Name
Masato Sakai
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1973-10-14 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Biography
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.
Known For
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
(120 Votes)
7.438
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and chi...
Relase Date : 18 Jan, 2003
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Ningen Shikkaku: Director's Cut-ban
(35 Votes)
6.5
A theatrical film version of Madhouse's Aoi Bungaku Series anime. The film will re-edit th...
Relase Date : 12 Dec, 2009
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My SO Has Got Depression
(19 Votes)
7.2
Mikio is a married man and works hard for the company where he is employed. Then one day M...
Relase Date : 8 Oct, 2011
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A Moon in the Ordinary
(10 Votes)
7.65
Kensho Aoto reunites with Yoko Sudo, whom he had feelings for in junior high school, for t...
Relase Date : 14 Nov, 2025
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Promare / Side: Galo
(26 Votes)
7.4
A prequel to Promare, set one day before the events of the film....
Relase Date : 24 May, 2019
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Honey and Clover
(30 Votes)
6.3
Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age ...
Relase Date : 22 Jul, 2006
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The Chef of South Polar
(53 Votes)
7.1
When eight men are assigned to live 14,000 kilometers from home in inhumanly cold conditio...
Relase Date : 8 Aug, 2009
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 2008 Climber's High as Tatsuya Sayama
- 2003 When the Last Sword Is Drawn as Okita Soji
- 2010 Golden Slumber as Masaharu Aoyagi
- 2006 Honey and Clover as Shuji Hanamoto
- 2008 After School as Kimura
- 2008 Be yourself as Yasushi Enomoto
- 2022 The Man Who Can't Defraud as Tadashi Kinusaki
- 2002 太郎 as サトシ
- 2002 Fan of Hong Kong star
- 2005 実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還 as 鈴木紀夫
- 2005 For the coming day as 黒川医師
- 2011 The Legacy of the Sun as Major Shirou Mashiba
- 2012 Key of Life as Sakurai
- 2011 Buddha: The Great Departure as Chapra (voice)
- 2010 Abacus and Sword as Naoyuki Inoshiyama
- 2012 The Castle of Crossed Destinies as Emonnosuke
- 2000 Beautiful Sunday as Hiroki Ogasawara
- 2006 Uwasa as 鈴木光明
- 2001 Vamp Show as Hisao Shima
- 2005 お父さんの恋 as 杉本大樹
- 2004 小町 as 若林
- 2007 The Fearless Otojiro's Company as Minoru Date
- 1996 VIBE
- 1998 Zenmai as 風侍
- 2001 反乱のボヤージュ as 江藤麦太
- 2000 The Armchair Detective Returns as 村瀬優
- 2000 巡査鉄兵の推理日誌 as 交番巡査
- 2013 7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies as Shoji Kanzaki
- 2009 The Triumphant Return of General Rouge as Koichi Hayami
- 2008 The Two in Tracksuits as The Son
- 2012 The Samurai That Night as Kenichi Nakamura
- 2011 My SO Has Got Depression as Mikio Takazaki
- 2007 Yasagure Panda〈Black Edition〉
- 2008 Yasagure Panda〈Silver Edition〉
- 2007 Yasagure Panda〈White Edition〉
- 2008 Yasagure Panda〈Gold Edition〉
- 2000 Sunflower as Yuichi Hirano
- 2009 The Chef of South Polar as Jun Nishimura
- 2007 Sukiyaki Western Django as Shigemori
- 2001 Being Here as Etsuro Maeno
- 2022 Dr. Coto's Clinic as Kei Narumi
- 2011 Go! Boys' School Drama Club as Technical Staff
- 2000 The Goddess of 1967 as Roadside Noodle Eater
- 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
- 2006 新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日 as Yamanami Keisuke
- 2003 The Elephant Vanishes
- 2017 世界初 極北の冒険 デナリ大滑降 as Narrator
- 2010 堺雅人 今を生きるネイティブアメリカンを訪ねて
- 2009 The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio as Captain Kuhio
- 2004 Mourning Becomes Electra
- 1998 水の味
- 2006 The Da Vinci Code Mystery Special
- 2014 Pandora: Eternal life as Gen Suzuki
- 1997 兄の仕事場～鴻上尚史と10人の新人俳優たち
- 2020 Hanzawa Naoki: Spin-off as Hanzawa Naoki
- 2013 Legal High SP as Kensuke Komikado
- 2010 The Assistant Doctor as Yoshiaki Miyamae
- 2023 Share The Challenge as Lord Benimaru
- 2009 Banyuki as Saji
- 2009 A Lush Life as Kurosawa
- 2009 Ningen Shikkaku: Director's Cut-ban as Youzou Ooba
- 2001 Stake Out as Yasuo Arakawa
- 2017 Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura as Masakazu Isshiki
- 2014 Legal High 2 SP as Kensuke Komikado
- 2019 Promare as Kray Foresight (voice)
- 2018 Sakura Guardian in the North as Shujiro Ezure
- 2008 Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Spring Special
- 2019 Promare / Side: Galo as Kray Foresight (voice)
- 2005 Welcome to Irabu's Office as Kohei Yamashita
- 2006 The Woman Opposite as Shuji Tamura
- 2007 The Wall Man as Ren Keguang
- 2000 Mars Sweet Home as Toshi Nakajima
- 2025 A Moon in the Ordinary as 青砥健将
- Soon VIVANT劇場版
- 2026 Three Ghosts as ジョウ
- 2005 Engine ( 11 episodes ) as Torii Motoichiro
- 2012 Ooku: The Beginning ( 10 episodes ) as Madenokouji Arikoto
- 2007 Kodoku no kake ( 11 episodes ) as 蒔田二郎
- 2007 The Secret Garden ( 11 episodes ) as 片岡航
- 2001 The Scent of Jealousy ( 11 episodes ) as 中原テツシ
- 2002 Extramarital Love ( 9 episodes ) as 湯浅拓也
- 2013 Hanzawa Naoki ( 20 episodes ) as Naoki Hanzawa
- 2012 Legal High ( 21 episodes ) as Kensuke Komikado
- 2009 Triangle ( 11 episodes ) as Shimano Takaya
- 2009 Aoi Bungaku Series ( 2 episodes ) as Moerus
- 2009 Aoi Bungaku Series ( 2 episodes ) as Sensei
- 2009 Aoi Bungaku Series ( 4 episodes ) as Ōba Yōzō
- 2009 Aoi Bungaku Series ( 2 episodes ) as Ryoushuu, Sensei
- 2009 Aoi Bungaku Series ( 2 episodes ) as Shirimaru
- 2010 Joker: Unforgiven Investigator ( 10 episodes ) as Kazuyoshi Date
- 2004 Shinsengumi! ( 49 episodes ) as Yamanami Keisuke
- 2003 Sky High ( 1 episode ) as 関川勝
- 2003 Dr. Coto's Clinic ( 11 episodes ) as 鳴海慧
- 2002 Yukikaze ( 5 episodes ) as Fukai Rei
- 1998 Jounetsu Tairiku ( 2 episodes )
- 2012 知られざる大英博物館 ( 3 episodes )
- 2001 School Teachers ( 1 episode ) as 山岸俊輔
- 2008 A love newpolitical party ( 26 episodes )
- 2003 Papa for One Summer ( 1 episode ) as 石倉
- 2002 Golden Bowl ( 1 episode ) as 太宰衛
- 2006 深津絵里のblack comedy ブラコメ ( 1 episode )
- 2015 Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist ( 10 episodes ) as 日野伦太郎
- 2000 Audrey ( 149 episodes ) as 杉本英記
- 2001 The Scarlet Camellia ( 5 episodes ) as 徳次郎
- 2009 Summer for Bureaucrats ( 10 episodes ) as Niwano Takahisa
- 2011 Antarctica ( 10 episodes ) as Haruhiko Himuro
- 2016 Sanadamaru ( 50 episodes ) as Sanada Yukimura
- 2022 Nature’s Hidden Miracles ( 4 episodes ) as 人間代表
- 2024 エジプト 悠久の王国 ( 3 episodes ) as MC
- 2011 Tsukahara Bokuden ( 7 episodes ) as Shinemon Tsukahara
- 2008 Atsuhime ( 50 episodes ) as Tokugawa Iesachi
- 2004 Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy ( 1 episode ) as 若林
- 1999 ア・オ・ゾ・ラ・マ・ー・ジ・ャ・ン ( 9 episodes ) as 大空渉
- 1999 国産ひな娘 ( 1 episode )
- 1999 玩具の神様 ( 3 episodes )
- 2000 恋詩物語～ラブソング ( 1 episode )
- 1996 KochiKame ( 1 episode ) as 白鳥麗次〈初代〉
- 2005 新シルクロード ( 1 episode )
- 2015 戦後７０年 ニッポンの肖像 ( 1 episode )
- 2023 Vivant ( 21 episodes ) as Yusuke Nogi
- 1999 Nothing Lasts Forever ( 11 episodes )
- 1997 恋、した。 ( 1 episode )
- 1996 Tokyo23区の女 ( 1 episode )
- 1995 ハートにS ( 1 episode )
- 2008 Flower of Ice ( 2 episodes ) as Takayuki Seno
- 2006 Izumo no Okuni ( 6 episodes ) as Sankuro
- 2004 フォーチュン・バナナ ( 1 episode )
- Soon リーガルハイ2 ( 1 episode ) as 古美门研介
