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Kei Satō

Name in Native Language: "佐藤慶" (Japanese/JA)
Actor | * 12/21/1928 († 81, 05/02/2010) | 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. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Action | Crime

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Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness. ...

The Sword of Doom

Certification unknown

1966 | 3.8/5 | 2h 2min
Action, Drama
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While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they le ...

Onibaba

Certification unknown

1964 | 3.8/5 | 1h 45min
Horror, Drama
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In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans ...

Azumi

Certification unknown

2003 | 3.5/5 | 2h 8min
Adventure, Drama, Action, Thriller, Romance / Love
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Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deli ...

Harakiri

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1962 | 4.2/5 | 2h 15min
Action, Drama, History
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Movies with Kei Satō as Actor(135)

as Kazutaka Okada2009 Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
2009 Dear My Love
as Father Togawa2005 The Whispering of the Gods
as (segment "Echoes")2004 Prayer Beads
as Tenkai Nankôbô2003 Azumi
2002 Sensen fukoku
as Lawyer1999 The Perfect Education
as Narrator (voice)1999 Taboo
as Dr. Faust1999 Neo Faust
1995 Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
1995 Last Friends
1994 The Wicked Reporter 2: The Rebirth of Horserace Betting
1993 Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1992 Kachô Shima Kôsaku
1992 Dioxin from Fish!
as Nemoto1992 Erotic Liaisons
as Detective1992 The Strange Tale of Oyuki
as Iseya1990 Ronin-gai
as Inoue Kawachi-no-kami1990 Shingo's Ten Duels
1989 Festival of Dreams
as (voice)1989 Business Trip
1988 Green Requiem
as Narrator (voice)1987 The Hopi Prophecy
1987 The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
1986 Surgical Designs in Flames
as Hitoshi Awazu1986 Yakuza Ladies
as Chief Editor Gondo1985 Godzilla 1985
as Daishi Shimoyama1985 Let Him Rest in Peace
as Nakajima1985 I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
as Chief Editor Gondo1984 The Return of Godzilla
1984 Appassionata
as Police Chief1983 The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
as Yoshino1983 Choji Snack Bar
as Narrator1983 Tokyo Trial
as Dentist1981 Day Dream
1981 The Imperial Navy
1981 Station
as Ichiro Hamada1980 Target
as Narrator (voice)1980 The Revolt
as Endo1980 The Beast to Die
1979 Dead Angle
as Shimizu1979 The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
1979 The Execution Game
as Gorô Onodera , Military Commentator1979 Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82
1979 Golden Partners
as Dr. Ichikawa1979 The Man Who Stole the Sun
as Nogami1978 Lost Love
as Sekino1978 Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
as Shoichi Katsuda1978 The Killing Game
as T.V. Director Fukami1977 High Seas Hijack
as Teramitsu Abara1976 Yakuza Graveyard
as Director Fukami1975 The Explosion
as Prison Guard1975 Shimane Prison Riot
1974 The Tattooed Hitman
1974 Demon Spies
as Koide, Chief of Police1974 My Way
as Shobei Hamajima1973 Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
1973 Flower and Dragon
as tyobei(Izuya)1973 Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
as Psychiartist1973 A Japanese Demon
as Magistrate1973 Zatoichi's Conspiracy
1972 Dear Summer Sister
1972 Gang Warfare
1972 Cross-Currents
1971 Expelled from the Kanto Mob
as Yohei1971 Inn of Evil
as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather1971 The Ceremony
as Murase / Ochiai1970 Evil Spirits of Japan
1970 Naked Ambition
1970 Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
as Priest1969 Devil's Temple
1969 Bullet Wound
as Iyemon1969 The Curse of the Ghost
as himself1969 Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
as Prison warden1968 Death by Hanging
as Suzuki1968 Hymn to a Tired Man
1968 Women and Miso Soup
as Y Chong - iru1968 Three Resurrected Drunkards
as Raiko1968 Kuroneko
as Masanobu Kurosawa1968 Song of my Life
as Ichiro Yasui1968 The Great Villains
1968 Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
1967 Clouds at Sunset
as Doctor1967 The River - Poem of Wrath
as Sakagami Shuzen1967 Band of Ninja
as Otoko1967 Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
as Secretary Mizumo1967 Eleven Samurai
as Kamo Serizawa1966 The Sword of Doom
1966 Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
as Yuzo Gondo1966 Glorious Fights
as Boss Gonzo1966 Zatoichi's Vengeance
as Hatamoto Serizawa1966 Irezumi
1966 Captive's Island
as Eisuke Oyamada1966 Violence at Noon
1965 Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again
as Takanosuke Nojiri1965 Samurai Spy
as Police inspector1965 Pleasures of the Flesh
1965 Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
as Secretery Kanbe1965 Sword Devil
1965 The Flower and the Dragon
1965 Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
as Izo1965 Young Boss
as Hachi1964 Onibaba
1964 The Third Ninja
as Shogo1964 Roadside Stone
1964 The Ninja Hunt
as Otaguro1964 Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
as Ghost samurai (segment "Chawan no naka")1964 Kwaidan
1963 Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption
as Dr. Koiguchi1963 Mother
as Katsumaki1963 Duel of Blood and Sand
1963 Sasuke and His Comedians
as Saburobei Konoe1963 Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963 The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List
as Takamoto1963 League of Gangsters
1963 Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
as Cop1962 The Inheritance
as Masakazu1962 Harakiri
as Takeyama1962 Tokyo Bay
1962 The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman
1962 The Paper Crane
1962 Drunkard's Paradise
1962 The Christian Revolt
as Reporter1962 Pitfall
as Hachizo1962 Human
as Tamio Yamada1961 Women of Tokyo
as Shinji Tsuda1961 Epitaph to My Love
as Ieraishan Tatsu1961 Incidental Murders
1961 Bitter End of a Sweet Night
1960 Good-for-Nothing
as Sakamaki1960 Night and Fog in Japan
as Sakaguchi, doctor1960 The Sun's Burial
as Iwai1960 Volunteering for Villainy
as Akira Matsuko1960 Cruel Story of Youth
as Shinjô Ittôhei1959 The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

TV Shows/Series with Kei Satō as Actor(6)

as Mashita Nagamori2000 Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations
1996 Concerto
as Tanaka Tosa1986 Byakkotai
1982 Nemuri Kyoshiro
as Retsudo Yagyu1973 Lone Wolf and Cub
as Akechi Mitsuhide1965 Taikouki

Full Name: Kei Satō
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Friday, 12/21 1928 (December) in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima (Japan)
Died: Sunday, 05/02 2010 (May) in Setagaya-ku (aged: 81)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Other names for Kei Satō (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Kei Satô"
"佐藤慶"
"佐藤慶之助"
"Keinosuke Satō"
"Кэй Сато"
"佐藤庆"
"さとう けい" (Kana/Japanese)
Kei Satō frequently works together with these people:
Nagisa Ōshima (32x, Crew)
Rokkō Toura (25x, Actor)
Fumio Watanabe (21x, Actor)
Kaneto Shindō (18x, Crew)
Hōsei Komatsu (18x, Actor)
Hikaru Hayashi (15x, Crew)
Jun Hamamura (15x, Actor)
Toru Takemitsu (15x, Crew)
Kunie Tanaka (14x, Actor)
Taiji Tonoyama (14x, Actor)
Keiichi Uraoka (13x, Crew)
Kazuo Koike (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:59521, Added: 05/17/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024