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