Masato Sako
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| Masato Sako | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 9, 1946 Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan |
| Occupation | Actor, voice actor |
| Years active | 1960-2003 |
| Children | Mayumi Sako |
Masato Sako (佐古正人 Sako Masato?, November 9, 1946 – January 11, 2003) 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.
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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 Batman: The Animated Series)
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)
Theater animation
- Taiho Shichauzo the Movie (????) (Sei Emoto)
Dubbing roles
- Gary Oldman
- Léon (Second DVD edition) (Norman "Stan" Stansfield)
- The Fifth Element (Nippon TV edition) (Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg)
- Air Force One (Ivan Korshunov)
- Lost in Space (Doctor Zachary Smith)
- Ben-Hur (2000 DVD edition) (Pontius Pilate (Frank Thring))
- Beetlejuice (Charles Deetz)
- Executive Decision (Doctor David Grant)
- From the Earth to the Moon (TV edition) (Buzz Aldrin (episodes 6))
- Ghostbusters II (TV Asahi edition) (Louis Tully (Rick Moranis))
- Hero (Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante)
- Millennium (Peter Watts (Terry O'Quinn))
- The Poseidon Adventure (TV Asahi edition) (Acres)
- Romancing the Stone (Jack T. Colton)
- The Running Man (TV Asahi edition) (Tony)
- Still Crazy (Ray)
- Straight Time (TV edition) (Max Dembo)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (T-1000 (Robert Patrick))
- Vampires (Valek)
- Wild Wild West (Doctor Arliss Loveless)
Animation
- Batman: The Animated Series (Kyōgoku Ken (first voice))
- Lady and the Tramp (DVD edition) (Boris)
- Toy Story 2 (Wheezie the Penguin)
