--- name: "Kuranosuke Sasaki" canonical: "https://film.one/person/kuranosuke-sasaki" fi1m_id: "kuranosuke-sasaki" imdb_id: "nm1482259" tmdb_id: 121716 wikidata_id: "Q1052140" roles: ["Actor"] born: "4 February 1968" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-22T04:20:12.165480+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Kuranosuke Sasaki ## Identity Kuranosuke Sasaki - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kuranosuke-sasaki - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** kuranosuke-sasaki - **IMDb ID:** nm1482259 - **TMDB ID:** 121716 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1052140 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuranosuke_Sasaki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1052140, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1482259/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/121716 Actor. Born 4 February 1968 in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 4 February 1968, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan - **Active:** 2023–present - **Also known as:** 사사키 쿠라노스케, 佐々木 秀明 - **Frequently works with:** [Go Abe](https://film.one/person/go-abe.md), [Kazuaki Kishida](https://film.one/person/kazuaki-kishida.md), [Keichiiro Moriya](https://film.one/person/keichiiro-moriya.md), [Minami Hamabe](https://film.one/person/minami-hamabe.md), [Ryunosuke Kamiki](https://film.one/person/ryunosuke-kamiki.md), [Takashi Yamazaki](https://film.one/person/takashi-yamazaki.md), [Yuki Yamada](https://film.one/person/yuki-yamada.md) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuranosuke_Sasaki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1052140, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1482259/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/121716 ## Coming up - *Godzilla Minus Zero* (2026-11-03), as Seiji Akitsu — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-minus-zero.md) ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Godzilla Minus One*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-minus-one.md) (81) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Kuranosuke Sasaki is a Japanese actor. Born Hideaki Sasaki on 4 February 1968 in Kyoto, he is the son of a sake brewer. After graduating from Kobe University he worked briefly in advertising before becoming a stage actor with the theatrical group Planet Pistachio from 1990 to 1998. He made his film debut in the lead role of *Mamiya Kyodai* (2006) and his television series debut in *Gira Gira* (2008). Sasaki is known for roles in *20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End* (2008), *Summer Time Machine Blues* (2005), *We Are Little Zombies* (2019) and as Yoji Akitsu in *Godzilla Minus One* (2023). *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Godzilla Minus One* (2023), Fi1m 81, as Yoji Akitsu — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-minus-one.md) ## Complete filmography (139) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Godzilla Minus Zero* (2026), as Seiji Akitsu — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-minus-zero.md) - *Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.* (2026), as Kitaoka Unto - *ALIUS* (2026), series, as Shogo Sano - *Last Note* (2026), series, as Masumi Higuchi - *Labyrinth of Hortensia and the Minotaur* (2026), series, as Nanase Kyoichi - *Nameless* (2026), as Kunieda - *Kyoto Hippocrates* (2026), Actor - *Haguregumo* (2026), series, as Kumo - *Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final* (2025), Actor - *The Final Piece* (2025), as Tsuyoshi Ishiba - *Haha no Matsu Sato* (2024), series, Actor - *Destiny* (2024), series, as Tsuji Eisuke - *My Home Hero the Movie* (2024), as Tetsuo Tosu - *Great Gift* (2024), series, as Shiratori Minoru - *Dear Radiance* (2024), series, as Fujiwara no Nobutaka - *Godzilla Minus One* (2023), as Yoji Akitsu — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-minus-one.md) - *My Home Hero* (2023), series, as Tetsuo Tosu - *Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero* (2023), series, Actor - *Shylock's Children* (2023), as Michiharu Kuroda - *We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams* (2023), as Sasuke Noda - *The Black Swindler* (2022), series, as Kaneto Hojo - *ミヤコが京都にやって来た！～ふたりの夏～* (2022), series, Actor - *More Than Words* (2022), series, as Fukunaga Yosuke - *Gion Matsuri - the Rebirth!* (2022), series, Actor - *The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai* (2022), Actor - *The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie* (2022), as Reiji Eto - *Homestay* (2022), as Osamu Kobayashi - *Don't Call It Mystery* (2022), series, Actor - *The Men of the WADA Family* (2021), series, Actor - *The Woman of S.R.I.: The Movie* (2021), as Wataru Kagano - *Cyber Crimes Unit* (2021), series, Actor - *Miyako Has Arrived in Kyoto!* (2021), series, as Kakinoki Kukichi - *Sakka Keiji Busujima Shinri* (2020), series, as Shinri Busujima - *Onmyōji* (2020), Actor - *America ni Makenakatta Otoko - Bakayaro Souri Yoshida Shigeru* (2020), as Hayato Ikeda - *We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous* (2020), as Sasuke Noda - *The Memory Eraser* (2020), as Chiaki Takaharu - *Off the Record* (2020), series, as Iwatani Susumu - *One Night* (2019), as Michio Doshita - *ほんとにあった怖い話 20周年スペシャル* (2019), Actor - *Sherlock: Untold Stories* (2019), series, as Reiji Eto - *Aircraft Carrier Ibuki* (2019), as Toshiya Niinami, Second-in Chief of Ibuki - *Iwane: Sword of Serenity* (2019), as Reien Sasaki - *We Are Little Zombies* (2019), as Takami Gen - *Ieyasu builds Edo* (2019), series, as Okubo Togoro Tadayuki - *Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight* (2018), series, as Kanji Takizawa - *Recall* (2018), as Hirohisa Aizawa - *天才を育てた女房～世界が認めた数学者と妻の愛～* (2018), Actor - *Final Cut* (2018), series, as Seiichiro Takada（高田 清一郎） - *We Make Antiques!* (2018), as Sasuke Noda - *Flower and Sword* (2017), as Toshiie Maeda - *A Beautiful Star* (2017), as Katsumi Kuroki - *March Goes out Like a Lamb* (2017), as Kai Shimada - *Hiyokko* (2017), series, as Shogo Makino - *March Comes In Like a Lion* (2017), as Kai Shimada - *Hamon: Yakuza Boogie* (2017), as Yasuhiko Kuwahara - *Samurai Hustle Returns* (2016), as Masaatsu Naito - *My Dangerous Wife* (2016), series, as Kogure Hisao - *Everest: The Summit of the Gods* (2016), as Wataru Hase - *The Inerasable* (2016), as Yoshiaki Hiraoka - *The Phantom Thief YAMANEKO* (2016), series, as Shugo Sekimoto（関本 修吾） - *Something Like, Something Like It* (2016), as Souvenir shop owner - *Dr.STOЯKS* (2015), series, as Katsuhide Ogishima - *Till Death Do Us What?* (2015), as Kota Shimizu - *Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment* (2015), as Tsuyoshi Fujino - *Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion* (2015), as Tsuyoshi Fujino - *Truth of Zero* (2014), series, as Ichiro Yashiki - *Samurai Hustle* (2014), as Masaatsu Naitou - *その日のまえに* (2014), series, Actor - *The Stork Nest* (2013), as Mayor - *A Boy Called H* (2013), Actor - *The Weather Girl Knows* (2013), series, as Sanpei Mikumo - *The Last Chance: Diary of Comedians* (2013), as Junya Kawano - *The Life of Budori Gusuko* (2012), as Kotori the Kidnapper (voice) - *塔馬教授の天才推理* (2012), series, Actor - *Renai Neet: Wasureta Koi no Hajimekata* (2012), series, as Naoya Matsumoto - *99 Days with the Superstar* (2011), series, Actor - *The Castle of Sand* (2011), series, Actor - *Challenged ~Graduation~* (2011), series, as Keiichiro Hanawa - *Peak: The Rescuers* (2011), as Masato Noda - *Secret* (2010), series, as Sugita Heisuke - *The Lady Shogun and Her Men* (2010), as Huzinami - *Fireworks from the Heart* (2010), as Sekiyama - *Go Find a Psychic!* (2009), Actor - *Wasted Land* (2009), series, as Seiki Akitsu - *Challenged* (2009), series, as Keiichiro Hanawa - *The Dog of Orthros* (2009), series, as Takayuki Sawamura - *Cobalt Blue* (2009), as Ryuji Nakamura - *Guardian Angel* (2009), as Masashi Muraoka - *Hancho* (2009), series, Actor - *Triangle* (2009), series, as Akimoto Ryo - *Giragira* (2008), series, as Nanase Kohei - *20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End* (2008), as Fukubê - *Monster Parent* (2008), series, as Keigo Miura - *After School* (2008), as Shimazaki - *Absolute Boyfriend* (2008), series, as Namikiri Gaku - *700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police* (2008), as Chuzaisan - *The Fantastic Deer-Man* (2008), series, as Shigehisa Fukuhara - *Saito-san* (2008), series, as Toru Mano - *Detective Conan Drama Special 2: Confrontation With the Men in Black* (2007), as Gin - *Tsubaki Sanjuro* (2007), as Kimura / Chidori - *The Haunted Samurai* (2007), Actor - *Bambino!* (2007), series, as Atsushi Kuwabara - *バンビ〜ノ!* (2007), series, as 桑原敦 - *死ぬかと思った* (2007), series, Actor - *Haruka naru Yakusoku* (2006), Actor - *Adiantum Blue* (2006), as Otohiko Kawakami - *The Road I Choose to Walk* (2006), series, as Hideharu Otake - *Tokyo Friends: The Movie* (2006), as Kohashi - *Shimokita Sundays* (2006), series, as Tsubasa Akutagawa - *The Mamiya Brothers* (2006), as Akinobu Mamiya - *Iryu: Team Medical Dragon* (2006), series, as Fujiyoshi Keisuke - *Star Reformer* (2006), as Keita Sakurai - *On the Single Bed Tonight* (2005), series, Actor - *Tales of the Bizarre: 2005 Fall Special* (2005), Actor - *Summer Time Machine Blues* (2005), as Professor Kohtaro Hozumi - *Train Man* (2005), as Hisashi - *Tokyo Friends* (2005), series, as Toru Kohashi（小橋 亨） - *Legendary Swordfights of Yagyu Jubei* (2005), series, as Yui Fujitaro - *The Tragedy of M* (2005), series, Actor - *Roomshare no Onna* (2005), series, Actor - *Last Present* (2004), series, as Satoshi Oda - *Divorce Lawyer* (2004), series, as Toshifumi Yanagida - *The Great White Tower* (2003), series, as Yuta Takeuchi - *Bayside Shakedown 2* (2003), as Unto Kitaoka - *He Is My Ex-Boyfriend* (2003), series, as Toru Fujieda（藤枝 徹） - *Her Island, My Island* (2003), Actor - *Beauty or Beast* (2003), series, Actor - *Jam Films* (2002), Actor - *Transparent* (2002), series, as Yoshikawa Sunsukei - *Akui* (2001), series, Actor - *Vamp Show* (2001), Actor - *Handoku!!!* (2001), series, as Makoto Takano - *Audrey* (2000), series, as 幹幸太郎 - *金曜日の恋人たちへ* (2000), series, Actor - *Scary Fairy Tales: Alice in Wonderland* (1999), Actor - *Emergency Room 24 Hours* (1999), series, as 本庄雅晴（ほんじょう まさはる）〈44〉 演 - 佐々木蔵之介 - *スチュワーデス刑事* (1997), Actor - *Samurai Hustle: Full Throttle*, as Masaatsu Naito ## Gallery - ![Kuranosuke Sasaki](https://film.one/media/person/15024/gallery-01665c2f491b.jpg) Kuranosuke Sasaki — 印度孔雀, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Kuranosuke_Sasaki_2023_02.jpg/1280px-Kuranosuke_Sasaki_2023_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![​左から吉田正義（JRA理事長）、佐々木蔵之介（プレゼンター）、吉田照哉（生産者・社台ファーム代表）、見上愛（プレゼンター）が、なかやまきんに君の持ちネタとしてしられる「パワー！」を披露しているところ。 (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/15024/gallery-92242fac24e8.jpg) ​左から吉田正義（JRA理事長）、佐々木蔵之介（プレゼンター）、吉田照哉（生産者・社台ファーム代表）、見上愛（プレゼンター）が、なかやまきんに君の持ちネタとしてしられる「パワー！」を披露しているところ。 (2024) — nakashi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/%22Power%C7%83%22_by_Teruya_Yoshida_and_others.jpg/1280px-%22Power%C7%83%22_by_Teruya_Yoshida_and_others.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![天皇賞（秋）G1 3歳以上 芝2000ｍ 東京競馬場 (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/15024/gallery-2ee92ca4a1d5.jpg) 天皇賞（秋）G1 3歳以上 芝2000ｍ 東京競馬場 (2024) — nakashi from Chofu, Tokyo, JAPAN, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/11R_Tenno_Sho_%28Autumn%29_%28G1%2C_3yo_and_up%29_Turf_2000m_at_tokyo_racecourse_%2854095857592%29.jpg/1280px-11R_Tenno_Sho_%28Autumn%29_%28G1%2C_3yo_and_up%29_Turf_2000m_at_tokyo_racecourse_%2854095857592%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![日本ダービー 3歳 芝2400ｍ 5/26/2024 東京競馬場](https://film.one/media/person/15024/gallery-febb3da43d1f.jpg) 日本ダービー 3歳 芝2400ｍ 5/26/2024 東京競馬場 — nakashi from Chofu, Tokyo, JAPAN, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/11R_Tokyo_Yushun%28Japanese_Derby%29_%2853748341036%29.jpg/1280px-11R_Tokyo_Yushun%28Japanese_Derby%29_%2853748341036%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Kuranosuke Sasaki](https://film.one/media/person/15024/gallery-fc92bdae9b2a.jpg) Kuranosuke Sasaki — Image via TMDB - ![Kuranosuke Sasaki](https://film.one/media/person/15024/gallery-9250bcc0ba57.jpg) Kuranosuke Sasaki — Image via TMDB - ![Kuranosuke Sasaki](https://film.one/media/person/15024/gallery-e16b96b4edfb.jpg) Kuranosuke Sasaki — Image via TMDB - ![記念撮影に応じる斎藤騎手と佐々木蔵之介氏(写真左) (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/15024/gallery-43f885ed79f4.jpg) 記念撮影に応じる斎藤騎手と佐々木蔵之介氏(写真左) (2024) — ジョンドウ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/2024%E5%B9%B4%E6%96%B0%E6%BD%9F%E5%A4%A7%E8%B3%9E%E5%85%B8%E5%BC%8F%E5%85%B8.jpg/1280px-2024%E5%B9%B4%E6%96%B0%E6%BD%9F%E5%A4%A7%E8%B3%9E%E5%85%B8%E5%BC%8F%E5%85%B8.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![佐々木蔵之介/福島競馬場 (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/15024/gallery-26b0c0fe4f4f.jpg) 佐々木蔵之介/福島競馬場 (2023) — 印度孔雀, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Kuranosuke_Sasaki_2023_01.jpg/1280px-Kuranosuke_Sasaki_2023_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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