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Portrait of Kenji Sakaguchi

Acting

Kenji Sakaguchi

Career

Active from 1999 to 2025, with a break from 2014 to 2024, busiest in 2003 and 2006 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score76/100
Highest rated
Poster for Pride
Pride
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kenji Sakaguchi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.3, average 2.6
  • Uncanny
    0.3, average 2.5
  • Nostalgia
    1.9, average 3.8
  • Fantasy
    0.3, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 7
  • Japanese Drama 5
  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Emotional Journey 3
  • Character Study 2
  • Complex Relationships 2
  • Moral Dilemmas 2
  • Urban Thriller 2
  • Heartwarming Drama 2
  • Redemption 2
  • Self-Discovery 2
  • Slice of Life 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

30
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
Second to Last Love 3
Second to Last Love 3 (2025)

TV show

Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero (2023)

TV show

2010s

5 titles
Doubles - Futari no Keiji
Doubles - Futari no Keiji (2013)

TV show · as Keiichi Tashiro

Second to Last Love
Second to Last Love (2012)

TV show

Keigo Higashino Mysteries
Keigo Higashino Mysteries (2012)

TV show

Second to Last Love
Second to Last Love (2012)

as Shimpei

Keiji Narusawa Ryou
Keiji Narusawa Ryou (2010)

TV show

2000s

22 titles · average score 75
Clear Skies, No Incidents
Clear Skies, No Incidents (2009)

TV show · as Ryo Shirase

Smile
Smile (2007)

as Masaya Inotani

Iryu: Team Medical Dragon
Iryu: Team Medical Dragon (2006)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Asada Ryutaro

Memories of Tomorrow
Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
GoodWatch score 76

as Naoya Ito

CHiLDREN
CHiLDREN (2006)

as Muto Shunsuke

Catch a Wave
Catch a Wave (2006)

as Mark

Pride
Pride (2004)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Yamato Hotta

弟
弟 (2004)

TV show

Always the two of us
Always the two of us (2003)

TV show · as Morinaga Kenta

Power of Love
Power of Love (2002)

TV show · as Kimura Sogo

Fighting Girl
Fighting Girl (2001)

TV show · as Gen Awamura

Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Yamai 'Doberman' Takeshi

1990s

1 title
The Best Friend
The Best Friend (1999)

TV show · as Ezaki Masaru