Sab Shimono
Biography
Born in Sacramento, California, Sab Shimono is a stage and screen performer of Japanese heritage. His career began in regional theaters and on Broadway, where he played Ito in the 1966 musical Mame opposite Angela Lansbury. He followed that with Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen, The Chickencoop Chinaman, and Manjiro in Pacific Overtures, later returning as Lord Abe in the 2004 revival. A Drama Desk Award nomination came for his leading part in The Wash. On film he portrayed Lt. Tomonaga in Midway, Saito in Gung Ho (1986), Hiroshi Kawamura in Come See the Paradise (1990), the coroner in Presumed Innocent (1990), Lord Norinaga in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993), Dr. Tam in The Shadow (1994), and Yoshiro Nishamura in Old Dogs (2009). He dubbed Subotai in Conan the Barbarian (1982). His television voice work includes Uncle in Jackie Chan Adventures and the elderly Emperor in Samurai Jack.
83years old
Turns 84 on July 31in 300 days
- Born Sacramento
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Saburo Shimono
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 38 years1979 to 2017
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First role
In 1966, Shimono was cast as Ito in the Broadway musical hit Mame, playing opposite Angela Lansbury's Auntie Mame, with Jerry Herman writing the music.
Languages
In the 1982 film Conan the Barbarian, Shimono dubbed the voice of actor Gerry Lopez for the part of Subotai, performing the character's voice.
Sab Shimono movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III1993 Action, Adventure, Comedyas Lord Norinaga
IMDb rating 4.839K votes
Most often with
Stan Egi appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Stan Egi's page
Kevin Michael Richardson's page
James Hong's page
Clyde Kusatsu's page
Mako's page
Gedde Watanabe's page
Also two films together2 more actors
- Brady TsurutaniThe Shadow (1994) and Come See the Paradise (1990)
- Caroline Junko King3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994) and Come See the Paradise (1990)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Sab Shimono's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$529 million
10 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 10 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 5Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$221M41.9% of the total
- 2$97M18.3% of the total
- 3$48M9.1% of the total
- 4$42M8.0% of the total
- 5$39M7.4% of the total
- 6$37M6.9% of the total
- 7$27M5.1% of the total
- 8$12M2.2% of the total
$5.6 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
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Official profiles and reference pages.