Frankie Sakai: movies and TV shows
Frankie Sakai has 137 credits in the archive: 134 films and 3 TV series, from 1953 to 1997. Highest rated: I Want to Be a Shellfish (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 1997 · busiest year: 1962 (13 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Moonlight Serenade | Photographer | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 1995 | Sharaku | Tsutaya | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1995 | Sharaku | Film | 7.0 | 66 | |
| 1995 | Sharaku | Film | 7.0 | 66 | |
| 1995 | Fusa | Film | 5.9 | 66 | |
| 1994 | Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown | Film | 9.0 | 65 | |
| 1993 | Tôhôkenbunroku | Film | — | 64 | |
| 1992 | Tokugawa Ieyasu's Secret Treasure | Film | — | 63 | |
| 1991 | Waiting for the Flood | Tadashi Ono | Film | 10.0 | 62 |
| 1987 | Shinran: Path to Purity | Film | 5.8 | 58 | |
| 1987 | Star Ranch | Film | — | 58 | |
| 1986 | The Greatest Man in the World | Isenokami | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1985 | Ponytail Won't Look Back | Yuji Aso | TV | — | 56 |
| 1983 | The Guy Who Brings On A Storm | Film | 9.0 | 54 | |
| 1981 | Edo Porn | Nakajima Ise | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1980 | Shōgun | Yabu | TV | 7.7 | 51 |
| 1980 | A-Un | TV | — | 51 | |
| 1980 | Shogun | Yabu | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1979 | Vengeance Is Mine | Inspector Kawai | Film | 7.6 | 50 |
| 1978 | Dynamite Don-Don | Tokuemon | Film | 7.8 | 49 |
| 1978 | Have Wings on Your Heart | Film | 9.0 | 49 | |
| 1978 | Hawaiian Love: Dangerous Honeymoon | Frank Ômori | Film | 2.0 | 49 |
| 1977 | Japanese Humanity and Justice | Film | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1976 | Greatest Game Ever Part II | Film | 9.0 | 47 | |
| 1976 | Mastermind | Captain Yamada (as Furankî Sakai) | Film | 4.8 | 47 |
| 1976 | Bridal Cruise | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1975 | Greatest Game Ever | 梅野長太郎 | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1974 | My Blood is the Blood of Others | Film | 10.0 | 45 | |
| 1974 | Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1973 | Miyamoto Musashi | Honiden Matahachi | Film | 7.3 | 44 |
| 1973 | Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro | Nagato Kinoshita | Film | — | 44 |
| 1973 | Love Is After School | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1972 | The Ghostly Trip | Film | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1972 | Kigeki yūwaku ryokō | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1971 | Price of Life | Seizo | Film | — | 42 |
| 1971 | Kaiun ryokō | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1970 | The Walking Major | Film | 6.0 | 41 | |
| 1970 | Little Remi and Famous Dog Capi | Kapi (voice) | Film | 5.3 | 41 |
| 1970 | Oh, My Comrade! | Fukuzo | Film | 10.0 | 41 |
| 1970 | Woman Boss | Film | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 1970 | 与太郎戦記 女は幾万ありとても | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1969 | Twenty-One Concubines: The Life of a Pervert | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1969 | Topsy-Turvy Journey | Film | 10.0 | 40 | |
| 1969 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier | Film | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1969 | Yosakoi Journey | Film | 8.0 | 40 | |
| 1969 | Gokudô Petenshi | Film | 10.0 | 40 | |
| 1969 | 新・与太郎戦記 | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1968 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune | Jirô Sakai | Film | — | 39 |
| 1968 | I Sell My Husband | Film | 9.0 | 39 | |
| 1968 | 喜劇・大安旅行 | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1968 | Kawachi fūten zoku | Film | 9.0 | 39 | |
| 1968 | It's The Drifters! Steal, steal, steal as much as you can! | Film | 10.0 | 39 | |
| 1968 | 大安旅行 | 並木大作 | Film | — | 39 |
| 1967 | Discover Japan with the 5 Gents | Pekero Dos Araki (Third-gen Brazilian) | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1967 | Five Gents Prefer Geisha | Pecoro dos Araki (2nd-gen Japanese Brazilian) | Film | 9.0 | 38 |
| 1967 | Ambassador Ramen | Film | 9.0 | 38 | |
| 1966 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga | Jiro Sakai | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1966 | A Company President's Life Story | Annaka Ruiji (Chiol Japan Manager) | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1966 | Five Gents on the Spot | Ruiji Annaka | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1966 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten | Film | 7.0 | 37 | |
| 1965 | Five Gents' Trick Book | Film | 10.0 | 36 | |
| 1965 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: University | Professor Sakai / Mr. Sakai | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1965 | President's Ninja Trick Book Part II | Tsuyoshi Kemachi (Sales Section Chief) | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1965 | The Man Who Killed Six Women | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1965 | Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi | Jiro | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1964 | You Can Succeed, Too | Zenta Yamakawa | Film | 7.7 | 35 |
| 1964 | Hail the 3 Gents | Hayato Hinatayama | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1964 | Mr. Giant's Victory Flag | Film | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 1964 | 3 Gents in the Snow Country | Film | 10.0 | 35 | |
| 1964 | Hot Spring Ghost | Film | 10.0 | 35 | |
| 1964 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady | Film | 10.0 | 35 | |
| 1963 | A Naughty Angel | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1963 | Travel Stories of a Company President | Film | 7.0 | 34 | |
| 1963 | The Maid Story | Film | 10.0 | 34 | |
| 1963 | Nonsense Boys | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1963 | 3 Gents In Hawaii | George Okitsu (3rd-gen Japanese American) | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1963 | Aloha 3 Gents | George Okitsu (Third-generation Japanese-American) | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1963 | Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai | Shinichi Tamaki | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1963 | Devices Stronger Than Women | Nobuo Koyama (Kimono shop heir) | Film | — | 34 |
| 1963 | Jolly Barbers | Sakai | Film | — | 34 |
| 1963 | Travel Stories of a Company President Part II | Willie Tanaka (Jupiter Secretary) | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1963 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot | Film | 7.0 | 34 | |
| 1963 | Kawachi fudoki oiro ke hanjō-ki | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1962 | Chûshingura | Film | 7.1 | 33 | |
| 1962 | Heso no taisho | Film | 10.0 | 33 | |
| 1962 | This Madding Crowd | Goro | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1962 | Three Gentlemen from Tokyo | Film | 9.0 | 33 | |
| 1962 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant | Shu | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1962 | Shin kitsune to tanuki | Film | 7.0 | 33 | |
| 1962 | Shimizu Port Salaryman | Film | 8.0 | 33 | |
| 1962 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen | Film | 10.0 | 33 | |
| 1962 | Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong | Film | 6.5 | 33 | |
| 1962 | Local Reporter | Film | 10.0 | 33 | |
| 1962 | Hagure kigeki mandara | Film | 7.0 | 33 | |
| 1962 | Pachinko | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1962 | The Dangoro Party in the Sky | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1961 | Mothra | Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda | Film | 7.1 | 32 |
| 1961 | The Last War | Mokichi Tamura | Film | 6.8 | 32 |
| 1961 | A Geisha's Diary | Nozaki | Film | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1961 | Snow in the South Seas | Film | 9.0 | 32 | |
| 1961 | Weaker Sex | Film | 9.0 | 32 | |
| 1961 | An Urban Affair | Heita Sakurai | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1961 | Romance Express | Film | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 1961 | Aces Wild | Film | 8.0 | 32 | |
| 1961 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox | Ichiro | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1960 | Hito mo arukeba | Keima Sunagawa | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1960 | Westward Desperado | Film | 6.1 | 31 | |
| 1960 | The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night | Junpei Tanabe | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1959 | I Want to Be a Shellfish | Tomimatsu Shimizu | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1959 | Room for Let | Goro Yoda | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1959 | The Bride from Japan | Taro Fujikawa | Film | 9.0 | 30 |
| 1959 | Temptation on Glamour Island | Army Captain Prince Tamenaga | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1958 | The Hotelman's Holiday | Kinichi Koyama | Film | 9.0 | 29 |
| 1958 | Go and Get It | Tetsuo Matsumoto | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1958 | I Want to Be a Shellfish | Shimizu Toyomatsu | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1958 | A Boy and Three Mothers | Seiji, the Farher | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1958 | Romance and Rhythm | Film | 7.0 | 29 | |
| 1957 | Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki | Santaro Monma | Film | — | 28 |
| 1957 | A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era | Inokori Saheiji | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1957 | Man Who Causes a Storm | Film | 6.8 | 28 | |
| 1957 | Dancing Sisters | Kunio Yamato | Film | — | 28 |
| 1957 | Frankie's Aliens | Film | — | 28 | |
| 1956 | Frankie the Milkman | Rukuheita Sakai / Kogorô Sakai | Film | 8.5 | 27 |
| 1956 | Drums Love and Dreams | Hula Ko | Film | — | 27 |
| 1956 | Jazz on Parade (1956): The Tomboy from the Backstreets | Hiroshi | Film | — | 27 |
| 1956 | How Sorrowful | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1956 | Hungry Soul, Part II | Tachibana's Old Friend A | Film | 6.5 | 27 |
| 1956 | The Happy Dancers | Jet Kid Jiro | Film | — | 27 |
| 1956 | Seishun wo warera ni | Moriyama | Film | 10.0 | 27 |
| 1956 | Densuke no senden kyō | 茶刈デンスケ | Film | — | 27 |
| 1955 | Burden of Love | Kamenosuke Dewa-no-kouji | Film | 7.1 | 26 |
| 1955 | The Green Music Box | Clown | Film | 5.0 | 26 |
| 1955 | Cheers to the Jazz Girl | Fura-san | Film | — | 26 |
| 1954 | Quick Change Tanuki Palace | Jazz Tanuki | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1954 | A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival | Daisuke Matsumoto | Film | — | 25 |
| 1953 | 名探偵アジャパー氏 | Film | — | 24 | |
| 1953 | Ganpeki | Film | — | 24 |