Sanshô Shinsui was born on 5 May 1947 in Amakusa-gun, Kumamoto, Japan. He was an actor, known for The Ballad of Narayama (1983), Parasite Eve (1997) and Kizudarake no kunshô (1986). He was married to Midori Hagio. He died on 30 December 2017 in Tokyo, Japan.