Kuranosuke Sasaki

Kuranosuke Sasaki
佐々木 蔵之介
Sasaki in 2023
Born
Hideaki Sasaki

(1968-02-04) February 4, 1968
Kyoto, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present
Websitewww.k-factory.net/profiles/kuranosuke-sasaki

Kuranosuke Sasaki (佐々木 蔵之介, Sasaki Kuranosuke; born February 4, 1968; real name Hideaki Sasaki 佐々木秀明, Sasaki Hideaki) is a Japanese actor, known primarily for his roles in Japanese television drama.

Biography

He was born into a family of a sake brewery in Kyoto, Japan. After graduating from Kobe University and resigning from an advertising agency, he played an active part in a Japanese theatrical group called "Planet Pistachio," as a stage actor, from 1990 to 1998.

He later extended the range of activities to TV dramas and movies, and has played important roles in many works in Japan. He made his film debut starring in Mamiya Kyodai in 2006, and his TV series debut starring in Gira Gira in 2008.

When Sasaki was a freshman and received a phone call from his college company to decide on a stage name, his father suggested the name Kuranosuke, with a double meaning; for Kura, a sake cellar/brewery for their sake brewery, and for Ōuchi Kuranosuke, a famous historical drama role.[1]

Sasaki's initial plan was to join the family business of sake brewing as the eldest son when he graduated from college. Learning sales strategy at an advertisement company was also part of his plan.[1]

His family was not supportive when he aspired to be an actor, until he played a part in Audrey (NHK, 2000). His father sold sake named "Audrey", and then a premium junmai sake Hancho for a limited period while the TV drama was aired; Kuranosuke played a lead in Hancho.[2]

Talking about his stage expressiveness, theatre scholar Octavian Saiu praised Sasaki for a unique ability to convey emotions through words as well as silences.[3]

Selected filmography

TV series

Year Title Role Note Ref
2000AudreyKohtaro MikiAsadora[4]
2001Handoku!!!Makoto Takano
2003Bijo ka YajūHiroshi Kobukuro
The Great White TowerYūta Takeuchi
2004Last PresentSatoshi Oda
2004–05Rikon BengoshiToshifumi Yanagida2 seasons
2005Roomshare no OnnaShūhei Sugita
M no HigekiAkira Kubo
Kon-ya hitori no bed deShunsuke Kuzumi
2006Shimokita SundaysTsubasa Akutagawa
Boku no aruku michiHideharu Ohtake
2006–14Team Medical DragonKeisuke Fujiyoshi4 seasons
2007Fūrin KazanSanada YukitakaTaiga drama[4]
Bambino!Atsushi Kuwabara
2008Saitō-sanTōru Mano
Shikaotoko AwaniyoshiShigehisa Fukuhara
Absolute BoyfriendGaku Namikiri
Monster ParentKeigo Miura
Gira GiraKōhei NanaseLead role
2009TriangleRyō Akimoto
Orthros no InuTakayuki Sawamura
The Waste LandSeiki Akitsu[5]
ChallengedKeiichirō HanawaLead role[4]
2009–13HanchōTsuyoshi AdumiLead role; 6 seasons
2010HimitsuHeisuke Sugita
2011Boku to Star no 99 NichiYamato Takanabe
2016Kaitō YamanekoShūgo Sekimoto[6]
2017HiyokkoShogo MakinoAsadora[4]
2019Ieyasu, Edo wo TateruŌkubo TadayukiMiniseries[4]
Sherlock: Untold StoriesReiji Etō[7]
2020The Man Who Stood for Autonomy of Japan: Prime Minister Yoshida ShigeruHayato IkedaTV movie
2020–21Awaiting KirinHashiba HideyoshiTaiga drama[8]
2023My Home HeroTetsuo TosuLead role[9]
2024Dear RadianceFujiwara no NobutakaTaiga drama[10]

Movies

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2003Bayside Shakedown 2
Densha OtokoHisashi
2005Summer Time Machine BluesKōtarō Hoseki [11]
2006Kenchō no hoshiKeita Sakurai
Mamiya kyodaiAkinobu Mamiya Lead role
Rainbow SongShinsuke Higuchi
2007TsukigamiSahei Bessho
Tsubaki SanjūrōKimura
2008700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the PoliceChūzai-san
After SchoolMasayuki Kitazawa
20th Century Boys : Beginning of the EndFukubē
2009 20th Century Boys 2 : The Last Hope Fukubē
20th Century Boys 3 : RedemptionFukubē
Daremo mamotte kurenaiKōji Umezawa
2010 Ōoku Fujinami
2011 Gaku Masato Noda
2013 A Boy Called H
2014 Samurai Hustle Naito MasaatsuLead role[12]
2015Solomon's Perjury 1: SuspicionFujino
Solomon's Perjury 2: JudgmentFujino
Till Death Do Us What?Kōta ShimizuLead role[13]
2016The InerasableYoshiaki Hiraoka
Samurai Hustle ReturnsNaito MasaatsuLead role[14]
2017Flower and SwordMaeda Toshiie
March Comes in Like a LionKai Shimada
Hamon: Yakuza BoogieYasuhiko KuwabaraLead role
A Beautiful StarKatsumi Kuroki
2018We Make Antiques!Sasuke NodaLead role[15]
RecallHirohisa Aizawa
2019Aircraft Carrier IbukiToshiya NiinamiLead role
Iwane: Sword of SerenitySasaki Reien
We Are Little Zombies
One NightMichio Dōshita
2020The Memory EraserTakahara
We Make Antiques! Kyoto RendezvousSasuke NodaLead role[15]
2021The Woman of S.R.I. The MovieWataru Kagano[16]
Akira ShimadaNarratorDocumentary[17]
2022The Pass: Last Days of the SamuraiKoyama Ryōun[18]
HomestayOsamu Kobayashi[19]
The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the MovieReiji Etō[20]
2023We Make Antiques! Osaka DreamsSasuke NodaLead role[15]
Shylock's ChildrenMichiharu Kuroda[21]
Godzilla Minus OneSeiji Akitsu[22]
2024 My Home Hero: The Movie Tetsuo Tosu Lead role [9]
2025The Final PieceTsuyoshi Ishiba[23]
Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final MovieHiromichi Morishita[24]
2026Kyoto HippocratesLead role[25]
NamelessKunieda[26]
F(r)ictionKato[27]
Bayside Shakedown: N.E.WIkuto Kitaoka[28]
Godzilla Minus ZeroSeiji Akitsu[29]
Four OutsIwahashi[30]
2027Samurai Hustle: Full ThrottleNaito MasaatsuLead role[31]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work(s) Result Ref.
2015 38th Japan Academy Film Prize Best Actor Samurai Hustle Nominated [32]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Watashino chizu - ano bashoe kaeritai" series, No.196, Sasaki Kuranosuke. Shūkan Gendai July 5 issue, 2014: pp.78-80.
  2. ↑ ""A-Studio" program detail for June 5, 2009, 23:00 - 23:30. Sasaki Kuranosuke as a guest" (in Japanese). Kakaku.com, Inc. 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  3. ↑ "Sibiu International Theatre Festival".
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "佐々木蔵之介". NHK. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  5. ↑ "不毛地帯の出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  6. ↑ 池内博之『怪盗山猫』で亀梨和也のライバル役に決定. ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). oricon ME Inc. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  7. ↑ "佐々木蔵之介：初の月9レギュラー出演 「シャーロック」で"足手まとい"の警部役". MANTAN Web (in Japanese). MANTAN. 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  8. ↑ "麒麟がくる". Haiyaku Jiten (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  9. 1 2 "「マイホームヒーロー」ドラマ化＆実写映画化！主人公・鳥栖哲雄役は佐々木蔵之介". Comic Natalie (in Japanese) (in Japanese). Natalie. August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
  10. ↑ "来年大河『光る君へ』キャスト24人の相関図公開 "紫式部"吉高由里子を囲む豪華な顔ぶれ". Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  11. ↑ "サマータイムマシン・ブルース". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  12. ↑ 超高速！参勤交代(2014). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  13. ↑ "夫婦フーフー日記". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  14. ↑ "超高速！参勤交代 リターンズ". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  15. 1 2 3 "中井貴一×佐々木蔵之介「嘘八百」第3弾製作、秀吉にまつわるお宝めぐりだまし合い". Natalie. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  16. ↑ "佐々木蔵之介、『科捜研の女 ‐劇場版‐』でシリーズ史上"最大最強の敵"に 自身初の科学者役". Crank-in! (in Japanese). Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  17. ↑ "生きろ 島田叡 戦中最後の沖縄県知事". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  18. ↑ "峠 最後のサムライ". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  19. ↑ "長尾謙杜の主演作「HOMESTAY」に佐々木蔵之介、石田ひかり、望月歩、濱田岳ら9名". Natalie. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  20. ↑ "バスカヴィル家の犬 シャーロック劇場版". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  21. ↑ "阿部サダヲが映画「シャイロックの子供たち」で主演、共演に上戸彩や玉森裕太". Natalie. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  22. ↑ "『ゴジラ-1.0』キャスト解禁 『らんまん』神木隆之介&浜辺美波が出演 山田裕貴や青木崇高も参加". Oricon. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  23. ↑ "盤上の向日葵". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  24. ↑ "劇場版 緊急取調室 THE FINAL". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  25. ↑ "幕末ヒポクラテスたち". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  26. ↑ "名無し". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  27. ↑ "本当にあった話(の話)". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  28. ↑ "踊る大捜査線 N.E.W. メトロポリスを駆け抜けろ!". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  29. ↑ "『ゴジラ-0.0』最新映像公開 田中泯が参戦、吉岡秀隆・山田裕貴・佐々木蔵之介・安藤サクラ・田中美央が続投【コメントあり】n". Oricon (in Japanese). 9 July 2026. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  30. ↑ "4アウト もう一度、プレイボール". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  31. ↑ "超高速! 参勤交代 フルスロットル". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 June 2026.
  32. ↑ "the 38th Japan Academy Prize was awarded!" (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize official site. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
  33. ↑ "Kuranosuke Sasaki and Hana Kuroki join for Suntory's veberage". ORICON STYLE (in Japanese). oricon ME Inc. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  34. ↑ "Kansai Electric Power Company resumes its advertisements on television with Kuranosuke Sasaki... against Takao Osawa for Osaka Gas". Sankei WEST (in Japanese). 2016-07-04. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
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