Sab Shimono
Date of birth: 1937-07-31
Place of birth: Sacramento, California, United States
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Saburo Shimono, ć€éèšć
Biography
Saburo "Sab" Shimono (born July 31, 1937) is an American actor. He began his career on stage on Broadway and in regional theaters, starring in musicals like Mame, Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen, and Pacific Overtures. He has appeared in dozens of films, including Midway (1976), Gung Ho (1986), Presumed Innocent (1990), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993), Waterworld (1995), Southland Tales (2006), and Old Dogs (2009). He also has extensive television credits including episodes of M*A*SH, Quincy, M.E., Remington Steele, The X-Files, Seinfeld, Mad Men, and The Blacklist. Shimono's voice roles include Uncle Chan in Jackie Chan Adventures, the Emperor in Samurai Jack, and Monk Gyatso in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
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Operation Othello
A futuristic adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello set in the world of an elite naval special force's
Ice Planet
2001-01-01
In the brief period of peace after a terrible war on a far future Earth, an outer-space military aca
Southland Tales
2007-11-14
Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social,
Rabbit Test
1978-04-09
Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world
Presumed Innocent
1990-07-27
Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered.
The Shadow
1994-07-01
Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to
Gung Ho
1986-03-14
When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
2009-04-07
The Mystery Inc. gang takes a trip to Japan and finds themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in a
3 Ninjas Kick Back
1994-02-25
During a championship baseball match, the three brothers hear that their grandfather in Japan is in
Ben 10: Race Against Time
2008-02-11
Ben, Gwen, and Max must stop an extraterrestrial who plans to open a gateway that leads to an alien
Come See the Paradise
1990-08-17
In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job
Suture
1993-09-14
Brothers Vincent and Clay meet up for the first time after their father's funeral and remark on how
The Wash
1988-08-17
Mako is a neglectful husband. Not the most loving man. His wife gradually encounters a widower who i
Modesty Blaise
1982-01-01
Pilot for a never-made TV series based upon the popular comic strip character. Adventurer Modesty B
Silent Cries
1993-03-08
In 1942, the Japanese occupied the island of Singapore. During the take-over, not only military sold
Half Kenneth
2009-04-18
1945: after the death of his father, Ken escapes Japanese American internment camp to find his Cauca
The Activated Man
2024-12-13
After Ors Gabriel loses his beloved dog to cancer, the shock from the trauma produces strange vision
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
1993-03-17
The four turtles travel back in time to the days of the legendary and deadly samurai in ancient Japa
Blind Date
1987-03-27
When bachelor Walter Davis is set up with his sister-in-law's pretty cousin, Nadia Gates, a seemingl
Old Dogs
2009-11-24
Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years; their Manhattan publi
Family Gathering
2013-01-01
A dysfunctional family comedy centered on an extended Asian American family of a certain age celebra
The Challenge
1982-07-23
Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole
The Hospital
1971-12-14
Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his perso
When Hell Was in Session
1979-10-08
This film describes Navy Commander Jeremiah Denton's 7-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war. Held i
The Sensei
2008-05-04
Lonely gay teenager, McClain, struggles to fit in with his classmates in a small, conservative Color
Paradise Road
1997-02-11
A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being impri
Nice Dreams
1981-07-24
Nice Dreams - it rhymes with ice creams. And that's what Cheech and Chong are selling in this thorou
Americanese
2006-03-15
Long after their breakup, Chinese American Raymond Ding and Amerasian Aurora Crane struggle to let g
Where the Toys Come From
1983-12-03
Two curious toys, Peepers and Zoom, wonder about how they become toys. Aided by Robin, their equally
Robot Stories
2003-01-01
Four stories including: "My Robot Baby," in which a couple must care for a robot baby before adoptin
Pacific Overtures
1976-09-06
In 1853 Japan, the story follows the Westernization of Japan, mainly through the story of Kayama, a
Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie
2017-10-16
A small boy is sent away from his village. He is to be trained as a samurai warrior and return to fi
The Watcher
2016-10-01
Unaware of its terrible history, a young couple purchases their dream home. But it soon becomes clea
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990-08-06
The movie follows the perspective of several characters (such as Japanese victims, soldiers, America
Mandrake
1979-01-24
Mandrake, a famous magician, and his assistant, Lothar, come to the aid of an amusement-park owner w
Waterworld
1995-07-28
In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautif
The Big Hit
1998-04-24
Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-en
The Arcadian
2011-04-28
The Arcadian follows "The Lighthouse Keeper" on a story of revenge and redemption in a strange futur
Parades
1972-07-23
An American soldier sent to Vietnam goes AWOL and returns to his hometown. His parents turn him over
Pueblo
1973-03-29
Dramatization showing the 1968 seizure of the spy ship, Pueblo, by the North Koreans and the treatme
Midway
1976-06-18
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a tu
Loving
1970-03-04
Brooks Wilson is in crisis. He is torn between his wife Selma and two daughters and his mistress Gra
Conan the Barbarian
1982-03-16
A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for ye
Par 6
2002-04-16
A cynical man returns to his family's homestead in Texas and starts up a golf course with his brothe
Life Tastes Good
1999-01-24
A quirky tale that brings together a murder, poisonous mushrooms and a mysterious woman to reveal th