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
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: Mankind's Weaknesses
- Konto 55: Grandson of a Ninja
- Bonds of Love as Miyata
1968
- Admiral Yamamoto as Helmsman (Akagi)
- Golden Eyes as Middle-aged Japanese
- Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant as Club Boy (Electra)
- Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
- Where Love Springs
1967
- King Kong Escapes as Henchman
- Japan's Longest Day as Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief
- Great Incidents
- Zoku izuko e
- The Killing Bottle as Secret Police Officer Shimada
- Botchan shain seishun de tsuppashire!
- Botchan shain seishun wa ore no monoda!
1966
- Ultra Q as Manager of Tokyo Advertising Company
- What's Up, Tiger Lily? as Wing Fat Henchman
- Rise Against the Sword as Shigeju
- Adventure in Kigan Castle as Guide
- The Mad Atlantic as Kawabe
1965
- The Retreat from Kiska as Kojima
- Five Gents' Trick Book
- Ironfinger
- Key of Keys as Inagawa
1964
1963
- Operation Mad Dog
- Outpost of Hell
- A Woman's Life as Hayashi
- Legacy of the 500,000 as Igarashi, Keigo Gunji's driver
- Young Guy in Hawaii as 赤塚
1962
- Sanjuro as Samurai
- King Kong vs. Godzilla as Obayashi
- Gorath as Physician
- Chûshingura
- Operation Enemy Fort
- Local Reporter
- Tatsu as Marumatsu
- Anything For Success
- The Weed of Crime
- Our Failures
- College Champ
- Pride of the Campus as Hiroshi
1961
- Yojimbo as First Foot Soldier
- Sir Galahad in Campus
- A Man in Red
- Daredevil in the Castle as Kai Hayami
- Blueprint of Murder
- Different Sons
- Big Shots Die at Dawn
- Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa: I Want to Weep as The Tiger of Danjima (the local bad boss)
- The Witness Killed as Murata
- Aces Wild
- Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa: Thank You, Sandogasa as Traveling Monk
- Lovers of Ginza
- Romance Express
- Zoku sararīman yajikita dōchū
1960
- The Secret of the Telegian as Taki
- The Last Gunfight as Fudokichi
- Westward Desperado
- The Gambling Samurai as Tamazo
- Three Dolls and Three Guys
- The Dangerous Kiss
- University Bandits
- Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes as Company Employee
1959
- I Want to Be a Shellfish
- The Big Boss
- Desperado Outpost
- Samurai Saga as (uncredited)
- 3 Dolls in College
- Saga of the Vagabonds
- Fox and Raccoon as Son of Hidematsu
- The Story of Iron Arm Inao as Sadayuki Inao
- Three Dolls in Ginza as Yokoyama
- Young Lovers as Nakagawa
1958
- The Hidden Fortress as Soldier (uncredited)
- The Naked General
- Fancy Talker
- Executive Chair as Kimura
- The Young Boss is Third Generation as Out-no-Yoshi
- All About Marriage as Koichiro Doi
- Song for a Bride
- The Hotelman's Holiday
- He's the Killer
- Female Detective Story: S.O.S Woman
- Go and Get It as Don-chan
1957
- Throne of Blood as Washizu samurai
- Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman as Third Skier
- The Mysterians
- Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean as Hagiwara
- Ôban as Employee
- The Shadow Daughter as Okamoto
- Faraway Man
- Sazae-san Sequel as Yamashita
- The Men of Toho-ku
- Elephant from "Zoo Story" as Tamura (Lion Officer)
- The Paradise Island Story
- The Last Escape as Hashimoto
- Story of a Detective's Assistant as Tetsu
- Skin-Colored Moon as Kusuda
- The Ornery Entrance to the Sumo Ring with a Sword
1956
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! as Hagiwara
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Matahachi Honiden (uncredited)
- Sudden Rain as Tada
- The Underworld
- The Hoodlum and the Young Master
- Will-o'-the-Wisp
- Settlement of Love
- The Maiden Courtesan
- The First Love of a Cha Cha Girl
- A Young Lady on Her Way
1955
- Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple as Matahachi Honiden
- Beast Man Snow Man as Nakata
- All is Well
- A Man Among Men as Onuki
- Frame of Snow as Kikukawa Yoshihiro
- Three Brides for Three Sons
1954
- Seven Samurai as Coolie #2
- Godzilla as Hagiwara
- Jirocho's New Year
- One Night of Love as Takeshi
- This Love Costs 50 Million Yen
- The Road of Love
- Wedding Season
- Last of the Wild Ones
- My Six Favorite Men — Speedy Men
- How the Bell of Liberty Rings as Kenichiro Hamamura
1953
- The Last Embrace as Uchimura (Saboten)
- The Eagle of the Pacific as (uncredited)
- Mr. Pu
- Jirocho Begins His Roving Life
- Girls in the Orchard
- Even The Mighty Shed Tears as Koibuchi
1952
- Ikiru as Yakuza (uncredited)
- The Man Who Came to Port as (uncredited)
- Tokyo Sweetheart
- The Skin of the South
- The Woman Who Touched the Legs
- Vendetta of a Samurai
- Forbidden Path
- Forty-Eight Man
- Mr. Lucky
1951
- The Blue Pearl as Yanagiya
- Elegy
1948
- Drunken Angel as Guitar Player
1947
- One Wonderful Sunday as Shady Ticket Man