Kei Satō

Kei Satō (81)

1928-12-21 - 2010-05-02 | Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan

Kei Satō (佐藤 慶, Satō Kei; born December 21, 1928 in Aizuwakamatsu – May 2, 2010) was a Japanese character actor and narrator. He is known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Nagisa Oshima, and for several films with Kaneto Shindo, such as Onibaba and Kuroneko. He won the best actor award from Kinema Junpo for the films The Ceremony and Nihon no akuryō. He also worked as a narrator for many documentaries, both on television and film.

On Movies

  • Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
  • Dear My Love
  • The Whispering of the Gods
  • Azumi
  • Sensen fukoku
  • Taboo
  • The Perfect Education
  • Neo Faust
  • Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
  • Last Friends
  • The Wicked Reporter 2: The Rebirth of Horserace Betting
  • Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy
  • Erotic Liaisons
  • Kachô Shima Kôsaku
  • The Strange Tale of Oyuki
  • Dioxin from Fish!
  • The Fir Tree Remains
  • Ronin-gai
  • Detective Heiji
  • Shingo's Ten Duels
  • The Notorious Bored Samurai
  • Nezumi Kozo's Edo Adventure
  • The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
  • Yakuza Ladies
  • The White Tiger Battalion
  • Surgical Designs in Flames
  • Godzilla 1985
  • Let Him Rest in Peace
  • I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
  • The Return of Godzilla
  • Appassionata
  • Choji Snack Bar
  • The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo
  • The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
  • Station
  • Day Dream
  • The Imperial Navy
  • The Beast to Die
  • Target
  • The Revolt
  • The Execution Game
  • The Man Who Stole the Sun
  • Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82
  • The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
  • Dead Angle
  • Golden Partners
  • The Killing Game
  • Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
  • Empire of Passion
  • Lost Love
  • Japanese Godfather: Ambition
  • High Seas Hijack
  • Japanese Humanity and Justice
  • Yakuza Graveyard
  • Conflagration
  • Shimane Prison Riot
  • My Way
  • The Tattooed Hitman
  • Demon Spies
  • A Japanese Demon
  • Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
  • Zatoichi's Conspiracy
  • Flower and Dragon
  • Cross-Currents
  • Dear Summer Sister
  • Chase That Man
  • Inn of Evil
  • Challenge at Dawn
  • The Ceremony
  • Evil Spirits of Japan
  • Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
  • Naked Ambition
  • Bullet Wound
  • The Curse of the Ghost
  • Devil's Temple
  • Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
  • Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
  • Where did Sharaku go?
  • Women and Miso Soup
  • Hymn to a Tired Man
  • Three Resurrected Drunkards
  • Kuroneko
  • The Great Villains
  • Death by Hanging
  • Eleven Samurai
  • A Killer's Key
  • Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
  • The River - Poem of Wrath
  • Band of Ninja
  • Clouds at Sunset
  • Glorious Fights
  • Assignment Cloud
  • Your Life
  • Violence at Noon
  • Captive's Island
  • Zatoichi's Vengeance
  • The Sword of Doom
  • Irezumi
  • Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
  • The Flower and the Dragon
  • Sword Devil
  • Pleasures of the Flesh
  • Samurai Spy
  • Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
  • Young Boss
  • Kwaidan
  • Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
  • Onibaba
  • The Ninja Hunt
  • Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
  • Homicide
  • Roadside Stone
  • Brand of Evil
  • A Story from Echigo
  • The Third Ninja
  • Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
  • Sasuke and His Comedians
  • Duel of Blood and Sand
  • Mother
  • League of Gangsters
  • Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
  • Violent Street
  • Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
  • The Paper Crane
  • Human
  • The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman
  • Harakiri
  • Pitfall
  • Tokyo Bay
  • The Christian Revolt
  • The Inheritance
  • Procurer of Hell
  • Epitaph to My Love
  • Bitter End of a Sweet Night
  • The Human Condition
  • Incidental Murders
  • Night and Fog in Japan
  • Volunteering for Villainy
  • The Sun's Burial
  • Good-for-Nothing
  • Cruel Story of Youth
  • The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

Movies as Director

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