| Tatsuo Saitō | |
| Birth Date: | 10 June 1902 |
| Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Death Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1925–1967 |
was a Japanese film actor and director. He appeared in more than two hundred films between 1925 and 1967.[1] [2]
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.[3]
| Year | Title | Director | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Days of Youth | Yasujirō Ozu | |
| 1931 | Tokyo Chorus | Yasujirō Ozu | |
| 1932 | I Was Born, But... | Yasujirō Ozu | |
| 1933 | Japanese Girls at the Harbour | Hiroshi Shimizu | |
| Every-Night Dreams | Mikio Naruse | ||
| 1935 | Burden of Life | Heinosuke Gosho | |
| 1937 | What Did the Lady Forget? | Yasujirō Ozu | |
| 1941 | Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family | Yasujirō Ozu | |
| Ornamental Hairpin | Hiroshi Shimizu | ||
| 1950 | The Munekata Sisters | Yasujirō Ozu | |
| 1951 | Tokyo File 212 | Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan | |
| 1952 | Rikon | Masahiro Makino | |
| Carmen's Pure Love | Keisuke Kinoshita | ||
| 1953 | Totsugu koyoi ni | Tatsuo Saitō (also actor and writer) | |
| 1957 | Elegy of the North | Heinosuke Gosho | |
| 1962 | My Geisha | Jack Cardiff | |
| 1965 | Lord Jim | Richard Brooks |