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Tange Sazen

Real Name

Tange Samanosuke

First Appearance

Mainichi Shimbun (1927)

Created by

Fubō Hayashi

Origin[]

Centuries ago, in Japan during the Edo period (1601-1867), a loyal samurai of the Soma clan, Tange Samanosuke, is betrayed by other clan members. He is attacked and maimed, losing his right arm and his right eye. Tange forswears his clan allegiance, takes the name "Tange Sazen", and wanders Japan as an embittered and cynical ronin. The loss of an arm and an eye have not affected his martial ability, however, as numerous enemies discover.

Tange Sazen's popularity lead to the creation of a gender-swapped version of character, known in Japanese as Onna Sazen (lit. Female Sazen or Lady Sazen).

Public Domain Appearances[]

Public Domain Serial Appearances[]

  • Mainichi Shimbun (1927-1928)

Public Domain Film Appearances[]

  • Shinban Ōoka seidan (1928)
  • Tange Sazen (1933)
  • Tange Sazen II: Kengeki no maki (1934)
  • The Million Ryo Pot (1935)
  • Tange Sazen: Nikkō no maki (1936)
  • Tange Sazen: Kan'un hissatsu no maki (1936)
  • Tange Sazen: Konryū jubaku no maki (1936)
  • Tange Sazen: Aizō maken hen (1937)
  • Tange Sazen: Kanketsu hōkō (1937)
  • Onna Sazen: Dai-ichi hen - yōka no maki (1937)
  • Onna Sazen: Dai-ni hen - maken no maki (1937)
  • Shinpen Tange Sazen: Yōtō hen (1938)
  • Shinpen Tange Sazen: Hayate-hen (1938)
  • Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki (1939)
  • Shinpen Tange Sazen: Koiguruma no maki (1939)
  • Onna Sazen: Tsubanari mutō-ryū no maki (1950)
  • Tange Sazen (1952)

See Also[]

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