Kuranosuke Sasaki
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Known for

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Born
4 February 1968
Age
58 years old
Next birthday in
100 days
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birthplace
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Credits
139

Kuranosuke Sasaki is a Japanese actor born on February 4, 1968, in Kyoto. He has 139 credits to date. His film roles include Yoji Akitsu in Godzilla Minus One (2023), Fukubê in 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End (2008), Professor Kohtaro Hozumi in Summer Time Machine Blues (2005) and Hisashi in Train Man (2005). On television, he played Yuta Takeuchi in The Great White Tower (2003) and Kogure Hisao in My Dangerous Wife (2016), and appeared in Don’t Call It Mystery (2022).

His other film credits include We Are Little Zombies (2019), The Inerasable (2016), One Night (2019) and March Comes In Like a Lion (2017). He has received the Kikuta Kazuo Theatre Award. His upcoming projects are Godzilla Minus Zero, scheduled for November 3, 2026, and 4 Out — Play Ball Again, set for release on November 6, 2026.

New & upcoming work

Where to watch their movies

  • Amazon Video: Godzilla Minus One
  • Apple TV Store: Godzilla Minus One
  • Fandango At Home: Godzilla Minus One
  • Google Play Movies: Godzilla Minus One
  • Netflix: Godzilla Minus One
  • Netflix Standard with Ads: Godzilla Minus One
  • Plex: Godzilla Minus One
  • YouTube: Godzilla Minus One

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Frequent co-stars

  • Ryunosuke Kamiki · 3 films together: Godzilla Minus One, March Comes In Like a Lion, March Goes out Like a Lamb
  • Gin Maeda · 2 films together: March Comes In Like a Lion, March Goes out Like a Lamb
  • Shota Sometani · 2 films together: March Comes In Like a Lion, March Goes out Like a Lamb
  • Teruyuki Kagawa · 2 films together: 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End, The Haunted Samurai
  • Kasumi Arimura · 2 films together: March Comes In Like a Lion, March Goes out Like a Lamb
  • Kana Kurashina · 2 films together: March Comes In Like a Lion, March Goes out Like a Lamb

Awards won

  • Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō

Career at a glance

First credit: スチュワーデス刑事 (1997) · Credits: 139

Roles played

Titles reviewed on Drama4U

Other work

  • F(r)iction (2026)F(r)iction2026 · Kato
  • Bayside Shakedown N.E.W. (2026)Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.2026 · Kitaoka Unto
  • ALIUS (2026)ALIUS2026 · Shogo Sano
  • Last Note (2026)Last Note2026 · Masumi Higuchi
  • Labyrinth of Hortensia and the Minotaur (2026)Labyrinth of Hortensia and the Minotaur2026 · Nanase Kyoichi
  • Nameless (2026)Nameless2026 · Kunieda
  • Kyoto Hippocrates (2026)Kyoto Hippocrates2026
  • Haguregumo (2026)Haguregumo2026 · Kumo
  • Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final (2025)Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final2025
  • The Final Piece (2025)The Final Piece2025 · Tsuyoshi Ishiba
  • 弾丸！空港トンボがえりツアー (2025)弾丸！空港トンボがえりツアー2025
  • Haha no Matsu Sato (2024)Haha no Matsu Sato2024
  • Destiny (2024)Destiny2024 · Tsuji Eisuke
  • My Home Hero the Movie (2024)My Home Hero the Movie2024 · Tetsuo Tosu
  • Great Gift (2024)Great Gift2024 · Shiratori Minoru
  • Dear Radiance (2024)Dear Radiance2024 · Fujiwara no Nobutaka
  • My Home Hero (2023)My Home Hero2023 · Tetsuo Tosu
  • Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero (2023)Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero2023
  • Shylock's Children (2023)Shylock's Children2023 · Michiharu Kuroda
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  • We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams (2023)We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams2023 · Sasuke Noda
  • The Black Swindler (2022)The Black Swindler2022 · Kaneto Hojo
  • ミヤコが京都にやって来た！～ふたりの夏～ (2022)ミヤコが京都にやって来た！～ふたりの夏～2022
  • More Than Words (2022)More Than Words2022 · Fukunaga Yosuke
  • The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai (2022)The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai2022
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie (2022)The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie2022 · Reiji Eto
  • Homestay (2022)Homestay2022 · Osamu Kobayashi
  • Don't Call It Mystery (2022)Don't Call It Mystery2022
  • The Men of the WADA Family (2021)The Men of the WADA Family2021
  • The Woman of S.R.I.: The Movie (2021)The Woman of S.R.I.: The Movie2021 · Wataru Kagano
  • Cyber Crimes Unit (2021)Cyber Crimes Unit2021
  • Miyako Has Arrived in Kyoto! (2021)Miyako Has Arrived in Kyoto!2021 · Kakinoki Kukichi
  • Sakka Keiji Busujima Shinri (2020)Sakka Keiji Busujima Shinri2020 · Shinri Busujima
  • Onmyōji (2020)Onmyōji2020
  • America ni Makenakatta Otoko - Bakayaro Souri Yoshida Shigeru (2020)America ni Makenakatta Otoko - Bakayaro Souri Yoshida Shigeru2020 · Hayato Ikeda
  • We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous (2020)We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous2020 · Sasuke Noda
  • The Memory Eraser (2020)The Memory Eraser2020 · Chiaki Takaharu
  • Off the Record (2020)Off the Record2020 · Iwatani Susumu
  • One Night (2019)One Night2019 · Michio Doshita
  • ほんとにあった怖い話 20周年スペシャル (2019)ほんとにあった怖い話 20周年スペシャル2019
  • Sherlock: Untold Stories (2019)Sherlock: Untold Stories2019 · Reiji Eto
  • Aircraft Carrier Ibuki (2019)Aircraft Carrier Ibuki2019 · Toshiya Niinami, Second-in Chief of Ibuki
  • Iwane: Sword of Serenity (2019)Iwane: Sword of Serenity2019 · Reien Sasaki
  • We Are Little Zombies (2019)We Are Little Zombies2019 · Takami Gen
  • Ieyasu builds Edo (2019)Ieyasu builds Edo2019 · Okubo Togoro Tadayuki
  • Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight (2018)Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight2018 · Kanji Takizawa
  • Recall (2018)Recall2018 · Hirohisa Aizawa
  • 天才を育てた女房～世界が認めた数学者と妻の愛～ (2018)天才を育てた女房～世界が認めた数学者と妻の愛～2018
  • Final Cut (2018)Final Cut2018 · Seiichiro Takada（高田 清一郎）
  • We Make Antiques! (2018)We Make Antiques!2018 · Sasuke Noda
  • Flower and Sword (2017)Flower and Sword2017 · Toshiie Maeda
  • A Beautiful Star (2017)A Beautiful Star2017 · Katsumi Kuroki
  • March Goes out Like a Lamb (2017)March Goes out Like a Lamb2017 · Kai Shimada
  • Hiyokko (2017)Hiyokko2017 · Shogo Makino
  • March Comes In Like a Lion (2017)March Comes In Like a Lion2017 · Kai Shimada
  • Hamon: Yakuza Boogie (2017)Hamon: Yakuza Boogie2017 · Yasuhiko Kuwahara
  • Samurai Hustle Returns (2016)Samurai Hustle Returns2016 · Masaatsu Naito
  • My Dangerous Wife (2016)My Dangerous Wife2016 · Kogure Hisao
  • Everest: The Summit of the Gods (2016)Everest: The Summit of the Gods2016 · Wataru Hase
  • The Inerasable (2016)The Inerasable2016 · Yoshiaki Hiraoka
  • The Phantom Thief YAMANEKO (2016)The Phantom Thief YAMANEKO2016 · Shugo Sekimoto（関本 修吾）
  • Something Like, Something Like It (2016)Something Like, Something Like It2016 · Souvenir shop owner
  • Dr.STOЯKS (2015)Dr.STOЯKS2015 · Katsuhide Ogishima
  • Till Death Do Us What? (2015)Till Death Do Us What?2015 · Kota Shimizu
  • Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment (2015)Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment2015 · Tsuyoshi Fujino
  • Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion (2015)Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion2015 · Tsuyoshi Fujino
  • Truth of Zero (2014)Truth of Zero2014 · Ichiro Yashiki
  • Samurai Hustle (2014)Samurai Hustle2014 · Masaatsu Naitou
  • その日のまえに (2014)その日のまえに2014
  • The Stork Nest (2013)The Stork Nest2013 · Mayor
  • A Boy Called H (2013)A Boy Called H2013
  • The Weather Girl Knows (2013)The Weather Girl Knows2013 · Sanpei Mikumo
  • The Last Chance: Diary of Comedians (2013)The Last Chance: Diary of Comedians2013 · Junya Kawano
  • The Life of Budori Gusuko (2012)The Life of Budori Gusuko2012 · Kotori the Kidnapper (voice)
  • 塔馬教授の天才推理2012
  • Renai Neet: Wasureta Koi no Hajimekata (2012)Renai Neet: Wasureta Koi no Hajimekata2012 · Naoya Matsumoto
  • 99 Days with the Superstar (2011)99 Days with the Superstar2011
  • The Castle of Sand (2011)The Castle of Sand2011
  • Challenged ~Graduation~2011 · Keiichiro Hanawa
  • Peak: The Rescuers (2011)Peak: The Rescuers2011 · Masato Noda

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