Acting
Sachio Sakai
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.
Titles
Seven Samurai
1954
Godzilla
1954
Ikiru
1952
Ultra Q
1966
Yojimbo
1961
Professional Killers
1972
Throne of Blood
1957
The Hidden Fortress
1958
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
1956
Sanjuro
1962
Rhapsody in August
1991
All Monsters Attack
1969
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
1988
Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
1957
Godzilla
1977
Admiral Yamamoto
1968
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
1966
Drunken Angel
1948
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
King Kong Escapes
1967
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
1989
Space Amoeba
1970
The Mysterians
1957
Gorath
1962
Japan's Longest Day
1967
Chûshingura
1962
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean
1957
The Naked General
1958
Sir Galahad in Campus
1961
One Wonderful Sunday
1947
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959
Samurai Saga
1959
The Last Embrace
1953