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Masato Sakai

Masato Sakai

Born: 1973-10-14 • Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

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.

Filmography
A Moon in the Ordinary poster
A Moon in the Ordinary
2025 • 青砥健将
Share The Challenge poster
Share The Challenge
2023 • Lord Benimaru
Dr. Coto's Clinic poster
Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022 • Kei Narumi
The Man Who Can't Defraud poster
The Man Who Can't Defraud
2022 • Tadashi Kinusaki
Hanzawa Naoki: Spin-off poster
Hanzawa Naoki: Spin-off
2020 • Hanzawa Naoki
Promare poster
Promare
2019 • Kray Foresight (voice)
Promare / Side: Galo poster
Promare / Side: Galo
2019 • Kray Foresight (voice)
Sakura Guardian in the North poster
Sakura Guardian in the North
2018 • Shujiro Ezure
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura poster
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
2017 • Masakazu Isshiki
世界初 極北の冒険 デナリ大滑降 poster
世界初 極北の冒険 デナリ大滑降
2017 • Narrator
Legal High 2 SP poster
Legal High 2 SP
2014 • Kensuke Komikado / 古美門研介
Pandora: Eternal life poster
Pandora: Eternal life
2014 • Gen Suzuki
Legal High SP poster
Legal High SP
2013 • Kensuke Komikado / 古美門研介
7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies poster
7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies
2013 • Shoji Kanzaki
The Castle of Crossed Destinies poster
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
2012 • Emonnosuke
The Samurai That Night poster
The Samurai That Night
2012 • Kenichi Nakamura
Key of Life poster
Key of Life
2012 • Sakurai
My SO Has Got Depression poster
My SO Has Got Depression
2011 • Mikio Takazaki
The Legacy of the Sun poster
The Legacy of the Sun
2011 • Major Shirou Mashiba
Go! Boys' School Drama Club poster
Go! Boys' School Drama Club
2011 • Technical Staff
Buddha: The Great Departure poster
Buddha: The Great Departure
2011 • Chapra (voice)
The Assistant Doctor poster
The Assistant Doctor
2010 • Yoshiaki Miyamae
Abacus and Sword poster
Abacus and Sword
2010 • Naoyuki Inoshiyama
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堺雅人 今を生きるネイティブアメリカンを訪ねて
2010
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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 poster
Golden Slumber
2010 • Masaharu Aoyagi
Ningen Shikkaku: Director's Cut-ban poster
Ningen Shikkaku: Director's Cut-ban
2009 • Youzou Ooba
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio poster
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
2009 • Captain Kuhio
Banyuki poster
Banyuki
2009 • Saji
The Chef of South Polar poster
The Chef of South Polar
2009 • Jun Nishimura
A Lush Life poster
A Lush Life
2009 • Kurosawa
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge poster
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
2009 • Koichi Hayami
Be yourself poster
Be yourself
2008 • Yasushi Enomoto
The Two in Tracksuits poster
The Two in Tracksuits
2008 • The Son
Climber's High poster
Climber's High
2008 • Tatsuya Sayama
After School poster
After School
2008 • Kimura
Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Spring Special poster
Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Spring Special
2008
Yasagure Panda〈Silver Edition〉 poster
Yasagure Panda〈Silver Edition〉
2008
Yasagure Panda〈Gold Edition〉 poster
Yasagure Panda〈Gold Edition〉
2008
The Fearless Otojiro's Company poster
The Fearless Otojiro's Company
2007 • Minoru Date
Sukiyaki Western Django poster
Sukiyaki Western Django
2007 • Shigemori
The Wall Man poster
The Wall Man
2007 • Ren Keguang
Yasagure Panda〈Black Edition〉 poster
Yasagure Panda〈Black Edition〉
2007
Yasagure Panda〈White Edition〉 poster
Yasagure Panda〈White Edition〉
2007
Uwasa poster
Uwasa
2006 • 鈴木光明
Honey and Clover poster
Honey and Clover
2006 • Shuji Hanamoto
No Image
The Da Vinci Code Mystery Special
2006
The Woman Opposite poster
The Woman Opposite
2006 • Shuji Tamura
新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日 poster
新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日
2006 • Yamanami Keisuke
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実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
2005 • 鈴木紀夫
Welcome to Irabu's Office poster
Welcome to Irabu's Office
2005 • Kohei Yamashita
No Image
For the coming day
2005 • 黒川医師
お父さんの恋 poster
お父さんの恋
2005 • 杉本大樹
Mourning Becomes Electra poster
Mourning Becomes Electra
2004
No Image
小町
2004 • 若林
The Elephant Vanishes poster
The Elephant Vanishes
2003
When the Last Sword Is Drawn poster
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
2003 • Okita Soji
太郎 poster
太郎
2002 • サトシ
Fan of Hong Kong star poster
Fan of Hong Kong star
2002
Vamp Show poster
Vamp Show
2001 • Hisao Shima
反乱のボヤージュ poster
反乱のボヤージュ
2001 • 江藤麦太
Being Here poster
Being Here
2001 • Etsuro Maeno
Stake Out poster
Stake Out
2001 • Yasuo Arakawa
The Goddess of 1967 poster
The Goddess of 1967
2000 • Roadside Noodle Eater
No Image
巡査鉄兵の推理日誌
2000 • 交番巡査
Sunflower poster
Sunflower
2000 • Yuichi Hirano
安楽椅子探偵、再び poster
安楽椅子探偵、再び
2000 • 村瀬優
Mars Sweet Home poster
Mars Sweet Home
2000 • Toshi Nakajima
Beautiful Sunday poster
Beautiful Sunday
2000 • Hiroki Ogasawara
No Image
Zenmai
1998 • 風侍
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水の味
1998
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兄の仕事場~鴻上尚史と10人の新人俳優たち
1997
VIBE poster
VIBE
1996