Actor

Sachio Sakai

30 credited titles on WatchWise

Sachio Sakai (堺左千夫, Sakai Sachio, September 8, 1925 - March 11, 1998), real name Yukio Abe (阿部幸男, Abe Yukio), was a Japanese actor. Sakai was the son of an electrician and later graduated from Tokyo City Asakusa Technical College. In 1946, Sakai entered and passed the first Toho New Face program and had his first film appearance under the studio in 1947 in Akira Kurosawa's "One Wonderful Sunday". Sakai would go on to appear in numerous films by the studio, including many directed by Kurosawa, Kihachi Okamoto, and Ishiro Honda.

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Strongest genre

Thriller

$900K · 100% hit rate

Biggest hit

King Kong vs. Godzilla

$2.7M

Standout efficiency

37.5x

Godzilla · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$1.7M

Combined reported budget

$183K

Gross / budget

9.2x

Bankability Index

66 / 100

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