13-02-1929
Birthday
Aquarius
Zodiac Sign
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Genres
98
Total Films
堺 正俊, Furankî Sakai, Фрэнки Сакаи
Also known as (male)
Kagoshima, Japan
Place of Birth
13-02-1929
Birthday
Aquarius
Zodiac Sign
-
Genres
98
Total Films
Masatoshi Sakai
Also Known As (male)
Kagoshima, Japan
Place of Birth
actor
98 Works
producer
1 Works
director
2 Works
writer
1 Works
other
0 Works
Moonlight Serenade
After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, a writer remembers travelling with his family to bury his brother after World War II.Year:
1997
Sharaku
A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold drawings, and nurtures him despite persecution and betrayal. The film explores the eternal relationship between artist and producer, and describes the emanicipation of a man who refuses to let himself become the plaything of power and money.Year:
1995
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
Hikaru, an ordinary man, discovers a way to unleash the supernatural powers hidden inside his soul, allowing him to cure others with his newfound “ki” healing power.Year:
1994
Tôhôkenbunroku
Year:
1993
Fusa
Period piece about a samurai who marries a mysterious beautiful young woman who claims to have lost her memory.Year:
1993
Tokugawa Ieyasu's Secret Treasure
Year:
1992
Waiting for the Flood
A young asthmatic man learns he has magical powers.Year:
1991
Shinran: Path to Purity
In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school (Shingon) offered extensive training in complex and very demanding practices which might eventually bring about spiritual purification and realization. Various Zen schools offered students a lengthy path, literally composed of a blank wall and unceasing meditation. Yet another school (Tendai) emphasized complex metaphysics and the study of philosophical systems. Basically, all of them were designed to cater to the few who were able to give up everything else in their lives and focus on liberation, such as scholars and noblemen. In this historical and biographical drama, this is the situation that the young Shinran (1173-1263) discovered when he began exploring Buddhism as an alternative to the violence and ceaseless civil wars that racked Japan at the time.Year:
1987
The Greatest Man in the World
Remake of classic samurai film of 1932Year:
1986
嵐を呼ぶ男
Remake of the 1957 film "The Stormy Man".Year:
1983
Edo Porn
The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.Year:
1981
Vengeance Is Mine
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.Year:
1979
Hawaiian Love: Dangerous Honeymoon
Year:
1978
Have Wings on Your Heart
Tragedy about a terminally ill girl.Year:
1978
Dynamite Don-Don
Yakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyūshū Area in the summer of 1950, particularly between the Okagen Group and the rising Hashiden Gang. Now with the mediation/interference of the Americans, they decide to settle it in a peaceful, *democratic* way, that is, to settle it with a baseball game. Now, with its money and power, The Hashiden group soon recruits a group of gamblers known to be good at baseball from the whole country. So, what is the Okagen Gumi gonna do?Year:
1978
Japanese Humanity and Justice
When a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to their limits as new alliances and enemies are formed.Year:
1977
Bridal Cruise
Daisuke and Shinichi are companions who frequent girlie shows and parties until they find out they are rivals bidding for control of a major resort hotel. During the bargaining sessions each accuses the other of misconduct because of their escapades, thus getting them in trouble with their families. Shinichi's ecology group and Daisuke's wife's women's lib movement become involved.Year:
1976
My Blood is the Blood of Others
Year:
1974
Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi
In front of Sagami Detention Center. Shosuke, the owner of a strip joint called "Shunpu Music," welcomes Okoma, a stripper who has been locked up for public indecency. Shosuke immediately takes the paroled Okoma to the police station to greet her, and meets a young new detective, Matsuta Obara, who has just been transferred. But the two don't get along from the moment they meet...Year:
1974
恋は放課後
Year:
1973
Miyamoto Musashi
In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Kojiro. Part II builds toward that great duel on Ganryu Island, with considerable focus on Musashi's planning & forethought as to how to gain an advantage.Year:
1973
The Ghostly Trip
The 10th film in the travel series. The original work and screenplay is by Kazuo Funahashi, the director is Shoji Segawa, and the cinematography is by Keiji Maruyama.Year:
1972
Price of Life
Comedy of a phony doctor.Year:
1971
Kaiun ryokō
1971 Japanese movieYear:
1971
Oh, My Comrade!
Fukuzo, Kato and Matsuko, Kato's wife, are operating the "Kurenai Sightseeing Service" in Tokyo. Fukuzo and Kato were comrades during the war. One day Fukuzo guides Harumi, an old woman, to the Yasukuni Shrine where the souls of fallen soldiers are enshrined. Finding she has no place to go, Fukuzo carries her to his shack by the sea.Year:
1970
The Walking Major
U.S. Army Captain Clark Allen gains attention by walking back and forth, the length of Japan, gambling with U.S. servicemen in order to raise funds to rebuild an orphanage. Suspicious of Allen's motives, a Japanese newsman, Hiroshi Kitabayashi, traces the American's background until he discovers the motive behind Allen's long walk.Year:
1970
与太郎戦記 女は幾万ありとても
Year:
1970
Little Remi and Famous Dog Capi
Japanese animation adaptation of a 19th century French novel: A boy is given up by his foster parents to a traveling performer.Year:
1970
Woman Boss
Year:
1970
新・与太郎戦記
Year:
1969
Gokudô Petenshi
A group of one-hit wonder scam artists led by the troubled "Kanpai," dealing with impotence, embark on a lively and poignant societal comedy. They overturn the distorted trends and authorities of modern society through peculiar methods such as taking over temples and creating fake emerging religions.Year:
1969
Yosakoi Journey
A drama by director Masaharu Segawa.Year:
1969
Topsy-Turvy Journey
A drama from director Masaharu Segawa.Year:
1969
Mastermind
Zero Mostel plays an inspector on the trail of criminals who have captured a robot called Chatze(sp?) played by Felix Silas. The inspector has delusions that he is a great Samurai warrior and the movie flashes back and forth between present day and ancient times.Year:
1969
喜劇 駅前桟橋
Year:
1969
大安旅行
Year:
1968
I Sell My Husband
Japanese comedy film.Year:
1968
Kawachi fūten zoku
1968 filmYear:
1968
ドリフターズですよ！盗って盗って盗りまくれ
Year:
1968
ラーメン大使
Year:
1967
A Comedy: The University Around the Corner
#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie Sakai) mentors a group of university hopefuls. Cut to 25 years later, the students have each settled into their careers and cross paths with Professor Sakai's son, a P.E. teacher (also played by Sakai).Year:
1965
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Young widow Ine is suffering under the harsh treatment of her mother in law. As a former Geisha, Ine had struggled to be accepted into the well-established Rokujo family from the beginning. With the support of Jiro, a young man Ine's late husband had saved from homelessness as a young boy, Ine tries to keep the family's heritage of silk processing alive. Their close relationship soon causes gossip among the villagers and threaten Ine's position in the family even further ...Year:
1965
Five Gents' Trick Book
The 22nd film in the Shacho comedy series.Year:
1965
You Can Succeed, Too
A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.Year:
1964
Zoku shachō shinshiroku
Shûe Matsubayashi movieYear:
1964
ミスター・ジャイアンツ 勝利の旗
Apparently a baseball drama starring real-life stars Nagashima (The Babe Ruth of Japanese Baseball) and teammate Oh-known collectively as ON-from the Yomiuri Giants. Nagashima nickname was 'Mr. Giants.Year:
1964
Hail the 3 Gents
Year:
1964
Jolly Barbers
Year:
1963
The Maid Story
Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are forever looking for new maids. As the years go by maid servants become hired help and more bossy and independent, so Chikura and his wife find themselves adjusting their lives to keep up with changing times.Year:
1963
Nonsense Boys
Japanese comedy film.Year:
1963
Kawachi fudoki oiro ke hanjō-ki
1963 Japanese movieYear:
1963
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Ensemble comedy.Year:
1963
Pachinko
Year:
1962
喜劇 駅前飯店
The fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.Year:
1962
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.Year:
1962
Chihō kisha
Year:
1962
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962 Japanese movieYear:
1962
Kigeki ekimae onsen
1962 Japanese movieYear:
1962
This Madding Crowd
Year:
1962
Heso no taisho
1962 Japanese movieYear:
1962
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
Year:
1962
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
Year:
1962
The Dangoro Party in the Sky
The film adaptation of Kazuo Kikuta novel "Kumo no Ue Dangoro Ichiza", which enjoyed great success at the performances of the Toho Takarazuka Theater at the end of the year. The troupe "Kumo no Ue Dangoro" continues to tour from town to village. The small cast of the troupe includes its leader (Kenichi Enomoto), Norizo (Norihei Miki) and Taizo (Mutoshi Happa), who play female roles - they are all super actors, each of whom plays five roles. Dan Goro dreams of performing in a major theater and tries to put on a big show with a young man he meets in Shikoku named Sakai (Frankie Sakai), but...Year:
1962
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962 Japanese movieYear:
1962
Salaryman Shimizu Minato
Year:
1962
Kigeki ekimae bentô
Third film in the "Ekimae" series set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko asks for advice from her childhood friends Kintaro, a textile manufacturer, and Magosaku, an entrepreneur, about a big-shot from Osaka who wants to invest in her shop. However, Kintaro and Magosaku suspect that things are not what they seem...Year:
1961
The Last War
A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.Year:
1961
Snow in the South Seas
Japanese soldiers stranded in Manokwari, New Guinea, improvise a theater play to keep their spirits up and endure the extremely difficult conditions.Year:
1961
An Urban Affair
Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawara line, the film takes up the problem of real estate around the expanding Yurigaoka apartments.Year:
1961
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.Year:
1961
A Geisha's Diary
A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just as a woman but as a complete person.Year:
1961
Romance Express
Comedy of manners set on the "Kodama" train between Tokyo and Osaka, before the opening of the Shinkansen. In the leading role, Frankie Sakai plays a straightforward but indecisive hero. The passengers also include the bubbly Dan Reiko, and Ozawa Eitaro as a dour company president. Based on the novel "Seven and a half hours", by Shishi Bunroku.Year:
1961
Aces Wild
Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitimate descendant left behind in Osaka and a brother of the Otorigumi, returned from South America for the first time in 15 years. When he stepped on the soil of his native land, his first thought was to visit Otanuki Fudo, the guardian deity of the Otorigumi, but the Otorigumi had fallen and Otanuki Fudo was on the verge of eviction for the construction of an expressway. Keisuke and Joji put on the striped suits left to them by their late boss, and set out to rebuild the clan...Year:
1961
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.Year:
1960
Westward Desperado
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into Communist China to bring back the flag of a defeated enemy regiment.Year:
1960
Hito mo arukeba
A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.Year:
1960
Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi
A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.Year:
1959
Room for Let
When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection of characters already living there. The unlikely leader of this menagerie is Yoda Goro, who speaks four languages fluently, is an expert in cabbage rolls, and has written how-to books encompassing every aspect of human existence.Year:
1959
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.Year:
1959
Temptation on Glamour Island
Comedy about three soldiers, two female reporters, six prostitutes, and the wife of an officer, all stranded on a South Seas island at the end of World War II.Year:
1959
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Television production of 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. According to the accusation by GHQ, Toyomatsu "attemped to kill a US prisoner", which was nothing but an order by his superior and failed after all with hurting the prisoner by weak Toyomatsu. Also, Toyomatsu was driven to corner at the trial by the fact that he fed the US prisoner some burdock roots to nourish him. Toyomatsu believes nothing but being not guilty, but he is sentenced to death by hanging. Prior to the execution, Toyomatsu writes a long farewell letter to his family, the wife and the only son: "If I ever incarnate, I hate to be a human being any more.... Oh yes, I would like to be...a shellfish living on the rock-bottom of the sea."Year:
1958
The Hotelman's Holiday
A longtime hotel employee (Morishige) struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.Year:
1958
A Boy and Three Mothers
Year:
1958
Man Who Causes a Storm
Shoichi Kokubun (Yujiro Ishihara) is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to catch the attention of a popular jazz band, his brother appeals to their manager who has the power to make him a star. In a graphic portrayal of love, betrayal and success, Shoichi brews up a storm with a 'rat-a-tat-tat' on the drums.Year:
1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commission” for his troubles.Year:
1957
Furankī no uchūbito
Dr. Kinoshita, whose rocket experiments had been a series of failures, discovers a strange flying saucer zooming through the night sky at super speed. He contacts the newspaper about it, but the editor dismisses him, saying he's gone mad and doesn't take him seriously at all. This is the imaginative sci-fi comedy "Frankie 14," featuring a groundbreaking and innovative story with flying saucers of unparalleled rarity and the appearance of artificial satellite people produced from single cells.Year:
1957
Dancing Sisters
It’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a small but loving home with her three beautiful daughters. Haruko, the eldest, is the lead vocalist in a band. Natsuko is the conscientious type, who spends her days in ballet classes beautifying herself. The youngest of the three, Akiko is a bookworm who found her niche in philosophy. Although the sisters may appear to have nothing in common, there is one thing they all agree on; "Mom needs a new husband".Year:
1957
Frankie the Milkman
Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to Tokyo to save a sinking milk delivery business a distant relative of his runs, he encounters the most strangest of clientele.Year:
1956
Hungry Soul, Part II
A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a beautiful widow. Reiko meets her husband’s business rival, a young, capable businessman, and falls for him. Meanwhile, Mayumi enters into a relationship with Shimotsuma, a friend of her late husband.Year:
1956
Densuke no senden kyō
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1956
How Sorrowful
The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when her parents accuse him of cashing in on her misfortune.Year:
1956
The Happy Dancers
Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Tokyo baka odori" by Haruo Oka and Chiyoko Shimakura.Year:
1956
Seishun wo warera ni
Year:
1956
The Green Music Box
Ruriko's father is a well known scientist who's involved in secret research that even his family doesn't know about. Ever since he moved up to the research laboratory in Hokkaido, Ruriko hasn't heard from him. The only thing that reminded her of his warmth was the green music box that he’d left behind for her. She longed to reunite with her father. The little box played music that lifted her spirits, to a place where everything was perfect.Year:
1955
Burden of Love
The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after the other. - NikkatsuYear:
1955
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
This is a paradise of dream and illusion, a country of Raccoon Dogs. The Bat Tribe lives in a neighboring country took a young prince of Raccoon Dogs as a hostage, and try to take a Buddhist saint from the temple by force.Year:
1954
A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival
Japanese musical.Year:
1954
Ganpeki
1953 Japanese movieYear:
1953
