Junzaburō Ban
Birthday: 1908-01-10 Place of Birth: Yonezawa City, Yamagata, Japan
Synopsis
Junzaburō Ban (伴淳三郎 Ban Junzaburō, January 10, 1910 – October 26, 1981) was a Japanese comedian and actor. His real name was Hirosada Suzuki (鈴木寛定 Suzuki Hirosada).
Acting
The Old Bear Hunter
After an old man is attacked by a bear in the snowy mountains of northern Japan, he vows to hunt down the marauder.
Dodes'ka-den
This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances are, each of them—the homeless father and son envisioning their dream house; the young woman abused by her uncle; the boy who imagines himself a trolley conductor—finds reasons to carry on.
