Background
Shibata Sanae was born in 1920, Hokkaido, Japan.
Shibata Sanae was born in 1920, Hokkaido, Japan.
She studied at the Tokyo Academy of Music.
She was a member of the Nichigeki Dancing Team, Toho Motion Picture Training Studio, Oka-Joji Theater Company and the Meiro Shingeki Troupe. After starring in the Shochiku film "Pioneer Of Love", following the war, she became a star in the NHK' s popular "Twenty Questions."