Acting
Frankie Sakai
- Titles
- 69movies3TV shows
- Career
Active from 1954 to 1995, with up to 5 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 37top three billing
- Average score
74/100
- Highest rated
Vengeance Is Mine86/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.4average 2.6
- Politics5.0average 2.6
- Wonder5.7average 3.4
- Warfare3.4average 1.2
- Social Commentary6.7average 4.9
- Spiritual3.8average 2.0
- Nostalgia5.3average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.8average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.5, average 5.4
- Pop Culture0.7, average 2.2
- Cringe Humor1.3, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy2.1, average 2.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character Study 3
- Social Commentary 3
- Human Condition 2
- Classic Japanese Cinema 2
- Situational Humor 2
- Historical Drama 2
- Family-Friendly 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Hisaya MorishigeActorTemptation on Glamour Island, The Hotelman's Holiday, This Madding Crowd, Aloha 3 Gents, Hail the 3 Gents, +14 more
Norihei MikiActorAloha 3 Gents, Hail the 3 Gents, Travel Stories of a Company President Part II, Five Gents Prefer Geisha, Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai, +7 more- RRyōzō KasaharaWriterAloha 3 Gents, Hail the 3 Gents, Go and Get It, Travel Stories of a Company President Part II, Five Gents Prefer Geisha, +6 more
Daisuke KatōActorI Want to Be a Shellfish, Aloha 3 Gents, Travel Stories of a Company President Part II, Five Gents Prefer Geisha, Devices Stronger Than Women, +5 more
Michiyo AratamaActorThe Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night, I Want to Be a Shellfish, Aloha 3 Gents, Five Gents Prefer Geisha, A Boy and Three Mothers, +5 more
Junzaburō BanActorThe Hotelman's Holiday, An Urban Affair, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Fortune, +4 more
Keiju KobayashiActorAloha 3 Gents, Hail the 3 Gents, Travel Stories of a Company President Part II, Five Gents Prefer Geisha, President's Ninja Trick Book Part II, +4 more- KKôichi IwashitaEditorThe Last War, Aloha 3 Gents, Hail the 3 Gents, Five Gents Prefer Geisha, President's Ninja Trick Book Part II, +4 more
Shūe MatsubayashiDirectorThe Last War, Aloha 3 Gents, Hail the 3 Gents, Five Gents Prefer Geisha, President's Ninja Trick Book Part II, +4 more
Chikage AwashimaActorThe Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night, The Hotelman's Holiday, An Urban Affair, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox, Room for Let, +3 more
Keiko AwajiActorTemptation on Glamour Island, The Hotelman's Holiday, Go and Get It, Travel Stories of a Company President Part II, An Urban Affair, +3 more
Yūzō KawashimaDirectorA Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era, The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night, Temptation on Glamour Island, This Madding Crowd, A Geisha's Diary, +3 more
Movies and TV shows
721990s
3 titles · average score 68
as Photographer
as Tsutaya
as Tadashi Ono
1980s
6 titles · average score 72
as Isenokami
TV show · as Yuji Aso
as Nakajima Ise
TV show · as Yabu
as Yabu
TV show
1970s
11 titles · average score 86
as Inspector Kawai
as Frank Ômori
as Tokuemon
as Captain Yamada (as Furankî Sakai)
as 梅野長太郎
as Honiden Matahachi
as Nagato Kinoshita
as Kiyozo Fukuda
as Seizo
as Fukuzo
as Kapi (voice)
1960s
27 titles · average score 70
as Tsuyoshi Kemachi (Sales Section Chief)
as Zenta Yamakawa
as Shinichi Tamaki
as George Okitsu (3rd-gen Japanese American)
as Goro
as Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda
as Mokichi Tamura
as Nozaki
as Keima Sunagawa
as Junpei Tanabe
1950s
25 titles · average score 69
as Tomimatsu Shimizu
as Goro Yoda
as Army Captain Prince Tamenaga
as Taro Fujikawa
as Kinichi Koyama
as Shimizu Toyomatsu
as Tetsuo Matsumoto
as Inokori Saheiji
as Rukuheita Sakai / Kogorô Sakai
as Tachibana's Old Friend A
as Clown
as Kamenosuke Dewa-no-kouji