Hideo Sakaki

Hideo Sakaki (榊 英雄, Sakaki Hideo) (born June 4, 1970) is a Japanese actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Japanese cult films Versus, Battlefield Baseball, and Alive. He is a close friend of director Ryuhei Kitamura and appears in several of his films.

Hideo Sakaki
Born	(1970-06-04) June 4, 1970 (age 54) Gotō, Nagasaki, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present

Sexual assault allegations

In March 2022, four actresses came forward with allegations that, beginning in 2011, Sakaki had coerced them into non-consensual sexual relationships. Sakaki had admitted to having intercourse with three of the four women, claiming it was consensual; he denied having any kind of relationship with the fourth woman. Houka Kinoshita, a close friend of Sakaki who had also appeared in several of Sakaki's films, had also been accused of sexual assault by three different women. The victims allege that Kinoshita and Sakaki collaborated in sexual coercion by introducing young women to each other that were looking to break into the film industry. Shortly after the allegations surfaced, Sakaki's wife Izumi released a statement apologizing to the victims and confirming to end her marriage with Sakaki.^[1] On 20 February 2024, Sakaki was arrested after a woman then in her 20s accused him of sexually assaulting her at a condominium in Minato, Tokyo, under pretenses of providing acting advice in 2016.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1995	Kono mado wa kimi no mono	Taro
2000	Versus	The Man		[3]
2002	Alive	Tenshu Yashiro		[4]
	Ju-On: The Grudge	Welfare Center Clerk
	Alter Ego	Kôhei Yamazaki		[5]
2003	Aragami	Wounded samurai		[6]
	Azumi	Nagato
	Battlefield Baseball	Hôichi
	Suicide Manual	Keita Yashiro
2004	Longinus	Head vampire	Featurette	[7]
	Is A.	Ryo Tajima
	Gachapon
	Otôsan no backdrop
	Shinkuronishiti
	Godzilla: Final Wars	Eclair crew member
2005	Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire
	Shiawase nara te o tatakô
2006	Paradise: What Is Being Done
	LoveDeath			[8]
	Kiraware Matsuko no isshô
2007	The Dark Corners of the Shelves	Ryosuke Shindo
	Densen uta	Toyokawa
	Oyaji
2008	Esu esu
	Be a Man! Samurai School	Omito
	Dâku rabu: Rape
	Kyûka
2009	Map of the Sounds of Tokyo	Ishida
2010	Yûkai Rhapsody	Kishida	Also director
2011	Black Angels
	The Detective Is in the Bar
2012	Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen	Takeshi Kuroki
	Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters the Movie: Protect the Tokyo Enetower!		Short film
2013	Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: The Movie
	Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Taisen Z
	Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters Returns vs. Dôbutsu Sentai Go-Busters
	Shin Usagi: Yasei no touhai	Kazama
2014	Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters	Takeshi Kuroki
	Girl's Blood	Ranmaru Ando
	We're a Bounty Hunter Team	Shoichiro Baba
	Flower and Snake: Zero	Saito
	Still the Water
2015	Broken Hearts for Sale
2016	Samayô ageha: Mitsu tsubo torotoro	Theater manager	Also director
	Hadaka no gekidan: Ikiritatsu yokubô
2017	Blank 13
	Hurricane Polymar	Kato
	Alley Cat		Director	[9]
2018	Dô shiyô mo nai koi no uta
	Fire Fox Tochionger Seven, the Movie: King of Hell	Hell's messenger
	Red Blade
2019	Inbi-dan: Ano ko no shitatari
2020	Mashô shiri: Omae ga hoshii
2021	Utae! Love song furete G kôdo

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Doctor/Kranke	Shibusawa	TV miniseries
2002	The Woman of S.R.I.		8 episodes
2003	Demon Hunting		TV film
	Series Kyoufu Yawa	Mr. Kamata	1 episode
	Sky High	Tomiko Higashi/Officer Kitajima	4 episodes
2005	Jôô	Ôgami	5 episodes
2005-2017	AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo	Masanori Akiyama/Moriichi Gunji/Saburo Oba	3 episodes
2006	Unfair	Imai Hideaki	TV miniseries
2007	The Trusted Confidant	Shichirozaemon Matsuda	2 episodes
2008	Pandora		3 episodes
	Hitmaker: Aku Yu monogatari	Doi	TV film
2009	Meido deka	Hirotaro Iijima	1 episode
2011	Lady: Saigo no hanzai purofairu	Kajiyama	1 episode
	Hunter: Sono Onnatachi, Shoukin Kasegi		1 episode
2012	SP - Keishichô Keigoka 2	Nakahata	TV film
	The Ending Planner	Ohbayashi	2 episodes
	Papadoru!	Director	1 episode
	Legal High	Kanazawa Seiji	1 episode
	Monsters		TV miniseries; 1 episode
	Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters	Takeshi Kuroki	50 episodes
2013	Ferris Wheel at Night	Tanaka Koji	TV miniseries; 2 episodes
	Hanchô: Jinnansho Azumihan	Jiro Sakaki	2 episodes
	Sennyû tantei Tokage		1 episode
	Haitatsusaretai watashitachi		TV miniseries; 5 episodes
2014	Howaito rabo: Keishichou tokubetsu kagaku sousahan		TV miniseries; 1 episode
	The Roosevelt Game	TV miniseries; 1 episode
2015	Kyôto Ninjô Sôsa File		TV miniseries; 1 episode
2016	Makanai sô		TV miniseries; 10 episodes
	Otoko meshi		TV miniseries; 1 episode
2019	Butler Saionji's Great Reasoning	Yusaku Kubo	1 episode
	Unfinished
2020	Special Investigation Nine	Hideo Katayama	1 episode
	Cop Seven	Tatsuma Miyajima	1 episode
2021	Wanmoa		1 episode

References

1. Blair, Gavin (March 25, 2022). "Japan's Film Industry Rocked by Sexual Assault Allegations Against Prominent Director". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
2. "Japanese film director arrested over sexual assault allegations". Kyodo News. February 21, 2024. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
3. "Versus (2000)". FilmAffinity. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
4. Cockrell, Eddie (September 16, 2002). "Alive (2002)". Variety. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
5. "Alter Ego (2002)". FilmAffinity. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
6. "Aragami (2003)". FilmAffinity. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
7. "The Spear of Longinus (2004)". FilmAffinity. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
8. "LoveDeath (2006)". FilmAffinity. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
9. "アリーキャット". eiga.com. Retrieved April 1, 2022.

External links

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