Sachio Sakai
Acting
Biography
Real name: Yukio Abe. Born September 8, 1925, as the son of an electrician in Tokyo. Graduated from Tokyo City Asakusa Technical College. Passed the 1st Toho New Face exam and joined Toho. It is in sync with Toshiro Mifune and Hajime Izu. Debuted in 1947 with Kurosawa's "One Wonderful Sunday". Later appeared as a regular in the many Toho movies. It was nicknamed "Boo-chan" by the studio associates.
Born: September 8, 1925
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Known For
The Man Who Came to Port
An Ishiro Honda film.
I Want to Be a Shellfish
On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder.
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. The film combines elements of the original Toho version and the American King of the Monsters! in a unique assemblage exclusive to the Francophone market. Released by Les Films du Verseau.
Seven Samurai
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
Ikiru
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
The Retreat from Kiska
In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhelming force of Americans, the Japanese Navy attempted one of the most daring and unlikely evacuations in military history. This is that story.
Ultra Q
As supernatural events and monster attacks rock Japan, the military and government look to be overwhelmed. Three intrepid young investigators—two pilots and a reporter—take it upon themselves to study these unexplained phenomena in order to inform and protect the public. With allies and science aiding them on their journey, the trio must separate myth from history as they explore the greater mysteries of these occurrences: are they unrelated, or is this barrage somehow a portent of even worse things to come?
Yojimbo
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
The Militarists
Professional Killers
A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that introduced laborers and maids, was also one of these. Katsugoro Iseya was a timber dealer who had come in as a client. His target was the constructions magistrate Hanno, and the Tatsumiya who sipped on the benefits. Hanemon who had a stong code towards killing, where he would only kill those who do no good to be in the world, accepts this request. Baian Fujieda, a needle doctor would carry out the killing. However, the professional killer Baian fails to bring down Tatsumiya. Hanemon then looks to another shikakenin, the ronin Sanai Nishimura for the role. Although Sanai's ability with the sword is good, he lives poorly in a tenement, and accepts this commission on the condition that it is kept a secret from his wife and child. Here, they close in on Hanno and Tatsumiya again...
Filmography
as Mourner
as The 1/8 Project Staff
as Officer
as Communications Minister
as Hagiwara (uncredited)
as Nimaibashi Roh Wasuke
as Vice Mayor Shibata
as Kitamura
as The Editor (uncredited)
as Taxi Driver
as Bank Robber Senbayashi
as Peasant Kesaji
as Miyata
as Middle-aged Japanese
as Club Boy (Electra)
as Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief
as Henchman
as Secret Police Officer Shimada
as Wing Fat Henchman
as Kawabe
as Guide
as Shigeju
as Manager of Tokyo Advertising Company
as Inagawa
as Kojima
as 赤塚
as Igarashi, Keigo Gunji's driver
as Obayashi
as Marumatsu
as Physician
as Hiroshi
as Samurai
as Murata
as Traveling Monk
as The Tiger of Danjima (the local bad boss)
as First Foot Soldier
as Kai Hayami
as Taki
as Tamazo
as Company Employee
as Fudokichi
as Nakagawa
as (uncredited)
as Son of Hidematsu
as Sadayuki Inao
as Soldier (uncredited)
as Out-no-Yoshi
as Koichiro Doi
as Kimura
as Kusuda
as Third Skier
as Tamura (Lion Officer)
as Hagiwara
as Employee
as Washizu samurai
as Hagiwara
as Tada
as Matahachi Honiden (uncredited)
as Nakata
as Matahachi Honiden
as Kikukawa Yoshihiro
as Onuki
as Newspaper Reporter Hagiwara
as Kenichiro Hamamura
as Coolie #2
as Koibuchi
as (uncredited)
as Uchimura (Saboten)
as (uncredited)
as Yakuza (uncredited)
as Yanagiya
as Guitar Player
as Shady Ticket Man