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Sab Shimono is a Actor American born on 31 july 1937 at Sacramento (USA)
Sab Shimono (born Saburo Shimono, July 31, 1943) is an American actor who has appeared in dozens of movies and television shows in character roles.
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Sab Shimono (born Saburo Shimono, July 31, 1943) is an American actor who has appeared in dozens of movies and television shows in character roles.
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He has been in a relationship with writer Steve Alden Nelson since 2001. The couple registered their domestic partnership in April 2005 and married in San Diego June 23, 2008.Usually with
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Old Dogs (2009)
, 1h28Directed by Walt Becker
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films, Children's films, Jumeaux ou jumelles
Actors Robin Williams, John Travolta, Kelly Preston, Seth Green, Lori Loughlin, Matt Dillon
Roles Yoshiro Nishamura
Rating53%
Dan Rayburn (Robin Williams) and Charlie Reed (John Travolta) are best friends and co-owners of a successful sports marketing firm. Seven years prior, Dan, recently divorced, married Vicki (Kelly Preston) after being whisked away by Charlie for a tropical vacation. The wedding, however, is short lived. Seven years later, Vicki resurfaces to tell Dan that their short marriage resulted in something he never suspected: twins Zach (Conner Rayburn) and Emily (Ella Bleu Travolta).
, 1h14Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about dogs, Comedy horror films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Mindy Cohn, Grey DeLisle, Kelly Hu, Sab Shimono
Roles Mr. Takagawa (voice)
Rating66%
At a Tokyo museum of ancient history, Mr. Takagawa, the curator, and Kenji, a janitor, witness the resurrection of The Black Samurai, an ancient Japanese warrior whose armor was to be the newest exhibit at the museum. The next day, the Mystery Inc. gang arrives at Tokyo, where Daphne is to participate in a martial arts tournament at a prestigious school. The gang meet Daphne’s friend Miyumi, who explains the difficulty of winning the tournament and entering the school as a student. The gang and Miyumi take a fully functioning robotic plane to the school, which is run by Miss Mirimoto. After Daphne defeats Miss Mirimoto’s bodyguard, Sojo, and almost defeats Miyumi, Mirimoto tells her she shows promise as a fighter. Also at the tournament is Mr. Takagawa, who explains to Mirimoto that the Black Samurai has risen and will be after the Destiny Scroll, which is at the school. That night, during a feast, the Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors attack the school and steal the scroll. But Mirimoto explains the scroll was only a copy, and shows the gang the real one. Mr. Takagawa explains to the gang the legend of the Black Samurai.
Ben 10: Race Against Time (2008)
, 1h8Directed by Alex Winter
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Films about religion, Time travel films, Films set in the future, Superhero films, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Graham Phillips, Haley Ramm, David Franklin, Lee Majors, Christien Anholt, Beth Littleford
Roles Old Man
Rating41%
Taking place after the series, the story opens in Bellwood as a mysterious black figure appears and immediately starts destroying things. Ben Tennyson (Graham Phillips), in the form of Heatblast (voiced by David Franklin), confronts him. After a short battle, Ben seemingly obliterates the villain, which is strange considering it was way too easy.
The Sensei (2008)
, 1h35Directed by Diana Lee Inosanto
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Sports films, LGBT-related films, Martial arts films, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Diana Lee Inosanto, Keith David, Louis Mandylor, Sab Shimono, Emily Kuroda, Tzi Ma
Roles Taki Nakano
Rating64%
Set in Colorado, the story takes place in 1985 during the rise of the AIDS panic. McClain Evans is a gay high school student, constantly the target of bullying in his town. Karen O'Neil is a woman haunted by the death of her pro-boxer fiance, Mark Corey. After a five-year absence, she returns to her family, who runs a successful martial arts school. When McClain is attacked by three local teens, his mother, Annie, asks Karen to teach her son martial arts so that he can defend himself. Karen's family is fearful of anti-gay retaliation, so Karen is forced to secretly teach McClain at night. When word of this reaches her family, and the small-town community, violence erupts, and family and friendship are challenged, forcing Karen to reveal her own dark and tragic secret to those she loves most.
Southland Tales (2007)
, 2h25Directed by Richard Kelly
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Time travel films, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Alternate history films, LGBT-related films, Disaster films, LGBT-related film
Actors Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Prinze, Mandy Moore, Miranda Richardson, Wallace Shawn
Roles Hideo Takehashi
Rating52%
On July 4th, 2005, in a fictionalized United States alternate history reality, two towns in Texas: El Paso and Abilene were destroyed by twin nuclear attacks that triggered a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions, sending America into a state of anarchy and hysteria, as well as a Third World War (a fictionalized perspective of what the War on Terror would've escalated to). The PATRIOT Act has extended authority to a new agency known as US-IDent, which keeps constant surveillance on citizens—even to the extent of censoring the Internet and requiring fingerprints to access computers and bank accounts. In response to the recent fuel shortage in the wake of global warfare, the German company Treer designs a generator of inexhaustible energy, which is propelled by the perpetual motion of ocean currents, called "Fluid Karma". However, its inventor Baron von Westphalen and his associates are hiding the fact that the generators alter the ocean's currents and cause the Earth to slow its rotation, and that the transmission of Fluid Karma to portable receivers (via quantum entanglement) is ripping holes in the fabric of space and time.
Americanese (2006)
, 1h50Directed by Eric Byler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Chris Tashima, Kelly Hu, Ben Shenkman, Autumn Reeser, Joan Chen, Sab Shimono
Roles Wood Ding
Rating53%
Raymond Ding, a middle-aged Chinese American college professor, and Aurora Crane, his younger Hapa (half-Asian) girlfriend, have just split, but continue to drift in and out of each other's lives. Unable to fully let go, Raymond visits the apartment they once shared, during the day while Aurora is away. Aurora is haunted by flashbacks of moments from their relationship. Encouraged by their best friends to move on, Raymond and Aurora each begin new relationships. Aurora dates Steve, a Caucasian man closer to her age (and also her best friend's ex). Raymond dates Betty, a Vietnamese American colleague, who he soon discovers is haunted by her own past. Race and identity issues begin to surface as Raymond and Aurora try to start new lives, but remain drawn to their past.
Robot Stories (2003)
, 1h25Directed by Greg Pak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy-drama, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Robot films
Actors Tamlyn Tomita, James Saito, Tim Kang, Sab Shimono, Greg Pak, Cindy Cheung
Roles John
Rating59%
My Robot Baby A young Marsha hides in the closet from her parents' fighting due to a mistake she has made. Marsha apologizes when her mother finds her in the closet; her mother tells Marsha to never fall in love, get married, and have children. Twenty-five years later, Marsha is married to Ray and they are looking towards adopting a child. After going to an adoption clinic, they apply for an adoption trial where they take care of a robotic baby before they can adopt a human child. Marsha begins to struggle when she is alone to take care of the robot baby, as she becomes flustered with what to do when the baby cries. Marsha brings the robot baby to her father, a handyman, and sees if he can tamper with the electronics of the robot. However, Marsha’s father worries that the doctors of the adoption clinic will detect the alteration of the robot. Nonetheless, Marsha persists on getting the baby reprogrammed and leaves the baby to her father while Marsha goes to work. As Marsha comes home to the robot baby now automated, she attempts to talk to the baby. However, the robot baby goes berserk and attacks Marsha. Marsha finds the robot baby in the closet, then remembers her young self hiding in the closet as her own mother was angry. Marsha then cries and is able to hug her robot baby, finding closure to her past.
Ice Planet (2001)
Directed by Winrich Kolbe
Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Impact events in fiction, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Reiner Schöne, Sab Shimono, Rae Baker, Anna Brüggemann, Wes Studi, Stephanie Coker
Roles Karteez Rumla
Rating39%
The movie takes place some thirty years after a devastating war between the Union and the Consortium that resulted in the death of 10% of the Earth's population. The Newton 5 space colony is suddenly attacked by a vast extraterrestrial spacecraft, killing 200,000 people in the process. The alien spaceship then proceeds to annihilate a military base on Jupiter's moon Io. Base commander Noah Trager, aided by recently graduated space cadets, manages to escape to the nearby Magellan research vessel commanded by professor Karteez Rumla. Rumla (encouraged by Senator Jeremy Uvan who was on the military base) insists that the Magellan continue its original classified mission rather than return to Earth. Pursued by the alien spaceship, the refugees head toward section 9 in space—the Magellan's original destination—when the research vessel suddenly is ejected into hyperspace by an unknown space phenomenon. After traveling through interstellar space, the vessel is drawn towards an unidentified ice planet where it lands automatically in a crater. The planet has a breathable atmosphere and earth-like gravity, but an unknown force field keeps the Magellan and the 1426 refugees on board trapped on the surface. The planet's orbit is also highly unusual, resembling that of a spacecraft rather than a planet. It is located so far from Earth even the Andromeda galaxy is not visible in the sky. The Magellan is stranded and its crew has to cope with the fact that returning to Earth is impossible.
The Big Hit (1998)
, 1h31Directed by Kirk Wong
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Bokeem Woodbine, Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Avery Brooks
Roles Jiro Nishi
Rating59%
Melvin Smiley (Mark Wahlberg) is a hitman leading a secret life and maintaining two relationships, one with the demanding and demeaning Chantel (Lela Rochon), who does not accept his work, and another with Pam (Christina Applegate), who knows nothing of his job. Melvin is somewhat of a pushover, trying to appease all of Chantel's demands, even her most expensive wishes, as well as rolling over whenever one of his co-workers takes credit for his achievements. Perhaps as a result of his helplessness in asserting himself, throughout the early scenes Melvin is often seen drinking Maalox to relieve an incipient ulcer.
Paradise Road (1997)
, 1h54Directed by Bruce Beresford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Political films, Women in prison films
Actors Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Pauline Collins, Johanna ter Steege, Julianna Margulies, Cate Blanchett
Roles Colonel Hirota
Rating67%
Après l'invasion de Singapour par l'armée impériale japonaise en 1942, des Anglaises, des Australiennes, des Chinoises et des Néerlandaises sont incarcérées dans des camps avec leurs enfants et certaines d'entre elles sont enrôlées comme femmes de réconfort. Bien qu'elles viennent toutes d'horizons différents, un groupe de prisonnières décide d'organiser un orchestre de chant pour tromper le désespoir et faire face aux exactions de leurs ravisseurs.
Waterworld (1995)
, 2h16Directed by Kevin Costner, Kevin Reynolds
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Adventure, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Environmental films, Seafaring films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Transport films, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino, Michael Jeter, Gerard Murphy
Roles Elder
Rating62%
In the beginning of the 21st century, the polar ice caps melted and the sea level rose to cover every continent on Earth. Surviving humans were scattered across the ocean on ramshackle floating communities known as atolls, mostly built from scrap metal and decrepit sea vessels. Over time, the survivors eventually forget that they ever lived on firm ground, adapting a mythological place named "Dryland" somewhere in the ocean.
3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994)
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Children's films
Actors Victor Wong, Max Elliott Slade, J. Evan Bonifant, Caroline Junko King, Dustin Nguyen, Sab Shimono
Roles Koga
Rating45%
Rocky, Colt and Tum-Tum are experiencing the pains of growing up prior to a trip to Japan planned with their grandfather Mori Shintaro, who hopes to take them to a martial arts tournament of which he was the victor 50 years ago. Only Tum-Tum seems interested in going, and even then, only out of interest in seeing sumo wrestlers due to how much food they get to eat. He tells the boys he hopes to return a dagger awarded to him at the tournament when he defeated a boy named Koga, so that it may be presented to the incumbent victor. In Japan, a man (later revealed to be Koga) breaks into a museum and steals a sword before escaping via hang glider. Meanwhile, back at Mori's house, a trio of bunglers led by Koga's nephew Glam try to break into the house to steal the dagger, the boys manage to drive them off, counting it as an ordinary robbery attempt.
The Shadow (1994)
, 1h43Directed by Russell Mulcahy
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Arme nucléaire
Actors Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller, Peter Boyle, Ian McKellen, Tim Curry
Roles Dr. Roy Tam
Rating60%
In Tibet, following the First World War, an American named Lamont Cranston (Alec Baldwin), succumbing to his darker instincts during the war, has set himself up as a brutal warlord and opium kingpin under the alias of Ying-Ko (Mandarin Chinese for "Dark Eagle"). He is abducted from his palace by servants of the Tulku (Barry Dennen), a holy man who exhibits otherworldly powers and knows Cranston's identity. He informs Cranston that he is to become a force for good. Cranston objects but is silenced by the Phurba (Frank Welker), a mystical sentient flying dagger that assaults Cranston, wounding him. Cranston is unable to refuse and remains under the tutelage of the Tulku for seven years. He learns to "cloud men's minds," a form of mystical, psychic hypnosis that allows him to influence others' thoughts and bend their perceptions so he cannot be seen, except for his shadow (since light itself cannot be deceived), hence his new alias.
, 1h36Directed by Stuart Gillard
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Time travel films, Comedy science fiction films, Martial arts films, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une tortue, Samurai films, Superhero films, Alternate history films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Reptile
Actors Elias Koteas, Paige Turco, Jim Raposa, Stuart Wilson, Matt Hill, Mark Caso
Roles Lord Norinaga
Rating48%
In feudal Japan 1603 (Late Sengoku period) a young man is being chased by four samurai on horseback. As they go into the woods, a mysterious woman emerges from the underbrush and watches closely. However, the samurai eventually capture and take the youth, revealed to be a prince named Kenshin, with them.
Suture (1993)
, 1h36Directed by Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Dennis Haysbert, Mel Harris, Sab Shimono, Dina Merrill, David Graf, Fran Ryan
Roles Dr. Max Shinoda
Rating64%
After murdering his father, wealthy Vincent Towers decides to fake his own death. He plants a car bomb in an attempt to kill a nearly identical half-brother, Clay Arlington, after persuading Arlington to switch identities with him.