Masato Sako Explained

Masato Sako
Birth Date:	November 9, 1946
Birth Place:	Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Empire of Japan
Death Place:	Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan
Occupation:	Actor, voice actor
Yearsactive:	1960-2003
Children:	Mayumi Sako

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).

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

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 )

Filmography

Television drama

• 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

• Minbō no Onna (????) (Health care center head)

Tokusatsu

• Kaettekita Ultraman (????) (MAT Station member)
• Uchū Keiji Sharivan (????) (Hoshio Kitagawa)

Television animation

• Brain Powerd (????) (Winston Geybridge)
• Detective Conan (????) (Masahiro Sannai, Tōyama (first voice), Yoshio Sadakane)

OVA

• Ginga Eiyū Densetsu (????) (John Drinker Cope)

Theatrical animation

• Taiho Shichauzo the Movie (????) (Sei Emoto)

Dubbing roles

Live action

• Gary Oldman
  • (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))
• (T-1000 (Robert Patrick))
• Vampires (Valek (Thomas Ian Griffith))
• Wild Wild West (Doctor Arliss Loveless (Kenneth Branagh))^[12]

Animation

• (Kyōgoku Ken (first voice))
• Lady and the Tramp (DVD edition) (Boris)
• Toy Story 2 (Wheezie the Penguin)

References

1. Web site: レオン 完全版/オリジナル版 4K UHD+Blu-ray(4枚組). March 21, 2022. TC Entertainment.
2. Web site: フィフス・エレメント 4K UHD+Blu-ray(2枚組). March 21, 2022. TC Entertainment.
3. Web site: ロスト・イン・スペース. November 22, 2021. NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan.
4. Web site: ８ｍｍ. July 6, 2019. Star Channel.
5. Web site: 判決前夜／ビフォア・アンド・アフター[吹]]. May 2, 2019. Star Channel.
6. Web site: マクマレン兄弟. May 30, 2019. Fox Japan.
7. Web site: エグゼクティブ・デシジョン. March 8, 2019. Star Channel.
8. Web site: ファーゴ. August 19, 2021. Star Channel.
9. Web site: ニュー・ジャック・シティ(1枚組). July 8, 2021. NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan.
10. Web site: 嵐の中で輝いて[吹］|accessdate= August 22, 2019|work= Star Channel].
11. Web site: 愛がこわれるとき. March 14, 2020. Star Channel.
12. Web site: ワイルド・ワイルド・ウエスト[吹]]. September 9, 2019. Star Channel.

External links

• Ultra series profile