was a Japanese actor who appeared in eleven of Akira Kurosawa's films, including Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, and The Hidden Fortress. He was also one of Kon Ichikawa's favorite actors. He attended, but did not graduate from, Chuo University. Later in his career, he appeared as a secondary actor in many Toei films. In 1986, he was given the Best Actor prize at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony for his performance in Toei's Gray Sunset (1985). He died of cardiac and pulmonary failure at age 82. His son Katsuhiko Sasaki is also an actor. Filmography Film Stray Dog (1949) - Girlie Show director Rashōmon (1950) - Priest Nanairo no hana (1950) - Tahei Izumi Koi no Oranda-zaka (1951) - Suekichi The Idiot (1951) - Mutsuo Kayama, the secretary Araki Mataemon: Kettô kagiya no tsuji (1952) Mōjū tsukai no shōjo (1952) Bijo to touzoku (1952) - Takeichi no Takamaru Kyô wa kaisha no gekkyûbi (1952) - Chief of General Affairs Ikiru (1952) - Noguchi Mogura yokochô (1953) Seven Samurai (1954) - Heihachi Hayashida, one of the samurai Shunkin monogatari (1954) - Teizo Kakute yume ari (1954) - Sensuke Nasu Saizansu nitôryû (1954) - Kojirô Sasaki / Daijirô - His son / Danjûrô - Travelling actor Godzilla Raids Again (1955) - Kobayashi Ryanko no Yatarô (1955) - Gozematsu Kaettekita wakadan'na (1955) - Igarashi I Live in Fear (1955) - Jiro Nakajima Jirochô yûkyôden: amagi garasu (1955) Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) - Sasuke the boatman Kyûketsu-ga (1956) - Sango Kawase A Wife's Heart (1956) - Zenichi Narazu-mono (1956) - Sobei Gendai no yokubô (1956) - Mikami Oshidori no mon (1956) Oshaberi shacho (1957) Throne Of Blood (1957) - Yoshiaki Miki Ujô (1957) - Kenkichi Tanabe Sanjûrokunin no jôkyaku (1957) - Motohashi - Drug Salesman Hikage no musume (1957) Tôhoku no zunmu-tachi (1957) - Tasuke The Lower Depths (Kurosawa) (1957) - Tonosama - the former Samurai Hadairo no tsuki (1957) - Umekichi Ishikura Ninjutsu suikoden inazuma kotengu (1958) Futari dake no hashi (1958) - Kaikichi Ishida Anzukko (1958) - Saburo Yoshida Uguisu-jô no hanayome (1958) Hana no bojô (1958) - Fukuzô Yanami The Hidden Fortress (1958) - Tahei Oshaberi okusan (1959) Sengoku gunto-den (1959) - Jibu Naniwa no koi no monogatari (1959) Anyakôro (1959) - Nobuyuki Tokito The Human Condition (1959) - Onodera Heichô Sâtsu rarete tama ruka (I) (1960) Mito Komon 3: All Star Version (1960) Case of