Frankie Sakai

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Biography

Frankie Sakai, born Masatoshi Sakai (堺正俊; 13 February 1929 – 10 June 1996), was a Japanese comedian, actor, and musician.

Known For

Shōgun

Yabu

Mothra

Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda

Vengeance Is Mine

Inspector Kawai

Chûshingura

Self

Edo Porn

Nakajima Ise

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

Inokori Saheiji

The Last War

Mokichi Tamura

A Geisha's Diary

Nozaki

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1997	Moonlight Serenade MOVIE	Photographer
1995	Sharaku MOVIE	Tsutaya
1995	Fusa MOVIE	Self
1994	Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown MOVIE	Self
1993	Tôhôkenbunroku MOVIE	Self
1992	Tokugawa Ieyasu's Secret Treasure MOVIE	Self
1991	Waiting for the Flood MOVIE	Tadashi Ono
1987	Shinran: Path to Purity MOVIE	Self
1986	The Greatest Man in the World MOVIE	Isenokami
1985	Ponytail Won't Look Back TV	Yuji Aso
1983	The Guy Who Brings On A Storm MOVIE	Self
1981	Edo Porn MOVIE	Nakajima Ise
1980	Shōgun TV	Yabu
1980	A-Un TV	Self
1979	Vengeance Is Mine MOVIE	Inspector Kawai
1978	Hawaiian Love: Dangerous Honeymoon MOVIE	Frank Ômori
1978	Have Wings on Your Heart MOVIE	Self
1978	Dynamite Don-Don MOVIE	Tokuemon
1977	Japanese Humanity and Justice MOVIE	Self
1976	Mastermind MOVIE	Captain Yamada (as Furankî Sakai)
1976	Bridal Cruise MOVIE	Self
1976	Greatest Game Ever Part II MOVIE	Self
1975	Greatest Game Ever MOVIE	梅野長太郎
1974	My Blood is the Blood of Others MOVIE	Self
1974	Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi MOVIE	Self
1973	Love Is After School MOVIE	Self
1973	Miyamoto Musashi MOVIE	Honiden Matahachi
1972	The Ghostly Trip MOVIE	Self
1972	Kigeki yūwaku ryokō MOVIE	Self
1971	Price of Life MOVIE	Seizo
1971	Kaiun ryokō MOVIE	Self
1970	Oh, My Comrade! MOVIE	Fukuzo
1970	The Walking Major MOVIE	Self
1970	与太郎戦記女は幾万ありとても MOVIE	Self
1970	Little Remi and Famous Dog Capi MOVIE	Kapi (voice)
1970	Woman Boss MOVIE	Self
1969	新・与太郎戦記 MOVIE	Self
1969	Yosakoi Journey MOVIE	Self
1969	Gokudô Petenshi MOVIE	Self
1969	Topsy-Turvy Journey MOVIE	Self
1969	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier MOVIE	Self
1968	大安旅行 MOVIE	並木大作
1968	喜劇・大安旅行 MOVIE	Self
1968	I Sell My Husband MOVIE	Self
1968	Kawachi fūten zoku MOVIE	Self
1968	ドリフターズですよ！盗って盗って盗りまくれ MOVIE	Self
1967	Five Gents Prefer Geisha MOVIE	Pecoro dos Araki (2nd-gen Japanese Brazilian)
1967	Ambassador Ramen MOVIE	Self
1967	Discover Japan with the 5 Gents MOVIE	Pekero Dos Araki (Third-gen Brazilian)
1966	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga MOVIE	Jiro Sakai
1966	Five Gents on the Spot MOVIE	Ruiji Annaka
1966	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten MOVIE	Self
1966	A Company President's Life Story MOVIE	Annaka Ruiji (Chiol Japan Manager)
1965	A Comedy in Front of the Station: University MOVIE	Professor Sakai / Mr. Sakai
1965	Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi MOVIE	Jiro
1965	六人の女を殺した男 MOVIE	Self
1965	President's Ninja Trick Book Part II MOVIE	Tsuyoshi Kemachi (Sales Section Chief)
1965	Five Gents' Trick Book MOVIE	Self
1964	Hot Spring Ghost MOVIE	Self
1964	You Can Succeed, Too MOVIE	Zenta Yamakawa
1964	3 Gents in the Snow Country MOVIE	Self
1964	Mr. Giant's Victory Flag MOVIE	Self
1964	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady MOVIE	Self
1964	Hail the 3 Gents MOVIE	Hayato Hinatayama
1963	Jolly Barbers MOVIE	Sakai
1963	The Maid Story MOVIE	Self
1963	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot MOVIE	Self
1963	Nonsense Boys MOVIE	Self
1963	Company President Travels Abroad Part II MOVIE	George Okitsu (Third-generation Japanese-American)
1963	Company President Travels Abroad MOVIE	George Okitsu (3rd-gen Japanese American)
1963	Kawachi fudoki oiro ke hanjō-ki MOVIE	Self
1963	Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai MOVIE	Shinichi Tamaki
1963	Travel Stories of a Company President Part II MOVIE	Willie Tanaka (Jupiter Secretary)
1963	Devices Stronger Than Women MOVIE	Nobuo Koyama (Kimono shop heir)
1963	Travel Stories of a Company President MOVIE	Self
1962	Pachinko MOVIE	Self
1962	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant MOVIE	Shu
1962	Chûshingura MOVIE	Self
1962	Local Reporter MOVIE	Self
1962	Shin kitsune to tanuki MOVIE	Self
1962	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen MOVIE	Self
1962	This Madding Crowd MOVIE	Goro
1962	Heso no taisho MOVIE	Self
1962	Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong MOVIE	Self
1962	Three Gentlemen from Tokyo MOVIE	Self
1962	The Dangoro Party in the Sky MOVIE	Self
1962	Hagure kigeki mandara MOVIE	Self
1962	Shimizu Port Salaryman MOVIE	Self
1961	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox MOVIE	Ichiro
1961	The Last War MOVIE	Mokichi Tamura
1961	Snow in the South Seas MOVIE	Self
1961	An Urban Affair MOVIE	Heita Sakurai
1961	Mothra MOVIE	Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda
1961	A Geisha's Diary MOVIE	Nozaki
1961	Romance Express MOVIE	Self
1961	Aces Wild MOVIE	Self
1960	The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night MOVIE	Junpei Tanabe
1960	Westward Desperado MOVIE	Self
1960	Hito mo arukeba MOVIE	Keima Sunagawa
1959	The Bride from Japan MOVIE	Taro Fujikawa
1959	Room for Let MOVIE	Goro Yoda
1959	I Want to Be a Shellfish MOVIE	Tomimatsu Shimizu
1959	Temptation on Glamour Island MOVIE	Army Captain Prince Tamenaga
1958	I Want to Be a Shellfish MOVIE	Shimizu Toyomatsu
1958	Romance and Rhythm MOVIE	Self
1958	The Hotelman's Holiday MOVIE	Kinichi Koyama
1958	Go and Get It MOVIE	Tetsuo Matsumoto
1958	A Boy and Three Mothers MOVIE	Seiji, the Farher
1957	Man Who Causes a Storm MOVIE	Self
1957	A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era MOVIE	Inokori Saheiji
1957	Frankie's Aliens MOVIE	Self
1957	Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki MOVIE	Santaro Monma
1957	Dancing Sisters MOVIE	Kunio Yamato
1956	Frankie the Milkman MOVIE	Rukuheita Sakai / Kogorô Sakai
1956	Hungry Soul, Part II MOVIE	Tachibana's Old Friend A
1956	Densuke no senden kyō MOVIE	茶刈デンスケ
1956	How Sorrowful MOVIE	Self
1956	Drums Love and Dreams MOVIE	Hula Ko
1956	The Happy Dancers MOVIE	Jet Kid Jiro
1956	Seishun wo warera ni MOVIE	Moriyama
1955	The Green Music Box MOVIE	Clown
1955	Burden of Love MOVIE	Kamenosuke Dewa-no-kouji
1954	Quick Change Tanuki Palace MOVIE	Jazz Tanuki
1954	A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival MOVIE	Daisuke Matsumoto
1953	名探偵アジャパー氏 MOVIE	Self
1953	Ganpeki MOVIE	Self

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