Sachio Sakai
Born: 1925-09-08 in Tokyo, Japan
Died: 1998-03-11
Known For: Acting
Biography
Sachio Sakai (堺 左千夫, Sakai Sachio, September 8, 1925 - March 11, 1998), real name Yukio Abe (阿部 幸男, Abe Yukio), was a Japanese actor. Sakai was the son of an electrician and later graduated from Tokyo City Asakusa Technical College. In 1946, Sakai entered and passed the first Toho New Face program and had his first film appearance under the studio in 1947 in Akira Kurosawa's "One Wonderful Sunday". Sakai would go on to appear in numerous films by the studio, including many directed by Kurosawa, Kihachi Okamoto, and Ishiro Honda.
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
- Blood Type: Blue as Taxi Driver
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
1973
1972
1971
- The Battle of Okinawa as Water Seller
- Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man
1970
- Space Amoeba as The Editor
- The Vampire Doll as Taxi Driver
- The Militarists as Kitamura
- Rebel Against Glory
- Crazy Violence at Shimizu Harbor
1969
- All Monsters Attack as Bank Robber Senbayashi
- Samurai Banners
- Red Lion as Peasant Kesaji
- Konto 55: Grandson of a Ninja
- Konto 55: Mankind's Weaknesses
- Bonds of Love as Miyata
1968
- Admiral Yamamoto as Helmsman (Akagi)
- Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
- Golden Eyes as Middle-aged Japanese
- Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant as Club Boy (Electra)
- Where Love Springs
1967
- King Kong Escapes as Henchman
- Japan's Longest Day as Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief
- Great Incidents
- The Killing Bottle as Secret Police Officer Shimada
- Zoku izuko e
- Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
- Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!
1966
- Ultra Q as Manager of Tokyo Advertising Company
- What's Up, Tiger Lily? as Wing Fat Henchman
- Swindler Meets Swindler
- Rise Against the Sword as Shigeju
- The Mad Atlantic as Kawabe
- Adventure in Kigan Castle as Guide
1965
- The Retreat from Kiska as Kojima
- Ironfinger
- Key of Keys as Inagawa
- Raccoon Dog Leader
- Five Gents' Trick Book
1964
1963
- A Woman's Life as Hayashi
- Legacy of the 500,000 as Igarashi, Keigo Gunji's driver
- Young Guy in Hawaii as 赤塚
- Outpost of Hell
- Operation Mad Dog
1962
- Sanjuro as Samurai
- King Kong vs. Godzilla as Obayashi
- Gorath as Physician
- Chûshingura
- Pride of the Campus as Hiroshi
- The Weed of Crime
- Local Reporter
- College Champ
- Operation Enemy Fort
- Tatsu as Marumatsu
- Anything For Success
- Our Failures
1961
- Yojimbo as First Foot Soldier
- Blueprint of Murder
- Romance Express
- Daredevil in the Castle as Kai Hayami
- Different Sons
- Sir Galahad in Campus
- Big Shots Die at Dawn
- A Man in Red
- Lovers of Ginza
- The Witness Killed as Murata
- Aces Wild
- Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa: I Want to Weep as The Tiger of Danjima (the local bad boss)
- Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa: Thank You, Sandogasa as Traveling Monk
- Zoku sararīman yajikita dōchū
1960
- The Secret of the Telegian as Taki
- The Last Gunfight as Fudokichi
- University Bandits
- Westward Desperado
- The Gambling Samurai as Tamazo
- Three Dolls and Three Guys
- The Dangerous Kiss
- Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes as Company Employee
1959
- The Big Boss as Restaurant Bartender
- Violent Ishimatsu
- Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts
- Mariko's Autobiography: Flowing Constellation
- Saga of the Vagabonds
- Samurai Saga as (uncredited)
- I Want to Be a Shellfish
- The Story of Iron Arm Inao as Sadayuki Inao
- Fox and Raccoon as Son of Hidematsu
- Desperado Outpost
- 3 Dolls in College
- I Love You
- Three Dolls in Ginza as Yokoyama
- Young Lovers as Nakagawa
1958
- The Hidden Fortress as Soldier (uncredited)
- Executive Chair as Kimura
- Fancy Talker
- Go and Get It as Don-chan
- Chakkiri Kinta Sequel
- All About Marriage as Koichiro Doi
- The Naked General
- The Young Boss is Third Generation as Out-no-Yoshi
- Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman
- The Hotelman's Holiday
- He's the Killer
- Song for a Bride
1957
- Throne of Blood as Washizu samurai
- The Mysterians
- Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman as Third Skier
- Story of a Detective's Assistant Sequel
- Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean as Hagiwara
- The Girl in the Target
- Story of a Detective's Assistant as Tetsu
- The Shadow Daughter as Okamoto
- Skin-Colored Moon as Kusuda
- Faraway Man
- The Men of Toho-ku
- Ôban as Employee
- The Ornery Entrance to the Sumo Ring with a Sword
- Sazae-san Sequel as Yamashita
- The Last Escape as Hashimoto
- The Paradise Island Story
- Elephant from "Zoo Story" as Tamura (Lion Officer)
1956
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as Hagiwara
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Matahachi Honiden (uncredited)
- The First Love of a Cha Cha Girl
- Sudden Rain as Tada
- A Young Lady on Her Way
- The Underworld
- Will-o'-the-Wisp
- The Hoodlum and the Young Master
- Settlement of Love
- I Saw the Killer as Assassin A
- The Maiden Courtesan
1955
- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple as Matahachi Honiden
- Beast Man Snow Man as Nakata
- All is Well
- Frame of Snow as Kikukawa Yoshihiro
- Three Brides for Three Sons
- A Man Among Men as Onuki
1954
- Seven Samurai as Coolie #2
- Godzilla as Hagiwara
- The Road of Love
- One Night of Love as Takeshi
- This Love Costs 50 Million Yen
- Last of the Wild Ones
- Jirocho's New Year
- Wedding Season
- How the Bell of Liberty Rings as Kenichiro Hamamura
- My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
1953
- The Eagle of the Pacific as (uncredited)
- Mr. Pu
- The Last Embrace as Uchimura (Saboten)
- Girls in the Orchard
- Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
- Even The Mighty Shed Tears as Koibuchi
1952
- Ikiru as Yakuza (uncredited)
- The Skin of the South
- Tokyo Sweetheart
- Forty-Eight Man
- Vendetta of a Samurai
- The Man Who Came to Port as (uncredited)
- Mr. Lucky
- Forbidden Path
- The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1951
- The Blue Pearl as Yanagiya
- Elegy
1948
- Drunken Angel as Guitar Player
1947
- One Wonderful Sunday as Shady Ticket Man