Yoshisada Sakaguchi

Yoshisada Sakaguchi (坂口 芳貞, Sakaguchi Yoshisada, 2 October 1939 – 13 February 2020) was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo. He was a professor at Obirin University, and was affiliated with Bungakuza. He was best known for dubbing over Morgan Freeman and Chief Inspector Japp (in the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot).

Yoshisada Sakaguchi
坂口 芳貞
Born	2 October 1939 Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Died	13 February 2020 (aged 80) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor voice actor
Years active	1960–2020
Agent	Bungakuza
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Filmography

Television drama

• Katsu Kaishū (????) (Emon Sensa Gunji)
• Kōmyō ga tsuji (????) (Village headman)
• Tobu ga Gotoku (????) (Yūtoku Seki)
• Aoi Tokugawa Sandai (2000) (Kazu'uji Nakamura)

Film

• Portrait of Brothers (2019)

Stage

• Tōkyō Genshikaku Club (????) (Hikojirō Ōkubo)

Television animation

• Alexander Senki (1999) (Philip II of Macedon)
• Mushishi (2005) (Mujika)

Original video animation (OVA)

• Appleseed (1988) (Briareos Hecatonchires)

Animated film

• Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999) (Hachiroh Tohbe)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood (2007) (Tonpetty)

Video games

• Record of Lodoss War series (????) (Ghim)
• Sakura Wars 3 ~Pari ha Mo Eteiroku~ (2001) (Leon)

Live-action

• Morgan Freeman
  • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Azeem)
  • Unforgiven (Ned Logan)
  • The Shawshank Redemption (1997 TBS edition) (Red)
  • Outbreak (General Billy Ford )
  • Seven (Detective Lt. William Somerset)
  • Kiss the Girls (Alex Cross)
  • Under Suspicion (Captain Victor Benezet)
  • Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross)
  • High Crimes (Charlie Grimes)
  • The Sum of All Fears (William Cabot)
  • Million Dollar Baby (Eddie "Scrap-Iron" Dupris)
  • Unleashed (Sam)
  • Batman Begins (2007 Nippon TV edition) (Lucius Fox)
  • Edison (Moses Ashford)
  • The Bucket List (Carter Chambers)
  • Gone Baby Gone (Captain Jack Doyle)[1]
  • The Dark Knight (2012 TV Asashi edition) (Lucius Fox)
  • Wanted (Sloan)[2][3]
  • Invictus (Nelson Mandela)[4]
  • Thick as Thieves (Keith Ripley)
  • RED (Joe Matheson)
  • Last Vegas (Archibald "Archie" Clayton)
  • Now You See Me (Thaddeus Bradley)
  • Oblivion (Malcolm Beech)[5]
  • Olympus Has Fallen (Allan Trumbull)[6]
  • Lucy (Professor Samuel Norman)
  • Transcendence (Joseph Tagger)[7]
  • Last Knights (Bartok)
  • Ted 2 (Patrick Meighan)[8]
  • London Has Fallen (Allan Trumbull)
  • Now You See Me 2 (Thaddeus Bradley)
  • Going in Style (Willie Davis)[9]
  • The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (Drosselmeyer)[10]
• Agatha Christie's Poirot (Chief Inspector Japp)
• Airport '77 (1987 TV Asahi edition) (Martin Wallace (Christopher Lee))
• Armageddon (2002 Fuji TV edition) (Narrator (Charlton Heston))
• Christine (1990 TV Asahi edition) (Will Darnell (Robert Prosky))
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Lord Bern (Terry Norris))[11]
• Commando (1989 TV Asahi edition) (Cooke (Bill Duke))
• Conan the Barbarian (1989 TV Asahi edition) (Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones))
• The Da Vinci Code (Sir Leigh Teabing (Ian McKellen))
• Deep Impact (Captain Spurgeon "Fish" Tanner (Robert Duvall))[12]
• Die Hard (1990 TV Asahi edition) (Sergeant Al Powell (Reginald VelJohnson))
• Die Hard with a Vengeance (Inspector Walter Cobb (Larry Bryggman))
• Doogie Howser, M.D. (Doctor David Howser (James B. Sikking))
• Get Shorty (Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman))[13]
• The Getaway (Jack Beynon (Ben Johnson))[14]
• Gladiator (2003 TV Asahi edition) (Antonius Proximo (Oliver Reed))
• Goosebumps (Opening Narrator (R.L. Stine))
  • Goosebumps (Mr. Black (R.L. Stine))
• Grudge Match (Louis "Lightning" Conlon (Alan Arkin))[15]
• Hard Target (Emil Fouchon (Lance Henriksen))[16]
• Hugo (Georges Méliès / Papa Georges (Ben Kingsley))[17]
• The Fifth Element (Video/DVD edition) (General Munro (Brion James))
• Focus (Bucky Spurgeon/Owens (Gerald McRaney))[18]
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1998 TV Asahi edition) (Professor Henry Jones (Sean Connery))
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Mola Ram (Amrish Puri))
• The Last Boy Scout (1995 Fuji TV edition) (Sheldon "Shelly" Marcone (Noble Willingham))
• Lawrence of Arabia (Auda ibu Tayi (Anthony Quinn))[19]
• Léon: The Professional (Tony (Danny Aiello))[20]
• Letters to Juliet (Lorenzo Bartolini (Franco Nero))[21]
• Man from Atlantis (C.W. Crawford)
• Men in Black II (Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones))[22]
• Munich (Hans (Hanns Zischler))[23]
• Night at the Museum (Reginald)
• Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (Reginald (Bill Cobbs))
• The Nightmare Room (Narrator (R.L. Stine))
• The Passage (Alain Renoudot (Michael Lonsdale))[24]
• The Poseidon Adventure (1991 TV Asahi edition) (Detective Lieutenant Mike Rogo)
• Road to Avonlea (Clive Pettibone)
• The Rock (2000 TV Asahi edition) (Special Air Service Captain John Patrick Mason (Sean Connery))
• Romeo + Juliet (Father Laurence (Pete Postlethwaite))[25]
• Shaft (John Shaft (Richard Roundtree))
• Shutter Island (Dr. Jeremiah Naehring (Max von Sydow))[26]
• Space Cowboys (Colonel William "Hawk" Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones))[27]
• Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (Darth Sidious (Ian McDiarmid))[28]
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1985 Nippon TV edition) (Darth Vader)
• The Untouchables (Jimmy Malone (Sean Connery))[29]

Animation

• Despicable Me 3 (Silas Ramsbottom)
• Fly Me to the Moon (Amos McFly)[30]
• The Little Prince (The King)

References

1. "ゴーン・ベイビー・ゴーン". Star Channel. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
2. "ウォンテッド". Star Channel. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
3. "『ウォンテッド』新録版放送決定！収録現場から出演の皆様よりコメントをいただきました！". Fukikaeru-Daisakusen. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
4. "インビクタス／負けざる者たち[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
5. "オブリビオン（２０１３）". Star Channel. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
6. "エンド・オブ・ホワイトハウス". Star Channel. Retrieved July 14, 2019.
7. "トランセンデンス". Star Channel. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
8. "テッド２". Star Channel. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
9. "ジーサンズ はじめての強盗". Star Channel. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
10. "くるみ割り人形と秘密の王国". Fukikaeru. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
11. "作品ラインナップ". Nippon Television. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
12. "ディープ・インパクト". Star Channel. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
13. "ゲット・ショーティ[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
14. "ゲッタウェイ". Warner Bros. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
15. "リベンジ・マッチ". Star Channel. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
16. "ハード・ターゲット［吹］". Star Channel. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
17. "ヒューゴの不思議な発明". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
18. "フォーカス（２０１５）". Star Channel. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
19. "アラビアのロレンス". Star Channel. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
20. "レオン［吹］". Star Channel. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
21. "ジュリエットからの手紙[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
22. "メン・イン・ブラック２". Star Channel. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
23. "ミュンヘン[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
24. "ザ・パッセージ／ピレネー突破口＜HDニューマスター版＞". Zeque Productions. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
25. "ロミオ＆ジュリエット". Star Channel. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
26. "シャッター アイランド". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
27. "スペース カウボーイ". Warner Bros. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
28. "スター・ウォーズ エピソード１／ファントム・メナス". Star Channel. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
29. "アンタッチャブル (通常版)". NBCUniversal Japan. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
30. "ナットのスペースアドベンチャー[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved December 30, 2019.

External links

• Yoshisada Sakaguchi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia