Frankie Sakai

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

Edo Porn

Nakajima Ise

Vengeance Is Mine

Inspector Kawai

Chûshingura

A-Un

The Last War

Mokichi Tamura

You Can Succeed, Too

Zenta Yamakawa

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1997	Moonlight Serenade	Photographer
1995	Sharaku	Tsutaya
1994	Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
1993	Fusa
1993	Tôhôkenbunroku
1992	Tokugawa Ieyasu's Secret Treasure
1991	Waiting for the Flood	Tadashi Ono
1987	Shinran: Path to Purity
1986	The Greatest Man in the World	Isenokami
1983	嵐を呼ぶ男
1981	Edo Porn	Nakajima Ise
1979	Vengeance Is Mine	Inspector Kawai
1978	Hawaiian Love: Dangerous Honeymoon	Frank Ômori
1978	Dynamite Don-Don	Tokuemon
1978	Have Wings on Your Heart
1977	Japanese Humanity and Justice
1976	Bridal Cruise
1974	Kigeki-otoko no ude dameshi
1974	My Blood is the Blood of Others
1973	Miyamoto Musashi	Honiden Matahachi
1973	Love Is After School
1972	The Ghostly Trip
1972	Kigeki yūwaku ryokō
1971	Price of Life	Seizo
1971	Kaiun ryokō
1970	Little Remi and Famous Dog Capi	Kapi(voice)
1970	Woman Boss
1970	与太郎戦記女は幾万ありとても
1970	Oh, My Comrade!	Fukuzo
1970	The Walking Major
1969	Mastermind	Captain Yamada (as Furankî Sakai)
1969	Yosakoi Journey
1969	Gokudô Petenshi
1969	Topsy-Turvy Journey
1969	新・与太郎戦記
1969	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
1968	大安旅行	並木大作
1968	ドリフターズですよ！盗って盗って盗りまくれ
1968	I Sell My Husband
1968	Kawachi fūten zoku
1968	喜劇・大安旅行
1967	ラーメン大使
1967	Discover Japan with the 5 Gents	Pekero Dos Araki (Third-gen Brazilian)
1967	Five Gents Prefer Geisha	Pecoro dos Araki (2nd-gen Japanese Brazilian)
1966	A Company President's Life Story	Annaka Ruiji (Chiol Japan Manager)
1966	Five Gents on the Spot	Ruiji Annaka
1966	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten
1966	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga	Jiro Sakai
1965	Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi	Jiro
1965	A Comedy in Front of the Station: University	Professor Sakai / Mr. Sakai
1965	Five Gents' Trick Book
1965	六人の女を殺した男
1965	President's Ninja Trick Book Part II	Tsuyoshi Kemachi (Sales Section Chief)
1964	Hail the 3 Gents
1964	You Can Succeed, Too	Zenta Yamakawa
1964	3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964	Mr. Giants
1963	Nonsense Boys
1963	The Maid Story
1963	Jolly Barbers	Sakai
1963	Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai	Shinichi Tamaki
1963	Kawachi fudoki oiro ke hanjō-ki
1963	Travel Stories of a Company President
1963	Travel Stories of a Company President Part II	Willie Tanaka (Jupiter Secretary)
1963	Company President Travels Abroad	George Okitsu (3rd-gen Japanese American)
1963	Company President Travels Abroad Part II	George Okitsu (Third-generation Japanese-American)
1963	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
1962	Hagure kigeki mandara
1962	Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962	The Dangoro Party in the Sky
1962	Chihō kisha
1962	Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962	Heso no taisho
1962	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant	Shu
1962	Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962	Chûshingura
1962	Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962	This Madding Crowd	Goro
1962	Pachinko
1961	An Urban Affair	Heita Sakurai
1961	Romance Express
1961	Mothra	Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda
1961	The Last War	Mokichi Tamura
1961	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox	Ichiro
1961	Aces Wild
1961	Snow in the South Seas
1961	A Geisha's Diary	Nozaki
1960	The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night	Junpei Tanabe
1960	Hito mo arukeba	Keima Sunagawa
1960	Westward Desperado
1959	Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi	Taro Fujikawa
1959	Temptation on Glamour Island	Army Captain Prince Tamenaga
1959	Room for Let	Goro Yoda
1959	I Want to Be a Shellfish	Tomimatsu Shimizu
1958	A Boy and Three Mothers	Seiji, the Farher
1958	The Hotelman's Holiday	Kinichi Koyama
1958	I Want to Be a Shellfish	Shimizu Toyomatsu
1957	Man Who Causes a Storm
1957	A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era	Inokori Saheiji
1957	Furankī no uchūbito
1957	Dancing Sisters	Kunio Yamato
1957	Frankie Bûchan no Aa gunkanki	Santaro Monma
1956	Frankie the Milkman	Rukuheita Sakai / Kogorô Sakai
1956	How Sorrowful
1956	The Happy Dancers	Jet Kid Jiro
1956	Hungry Soul, Part II	Tachibana's Old Friend A
1956	Seishun wo warera ni	Moriyama
1956	Densuke no senden kyō	茶刈デンスケ
1955	The Green Music Box	Clown
1955	Burden of Love	Kamenosuke Dewa-no-kouji
1954	A 16-Year-Old Girl's Jazz Festival	Daisuke Matsumoto
1954	Quick Change Tanuki Palace	Jazz Tanuki
1953	Ganpeki
1953	名探偵アジャパー氏

Year	TV Show	Role
1985	Ponytail Won't Look Back	Yuji Aso
1980	Shōgun	Yabu
1980	A-Un