Masaaki Sakai
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Born the son of Shunji Sakai, a famous comedian in Japan, Sakai initially came to fame by fronting the group sounds band The Spiders. This group, formed in 1962, was popular throughout the 1960s; they spawned several hit songs as well as thirteen situation comedy films featuring their music. He took the title role of Songoku (Monkey) in the 1970s Japanese TV program Saiyūki. This gained him fame in many English-speaking countries in the early 1980s when it was dubbed by the BBC and retitled Mon...
Known For
Filmography
Spirit World
2025
as Yuzo Nobusawa
Kono Subarashiki Sekai
2023
Beautiful World
2012
as Yuzo Tsutai
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
2012
ザッツ宴会テイメント
2008
Impossible Love
2008
as 타치키 쇼고
The Fearless Otojiro's Company
2007
Yunagi City, Sakura Country
2007
as Asahi Ishikawa (Old)
Long Wedding Road! Tokyo vs. Osaka Wakeari Kon Monogatari
2007
The Black Swindler
2006
A Hardest Night!!
2005
as Boss
Locomotive Teacher
2004
The Most Useful School in the World
2004
Churasan
2001
as Kohagura Keibun
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
1998
Papa Survival
1995
Best Friend
1995
as Kurosawa Michihiko
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
1994
as Kinai
Furuhata Ninzaburo
1994
as 中村右近
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993
バラ色の日々に
1990
The Notorious Bored Samurai 2
1988
as Sasao Kinai
Trinacria: Porsche 959
1987
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
Sayonara Sankaku Mata Kite Shikaku
1982
The TOP10
1981
Tennō no Ryōriban
1980
Monkey
1978
as Monkey
I Am A Man of Honor
1977
Japan Beauty Story
1974
Machi no Hi
1974
as Chiyomatsu Sakanoshita
Toshigoro
1973
as Okabe
喜劇 右向けェ左！
1970
Kigeki dokkiri dai tōsō
1970
時間ですよ
1970
as 宮崎健
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
1969
The Age of Undutiful Children
1968
The Spiders: Big Commotion!
1968
The Spiders' The Road to Bali
1968
as Masaaki Sakai
The Spiders' The Noisy Parade
1968
as Masaaki Sakai
The Wonderful Ones
1968
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
The Spiders: The Reckless Operation
1967
as Masaaki
The Sunset Is Crying
1967
My Sweetheart
1967
Youth A Go Go!
1966
Flowering Maidens
1965
as Sabu
A Girl of the Plateau
1965
as Sabu
Tokyo In Love
1965
Song of Happiness
1964
Here Because of You
1964
as Akira Tanaka
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
1964
as Masaya Matsui
High School Juniors (Part II)
1964
Friends
1964
High School Third Graders
1963
The School Cap
1963
as Matsubara
Road to Hawaii
1954