Kei Satō
Born: 1928-12-21 in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan
Died: 2010-05-02
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2009
- Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler as Kazutaka Hyodo
- Dear My Love
2005
- The Whispering of the Gods as Father Togawa
2004
- 稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ as Sabee Inugami
- Prayer Beads
2003
- Azumi as Tenkai Nankôbô
- 藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」
2002
2001
- Honmamon as Sadamichi Yamanaka (Konoha's grandfather)
2000
- Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations as Mashita Nagamori
1999
- Taboo as Narrator (voice)
- The Perfect Education as Lawyer
- Neo Faust as Dr. Faust
1996
1995
- Wave in Mind
- Last Friends
- Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident as Takazawa Hakuun
1992
- Erotic Liaisons as Nemoto
- The Strange Tale of Oyuki as Detective
- Dioxin from Fish! as Genjiro
- The Visas That Saved Lives
- Kachô Shima Kôsaku
1991
1990
- Graduation
- Ronin-gai as Iseya
- Shingo's Ten Duels as Inoue Kawachi-no-kami
- The Fir Tree Remains
- Detective Heiji
1989
- Jūkyūsai
- Festival of Dreams
- Business Trip as (voice)
1988
1987
- Chotchan as 北山俊道
- Tabaruzaka as Iwakura Tomomi
- The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
- The Hopi Prophecy as Narrator (voice)
1986
- Rice Curry
- Yakuza Ladies as Hitoshi Awazu
- Byakkotai as Tanaka Tosa
- Impactual Performance as Ryo's father
- Surgical Designs in Flames
1985
- Godzilla 1985 as Gondo
- Kokugo Gannen
- The Autumn in Tokyo
- I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident as Nakajima
- Let Him Rest in Peace as Futoshi Shimoyama
1984
- The Return of Godzilla as Chief Editor Gondo
- 水曜ドラマスペシャル
- Appassionata
1983
- The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor as Police Chief
- Choji Snack Bar as Yoshino
- The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo as Police Inspector
- Tokyo Trial as Narrator
1982
1981
- Pro Hunter
- Precious Moments
- Station
- The Imperial Navy
- Day Dream as Dentist
1980
- The Night of Martial Law
- The Trading Company as Shigeru Yasuda
- The Beast to Die as Endo
- The Revolt as Narrator (voice)
- Magnitude 7.9
- Target as Ichiro Hamada
1979
- Kusa Moeru as Hiki Yoshikazu
- Yasei no Shōmei
- The Man Who Stole the Sun as Dr. Ichikawa
- The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf as Shimizu
- The Execution Game
- Dead Angle
- Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82 as Gorô Onodera , Military Commentator
- Golden Partners as Ohkawa
1978
- Empire of Passion as Orator
- Ningen no Shōmei
- Japanese Godfather: Conclusion as Sekino
- The Killing Game as Shoichi Katsuda
- Lost Love as Nogami
1977
- Japanese Godfather: Ambition as Sekino
- High Seas Hijack as T.V. Director Fukami
- Japanese Humanity and Justice
- The Skies of Haruo
- They Were Eleven
1976
- Yakuza Graveyard as Teramitsu Abara
1975
- Conflagration as Director Fukami
- Shimane Prison Riot as Prison Guard
- 松本清張シリーズ・中央流沙 as 岡村局長
1974
- Fateful Mountain Pass as Asahina Genzaemon
- The Tattooed Hitman as Yukio Yamaji
- Demon Spies
- My Way as Koide, Chief of Police
1973
- Lone Wolf and Cub as Retsudo Yagyu
- The Water Margin as Kao Chiu
- Hanzo the Razor: The Snare as Shobei Hamajima
- Zatoichi's Conspiracy as Magistrate
- Secret High School Girl: After School Activity
- Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry as tyobei(Izuya)
- Flower and Dragon
- A Diary of a Woman Doctor
- A Japanese Demon as Psychiartist
1972
- Professional Killers
- Dear Summer Sister as Shinkô Kuniyoshi
- Chase That Man
- Cross-Currents
- Gang Warfare
1971
- The Ceremony as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather
- Inn of Evil as Yohei
- Challenge at Dawn
- Expelled from the Kanto Mob
1970
- Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
- Evil Spirits of Japan as Murase / Ochiai
- Naked Ambition
1969
- Diary of a Shinjuku Thief as Himself
- Bullet Wound
- Devil's Temple as Priest
- Lone Rebel
- The Curse of the Ghost as Iyemon
1968
- Death by Hanging as Prison warden
- Kuroneko as Raiko
- Star of the Night
- Hymn to a Tired Man as Takenori Suzuki
- Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
- Women and Miso Soup
- Song of my Life as Masanobu Kurosawa
- Three Resurrected Drunkards as Y Chong - iru
- The Great Villains as Ichiro Yasui
- Where did Sharaku go? as Tōshūsai Sharaku
1967
- Japanese Summer: Double Suicide as Otoko
- Eleven Samurai as Secretary Mizumo
- The River - Poem of Wrath as Doctor
- A Killer's Key
- Band of Ninja as Sakagami Shuzen
- Clouds at Sunset
1966
- The Sword of Doom as Kamo Serizawa
- Irezumi as Hatamoto Serizawa
- Captive's Island
- Zatoichi's Vengeance as Boss Gonzo
- Violence at Noon as Eisuke Oyamada
- Your Life
- Glorious Fights as Yuzo Gondo
- Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
- A Man Worth the Money
- Assignment Cloud as Nishida
1965
- Taikouki as Akechi Mitsuhide
- Kwaidan as Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
- Pleasures of the Flesh as Police inspector
- Samurai Spy as Takanosuke Nojiri
- Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Sword Devil as Secretery Kanbe
- The Flower and the Dragon
- Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
- Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again
- Young Boss as Izo
- The Tattooed Lord
1964
- Onibaba as Hachi
- The Dawn of Asia as Li Lie-jun
- A Story from Echigo
- Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple as Otaguro
- The Ninja Hunt
- The Third Ninja
- Life of Hishakaku 3
- Roadside Stone as Shogo
- Onibaba : Film Location
- Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office as Kinjiro Takeuchi
- Brand of Evil as Eguchi
- Homicide as Asaichi Isobe
1963
- Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai as Saburobei Konoe
- Mother as Dr. Koiguchi
- Sasuke and His Comedians
- Violent Street
- Chiisana bōken ryokō
- Duel of Blood and Sand as Katsumaki
- Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
- Blackmail
- Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin
- Okashina yatsu as Shamoji
- Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption
- At the Side of the Bridge 4
- League of Gangsters as Takamoto
- The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List
1962
- Harakiri as Masakazu
- The Inheritance as Cop
- Pitfall as Reporter
- The Christian Revolt
- Drunkard's Paradise
- Tokyo Bay as Takeyama
- Zoku aizen katsura
- Human as Hachizo
- Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
- The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman
- The Paper Crane
- Kyoto Assassin
1961
- Procurer of Hell
- Epitaph to My Love as Shinji Tsuda
- Bitter End of a Sweet Night
- Onna no hashi as Kazuhiko Yamana
- Women of Tokyo as Tamio Yamada
- Shiroi minamikaze
- Incidental Murders as Ieraishan Tatsu
1960
- Cruel Story of Youth as Akira Matsuko
- The Sun's Burial as Sakaguchi
- Night and Fog in Japan as Sakamaki
- Volunteering for Villainy as Iwai
- Good-for-Nothing
- Towering Waves
- The Last Trump Card
- Knock Down
1959
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity as Shinjô Ittôhei