
Kei Satō
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For

Onibaba
1964

Kwaidan
1965

Zatoichi's Vengeance
1966

The Night of Martial Law
1980

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959

Kuroneko
1968

Epitaph to My Love
1961

Violence at Noon
1966

Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1977

Eleven Samurai
1967

The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
1979

Zoku aizen katsura
1962

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
2009

Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1997

Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
1973

Godzilla 1985
1985

Samurai Spy
1965

Women and Miso Soup
1968

Okashina yatsu
1963

Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
1967

The Perfect Education
1999

Blackmail
1963

I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
1985

The Sword of Doom
1966

Pleasures of the Flesh
1965

Pitfall
1962

Zatoichi's Conspiracy
1973

Akizakura - Cosmos
1991

Evil Spirits of Japan
1970

The Ceremony
1971

The Man Who Stole the Sun
1979

The Ninja Hunt
1964

Sword Devil
1965

Inn of Evil
1971

Cruel Story of Youth
1960

Death by Hanging
1968

Human
1962

The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo
1983

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
1969

The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
1983

Three Resurrected Drunkards
1968

Band of Ninja
1967

Ronin-gai
1990

Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy
1993

Station
1981

Devil's Temple
1969

Secret High School Girl: After School Activity
1973

Lost Love
1978

Day Dream
1981

The White Tiger Battalion
1986

Hymn to a Tired Man
1968

Golden Partners
1979

Life of Hishakaku 3
1964

My Way
1974

Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
1962

Taboo
1999

Azumi
2003

Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82
1979

Homicide
1964

Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
1995

Women of Tokyo
1961

Your Life
1966

A Story from Echigo
1964

Where did Sharaku go?
1968

The Curse of the Ghost
1969

Irezumi
1966

Erotic Liaisons
1992

Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again
1965

The Whispering of the Gods
2005

The River - Poem of Wrath
1967

The Killing Game
1978

Captive's Island
1966

Night and Fog in Japan
1960

Harakiri
1962

The Sun's Burial
1960

They Were Eleven
1977

Dear Summer Sister
1972

Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
1970

A Diary of a Woman Doctor
1973

Conflagration
1975

Roadside Stone
1964

The Inheritance
1962

Choji Snack Bar
1983

Dead Angle
1979

The Notorious Bored Samurai
1988

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965

The Skies of Haruo
1977

Appassionata
1984

The Third Ninja
1964

The Paper Crane
1962

Tokyo Trial
1983

Glorious Fights
1966

The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman
1962

The Return of Godzilla
1984

High Seas Hijack
1977

Shingo's Ten Duels
1990

Surgical Designs in Flames
1986

Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption
1963

Duel of Blood and Sand
1963

Yakuza Ladies
1986

Dioxin from Fish!
1992

The Execution Game
1979

Volunteering for Villainy
1960

Target
1980

The Hopi Prophecy
1987

Tokyo Bay
1962

Yakuza Graveyard
1976

Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973

Mother
1963

Chase That Man
1972

Assignment Cloud
1966

Sasuke and His Comedians
1963

Gang Warfare
1972

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964

Drunkard's Paradise
1962

Incidental Murders
1961

The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List
1963

Shimane Prison Riot
1975

Kachô Shima Kôsaku
1992

Kyoto Assassin
1962

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
1978

The Wicked Reporter 2: The Rebirth of Horserace Betting
1994

Cross-Currents
1972

League of Gangsters
1963

The Christian Revolt
1962

Demon Spies
1974

The Beast to Die
1980

Young Boss
1965

A Japanese Demon
1973

Good-for-Nothing
1960

Dear My Love
2009

Flower and Dragon
1973

The Revolt
1980

Song of my Life
1968

Let Him Rest in Peace
1985

Business Trip
1989

The Imperial Navy
1981

Bitter End of a Sweet Night
1961

Last Friends
1995

Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
1968

The Flower and the Dragon
1965

Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
1965

The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
1987

The Strange Tale of Oyuki
1992

Naked Ambition
1970

Green Requiem
1988

Expelled from the Kanto Mob
1971

Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
1964

Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
1966

Clouds at Sunset
1967

Lone Rebel
1969

Sensen fukoku
2002

Bullet Wound
1969

The Tattooed Hitman
1974

Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
1963

Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin
1963

Festival of Dreams
1989

Knock Down
1960

Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993

The Great Villains
1968

Neo Faust
1999

A Man Worth the Money
1966

Empire of Passion
1978

Detective Heiji
1990

The Tattooed Lord
1965

Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977

I Love You So Much
1988

Nezumi Kozo's Edo Adventure
1988

Brand of Evil
1964

Procurer of Hell
1961

A Killer's Key
1967

At the Side of the Bridge 4
1963

白い南風
1961

Challenge at Dawn
1971

The Fir Tree Remains
1990

Onibaba : Film Location
1964

Violent Street
1963

The Visas That Saved Lives
1992

Kusa Moeru
1979

Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations
2000

Taikouki
1965

Precious Moments
1981

Professional Killers
1972

The Water Margin
1973

Honmamon
2001

The Trading Company
1980

Rice Curry
1986

Jūkyūsai
1989

水曜ドラマスペシャル
1984

Kokugo Gannen
1985

Chotchan
1987

稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
2004

Pro Hunter
1981

Concerto
1996

Ningen no Shōmei
1978

Nemuri Kyoshiro
1982

Graduation
1990

Wave in Mind
1995

Fateful Mountain Pass
1974

藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」
2003

Yasei no Shōmei
1979

Byakkotai
1986

Lone Wolf and Cub
1973

The Autumn in Tokyo
1985

Star of the Night
1968

The Dawn of Asia
1964

Tabaruzaka
1987

Prayer Beads
2004