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堺 正章, The Spiders, 사카이 마사아키, 堺正明
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Born the son of Shunji Sakai, a famous comedian in Japan, Sakai initially came to fame by fronting the group sounds band The Spiders. This group, formed in 1962, was popular throughout the 1960s; they spawned several hit songs as well as thirteen situation comedy films featuring their music. He took the title role of Songoku (Monkey) in the 1970s Japanese TV program Saiyūki. This gained him fame in many English-speaking countries in the early 1980s when it was dubbed by the BBC and retitled Monkey. Due to his fame playing the mythical character Songoku, Sakai created a dance called "the Monkey" which became a craze in Japan. Sakai went on to a successful solo career after The Spiders disbanded, and continued acting in films and on television. In 1999, he formed the band Sans Filtre with two former Spiders, Hiroshi Kamayatsu and Takayuki Inoue. They released their first album Yei Yei in 2000. Sakai is known in Japan as a car enthusiast and regularly took part in the annual Mille Miglia race in Italy with his wife as a co-driver. He won a similar Japanese road race on October 18, 2000 driving a 1947 Cisitalia 202 MM with Inoue Takayuki (the guitarist from Sans Filtre) as co-driver. Due to business commitments he gave up racing in 2002 and gave his Alfa Romeo race car to Masahiko Kondō who is also a singer and race enthusiast. He is also a hobby archer. Sakai has been married and divorced twice, and has two daughters. He is an active supporter of AIDS charities. His show-business nickname is "Machaaki".
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1946-08-06
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 3.2
- info Birth Place Unknown
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Masaaki Sakai
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Toshigoro
1973-04-14
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The Age of Undutiful Children
1968-12-07
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The Fearless Otojiro's Company
2007-11-07
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I Am A Man of Honor
1977-12-24
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Flowering Maidens
1965-01-24
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A Girl of the Plateau
1965-12-04
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The Greatest Challenge of All
1967-08-05
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The Tempters: Smile After Tears
1969-03-29
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Locomotive Teacher
2004-07-31
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喜劇 右向けェ左！
1970-12-31
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Japan Beauty Story
1974-07-13
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Spirit World
2025-02-26
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The Spiders: Big Commotion!
1968-05-18
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Road to Hawaii
1954-09-14
6.1
Beautiful World
2012-11-16
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Yunagi City, Sakura Country
2007-07-28
6.2
A Hardest Night!!
2005-10-22
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The Notorious Bored Samurai 2
1988-12-29
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The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
1994-01-03
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Song of Happiness
1964-12-19
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High School Third Graders
1963-11-16
5.5
Here Because of You
1964-05-23
5.3
Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii
1964-08-01
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Las Vegas Free-For-All
1967-04-28
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High School Juniors (Part II)
1964-08-22
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The Spiders' The Road to Bali
1968-08-28
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The Spiders' The Noisy Parade
1968-01-03
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The School Cap
1963-12-15
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The Spiders' The Reckless Operation
1967-08-26
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The Sunset Is Crying
1967-05-20
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Youth A Go Go!
1966-03-27
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Machi no Hi
1974-04-27
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Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993-03-27
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Nakamatachi
1964-03-14
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Sayonara Sankaku Mata Kite Shikaku
1982-04-06
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Monkey
1978-10-01
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Churasan
2001-04-03
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Papa Survival
1995-07-02
7.3
The Black Swindler
2006-04-14
8.9
Furuhata Ninzaburo
1994-04-13
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Best Friend
1995-10-16
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天皇の料理番
1980-10-19
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パパ・サヴァイバル
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The TOP10
1981-03-30
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ザッツ宴会テイメント
2008-04-06
6
Kono Subarashiki Sekai
2023-07-20
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Impossible Love
2008-04-08
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The Most Useful School in the World
2004-10-30
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Tokugawa Yoshinobu
1998-01-04
