Masato Sakai
Masato Sakai (堺雅人) is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio and The Chef of South Polar and the award for best supporting actor at the 2008 Nikkan Sports Film Award, at the 33rd Hochi Film Award and at the 51st Blue Ribbon Awards. He also received a nomination for best supporting actor at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize. He is married to Japanese actress and J-pop singer Miho Kanno.
Dr. Coto's Clinic
as Kei NarumiIn this drama set on Shikina Island, a far-flung island of the Japanese archipelago located more...
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Promare / Side: Galo
as Kray Foresight (voice)A prequel to Promare, set one day before the events of the film.
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Promare
as Kray Foresight (voice)Galo and the Burning Rescue Fire Department face off against BURNISH, a group of mutants who are...
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Buddha: The Great Departure
as Chapra (voice)Prince Siddhartha is heir to the Shakya kingdom, which is constantly at war with the more...
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Sukiyaki Western Django
as ShigemoriA nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both...
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When the Last Sword Is Drawn
as Okita SojiKanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children...
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Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
as Masakazu IsshikiSet in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where...
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Key of Life
as SakuraiA failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of...
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The Chef of South Polar
as Jun NishimuraWhen eight men are assigned to live 14,000 kilometers from home in inhumanly cold conditions,...
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Honey and Clover
as Shuji HanamotoAdapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama...
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The Goddess of 1967
as Roadside Noodle EaterA rich, young businessman travels to Australia with the intention of buying a 1967 Citroën DS....
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Climber's High
as Tatsuya SayamaOn August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest...
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The Samurai That Night
as Kenichi NakamuraFive years after a hit-and-run accident kills his wife, a distraught metalworker comes face to...
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Abacus and Sword
as Naoyuki InoshiyamaSet during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki belongs to the 8th generation...
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The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
as Koichi HayamiA year after the celebrated cracking of “The Glorious Team Batista” case, the talented medical...
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Golden Slumber
as Masaharu AoyagiWhen easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for...
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Legal High 2 SP
as Kensuke KomikadoAttorneys Kensuke Komikado and Machiko Mayuzumi receive a request from a general hospital. They...
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Ningen Shikkaku: Director's Cut-ban
as Youzou OobaA theatrical film version of Madhouse's Aoi Bungaku Series anime. The film will re-edit the four...
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Legal High SP
as Komikado KensukeKazuhiko Kogure, who is a 2nd grade student in middle school, falls off from one of the school's...
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The Elephant Vanishes
as uncreditedAdapted from Haruki Murakami's short stories, The Elephant Vanishes reveals a strange and...
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新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日
as Yamanami KeisukeFollows the final days of the shogunate and Shinsengumi's Vice-Comander Hijikata Toshizo along...
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The Castle of Crossed Destinies
as EmonnosukeIn the inner chambers of the Shugun's castle, 3,000 men attempt to vie for the affection of the...
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7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies
as Shoji KanzakiSet within an animal shelter, where if the owner of an animal doesn't claim their pet in 7 days,...
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My SO Has Got Depression
as Mikio TakazakiMikio is a married man and works hard for the company where he is employed. Then one day Mikio...
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Hanzawa Naoki: Spin-off
as Hanzawa NaokiAt the Tokyo Central Securities company where Naoki Hanzawa has been posted, a massive overhaul...
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After School
as KimuraA middle school teacher, Jinno, is friends with a young couple that is about to have a baby. But...
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Spring Special
as uncreditedHosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2008 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1....
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The Man Who Can't Defraud
as Tadashi KinusakiSakai plays an extremely good-natured businessman. When he attends a marriage activity party in...
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The Legacy of the Sun
as Major Shirou MashibaSet during the end of World War II, Major Mashiba (Masato Sakai) and others receive an order to...
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The Fearless Otojiro's Company
as Minoru DateIn 1897, actor, director, producer and theatre company leader Kawakami Otojiro set off on a tour...
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Go! Boys' School Drama Club
as Technical StaffGenki Ogasawara enrolls in an all boys high school. He then sets out to become popular with...
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The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
as Captain KuhioSet in the early 1990's, after The Persian Gulf War began, a 30 year old man passes himself off...
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Stake Out
as Yasuo ArakawaThe fourth chapter in the Love Cinema series, is a story of a cloistered and obsessive character...
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Sakura Guardian in the North
as Shujiro EzureThe film follows the relationship between a mother and her son. In 1945, the mother played by...
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反乱のボヤージュ
as 江藤麦太Set in a (fictional) student dormitory at Tokyo Metropolitan University, which is in danger of...
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Banyuki
as SajiA story of an island country named Horai that was finally about to be integrated under one...
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Sunflower
as Yuichi HiranoReunited by the death of a friend, a group of former schoolmates reassess themselves and their...
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The Wall Man
as Ren KeguangThe wall man is a strange wall-dwelling creature that is neither human nor ghost.
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The Assistant Doctor
as Yoshiaki MiyamaeStory of the last assistant doctor in Okinawa.
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噂の男
as 鈴木光明A hangout next to the 'boiler room' in the basement, offstage at a theatre in Osaka. The...
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Fan of Hong Kong star
as uncreditedThe protagonist is a woman (Hiroko Yakushimaru) who is a sales manager at the Japanese branch of...
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Being Here
as Etsuro MaenoAfter being sent away from the man she loves, Shino wanders in Osaka, waiting for him to reach...
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The Two in Tracksuits
as The SonA son quits his job and is persuaded by his father to head off to a cottage in the remote...
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Vamp Show
as Hisao ShimaFive merry men who travel and live all over the country. They all love to sing and for some...
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Beautiful Sunday
as Hiroki OgasawaraOn Sunday, a man wakes up to find a strange woman sleeping next to him... A gay couple develop...
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A Lush Life
as KurosawaThe story involves an aloof thief, a young man who turns to God after his father’s suicide, a...
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Be yourself
as Yasushi EnomotoYasushi and Yuka, who have both lost their spouses in the past, are brought together by fate and...
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世界初 極北の冒険 デナリ大滑降
as NarratorActor Masato Sakai brings you an unprecedented adventure! The world's first attempt to ski down...
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Share The Challenge
as Lord BenimaruA heartwarming story in which samurai, enemies, zombies, and monsters become allies and face...
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安楽椅子探偵、再び
as 村瀬優A film crew visits a mountain-top pension for an idol's photo book. Sudden heavy rain that...
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お父さんの恋
as 杉本大樹The latest work by writer Mayumi Nakatani and director Kyoichi Itagaki, who have steadily...
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VIBE
as uncreditedDates and venues 6 - 14 July 1996, Theatre Saint Maur Created and performed by Yasuyuki Tsutsumi
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太郎
as サトシSonoko takes illegally dumped rubbish home and arranges it in her room, as if she is looking for...
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KochiKame
as 白鳥麗次〈初代〉Ryoutsu, being an underpayed policeman, is always coming up with ways to make some quick money....
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Audrey
as 杉本英記Mizuki is a would-be actress who has yet to attain her goal, struggles to keep the dream in her...
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Legal High
as 古美門研介A lawyer with a big personality works with an straightlaced recent law graduate on various law...
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Atsuhime
as Tokugawa IesachiThe 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Princess Atsu, who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture,...
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Shinsengumi!
as Yamanami KeisukeShinsengumi! is a Taiga drama television series produced by Japanese broadcaster NHK. It was a...
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Sanadamaru
as Sanada YukimuraSpanning over 50 episodes, we follow the historical fiction of the Sanada clansmen as they...
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Hanzawa Naoki
as 半泽直树Hanzawa Naoki works as a loan manager at the Osaka Nishi branch of Tokyo Central Bank. One day,...
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Dr. Coto's Clinic
as 鳴海慧After making a serious mistake in his work in Tokyo, talented surgeon Goto Kensuke is invited to...
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Aoi Bungaku Series
as MoerusAn animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human...
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Aoi Bungaku Series
as SenseiAn animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human...
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Aoi Bungaku Series
as Ōba YōzōAn animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human...
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Aoi Bungaku Series
as Ryoushuu, SenseiAn animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human...
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Aoi Bungaku Series
as ShirimaruAn animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human...
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Engine
as Torii MotoichiroJiro Kanzaki is an F3000 test driver blessed with acute sensitivity and breathtaking driving...
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Vivant
as Yusuke NogiYusuke Nogi of Ryosho's Energy Development Division said that 10 times the official down payment...
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Sky High
as 関川勝Sky High is a live-action, supernatural Japanese television drama series, starring actress and...
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Jounetsu Tairiku
as uncreditedSunday night TV documentary program that heightens the spirits bringing a positive message to...
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Antarctica
as Haruhiko HimuroSet in the 1950's, a Japanese Antarctic research exploration team and 19 dogs that accompanied...
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Triangle
as Shimano TakayaThe series starts with the murder of a 10-year-old girl in 1984. 15 years later, after the case...
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Joker: Unforgiven Investigator
as Kazuyoshi DateDate Kazuyoshi (Sakai) is a detective on the Kanagawa prefectural police force. During the day,...
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Papa for One Summer
as 石倉A high school student’s mother passes away leaving her alone with her grief. The girl, Marimo,...
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Tsukahara Bokuden
as 塚原新右衛門Takahara is a legendary figure in the Warring States Period of Japan. He was born in Kagoshima,...
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Yukikaze
as Fukai ReiThirty-three years ago, an alien force known as the "JAM" invaded Earth through a dimensional...
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Golden Bowl
as 太宰衛Focus, concentration, proper posture and good release are the hallmarks of a good bowler....
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Ooku: The Beginning
as Madenokouji ArikotoDuring the reign of the shogun, Iemitsu, an epidemic causes the population of men to greatly...
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A love newpolitical party
as uncreditedMasato Sakai gives a speech on the theme "XX ruins love" in the setting of a speech meeting by...
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Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist
as 日野伦太郎A psychiatrist, Rintaro Hino, listens closely to the aching hearts of people, relieving them of...
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The Secret Garden
as 片岡航Kayo Tsukiyama is an editor for a fashion magazine. One day she is assigned to be in charge of a...
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Summer for Bureaucrats
as Niwano TakahisaIt is 1956, and Japan has officially declared the “post-war” period over. In the decade or so...
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Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
as 若林Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy is a 2004 production, and the 19th installment in the Ultra Series that...
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School Teachers
as 山岸俊輔Sentaro Sakuragi (Tsuyoshi Domoto) moves to Tokyo from Osaka. He works now as an substitute...
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Flower of Ice
as Takayuki SenoSeno Kyoko is a pianist who receives an inheritance from her uncle, and begins living happily...
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Izumo no Okuni
as SankuroIzumo no Okuni was born about 1571. This time period in Japanese history was fraught with...
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知られざる大英博物館
as uncreditedBritish Museum, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest museum, containing the great heritage...
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