Sachio Sakai
Born: 1925-09-08 in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Died: 1998-03-11
Known For: Acting
Biography
Real name: Yukio Abe. Born September 8, 1925, as the son of an electrician in Tokyo. Graduated from Tokyo City Asakusa Technical College. Passed the 1st Toho New Face exam and joined Toho. It is in sync with Toshiro Mifune and Hajime Izu. Debuted in 1947 with Kurosawa's "One Wonderful Sunday". Later appeared as a regular in the many Toho movies. It was nicknamed "Boo-chan" by the studio associates.
Filmography
1994
1991
- Rhapsody in August as Mourner
1990
- Ultra Q: The 1/8 Project as The 1/8 Project Staff
1988
1982
1981
- At This Late Date, the Charleston as Communications Minister
1978
1977
- Godzilla as Hagiwara (uncredited)
1975
- Battle Cry as Nimaibashi Roh Wasuke
1974
- Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy
- Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters as Vice Mayor Shibata
1972
1970
- Space Amoeba as The Editor (uncredited)
- The Vampire Doll as Taxi Driver
- The Militarists as Kitamura
- Crazy Violence at Shimizu Harbor
- Rebel Against Glory
1969
- All Monsters Attack as Bank Robber Senbayashi
- Samurai Banners
- Red Lion as Peasant Kesaji
- Konto 55: Mankind's Weaknesses
- Bonds of Love as Miyata
- Konto 55: Grandson of a Ninja
1968
- Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
- Golden Eyes as Middle-aged Japanese
- Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant as Club Boy (Electra)
1967
- Japan's Longest Day as Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief
- King Kong Escapes as Henchman
- The Killing Bottle as Secret Police Officer Shimada
- Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
- Zoku izuko e
- Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!
1966
- Ultra Q as Manager of Tokyo Advertising Company
- Adventure in Kigan Castle as Guide
- The Mad Atlantic as Kawabe
- Rise Against the Sword as Shigeju
- What's Up, Tiger Lily? as Wing Fat Henchman
1965
- The Retreat from Kiska as Kojima
- Key of Keys as Inagawa
- Ironfinger
- Five Gents' Trick Book
1964
1963
- A Woman's Life
- Young Guy in Hawaii as 赤塚
- Legacy of the 500,000 as Igarashi, Keigo Gunji's driver
- Outpost of Hell
- Operation Mad Dog
1962
- Sanjuro as Samurai
- King Kong vs. Godzilla as Obayashi
- Chûshingura
- Gorath as Physician
- Pride of the Campus as Hiroshi
- Anything For Success
- Tatsu as Marumatsu
- College Champ
- Local Reporter
- The Weed of Crime
- Our Failures
- Operation Enemy Fort
1961
- Yojimbo as First Foot Soldier
- Daredevil in the Castle as Kai Hayami
- Big Shots Die at Dawn
- Blueprint of Murder
- Different Sons
- Aces Wild
- The Witness Killed as Murata
- Lovers of Ginza
- Romance Express
- Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa: Thank You, Sandogasa as Traveling Monk
- Zoku sararīman yajikita dōchū
- Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa: I Want to Weep as The Tiger of Danjima (the local bad boss)
- A Man in Red
- Sir Galahad in Campus
1960
- The Last Gunfight as Fudokichi
- The Secret of the Telegian as Taki
- Westward Desperado
- The Gambling Samurai as Tamazo
- University Bandits
- Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes as Company Employee
- The Dangerous Kiss
- Three Dolls and Three Guys
1959
- Desperado Outpost
- The Big Boss
- Saga of the Vagabonds
- Fox and Raccoon as Son of Hidematsu
- Samurai Saga as (uncredited)
- I Want to Be a Shellfish
- The Story of Iron Arm Inao as Sadayuki Inao
- Young Lovers as Nakagawa
- 3 Dolls in College
1958
- The Hidden Fortress as Soldier (uncredited)
- All About Marriage as Koichiro Doi
- Executive Chair as Kimura
- The Hotelman's Holiday
- Go and Get It
- Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman
- The Young Boss is Third Generation as Out-no-Yoshi
- Song for a Bride
- He's the Killer
1957
- Throne of Blood as Washizu samurai
- The Mysterians
- Ôban as Employee
- Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean as Hagiwara
- Elephant from "Zoo Story" as Tamura (Lion Officer)
- Skin-Colored Moon as Kusuda
- Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman as Third Skier
- The Shadow Daughter
- Sazae-san Sequel
- The Paradise Island Story
- The Men of Toho-ku
- Story of a Detective's Assistant as Tetsu
- The Last Escape as Hashimoto
1956
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Matahachi Honiden (uncredited)
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as Hagiwara
- Sudden Rain as Tada
- Settlement of Love
- The Underworld
- Will-o'-the-Wisp
- The Maiden Courtesan
- The Hoodlum and the Young Master
1955
- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple as Matahachi Honiden
- Beast Man Snow Man as Nakata
- A Man Among Men as Onuki
- All is Well
- Frame of Snow as Kikukawa Yoshihiro
1954
- Seven Samurai as Coolie #2
- Godzilla as Hagiwara
- Last of the Wild Ones
- How the Bell of Liberty Rings as Kenichiro Hamamura
- Wedding Season
- Jirocho's New Year
- One Night of Love as Takeshi
1953
- The Eagle of the Pacific as (uncredited)
- Mr. Pu
- Girls in the Orchard
- Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
- Even The Mighty Shed Tears as Koibuchi
- The Last Embrace as Uchimura (Saboten)
1952
- Ikiru as Yakuza (uncredited)
- Tokyo Sweetheart
- Vendetta of a Samurai
- Forty-Eight Man
- Mr. Lucky
- Forbidden Path
- The Woman Who Touched the Legs
- The Skin of the South
- The Man Who Came to Port as (uncredited)
1951
- The Blue Pearl as Yanagiya
- Elegy
1948
- Drunken Angel as Guitar Player
1947
- One Wonderful Sunday as Shady Ticket Man