# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/torajiro-saito
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:50:34.099Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/torajiro-saito"
name: "Torajirō Saitō"
slug: "torajiro-saito"
description: "Torajirō Saitō  was a Japanese film director known for his comedy films. Born in Akita Prefecture, he entered Shōchiku's Kamata studio in 1922 and debuted as a director in 1926. He later worked at the Shintoho and Toho studios. He became known as the \"god of comedy\" for directing over 200 films, many of which were nonsense comedies featuring famous clowns such as Ken'ichi Enomoto, Roppa Furukawa, and Junzaburo Ban."
tagline: "Japanese film director (1905-1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Koisuredo_Koisuredo_Monogatari.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1905-01-30"
deathDate: "1982-05-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.682866666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0756872/"
    handle:    "nm0756872"
sources:
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A3_%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%8B%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%95"
    title: "โทราจิโร ไซโต"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "توراچيرو سايتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torajir%C5%8D_Sait%C5%8D"
    title: "Torajirō Saitō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torajir%C5%8D_Sait%C5%8D"
    title: "Torajirō Saitō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "توراجیرو سایتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torajir%C5%8D_Sait%C5%8D"
    title: "Torajirō Saitō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torajir%C5%8D_Sait%C5%8D"
    title: "Torajirō Saitō"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%8E%E8%97%A4%E5%AF%85%E6%AC%A1%E9%83%8E"
    title: "斎藤寅次郎"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1279665"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1087700"
    title: "Torajirō Saitō"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump