Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

103

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-02-13

Deathday

1996-06-10 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Kagoshima, Japan

Also Known As

Masatoshi Sakai
堺正俊
Furankî Sakai
Фрэнки Сакаи

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

7.7%

Shōgun

Sep 15, 1980

7.2%

Mothra

Jul 30, 1961

7.5%

Vengeance Is Mine

Apr 21, 1979

7.3%

Chûshingura

Nov 3, 1962

6.1%

Edo Porn

Sep 12, 1981

7.2%

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Jul 14, 1957

6.2%

The Last War

Oct 8, 1961

7.1%

Miyamoto Musashi

Jul 13, 1973

7.2%

A Geisha's Diary

Jul 28, 1961

6.7%

Man Who Causes a Storm

Dec 28, 1957

6.1%

Sharaku

Jun 2, 1995

6.4%

Hungry Soul, Part II

Nov 28, 1956

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Acting

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Ponytail Won't Look Back

1997

Moonlight Serenade as Photographer

1995

Sharaku as Tsutaya

1994

Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown

1993		Tôhôkenbunroku
1993		Fusa

1992

Tokugawa Ieyasu's Secret Treasure

1991

Waiting for the Flood as Tadashi Ono

1987

Shinran: Path to Purity

1986

The Greatest Man in the World as Isenokami

1983

嵐を呼ぶ男

1981

Edo Porn as Nakajima Ise

1980		Shōgun as Yabu
1980		A-Un

1979

Vengeance Is Mine as Inspector Kawai

1978		Hawaiian Love: Dangerous Honeymoon as Frank Ômori
1978		Have Wings on Your Heart
1978		Dynamite Don-Don as Tokuemon

1977

Japanese Humanity and Justice

1976

Bridal Cruise

1974		My Blood is the Blood of Others
1974		Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi

1973		Love Is After School
1973		Miyamoto Musashi as Honiden Matahachi

1972

The Ghostly Trip

1971		Price of Life as Seizo
1971		Kaiun ryokō

1970		Oh, My Comrade! as Fukuzo
1970		The Walking Major
1970		与太郎戦記女は幾万ありとても
1970		Little Remi and Famous Dog Capi as Kapi(voice)
1970		Woman Boss

1969		新・与太郎戦記
1969		Yosakoi Journey
1969		Gokudô Petenshi
1969		Topsy-Turvy Journey
1969		Mastermind as Captain Yamada (as Furankî Sakai)
1969		喜劇　駅前桟橋

1968		大安旅行 as 並木大作
1968		喜劇・大安旅行
1968		I Sell My Husband
1968		Kawachi fūten zoku
1968		ドリフターズですよ！盗って盗って盗りまくれ

1967

ラーメン大使

1965		A Comedy: The University Around the Corner as Professor Sakai / Mr. Sakai
1965		Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi as Jiro
1965		六人の女を殺した男
1965		Five Gents' Trick Book

1964		You Can Succeed, Too as Zenta Yamakawa
1964		Zoku shachō shinshiroku
1964		Mr. Giants
1964		Hail the 3 Gents

1963		Jolly Barbers as Sakai
1963		The Maid Story
1963		Nonsense Boys
1963		Kawachi fudoki oiro ke hanjō-ki
1963		Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai as Shinichi Tamaki

1962		Pachinko
1962		喜劇駅前飯店 as Shu
1962		Chûshingura
1962		Chihō kisha
1962		Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962		Kigeki ekimae onsen
1962		This Madding Crowd as Goro
1962		Heso no taisho
1962		Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962		Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962		The Dangoro Party in the Sky
1962		Hagure kigeki mandara
1962		Salaryman Shimizu Minato

1961		Kigeki ekimae bentō as Ichiro
1961		The Last War as Mokichi Tamura
1961		Snow in the South Seas
1961		An Urban Affair as Heita Sakurai
1961		Mothra as Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda
1961		A Geisha's Diary as Nozaki
1961		Romance Express
1961		Aces Wild

1960		The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night as Junpei Tanabe
1960		Westward Desperado
1960		Hito mo arukeba as Keima Sunagawa

1959		Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi as Taro Fujikawa
1959		Room for Let as Goro Yoda
1959		I Want to Be a Shellfish as Tomimatsu Shimizu
1959		Temptation on Glamour Island as Army Captain Prince Tamenaga

1958		I Want to Be a Shellfish as Shimizu Toyomatsu
1958		The Hotelman's Holiday as Kinichi Koyama
1958		A Boy and Three Mothers as Seiji, the Farher

1957		Man Who Causes a Storm
1957		A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era as Inokori Saheiji
1957		Furankī no uchūbito
1957		Dancing Sisters as Kunio Yamato

1956		Frankie the Milkman as Rukuheita Sakai / Kogorô Sakai
1956		Hungry Soul, Part II as Tachibana's Old Friend A
1956		Densuke no senden kyō as 茶刈デンスケ
1956		How Sorrowful
1956		The Happy Dancers as Jet Kid Jiro
1956		Seishun wo warera ni as Moriyama

1955		The Green Music Box as Clown
1955		Burden of Love as Kamenosuke Dewa-no-kouji

1954		Quick Change Tanuki Palace as Jazz Tanuki
1954		A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival as Daisuke Matsumoto

1953

Ganpeki

Production

1995

Sharaku as Executive Producer

Writing

1995

Sharaku as Screenplay