Sachio Sakai profile
Actor profile

Sachio Sakai

8th September 1925 Tokyo, Japan Acting

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.

167 Movies 2 TV Shows 170 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Godzilla poster
Godzilla 1st January 1977 as Hagiwara (uncredited)
Red Lion poster
Red Lion 10th October 1969 as Peasant Kesaji
Tatsu poster
Tatsu 29th April 1962 as Marumatsu
Gorath poster
Gorath 21st March 1962 as Physician
Yojimbo poster
Yojimbo 25th April 1961 as First Foot Soldier
Ôban poster
Ôban 5th March 1957 as Employee
Ikiru poster
Ikiru 9th October 1952 as Yakuza (uncredited)
Ultra Q poster
Ultra Q 2nd January 1966 as Manager of Tokyo Advertising Company