Masato Sako (佐古正人, Sako Masato, November 9, 1946 – January 11, 2003) was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Iwakuni, Yamaguchi. He stood at 168 centimeters (5 feet, 7 inches) tall and weighed in at 62 kilograms (136 pounds).
Masato Sako | |
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Born | November 9, 1946 |
Died | January 11, 2003 | (aged 56)
Occupation(s) | Actor, voice actor |
Years active | 1960-2003 |
Children | Mayumi Sako |
Sako dropped out of Chuo University. He then enrolled in the theater company Gekidan Kumo. He later transferred to Engekishūdan En. He has performed in Shakespeare, television dramas, dubs of western films and animation. His oldest daughter, Mayumi Sako, is enrolled in the Bungaku Company. On January 11, 2003, Masato Sako died of oral cancer in an Iwakuni hospital at the age of 56.
Successors edit
After Sako's death, the following actors were recruited to take over Sako's ongoing roles.
- Shinji Ogawa (as Tōyama in Detective Conan)
- Fumihiko Tachiki (as Kyōgoku Ken in Batman: The Animated Series)
Filmography edit
Television drama edit
- Enkana Aitsu ha yo Goto Pank Nayume wo Miru (????) (Dark Gorō)
- Dai chūshingura (????) (Tadao Ōtaka)
- Meiji no Gunzō: Umi ni Karin wo (????) (Hikojirō Nakamigawa)
Film edit
- Minbō no Onna (????) (Health care center head)
Tokusatsu edit
- Kaettekita Ultraman (????) (MAT Station member)
- Uchū Keiji Sharivan (????) (Hoshio Kitagawa)
Television animation edit
- Brain Powerd (????) (Winston Geybridge)
- Detective Conan (????) (Masahiro Sannai, Tōyama (first voice), Yoshio Sadakane)
OVA edit
- Ginga Eiyū Densetsu (????) (John Drinker Cope)
Theatrical animation edit
- Taiho Shichauzo the Movie (????) (Sei Emoto)
Dubbing roles edit
Live action edit
- Gary Oldman
- Léon: The Professional (1997 VHS edition) (Norman "Stan" Stansfield)[1]
- The Fifth Element (1999 NTV edition) (Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg)[2]
- Air Force One (Ivan Korshunov)
- Lost in Space (Doctor Zachary Smith)[3]
- 8mm (Daniel Longdale (Anthony Heald))[4]
- Before and After (Ben Ryan (Liam Neeson))[5]
- Ben-Hur (2000 DVD edition) (Pontius Pilate (Frank Thring))
- Beetlejuice (Charles Deetz (Jeffrey Jones))
- The Brothers McMullen (Jack McMullen (Jack Mulcahy))[6]
- Executive Decision (Doctor David Grant (Kurt Russell))[7]
- Fargo (Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy))[8]
- From the Earth to the Moon (Buzz Aldrin (Bryan Cranston))
- Ghostbusters II (1998 TV Asahi edition) (Louis Tully (Rick Moranis))
- Hero (Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante (Dustin Hoffman))
- Millennium (Peter Watts (Terry O'Quinn))
- New Jack City (Scotty Appleton (Ice-T))[9]
- The Poseidon Adventure (1991 TV Asahi edition) (Acres (Roddy McDowall))
- Romancing the Stone (Jack T. Colton (Michael Douglas))
- The Running Man (1990 TV Asahi edition) (Tony (Kurt Fuller))
- Shining Through (General Franz-Otto Dietrich (Liam Neeson))[10]
- Sleeping with the Enemy (Ben Woodward (Kevin Anderson))[11]
- Still Crazy (Ray (Bill Nighy))
- Straight Time (TV edition) (Max Dembo (Dustin Hoffman))
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (T-1000 (Robert Patrick))
- Vampires (Valek (Thomas Ian Griffith))
- Wild Wild West (Doctor Arliss Loveless (Kenneth Branagh))[12]
Animation edit
- Batman: The Animated Series (Kyōgoku Ken (first voice))
- Lady and the Tramp (DVD edition) (Boris)
- Toy Story 2 (Wheezie the Penguin)
References edit
- ^ "レオン 完全版/オリジナル版 4K UHD+Blu-ray(4枚組)". TC Entertainment. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
- ^ "フィフス・エレメント 4K UHD+Blu-ray(2枚組)". TC Entertainment. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
- ^ "ロスト・イン・スペース". NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
- ^ "8mm". Star Channel. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
- ^ "判決前夜/ビフォア・アンド・アフター[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
- ^ "マクマレン兄弟". Fox Japan. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ^ "エグゼクティブ・デシジョン". Star Channel. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- ^ "ファーゴ". Star Channel. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
- ^ "ニュー・ジャック・シティ(1枚組)". NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "嵐の中で輝いて[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
- ^ "愛がこわれるとき". Star Channel. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- ^ "ワイルド・ワイルド・ウエスト[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved September 9, 2019.