Tak Sakaguchi
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Tak Sakaguchi (坂口拓) is a Japanese actor. Best known for his lead role in the cult Japanese film Versus, Sakaguchi is a martial artist, and as a result typically stars in films featuring copious fight scenes, where he performs his own stunts. Sakaguchi is a Christian.[1][2]
Before breaking into films, Tak Sakaguchi was a street fighter who fought in the streets and was well-known for his martial art skills. He was picked on the streets by the then-unknown director Ryuhei Kitamura to star in what would become the movie that changed the lives of both men, Versus. At that time, Ryuhei Kitamura was busy accumulating funds and financial resources to back the production of Versus. Ryuhei felt that Sakaguchi should be fighting in films and not on the streets.
Since appearing in that film, he has appeared in several roles in films directed by Ryuhei Kitamura; in particular the Azumi series, his short in the Jam Films titled The Messenger (Requiem for the Dead) and minor roles in Aragami and Alive. He played a larger role in the quirky yet successful Battlefield Baseball, but has yet to acquire the same success he did with Versus.
2006 will see Sakaguchi in more mainstream films like SHINOBI Heart Under Blade, as a supporting character and as the main character of Death Trance. In the latter he plays a character similar to his role in Versus.
Sakaguchi is currently guest starring in Kamen Rider Kabuto as a main villian (Reiji Nogi/Cassisworm).
