Nowadays, Masato Sakai is a well-known Japanese actor who is familiar to everyone, but he is actually a late-blooming type, his career in his early years was not smooth, and he ran a dragon set for 10 years.
Sakai was expected by his parents to become an official in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, but when he was in high school in his hometown of Miyazaki Prefecture, he became obsessed with drama and became a member of the drama department.
Originally aiming to be admitted to a well-known national university, he was dragged down by his mathematical achievements and could only enter Waseda University, and he chose to study at the Chinese Literature Department when he liked to read since he was a child.
Slightly Chinese, he taught co-actor Mitsuki Takahata to read his name in Chinese at film promotion campaigns.
In 2005, when filming the NHK documentary "Xi'an Forever Capital", Sakai Masato came to Xi'an to play the tang envoy who crossed over, dressed in Tang Dynasty costumes, and read Li Bai's "Young Journey" on Muslim Street.
After entering college, his passion for drama did not diminish, and he joined the "Tokyo Orange" troupe, which was mainly based on the Waseda University Drama Research Association, and became a signature actor, known as the "Prince of Waseda".
▲Masato Sakai in college
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Recalling the period of the troupe, he said that it was very difficult at that time, and often he could only eat leftover donuts as a staple food with the members of the troupe, and felt that his whole body was about to become a doughnut.
Although his life was very poor, he did not feel very poor.
Later, in order to devote himself to acting, he made a major decision to drop out of Waseda.
In his junior year, he came home and suddenly told his family that he had dropped out of school.
The father originally hoped that his son would finish college and become a civil servant after getting his degree, but he was very angry when he heard the news of his withdrawal.
Sakai confessed: "At that time, my parents were very angry, and they were all angry and crying by me. ”
So they cut off contact with their son, which was not in contact for 7 years.
Acting in the troupe was basically incomeless, and there was no financial assistance from his family, so he began to work and act in extreme poverty.
Recalling the days at that time, he said: "At that time, everything had to be saved, and I was still picking dandelions on the side of the road and eating black vinegar!" Because I don't think it's okay not to eat greens, it's hot as usual, and it's delicious with a little vinegar flavor. ”
He worked as a donut clerk, a mover, a convenience store clerk, and a full-length mannequin for art students.
He was even so poor that he pasted the leaflets of the sushi restaurant on the wall and looked at the pictures of sushi and looked at the plum to quench his thirst.
(Japan has a developed theater industry, but general drama is not profitable, all by love, detailed can go to see the movie "Theater" starring Kento Yamazaki and Matsuoka Mosuke)
The actor he performed on the stage play with said that he had hardly rested, had been practicing, and was close to paranoid effort, which was very surprising. It is also because he has a deep foundation in stage drama, which also lays the foundation for his film and television drama acting skills.
Later, Masato Sakai was photographed by the Tanabe Office, an agency owned by Tamori and Hiromi Nagasaku, and began to enter the film and television drama industry and continue to chase his dream of being an actor.
In the early days, there was almost no film contract, and there was no future in sight, which was somewhat similar to the protagonist of the movie "The Method of Stealing keys" that he later starred in, a downcast actor. ("The Way to Steal the Key" is a film by Masato Sakai and Teruyuki Kagawa, and is highly recommended by Jun Budaya)
Until 2004, he was in the NHK Dahe drama "New Selection Group! " played Shannan Kyosuke, because he has always shown a smiley face, so that many viewers remember him.
In 2006, he starred in the stage play "噂の男", and was named "a man who uses smiles to express joy and sorrow".
▲ "New Selection Group" crew
Uncle Masato's expression can be said to be very personal, when not laughing, people feel that they are laughing, do not believe to see the Japanese drama "Dr. Rentaro", from the official spit.
In 2008, he participated in the Big River Drama again, and the performance in "Du Ji" made him famous.
Since 2009, Sakai has gradually starred in films, such as starring in "Antarctic Chef", which has won him several film awards for Best Actor.
He portrayed the role very hard, playing the role because of hunger and trance, in order to restore the feeling of the role as much as possible, he also chose not to eat hungry before shooting, he said, "try not to show real emotions without pretense, so that the acting skills will not be disliked by the audience." ”。
I used to think it was great to lose 7 kilograms to play a doctor and 8 kilograms to gain 8 kilograms to play a chef, but then I thought it was just a very ordinary thing.
Uncle Masato, who worked so hard, finally ushered in his first starring series in 2010, a Japanese drama called "Unforgivable Search Officer".
In 2011, he starred in Antarctica (starring Takuya Kimura), a drama strongly promoted by Jun Buya.
Let many Chinese audiences like Uncle Yaren's 2012 "Legal High".
In the play, he plays a paranoid genius lawyer Gu Meimen Kensuke, who is poisonous, mean, utilitarian, loves his name, loves profit, loves women, and does whatever it takes to win the case.
The ultra-fast lines fully demonstrated his acting skills, and a large number of lines once made him exclaim that he wanted to rest for a year. As well as extremely exaggerated performances, but also provided a lot of meme material for everyone, Budiya Jun really can't think of anyone else who can play this role besides Masato Sakai.
Buya Jun just wants to ask, how long will the third season of Lee Dog Hi wait!
What made Masato uncle famous in Japan was the phenomenon-level work "Naoki Hanzawa", which showed a completely different temperament from Gumimon in Lee Dog Hi.
At a time when his acting career continued to rise, his love life was also smooth.
In 2012, Masato Sakai became acquainted with Miho Kanno, who co-starred in "Daio", and the two currently have two children.
With the rise of popularity, Uncle Yaren's salary is naturally not low, but he is extremely frugal in private.
The couple was witnessed to traveling in very "slamming the door", and it was not surprising that they only sat in economy class when they traveled to Hawaii, and it is generally not surprising that stars like them sit in first class.
After arriving in Hawaii, the two were also very low-key, Sugano Miho sat on a Volkswagen, sakai Masahito even got on a truck that seemed to run Lee and arrived at the hotel, who would have thought they were popular stars? And the two also only let the tour guide arrange a very ordinary izakaya meal.
The media also often photographed the two dressed in simple clothes to buy daily necessities.
Sakai Masato is a rather family-oriented man, and before "Naoki Hanzawa 2", he did not shoot a drama for nearly three years, spending time at home with his wife and newborn child.
In the program, he also taught his own way of cooking.
In the family, Presumably, Uncle Masahito shows a completely different gentle appearance from for tat, double the offering in Naoki Hanzawa.
This may have something to do with his habit of reading and writing.
Many actors who have co-starred have revealed that when he was on the set, others were reading the script and memorizing the lines, but he could take a book and read it carefully.
At the same time, he also likes to write, and it is handwritten, and it has persisted until now.
He has published a column in a magazine and published a collection of essays, "Masato Bun Sakai," which he wrote between shots and during breaks in cafes.
BuYajun has read Uncle Masahito's set of books, the language style is plain, telling his daily life, understatement, telling the past life: the drama club he participated in in high school, the hard life of dropping out of college, the little feelings in his artistic life... Although there are no flowery words, it is incredibly warm to read.
This book was introduced and distributed in Chinese editions in the New Year, although the cover is not very good, but the content is still very sincere.
Now over 40 years old, Sakai Masato, gentle as jade, not impatient, down-to-earth to become a national actor, no gossip, no entertainment gossip, career vigorous, but life is extremely low-key.