Masato Sakai
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1973-10-14
Locus Natus: Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Et ut: Сакаи Масато, さかい まさと, 堺 雅人
Climber's High
On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press...
release : 2008.07.05popularis : 3.062
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town...
release : 2003.01.18popularis : 10.694
Golden Slumber
When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from...
release : 2010.01.30popularis : 3.815
Honey and Clover
Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama follows five Hama Art College students as they...
release : 2006.07.22popularis : 3.235
After School
A middle school teacher, Jinno, is friends with a young couple that is about to have a baby. But on the eve of the birth, the father, Kimura,...
release : 2008.05.24popularis : 1.946
Be yourself
Yasushi and Yuka, who have both lost their spouses in the past, are brought together by fate and lead a happy life together, blessed with two...
release : 2008.11.24popularis : 1.222
太郎
Sonoko takes illegally dumped rubbish home and arranges it in her room, as if she is looking for something. One day, Satoshi is accidentally picked...
release : 2002.09.28popularis : 0.743
The Man Who Can't Defraud
Sakai plays an extremely good-natured businessman. When he attends a marriage activity party in an attempt to start a happy family, he meets a...
release : 2022.03.26popularis : 1.32
実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還
Army Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda (Nakamura Shido) has been fighting guerrilla warfare in the jungles of Lubang Island in the Philippines with his...
release : 2005.08.13popularis : 1.438
For the coming day
Miyo Hanayama works as a home care nurse, supporting the home care of patients who are close to death. Shigeaki Noguchi complains that his wife has...
release : 2005.05.06popularis : 2.647
Fan of Hong Kong star
The protagonist is a woman (Hiroko Yakushimaru) who is a sales manager at the Japanese branch of a famous French shoe brand. The protagonist is...
release : 2002.09.04popularis : 1.852
The Legacy of the Sun
Set during the end of World War II, Major Mashiba (Masato Sakai) and others receive an order to hide 200 trillion yen worth of treasures. These...
release : 2011.08.27popularis : 2.135
Key of Life
A failed actor switches identities with a stranger at a bath house thinking it is his way out of his life of misery but only to find himself filling...
release : 2012.09.16popularis : 6.098
Buddha: The Great Departure
Prince Siddhartha is heir to the Shakya kingdom, which is constantly at war with the more powerful Kosala kingdom. His father tries to raise as him...
release : 2011.05.28popularis : 8.961
Abacus and Sword
Set during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki belongs to the 8th generation of the Inoyama family, a wealthy family known for...
release : 2010.12.04popularis : 2.321
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
In the inner chambers of the Shugun's castle, 3,000 men attempt to vie for the affection of the female shogun. Based on the 4th-6th volumes in the...
release : 2012.12.22popularis : 3.993
Vamp Show
Five merry men who travel and live all over the country. They all love to sing and for some reason they are all nocturnal. Their hobbies are raiding...
release : 2001.11.01popularis : 1.13
小町
Wakabayashi is a poor office worker at a housing company. His grades have not improved recently and he has no girlfriend to spend his holidays with....
release : 2004.07.20popularis : 0.711
お父さんの恋
The latest work by writer Mayumi Nakatani and director Kyoichi Itagaki, who have steadily gained popularity for their sad and warm comedies...
release : 2005.03.10popularis : 0.596
Beautiful Sunday
On Sunday, a man wakes up to find a strange woman sleeping next to him... A gay couple develop a strange, trusting relationship with a sudden...
release : 2000.02.09popularis : 0.602
噂の男
A hangout next to the 'boiler room' in the basement, offstage at a theatre in Osaka. The comedians who visit there and the people who surround them....
release : 2006.12.01popularis : 1.756
Zenmai
Boy with time bomb standing on golden meadow
release : 1998.12.02popularis : 0.916
The Fearless Otojiro's Company
In 1897, actor, director, producer and theatre company leader Kawakami Otojiro set off on a tour of the USA with his wife Sadayakko and theatre...
release : 2007.11.07popularis : 1.053
VIBE
Dates and venues 6 - 14 July 1996, Theatre Saint Maur Created and performed by Yasuyuki Tsutsumi
release : 1996.07.06popularis : 1.425
反乱のボヤージュ
Set in a (fictional) student dormitory at Tokyo Metropolitan University, which is in danger of being closed down, the film depicts the emotional...
release : 2001.10.06popularis : 0.886
巡査鉄兵の推理日誌
An officer struggles to solve a murder case despite being at odds with his lieutenant. Officer Tetsubei discovers the body of a man whose face has...
release : 2000.08.05popularis : 1.505
安楽椅子探偵、再び
A film crew visits a mountain-top pension for an idol's photo book. Sudden heavy rain that night. The film crew is left alone in the isolated villa....
release : 2000.05.12popularis : 0.798
7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies
Set within an animal shelter, where if the owner of an animal doesn't claim their pet in 7 days, the animal is put to sleep. Himawari, is a female...
release : 2013.03.15popularis : 2.243
The Samurai That Night
Five years after a hit-and-run accident kills his wife, a distraught metalworker comes face to face with the man behind the steering wheel.
release : 2012.11.17popularis : 1.355
The Two in Tracksuits
A son quits his job and is persuaded by his father to head off to a cottage in the remote mountains. Together, the two of them manage to get through...
release : 2008.07.18popularis : 1.852
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
A year after the celebrated cracking of “The Glorious Team Batista” case, the talented medical staff at Tojo University Hospital once...
release : 2009.03.07popularis : 1.517
My SO Has Got Depression
Mikio is a married man and works hard for the company where he is employed. Then one day Mikio is diagnosed with depression. Mikio's wife is Haruko....
release : 2011.10.08popularis : 3.892
Sunflower
Reunited by the death of a friend, a group of former schoolmates reassess themselves and their earlier times together.
release : 2000.10.07popularis : 2.693
The Chef of South Polar
When eight men are assigned to live 14,000 kilometers from home in inhumanly cold conditions, food becomes their new existence.
release : 2009.08.07popularis : 7.124
Sukiyaki Western Django
A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.
release : 2007.09.15popularis : 9.942
Being Here
After being sent away from the man she loves, Shino wanders in Osaka, waiting for him to reach out again.
release : 2001.06.23popularis : 1.928
Dr. Coto's Clinic
In this drama set on Shikina Island, a far-flung island of the Japanese archipelago located more than six hours from the Japanese main islands, the...
release : 2022.12.16popularis : 5.457
Go! Boys' School Drama Club
Genki Ogasawara enrolls in an all boys high school. He then sets out to become popular with girls and looks for a club to join at school. Genki then...
release : 2011.07.06popularis : 1.319
The Goddess of 1967
A rich, young businessman travels to Australia with the intention of buying a 1967 Citroën DS. Once he arrives, things do not go to plan, and he...
release : 2000.09.08popularis : 3.194
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
The Unknown 'Ryoma Biography' - Ryoma Sakamoto, Hero of the Century: The Greatest Mystery and Secret Codes.
release : 2010.05.08popularis : 2.987
新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日
Follows the final days of the shogunate and Shinsengumi's Vice-Comander Hijikata Toshizo along with his fellow anti-imperialist group.
release : 2006.01.03popularis : 3.545
The Elephant Vanishes
Adapted from Haruki Murakami's short stories, The Elephant Vanishes reveals a strange and beautiful world lurking beneath the surface of Tokyo's...
release : 2003.06.07popularis : 3.653
世界初 極北の冒険 デナリ大滑降
Actor Masato Sakai brings you an unprecedented adventure! The world's first attempt to ski down the huge cliffs of Denali (6190m), the highest...
release : 2017.09.03popularis : 0.641
堺雅人 今を生きるネイティブアメリカンを訪ねて
Masato Sakai Visit Native Americans living today.
release : 2010.05.10popularis : 0.497
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
Set in the early 1990's, after The Persian Gulf War began, a 30 year old man passes himself off as Captain Kuhio a pilot for an American Special...
release : 2009.10.10popularis : 0.961
Hanzawa Naoki: Spin-off
At the Tokyo Central Securities company where Naoki Hanzawa has been posted, a massive overhaul of the securities trading system is scheduled. ...
release : 2020.01.03popularis : 2.54
Legal High SP
Kazuhiko Kogure, who is a 2nd grade student in middle school, falls off from one of the school's rooftop. There were other male students on the roof...
release : 2013.04.13popularis : 3.859
The Assistant Doctor
Story of the last assistant doctor in Okinawa.
release : 2010.12.09popularis : 0.787
Share The Challenge
A heartwarming story in which samurai, enemies, zombies, and monsters become allies and face something even bigger.
release : 2023.01.01popularis : 1.821
Banyuki
A story of an island country named Horai that was finally about to be integrated under one political administration. Domon DATE, an innocent man...
release : 2009.09.30popularis : 1
A Lush Life
The story involves an aloof thief, a young man who turns to God after his father’s suicide, a manipulative marriage councilor, a man who...
release : 2009.06.13popularis : 0.886
Ningen Shikkaku: Director's Cut-ban
A theatrical film version of Madhouse's Aoi Bungaku Series anime. The film will re-edit the four episodes based on Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human...
release : 2009.12.12popularis : 2.397
Stake Out
The fourth chapter in the Love Cinema series, is a story of a cloistered and obsessive character who is confining and closed. When many suicides...
release : 2001.01.20popularis : 0.505
Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Set in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where fantastical creatures live alongside humans. Akiko is a...
release : 2017.12.09popularis : 5.235
Legal High 2 SP
Attorneys Kensuke Komikado and Machiko Mayuzumi receive a request from a general hospital. They go up against veteran attorney Kazuma Kujou who is...
release : 2014.11.22popularis : 3.29
Promare
Galo and the Burning Rescue Fire Department face off against BURNISH, a group of mutants who are able to control and wield flames, and the fire...
release : 2019.05.24popularis : 13.678
Sakura Guardian in the North
The film follows the relationship between a mother and her son. In 1945, the mother played by Sayuri Yoshinaga fled with her two sons from the...
release : 2018.03.10popularis : 2.57
Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Spring Special
Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2008 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Sakki Yori mo Ii Hito - starring Ito Hideaki. 2....
release : 2008.04.02popularis : 2.043
Promare / Side: Galo
A prequel to Promare, set one day before the events of the film.
release : 2019.05.24popularis : 16.541
The Wall Man
The wall man is a strange wall-dwelling creature that is neither human nor ghost.
release : 2007.09.15popularis : 0.922