Saburo Shimono (born July 31, 1937 in Sacramento, California) is an Japanese-American actor of stage and screen, best known for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, Jackie Chan Adventures, Southland Tales, and Waterworld.
He is openly gay and is married to writer Steve Alden Nelson. Not related to Hiro Shimono.
Works Sab Shimono has appeared in:
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Film roles
- Loving 1970 as Byron
- The Hospital as Operating Room Staff Member (Uncredited Role)
- Midway (1976) as Lt. Joichi Tomonaga
- Rabbit Test as Chinese Leader
- Nice Dreams as Oriental Bus Boy
- Conan the Barbarian (1982) as Subotai (uncredited)
- The Challenge 1982 as Toshio Yoshiba
- Where the Toys Come From as Kenji the Designer
- Gung Ho as Saito
- Blind Date as Mr. Yakamoto
- The Wash as Sadao
- Presumed Innocent as Dr. "Painless" Kumagai
- Come See The Paradise as Hiroshi Kawamura
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III as Lord Norinaga
- Suture as Dr. Max Shinoda
- Three Ninjas Kick Back as Koga
- The Shadow as Dr. Roy Tam
- Waterworld as Elder
- Paradise Road as Col. Hirota
- The Big Hit as Jiro Nishi
- Ice Planet as Karteez A. Rumla
- Robot Stories as John
- Americanese as Wood Ding
- Soutland Tales as Hideo Takehashi
- The Sensei as Taki Nakano
- Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword as Takagawa
- Old Dogs as Yoshiro Nishamura
- The Arcadian as Moto
- Yellow Face 2013 as HYH
- The Watcher 2016 as Wendell
Television roles
- East Side West Side as Sam (1 episode)
- Black Sheep Squadron as Japanese Bomber Commander (1 episode)
- M*A*S*H as Jin/Kwang (2 episodes)
- Quincy, M.E. as Ito/Governor (3 episodes)
- The Waltons as Cpl. Kiyomo (1 episode)
- Palmerston USA as Yeung-Lee (1 episode)
- Cagney & Lacey as Cunningham (1 episode)
- Hart to Hart as Koji (1 episode)
- Remington Steele as Kenji Ito/Sam Kuromatsu (2 episodes)
- Knight Rider as Hito Osaka (1 episode)
- Tales of the Gold Monkey as Gen. Anago (1 episode)
- Santa Barbara as Caretaker (1 episode)
- Airwolf as Ko (1 episode)
- Street Hawk as Mr. Chen (1 episode)
- Hotel as Inspector James Matsuoka (1 episode)
- Our House 1986 as Veterinarian (1 episode)
- A Year In The Life as Kwan (1 episode)
- Knots Landing as Pharmacist (2 episodes)
- Newhart as Suntara (1 episode)
- Dear John…. as Charlie Moura (1 episode)
- American Playhouse as Takahashi Hosoume (1 episode)
- The Simpsons as Master Chef/Mr. Sparkle (2 episodes)
- Raven as Mr. Koyosaka (1 episode)
- All-American Girl (1994) as Sammy (1 episode)
- The X-Files as Gung Bituen (1 episode)
- The Steve Harvey Show as Bobby Wong (1 episode)
- Seinfeld as Executive #1 (1 episode)
- ER as Dr. Richard Okida (1 episode)
- Jack And Jill as Mr. Tanaka (1 episode)
- Jackie Chan Adventures as Uncle Chan
- Samurai Jack as The Emperor (recurring)
- Justice League Unlimited as Monk (1 episode)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender as Monk/Gyatso/Master Yu (6 episodes)
- Two and a Half Men as Hiroshi (1 episode)
- Clark And Michael as Man at Driving Range (2 episodes)
- Legion of Super Heroes (2006) as K3NT (1 episode)
- Ben 10: Race Against Time as Old Man (TV Movie)
- Samurai Girl as Noriyuki
- The Boondocks as Mr. Long Dou (1 episode)
- Mad Men as Ichiro Kamura (1 episode)
- Hawaii Five-0 as Keako Kelly (recurring)
- Longmire as Francis Igawa (1 episode)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) as Mr. Murakami (4 episodes)
- Flaked as Wild Bill (1 episode)
- Legends of Tomorrow as Ichiro Yamashiro (1 episode)
- The Blacklist as Daniel Nakamoto (1 episode)
- Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters as Grandpa Park (recurring)
- The Terror as Kazu (1 episode)
Theatre roles
- Mame as Ito
- Pacific Overtures as Manjiro
