Portrait of Masaaki Sakai

Writing

Masaaki Sakai

Career

Active from 2006 to 2026, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score76/100
Highest rated
Poster for Song of the Samurai - Chapter: Youthful Days in Edo
Song of the Samurai - Chapter: Youthful Days in Edo
GoodWatch score85/100

Characters

3

The characters Masaaki Sakai played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.8 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Masaaki Sakai Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    1.7, average 3.9
  • Uncanny
    0.7, average 2.5
  • Cringe Humor
    0.3, average 2.2
  • Romance
    2.0, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Crime Drama 3
  • Police Procedural 2
  • Yakuza Underworld 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Gritty Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

7
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 72
Nemuri Kyoshiro
Nemuri Kyoshiro (2026)

Screenplay

Small, Slow But Steady
Small, Slow But Steady (2022)
GoodWatch score 72

Screenplay

2010s

4 titles
Ninkyo Gakuen
Ninkyo Gakuen (2019)

Screenplay

Kenji no Honkai
Kenji no Honkai (2016)

Screenplay

Fate of a Prosecutor
Fate of a Prosecutor (2016)

Screenplay

Two Portraits of MIYAGINO
Two Portraits of MIYAGINO (2010)

Screenplay

2000s

1 title
The Skull Man: Prologue of Darkness
The Skull Man: Prologue of Darkness (2007)

Writer