{{Short description|Japanese actor and voice actor (1946–2003)}} {{Infobox person | name = Masato Sako | birth_name = | birth_date = November 9, 1946 | birth_place = Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan | death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|01|11|1946|11|09}} | death_place = Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan | other_names = | occupation = Actor, voice actor | years_active = 1960-2003 | spouse = | partner = | children = Mayumi Sako | website = }} {{nihongo|'''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.
==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)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.tc-ent.co.jp//products/detail/TCBD-1131|title= レオン 完全版/オリジナル版 4K UHD+Blu-ray(4枚組)|access-date= March 21, 2022|work= TC Entertainment}}</ref> **''The Fifth Element'' (1999 NTV edition) (Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.tc-ent.co.jp//products/detail/TCBD-1135|title= フィフス・エレメント 4K UHD+Blu-ray(2枚組)|access-date= March 21, 2022|work= TC Entertainment}}</ref> **''Air Force One'' (Ivan Korshunov) **''Lost in Space'' (Doctor Zachary Smith)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://db2.nbcuni.co.jp/contents/hp0002/list.php?CNo=2&AgentProCon=43110|title= ロスト・イン・スペース|access-date= November 22, 2021|work= NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan}}</ref> *''8mm'' (Daniel Longdale (Anthony Heald))<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=13528|title= ８ｍｍ|accessdate= July 6, 2019|work= Star Channel|archive-date= November 26, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201126012225/https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=13528|url-status= dead}}</ref> *''Before and After'' (Ben Ryan (Liam Neeson))<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=20738|title= 判決前夜／ビフォア・アンド・アフター[吹]|accessdate= May 2, 2019|work= Star Channel}}</ref> *''Ben-Hur'' (2000 DVD edition) (Pontius Pilate (Frank Thring)) *''Beetlejuice'' (Charles Deetz (Jeffrey Jones)) *''The Brothers McMullen'' (Jack McMullen (Jack Mulcahy))<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.foxjapan.com/brothers-mcmullen|title= マクマレン兄弟|accessdate= May 30, 2019|work= Fox Japan|archive-date= May 9, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190509031920/http://www.foxjapan.com/brothers-mcmullen|url-status= dead}}</ref> *''Executive Decision'' (Doctor David Grant (Kurt Russell))<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=512|title= エグゼクティブ・デシジョン|accessdate= March 8, 2019|work= Star Channel|archive-date= July 18, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170718044337/http://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=512|url-status= dead}}</ref> *''Fargo'' (Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy))<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=12641|title= ファーゴ|access-date= August 19, 2021|website= Star Channel|archive-date= August 19, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210819175905/https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=12641|url-status= dead}}</ref> *''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))<ref>{{cite web |url= http://db2.nbcuni.co.jp/contents/hp0002/list.php?CNo=2&AgentProCon=46342|title= ニュー・ジャック・シティ(1枚組)|access-date= July 8, 2021|work= NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan}}</ref> *''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))<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=16758|title= 嵐の中で輝いて[吹］|accessdate= August 22, 2019|work= Star Channel|archive-date= October 24, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201024151441/https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=16758|url-status= dead}}</ref> *''Sleeping with the Enemy'' (Ben Woodward (Kevin Anderson))<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=2917|title= 愛がこわれるとき|accessdate= March 14, 2020|work= Star Channel}}</ref> *''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))<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=13653|title= ワイルド・ワイルド・ウエスト[吹]|accessdate= September 9, 2019|work= Star Channel|archive-date= June 12, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210612021535/https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=13653|url-status= dead}}</ref>
====Animation==== *''Batman: The Animated Series'' (Kyōgoku Ken (first voice)) *''Lady and the Tramp'' (DVD edition) (Boris) *''Toy Story 2'' (Wheezie the Penguin)
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==External links== *[http://www14.big.or.jp/~hosoya/who/sa/sako-masato.htm ''Ultra'' series profile]
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