Keiji Sakakida

Born: 1900-01-15

Sakakida debuted in film in 1921, and appeared in a number pre-war films with various studios, including Nikkatsu, Takamatsu-Azuma, Empire Kinema, and Makino Talkie, before finally landing at PCL in 1937, which would later become Toho. After the war, Sakakida appeared in numerous supporting roles for Toho, predominantly sci-fi, beginning with the original Godzilla in 1954. He played the mayor of the island town attacked by Godzilla in the first half of the film. One of his last appearances was in Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975), in a still shot of a group of scientists restraining Akihiko Hirata’s character.


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Seven Samurai

as Gosaku
Released: 1954-04-26

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town...

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Godzilla

as Mayor Inada (uncredited)
Released: 1954-11-03

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the...

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Ikiru

as Land Readjustment Section Receptionist (uncredited)
Released: 1952-10-09

Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position...

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Rodan

as Tahei
Released: 1956-12-26

Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when...

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Atragon

as Mt. Mihara Climber
Released: 1963-12-22

The legendary empire of the lost continent of Mu reappears to threaten the world with...

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Travelling Actors

as Farmer
Released: 1940-12-18

This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.

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Gorath

as Government Personnel
Released: 1962-03-21

In 1976, a drifting star named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth....

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The H-Man

as Old policeman - investigation room (uncredited)
Released: 1958-06-24

Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.

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Invisible Man

as uncredited
Released: 1954-12-29

When an invisible man is run down by a car it’s up to an eager young reporter and a strange...

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The Human Vapor

as (uncredited)
Released: 1960-12-11

A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into 'The...

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Ôban

as uncredited
Released: 1957-03-05

A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader....

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The Blossom and the Sword

as uncredited
Released: 1973-11-17

Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who...

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Hideko the Bus Conductress

as Bus customer
Released: 1941-09-17

Okoma, a witty young woman working as a conductor in an old, rickety bus in Kōfu, Yamanashi...

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Till We Meet Again

as uncredited
Released: 1950-03-21

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

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Eagle of the Pacific

as uncredited
Released: 1953-10-21

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his...

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Rise Against the Sword

as Sanzo
Released: 1966-11-25

Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight...

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World of Love

as uncredited
Released: 1943-04-14

A sixteen-year-old who had been living on her own since her mother died, frequently gets in...

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Tokyo Sweetheart

as uncredited
Released: 1952-07-15

Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo...

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Duel at Fort Ezo

as uncredited
Released: 1970-02-09

1864. Samurai Shinbei is sent in a secret mission to Ezo, in the North of Japan, to stop riots...

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I Want to Be a Shellfish

as uncredited
Released: 1959-04-12

On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and...

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Tokyo no hito sayonara

as Watchman (uncredited)
Released: 1956-06-28

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Sun over the River

as uncredited
Released: 1934-05-17

Father, son Kentaro and daughter Ochiyo, who live on the banks of the Sumida River, regain their...

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The Giant

as uncredited
Released: 1938-02-02

Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from...

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Chihō kisha

as uncredited
Released: 1962-10-13

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Judge and Jeopardy

as uncredited
Released: 1968-06-08

It is based on the story "The Lawyer" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki and his account of Japan's...

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Brother and Sister

as uncredited
Released: 1936-06-21

Ino tries to control Mon’s every move, but she becomes a fallen woman, having an affair with a...

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Keshô yuki

as uncredited
Released: 1940-02-14

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A Living Puppet

as uncredited
Released: 1929-04-19

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Life Begins at 61

as uncredited
Released: 1941-04-22

Japanese war-era film

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Forbidden Path

as uncredited
Released: 1952-07-08

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Shanghai Landing Party

as uncredited
Released: 1939-05-19

This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an...

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Nightingale

as Ticket Clerk
Released: 1938-11-09

An episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves.

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