Sab Shimono

Actor Jul 31 (age 88) Sacramento, California, United States 1970–2024 (54 year career)

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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, Quin…

Known For

Film

Jackie Chan Adventures

Uncle (voice)

Film

Conan the Barbarian

Subotai (voice, uncredited)

Film

Waterworld

Elder

Film

Presumed Innocent

'Painless' Kumagai

Film

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

Mr. Takagawa (voice)

Film

The Shadow

Dr. Roy Tam

Film

Midway

Lt. Tomonaga

Film

Blind Date

Mr. Yakamoto

Filmography

Acting (82)

Movies (46)

The Activated Man

2024

as Mr. Hideyoshi

5.0

Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie

2017

as The Emperor (voice)

The Watcher

as Wendell

Family Gathering

The Arcadian

as Moto

Old Dogs

2009

as Yoshiro Nishamura

5.6

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

2009

as Mr. Takagawa (voice)

7.7

Half Kenneth

2009

as Takahiro

Ben 10: Race Against Time

as Old Man

The Sensei

as Taki Nakano

Southland Tales

as Hideo Takehashi

Americanese

as Wood Ding

Robot Stories

as John

Par 6

as Mr. Watsabi

Ice Planet

as Karteez Rumla

Life Tastes Good

as Harry

The Big Hit

as Jiro Nishi

Paradise Road

as Colonel Hirota

Waterworld

as Elder

The Shadow

as Dr. Roy Tam

3 Ninjas Kick Back

as Koga

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III

as Lord Norinaga

Suture

as Dr. Max Shinoda

Silent Cries

as Natsume

Presumed Innocent

as 'Painless' Kumagai

6.8

Come See the Paradise

1990

as Mr. Kawamura

6.2

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

1990

as Dr. Fujita

5.8

The Wash

1988

as Sadao

Blind Date

as Mr. Yakamoto

Gung Ho

as Saito

Where the Toys Come From

1983

as Kenji

5.8

Conan the Barbarian

1982

as Subotai (voice, uncredited)

Modesty Blaise

as Weng

The Challenge

as Toshio Yoshida

Nice Dreams

as Oriental Bus Boy

Mandrake

as Ho

When Hell Was in Session

as Cao

Rabbit Test

as Chinese Leader

And the Soul Shall Dance

1978

as Murata

Midway

as Lt. Tomonaga

Pacific Overtures

as Manjiro

Pueblo

as North Korean Officer

Parades

as Togo

The Hospital

as Operating Room Staff Member (uncredited)

6.6

Loving

1970

as Byron

5.8

Operation Othello

as Brabantino

Television (36)

Magnum P.I.

as George Nakamura

The Terror

as Kazu

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

as Ichiro Yamashiro

Flaked

as Wild Bill

The Blacklist

as Daniel Nakamoto

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

as Murakami (voice)

Longmire

as Francis Igawa

Hawaii Five-0

as Uncle Keako

Mad Men

as Ichiro Kimura

Legion of Super Heroes

2006

as K3NT (voice)

7.7

Avatar: The Last Airbender

2005

as Gyatso (voice)

8.8

Justice League Unlimited

as Monk (voice)

Two and a Half Men

as Hiroshi

Samurai Jack

as Emperor (voice)

Jackie Chan Adventures

as Uncle (voice)

Jack & Jill

The Steve Harvey Show

as Bobby Wong

as Dr. Okida

All-American Girl

as Sammy

The X-Files

as Gung Bituen

The Simpsons

as Master Sushi Chef (voice)

Seinfeld

as Executive #1

Dear John

as Charlie Moura

Gung Ho

as Mr. Saito

Airwolf

as Ko

Knight Rider

as Hito Osaka

Newhart

as Sunatra

Cagney & Lacey

Remington Steele

as Kenji Ito

Tales of the Gold Monkey

Palmerstown, U.S.A.

Knots Landing

as Pharmacist

Hart to Hart

Quincy, M.E.

as Ito

M*A*S*H

The Waltons