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Frankie Sakai

Acting Born Feb 13, 1929 Kagoshima, Japan 24 credits

Biography

Frankie Sakai, born Masatoshi Sakai (堺 正俊; 13 February 1929 – 10 June 1996), was a Japanese comedian, actor, and musician.

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Known for

Shōgun

as Yabu

Full filmography

  • Shōgun (1980) as Yabu
  • A-Un (1980)
  • Ponytail Won't Look Back (1985) as Yuji Aso
  • Edo Porn (1981) as Nakajima Ise
  • Mothra (1961) as Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda
  • Vengeance Is Mine (1979) as Inspector Kawai
  • Chûshingura (1962)
  • 新・与太郎戦記 (1969)
  • Miyamoto Musashi (1973) as Honiden Matahachi
  • A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957) as Inokori Saheiji
  • Dynamite Don-Don (1978) as Tokuemon
  • Japanese Humanity and Justice (1977)
  • The Last War (1961) as Mokichi Tamura
  • A Geisha's Diary (1961) as Nozaki
  • Moonlight Serenade (1997) as Photographer
  • I Sell My Husband (1968)
  • Sharaku (1995) as Tsutaya
  • The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night (1960) as Junpei Tanabe
  • Westward Desperado (1960)
  • Heso no taisho (1962)
  • Dancing Sisters (1957) as Kunio Yamato
  • This Madding Crowd (1962) as Goro
  • Shinran: Path to Purity (1987)
  • A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox (1961) as Ichiro