Supporting Actor Spotlights - Harold Sakata
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- Harold Sakata, a Japanese athlete and wrestler, rose to fame in the late 1960s after starring in "Goldfinger" as Oddjob, one of the most iconic villains of the James Bond series.
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I had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with Harold Sakata in the mid-70s when he was making a film with William Shatner called "Impulse". There was a young girl in the cast and, between takes, he would read to her, smoking that trademark pipe of his. I remember him as a warm and generous man. And that smile was real. RIP, Harold.
i went to his grave 9 years ago while vacationing in hawaii
Stop the cap
His smile is so delightful and infectious, I couldn't help but smile myself every time he did
That’s my grand uncle:D I just talked with his son at our last family reunion. (He married my grandpas sister) Thank you for making this video ❤️ 🙏 Uncle Harold was the man!
Wow! I watched Goldfinger last night and he immediately left an impression on me. Did you ever get the chance to meet him?
Firm believer that Bond movies are popular not because of James Bond, because he's the same in every movie. They're popular because of the interesting and sometimes outrageous villains like this man and Richard Kiel
What an interesting insight. The more I think about your comment here, the more I see the truth in what you have to say about the various James Bond movies .Thank you for sharing that.
In 1974 I was a young disc jockey at WGNC radio in Gastonia, NC. Harold Sakata was my first interview. He came by the radio station to promote his film Impulse showing at the Diane 29 Drive In Theater. Had THE bowler hat with him. He dropped it onto the control board table and said, “This is the hat! It opens conversations!” Very nice man. He was wearing a tropical shirt, flexed his bicep and asked me to feel it. Unbelievable! Spoke very fondly and emotionally about Bruce Lee. With Oddjob was a producer who had produced some Boris Karloff pictures. Man, I wish there were Smartphones back then! Photos and video footage would be priceless.
Bob Bigger
Sakata and Bolo Yeung. That's mythical.
I love when Bond and Oddjob Fights, Sakata does the side shuffle, where he walks sideways, Something he did in his wrestling matches. I love it when someone adds something from their career into something a new hobbie.
Me and my friends also followed the "No Oddjob" rule in N64. It's nice to know it was a universal law
"My friends and I..."
This was fantastic, I really enjoyed this and am super glad you were able to re upload this.
Thanks for uploading ! This has to be one of the most fascinating & fun videos I've ever watched here at YT. What a totally intriguing life Mr Sakata had. A kind & gentle man who was quite talented at playing menacing nogoodniks !
these spotlights are really brilliant work
I love the chapter "The Odd Job Man ". Insightful.
6:30
"This could really fracture you."
After all this time, I thought he said, "This could really fry chicken."
I saw Mr Sakata in 1973 here in Decatur I'll . He wrestled Mighty Igor .Even being the heel he was polite to us and signed our programs .
Harold Sakata did the Vicks Formula 44 commercials. I loved it when he karate chopping around his house.
I still have my N64, and play Multiplayer with my dad every Christmas... Been doing it since 1997
I just discovered your UA-cam channel. I have really enjoyed watching your videos on Richard Keel and (now on) Harold Sakata. They are beautifully written narratives, and you have a wonderful narrator's voice. It is a pleasure to watch such well-organized, informative and well-researched biographical presentations, all while listening to a soothing and knowledgeable voice.Thank you for your work. Happy New Year! ~drs (01/02/24)
R.I.P. for Master Harold SAKATA, he is a great Japanese American actor.
Thank you so much for your uproaded.
Strong man with a beautiful smile and a deadly pimp hat!
And yes threw salt in opponent's eyes, such a legend
I did never know his back story, thanx 4 makeing this video :)
Fantastic actor
This is great. Thank you.
brilliant series, well done mate.
Oddjob the original Kung Lao lol
I love the Oddjob character!
Oddjob is awesome, and Sakata was awesome too.
That was really interesting!
Thank you!
He should have been in a comedy show
To my mind the most iconic bond villain.
So that's where Takashi Iizuka got the Iron Finger Of Doom
Very nice man.
Could you please do one on Amish puri who is not a bond villain but from Indiana Jones and the temple of doom
The Ur-Terminator.
Crispin Glover one next please.
It in order
Goldeneye !!! Yes, no odd job bc he could hide in the crates too
How was it a Bruce Lee film if Bruce Lee was already dead that's bolo and sammo hung who actually helped raise and train Jackie Chan as well as Sonny Chiba you could see their story on I think the movie is called painted faces it's about his life Jackie Chan's Young Life and Sonny Chiba I think Bruce Lee does make an appearance well at least his likeness because it is the Chinese Opera Company Bruce Lee's parents was apart of and he did train with them as a child himself
Ninja Strikes Back was not a Bruce Lee movie, it was a Bruce Le movie.
After the death of Bruce Lee many martial arts actors assumed names like Bruce Le, Bruce Li, Bruce Chen, Bruce Lai, Bruce Lie, Bruce Leung, Saro Lee, Bruce Ly, Bruce Thai, Brute Lee, Lee Bruce, Bruce Lei, Dragon Lee, ...
Jaws is the most recognizable but that’s ok!
Oh, one another comment: Please do not use the word "iconic" in your narratives, as it has become a very tired cliche. Thank you.
WTF is a "Judo chop"? There's no such thing.Maybe you mean Karate.
"Judo chop" is slang joke-term . See Urban Dictionary.
Strictly speaking, classical judo included such striking moves, but they are not permitted in modern formal/competitive judo.
@@-danRthank you for mentioning that. I think the striking was a derivative of some ryu of jujutsu prior to Kano formulating Judo. However, certain schools of Judo eventually kept striking n the curriculum. And also, jujutsu schools took the label of "judo" academies for advertising purposes. Kodokan had atemi waza? perhaps taught in kata only if i remember correctly. but still there
Don’t love James Bond movies anymore. Jaws was more recognizable.
Test Drive The Vintage Aston Martin.Drove The Stolen Wone.