Masato Sakai
Birthday: 1973-10-14
Place of Birth: Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Biography: Masato Sakai (堺雅人) is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio and The Chef of South Polar and the award for best supporting actor at the 2008 Nikkan Sports Film Award, at the 33rd Hochi Film Award and at the 51st Blue Ribbon Awards. He also received a nomination for best supporting actor at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize. He is married to Japanese actress and J-pop singer Miho Kanno.
Movies
Climber's High
On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest sin...
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When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on t...
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Golden Slumber
When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Pr...
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Honey and Clover
Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama foll...
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After School
A middle school teacher, Jinno, is friends with a young couple that is about to have a baby. But on ...
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Be yourself
Yasushi and Yuka, who have both lost their spouses in the past, are brought together by fate and lea...
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The Man Who Can't Defraud
Sakai plays an extremely good-natured businessman. When he attends a marriage activity party in an a...
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太郎
Sonoko takes illegally dumped rubbish home and arranges it in her room, as if she is looking for som...
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実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
Army Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda (Nakamura Shido) has been fighting guerrilla warfare in the jungl...
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For the coming day
Miyo Hanayama works as a home care nurse, supporting the home care of patients who are close to dea...
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Fan of Hong Kong star
The protagonist is a woman (Hiroko Yakushimaru) who is a sales manager at the Japanese branch of a f...
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The Legacy of the Sun
Set during the end of World War II, Major Mashiba (Masato Sakai) and others receive an order to hide...
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Key of Life
A failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of his...
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Buddha: The Great Departure
Prince Siddhartha is heir to the Shakya kingdom, which is constantly at war with the more powerful K...
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Abacus and Sword
Set during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki belongs to the 8th generation of t...
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The Castle of Crossed Destinies
In the inner chambers of the Shugun's castle, 3,000 men attempt to vie for the affection of the fema...
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Beautiful Sunday
On Sunday, a man wakes up to find a strange woman sleeping next to him... A gay couple develop a st...
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Vamp Show
Five merry men who travel and live all over the country. They all love to sing and for some reason t...
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お父さんの恋
The latest work by writer Mayumi Nakatani and director Kyoichi Itagaki, who have steadily gained po...
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Uwasa
A hangout next to the 'boiler room' in the basement, offstage at a theatre in Osaka. The comedians ...
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小町
Wakabayashi is a poor office worker at a housing company. His grades have not improved recently and ...
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The Fearless Otojiro's Company
In 1897, actor, director, producer and theatre company leader Kawakami Otojiro set off on a tour of ...
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VIBE
Dates and venues 6 - 14 July 1996, Theatre Saint Maur Created and performed by Yasuyuki Tsutsumi...
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安楽椅子探偵、再び
A film crew visits a mountain-top pension for an idol's photo book. Sudden heavy rain that night. T...
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反乱のボヤージュ
Set in a (fictional) student dormitory at Tokyo Metropolitan University, which is in danger of being...
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巡査鉄兵の推理日誌
An officer struggles to solve a murder case despite being at odds with his lieutenant. Officer Tetsu...
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7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies
Set within an animal shelter, where if the owner of an animal doesn't claim their pet in 7 days, the...
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The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
A year after the celebrated cracking of “The Glorious Team Batista” case, the talented medical staff...
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The Two in Tracksuits
A son quits his job and is persuaded by his father to head off to a cottage in the remote mountains....
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The Samurai That Night
Five years after a hit-and-run accident kills his wife, a distraught metalworker comes face to face ...
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My SO Has Got Depression
Mikio is a married man and works hard for the company where he is employed. Then one day Mikio is di...
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Sunflower
Reunited by the death of a friend, a group of former schoolmates reassess themselves and their earli...
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The Chef of South Polar
When eight men are assigned to live 14,000 kilometers from home in inhumanly cold conditions, food b...
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Sukiyaki Western Django
A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to j...
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Being Here
After being sent away from the man she loves, Shino wanders in Osaka, waiting for him to reach out a...
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Dr. Coto's Clinic
In this drama set on Shikina Island, a far-flung island of the Japanese archipelago located more tha...
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The Goddess of 1967
A rich, young businessman travels to Australia with the intention of buying a 1967 Citroën DS. Once ...
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Go! Boys' School Drama Club
Genki Ogasawara enrolls in an all boys high school. He then sets out to become popular with girls an...
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知られざる“龍馬伝” 世紀の英雄・坂本龍馬 最大の謎と秘密の暗号
The Unknown 'Ryoma Biography' - Ryoma Sakamoto, Hero of the Century: The Greatest Mystery and Secret...
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新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日
Follows the final days of the shogunate and Shinsengumi's Vice-Comander Hijikata Toshizo along with ...
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The Elephant Vanishes
Adapted from Haruki Murakami's short stories, The Elephant Vanishes reveals a strange and beautiful ...
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世界初 極北の冒険 デナリ大滑降
Actor Masato Sakai brings you an unprecedented adventure! The world's first attempt to ski down the ...
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The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
Set in the early 1990's, after The Persian Gulf War began, a 30 year old man passes himself off as C...
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Hanzawa Naoki: Spin-off
At the Tokyo Central Securities company where Naoki Hanzawa has been posted, a massive overhaul of t...
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Legal High SP
Kazuhiko Kogure, who is a 2nd grade student in middle school, falls off from one of the school's roo...
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Share The Challenge
A heartwarming story in which samurai, enemies, zombies, and monsters become allies and face somethi...
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Banyuki
A story of an island country named Horai that was finally about to be integrated under one political...
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A Lush Life
The story involves an aloof thief, a young man who turns to God after his father’s suicide, a manipu...
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Ningen Shikkaku: Director's Cut-ban
A theatrical film version of Madhouse's Aoi Bungaku Series anime. The film will re-edit the four epi...
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Stake Out
The fourth chapter in the Love Cinema series, is a story of a cloistered and obsessive character who...
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Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Set in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where fantastical cr...
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Legal High 2 SP
Attorneys Kensuke Komikado and Machiko Mayuzumi receive a request from a general hospital. They go ...
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Promare
Galo and the Burning Rescue Fire Department face off against BURNISH, a group of mutants who are abl...
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Sakura Guardian in the North
The film follows the relationship between a mother and her son. In 1945, the mother played by Sayuri...
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Spring Special
Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2008 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Sakk...
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The Woman Opposite
Two women so totally different – in their status, their perspectives, the things they had…everything...
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The Wall Man
The wall man is a strange wall-dwelling creature that is neither human nor ghost....
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A Moon in the Ordinary
Kensho Aoto reunites with Yoko Sudo, whom he had feelings for in junior high school, for the first t...
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