Masaaki Sakai
Birthday
1946/08/06 (78 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Also know as
堺 正章, The Spiders, 사카이 마사아키, 堺正明
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...Read more
Acting
(1973) Toshigoro
as Okabe
(1968) The Age of Undutiful Children
as ---
(2007) The Fearless Otojiro's Company
as ---
(1977) I Am A Man of Honor
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(1965) Flowering Maidens
as Sabu
(1965) A Girl of the Plateau
as Sabu
(1967) The Greatest Challenge of All
as ---
(1969) The Tempters: Smile After Tears
as ---
(2004) Locomotive Teacher
as ---
(1970) 喜劇 右向けェ左！
as ---
(1974) Japan Beauty Story
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(2025) Spirit World
as Yuzo Nobusawa
(1968) The Spiders: Big Commotion!
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(1954) Road to Hawaii
as ---
(2005) A Hardest Night!!
as Boss
(2007) Yunagi City, Sakura Country
as Asahi Ishikawa (Old)
(2012) Beautiful World
as Yuzo Tsutai
(1994) The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
as Kinai
(1988) The Notorious Bored Samurai 2
as Sasao Kinai
(1964) Song of Happiness
as ---
(1963) High School Third Graders
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(1964) Here Because of You
as Akira Tanaka
(1964) Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
as Masaya Matsui
(1967) Las Vegas Free-For-All
as ---
(1964) High School Juniors (Part II)
as ---
(1968) The Spiders' The Road to Bali
as Masaaki Sakai
(1968) The Spiders' The Noisy Parade
as Masaaki Sakai
(1963) The School Cap
as Matsubara
(1967) The Spiders' The Reckless Operation
as Masaaki
(1967) The Sunset Is Crying
as ---
(1966) Youth A Go Go!
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(1974) Machi no Hi
as Chiyomatsu Sakanoshita
(1993) Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
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(1964) Nakamatachi
as ---
(1967) My Sweetheart
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(2012) The Castle of Crossed Destinies
as ---
(2007) Long Wedding Road! Tokyo vs. Osaka Wakeari Kon Monogatari
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(1970) Kigeki dokkiri dai tōsō
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(1982) Sayonara Sankaku Mata Kite Shikaku
as ---
(1978) Monkey
as Monkey
(2001) Churasan
as Kohagura Keibun
(1995) Papa Survival
as ---
(2006) The Black Swindler
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(1994) Furuhata Ninzaburo
as ---
(1995) Best Friend
as Kurosawa Michihiko
(1980) Tennō no Ryōriban
as ---
パパ・サヴァイバル
as ---
(1981) The TOP10
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(2008) ザッツ宴会テイメント
as ---
(2023) Kono Subarashiki Sekai
as ---
(2008) Impossible Love
as 타치키 쇼고
(2004) The Most Useful School in the World
as ---
(1998) Tokugawa Yoshinobu
as ---