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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-02-13

Place of Birth

Kagoshima, Japan

Frankie Sakai

Biography

Frankie Sakai, born Masatoshi Sakai (堺 正俊; 13 February 1929 – 10 June 1996), was a Japanese comedian, actor, and musician.

Known for

Shōgun

Shōgun

An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.

Vengeance Is Mine

Vengeance Is Mine

A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.

Ponytail Won't Look Back

Ponytail Won't Look Back

After her family breaks apart and she ends up behind bars, a defiant teen fights her way back into the world through rhythm and rebellion, driven by a dream to start a band and rewrite her life.

Shogun

Shogun

Englishman John Blackthorne, serving the Netherlands as navigator of the "Erasmus," is sailing a merchant fleet bound for uncharted Japan. In Asian waters, the fleet is caught in a violent storm and capsizes. This is a compilation of footage from the miniseries, intended for international theatrical release.

Chûshingura

Chûshingura

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

A-Un

A-Un

Senkichi Mizuta, a pharmaceutical company employee, and Shuzo Kadokura, a war profiteer, are diametrically opposed in appearance and personality, but are best friends. Kadokura secretly loves Mizuta's wife, Tami, and both Mizuta and Tami are aware of it. The drama depicts the subtle relationship between the two men and the people around them against the backdrop of the times and customs of the early Showa period, in which both are aware of each other's love, but no one speaks of it.

Exploration in Front of the Station

Exploration in Front of the Station

Late entry "Ekimae" feature, about the hunt for lost treasure.

Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts

Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts

Period comedy with fantasy elements.

Mothra

Mothra

Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.

Violent Ishimatsu

Violent Ishimatsu

Record of Loving Your Wife

Record of Loving Your Wife

Big Wind at the Spa

Big Wind at the Spa

The 16th "Ekimae" feature.

A Monk in the Big City of Edo

A Monk in the Big City of Edo

Mahjong Madness

Mahjong Madness

The 18th "Ekimae" feature.

My Friend Death

My Friend Death

Period comedy about an undertaker's assistant in love with the daughter of a wealthy doctor. When her father refuses to allow the young lovers to marry and they attempt double suicide, Death comes to their rescue.