Masato Sakai

Known for: Acting
Born: October 14, 1973, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Movies: 74

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.

Best-Known Movies

6.2

Sukiyaki Western Django

2007

7.1

Promare

2019

7.4

When the Last Sword Is Drawn

2003

7.5

Key of Life

2012

7.5

Buddha: The Great Departure

2011

7.1

Golden Slumber

2010

7.1

The Chef of South Polar

2009

7.5

Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura

2017

6.5

The Goddess of 1967

2000

8.0

Legal High SP

2013

Filmography

2026	Three Ghosts	ジョウ
2025	A Moon in the Ordinary	青砥健将
2023	Share The Challenge	Lord Benimaru
2022	Dr. Coto's Clinic	Kei Narumi
2022	The Man Who Can't Defraud	Tadashi Kinusaki
2020	Hanzawa Naoki: Spin-off	Hanzawa Naoki
2019	Promare	Kray Foresight (voice)
2019	Promare / Side: Galo	Kray Foresight (voice)
2018	Sakura Guardian in the North	Shujiro Ezure
2017	Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura	Masakazu Isshiki
2017	世界初　極北の冒険デナリ大滑降	Narrator
2014	Legal High 2 SP	Kensuke Komikado
2014	Pandora: Eternal life	Gen Suzuki
2013	Legal High SP	Kensuke Komikado
2013	7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies	Shoji Kanzaki
2012	The Castle of Crossed Destinies	Emonnosuke
2012	The Samurai That Night	Kenichi Nakamura
2012	Key of Life	Sakurai
2011	My SO Has Got Depression	Mikio Takazaki
2011	The Legacy of the Sun	Major Shirou Mashiba
2011	Go! Boys' School Drama Club	Technical Staff
2011	Buddha: The Great Departure	Chapra (voice)
2010	The Assistant Doctor	Yoshiaki Miyamae
2010	Abacus and Sword	Naoyuki Inoshiyama
2010	堺雅人今を生きるネイティブアメリカンを訪ねて
2010	知られざる“龍馬伝” 世紀の英雄・坂本龍馬最大の謎と秘密の暗号
2010	Golden Slumber	Masaharu Aoyagi
2009	Ningen Shikkaku: Director's Cut-ban	Youzou Ooba
2009	The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio	Captain Kuhio
2009	Banyuki	Saji
2009	The Chef of South Polar	Jun Nishimura
2009	A Lush Life	Kurosawa
2009	The Triumphant Return of General Rouge	Koichi Hayami
2008	Be yourself	Yasushi Enomoto
2008	The Two in Tracksuits	The Son
2008	Climber's High	Tatsuya Sayama
2008	After School	Kimura
2008	Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Spring Special
2008	Yasagure Panda〈Gold Edition〉
2008	Yasagure Panda〈Silver Edition〉
2007	The Fearless Otojiro's Company	Minoru Date
2007	Sukiyaki Western Django	Shigemori
2007	The Wall Man	Ren Keguang
2007	Yasagure Panda〈Black Edition〉
2007	Yasagure Panda〈White Edition〉
2006	Uwasa	鈴木光明
2006	Honey and Clover	Shuji Hanamoto
2006	The Da Vinci Code Mystery Special
2006	The Woman Opposite	Shuji Tamura
2006	新選組!! 土方歳三最期の一日	Yamanami Keisuke
2005	実録・小野田少尉遅すぎた帰還	鈴木紀夫
2005	Welcome to Irabu's Office	Kohei Yamashita
2005	For the coming day	黒川医師
2005	お父さんの恋	杉本大樹
2004	Mourning Becomes Electra
2004	小町	若林
2003	The Elephant Vanishes
2003	When the Last Sword Is Drawn	Okita Soji
2002	太郎	サトシ
2002	Fan of Hong Kong star
2001	Vamp Show	Hisao Shima
2001	反乱のボヤージュ	江藤麦太
2001	Being Here	Etsuro Maeno
2001	Stake Out	Yasuo Arakawa
2000	The Goddess of 1967	Roadside Noodle Eater
2000	巡査鉄兵の推理日誌	交番巡査
2000	Sunflower	Yuichi Hirano
2000	The Armchair Detective Returns	村瀬優
2000	Mars Sweet Home	Toshi Nakajima
2000	Beautiful Sunday	Hiroki Ogasawara
1998	Zenmai	風侍
1998	水の味
1997	兄の仕事場～鴻上尚史と10人の新人俳優たち
1996	VIBE

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