Masato 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 . He has performed in Shakespeare, television dramas, dubs of western films and animation. His oldest daughter, Mayumi Sako, is enrolled in the . 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 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)

Theatrical animation[]

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

Dubbing roles[]

Live action[]

• Gary Oldman
  • Léon: The Professional (1997 VHS edition) (Norman "Stan" Stansfield)
  • The Fifth Element (1999 NTV edition) (Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg)
  • Air Force One (Ivan Korshunov)
  • Lost in Space (Doctor Zachary Smith)
• 8mm (Daniel Longdale (Anthony Heald))^[1]
• Before and After (Ben Ryan (Liam Neeson))^[2]
• Ben-Hur (2000 DVD edition) (Pontius Pilate (Frank Thring))
• Beetlejuice (Charles Deetz (Jeffrey Jones))
• The Brothers McMullen (Jack McMullen (Jack Mulcahy))^[3]
• Executive Decision (Doctor David Grant (Kurt Russell))^[4]
• Fargo (Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy))^[5]
• 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))^[6]
• 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))^[7]
• Sleeping with the Enemy (Ben Woodward (Kevin Anderson))^[8]
• Still Crazy (Ray (Bill Nighy))
• Straight Time (TV edition) (Max Dembo (Dustin Hoffman))
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (T-1000 (Robert Patrick))
• Vampires (Valek (Thomas Ian Griffith))
• Wild Wild West (Doctor Arliss Loveless (Kenneth Branagh))^[9]

Animation[]

• Batman: The Animated Series (Kyōgoku Ken (first voice))
• Lady and the Tramp (DVD edition) (Boris)
• Toy Story 2 (Wheezie the Penguin)

References[]

External links[]

• Ultra series profile