Sachio Sakai
Acting Born Sep 8, 1925 Tokyo, Japan 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- Seven Samurai (1954) as Coolie #2
- Professional Killers (1972)
- Ultra Q (1966) as Manager of Tokyo Advertising Company
- Ikiru (1952) as Yakuza (uncredited)
- Godzilla (1954) as Hagiwara
- Yojimbo (1961) as First Foot Soldier
- Throne of Blood (1957) as Washizu samurai
- The Hidden Fortress (1958) as Soldier (uncredited)
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) as Obayashi
- Sanjuro (1962) as Samurai
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) as Hagiwara
- King Kong Escapes (1967) as Henchman
- All Monsters Attack (1969) as Bank Robber Senbayashi
- Gorath (1962) as Physician
- Drunken Angel (1948) as Guitar Player
- Rhapsody in August (1991) as Mourner
- Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief
- Chûshingura (1962)
- The Mysterians (1957)
- The Battle of Okinawa (1971)
- Space Amoeba (1970) as The Editor
- Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) as Matahachi Honiden (uncredited)
- Elephant from "Zoo Story" (1957) as Tamura (Lion Officer)
- Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)