichard Brooks
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