Boya Saburo

Name: Boya Saburo
Native name: 坊屋三郎
Also Known as: ぼうやさぶろう, 柴田俊英, 石川博, Bouya Saburou
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Male
Born: March 28, 1910
Died: May 25, 2008

Boya Saburo was a Japanese comedian and actor from Yubari, Hokkaido. After going through private Hokkai Junior High School, he went on to the Faculty of Religion at Nihon University, but transferred to the night art department to study vocal music.

His name at birth was Ishikawa Hiroshi, but he was adopted to a temple a few months after birth and renamed Shibata Toshihide.

He joined Yoshimoto Kogyo and in 1937 formed Akireta Boys with Kawada Yoshio and Masuda Kiiton. In 1939, he was pulled out by the Shinko Kinema Performing Arts Club and transferred, and in the same year he made his silver screen debut with Toho's "Roppa no Okubo Hikozaemon".

The group Akireta Boys was reunited after the war, but it was disbanded in 1951, and since then he has been active in stage plays and movies.

He collapsed at a bus stop near his home on May 24, 2002, and was taken to a hospital in Tokyo by ambulance, but died of heart failure on the 25th. He died at the age of 92. Edit Biography

Year	Title	Role	Rating
1994	Onna Zakari Japanese Movie, 1994, [newspaper guard] (Bit part)	[newspaper guard] Bit part	6.7
1975	One-chan Ote Yawaraka ni Japanese Movie, 1975, [Sankaku Real Estate's Manager] (Bit part)	[Sankaku Real Estate's Manager] Bit part	0.0
1975	Cape Erimo Japanese Movie, 1975, [Greengrocer] (Bit part)	[Greengrocer] Bit part	9.0
1961	Ten ni Kawarite Fugi wo Utsu Japanese Movie, 1961, (Unknown)	Unknown	0.0
1958	The Loyal 47 Ronin Japanese Movie, 1958, Minayoshi [Merchant ] (Bit part)	Minayoshi [Merchant ] Bit part	7.4
1955	Nonki Saiban Japanese Movie, 1955, [Counsel] (Bit part)	[Counsel] Bit part	0.0
1949	Utau Maboroshi Goten Japanese Movie, 1949, Bosuke \| Boya [Minister of the Imperial Japanese Army] (Support Role)	Bosuke \| Boya [Minister of the Imperial Japanese Army] Support Role	0.0
1948	Oyabaka Taisho Japanese Movie, 1948, [Student] (Bit part)	[Student] Bit part	0.0
1948	Dare ga Tame ni Kin wa Aru Japanese Movie, 1948, (Main Role)	Main Role	0.0
1947	Mitari Kiitari Tameshitari Japanese Movie, 1947, [Blind pitcher] (Support Role)	[Blind pitcher] Support Role	0.0

Year	Title	#	Role	Rating
1983	Reibyo Densetsu Japanese Special, 1983, 1 eps [Producer] (Support Role)	1	[Producer] Support Role	0.0
1964	Watashi wa Beret Japanese Special, 1964, 1 eps {Ep. 1} [Driver] (Support Role)	1	{Ep. 1} [Driver] Support Role	7.3
1959	Koi no Marco Polo Japanese Special, 1959, 1 eps (Support Role)	1	Support Role	0.0
1953	Hototogisu Japanese Special, 1953, 1 eps (Unknown)	1	Unknown	0.0

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