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 Okada
- 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
- The Perfect Education as Lawyer
- Taboo as Narrator (voice)
- Neo Faust as Dr. Faust
1996
1992
- Erotic Liaisons as Nemoto
- The Strange Tale of Oyuki as Detective
- Kachô Shima Kôsaku
- Dioxin from Fish! as Genjiro
- The Visas That Saved Lives
1991
1990
- Graduation
- Ronin-gai as Iseya
- Shingo's Ten Duels as Inoue Kawachi-no-kami
- Detective Heiji
- The Fir Tree Remains
1989
- Jūkyūsai
- Business Trip as (voice)
- Festival of Dreams
1988
1987
- Chotchan as 北山俊道
- The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
- Tabaruzaka as Iwakura Tomomi
- The Hopi Prophecy as Narrator (voice)
1986
- Yakuza Ladies as Hitoshi Awazu
- Rice Curry
- Surgical Designs in Flames
- Byakkotai as Tanaka Tosa
- The White Tiger Battalion
1985
- Godzilla 1985 as Gondo
- The Autumn in Tokyo
- Kokugo Gannen
- Let Him Rest in Peace as Futoshi Shimoyama
- I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident as Nakajima
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
- Tokyo Trial as Narrator
- The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo as Police Inspector
1982
1981
- Pro Hunter
- Precious Moments
- The Imperial Navy
- Day Dream as Dentist
- Station
1980
- The Night of Martial Law
- The Beast to Die as Endo
- The Revolt as Narrator (voice)
- The Trading Company as Shigeru Yasuda
- Target as Ichiro Hamada
1979
- Kusa Moeru as Hiki Yoshikazu
- The Man Who Stole the Sun as Dr. Ichikawa
- The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf as Shimizu
- Yasei no Shōmei
- Dead Angle
- The Execution Game
- Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82 as Gorô Onodera , Military Commentator
- Golden Partners as Ohkawa
1978
- Empire of Passion as Orator
- Japanese Godfather: Conclusion as Sekino
- Ningen no Shōmei
- The Killing Game as Shoichi Katsuda
- Lost Love as Nogami
1977
- Japanese Godfather: Ambition as Sekino
- Japanese Humanity and Justice
- The Skies of Haruo
- They Were Eleven
- High Seas Hijack as T.V. Director Fukami
1976
- Yakuza Graveyard as Teramitsu Abara
1975
- Shimane Prison Riot as Prison Guard
- Conflagration as Director Fukami
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
- A Diary of a Woman Doctor
- Flower and Dragon
- A Japanese Demon as Psychiartist
- Secret High School Girl: After School Activity
- Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry as tyobei(Izuya)
1972
- Professional Killers
- Dear Summer Sister as Shinkô Kuniyoshi
- Gang Warfare
- Cross-Currents
- Chase That Man
1971
- Inn of Evil as Yohei
- The Ceremony as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather
- Expelled from the Kanto Mob
- Challenge at Dawn
1970
- Evil Spirits of Japan as Murase / Ochiai
- Naked Ambition
- Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
1969
- Diary of a Shinjuku Thief as Himself
- Bullet Wound
- The Curse of the Ghost as Iyemon
- Devil's Temple as Priest
- Lone Rebel
1968
- Kuroneko as Raiko
- Death by Hanging as Prison warden
- Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
- Where did Sharaku go? as Tōshūsai Sharaku
- Hymn to a Tired Man as Takenori Suzuki
- Three Resurrected Drunkards as Y Chong - iru
- Women and Miso Soup
- The Great Villains as Ichiro Yasui
- Song of my Life as Masanobu Kurosawa
- Star of the Night
1967
- Eleven Samurai as Secretary Mizumo
- Japanese Summer: Double Suicide as Otoko
- A Killer's Key
- Band of Ninja as Sakagami Shuzen
- Clouds at Sunset
- The River - Poem of Wrath as Doctor
1966
- The Sword of Doom as Kamo Serizawa
- Irezumi as Hatamoto Serizawa
- Captive's Island
- Violence at Noon as Eisuke Oyamada
- Zatoichi's Vengeance as Boss Gonzo
- Glorious Fights as Yuzo Gondo
- Assignment Cloud as Nishida
- A Man Worth the Money
- Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
- Your Life
1965
- Taikouki as Akechi Mitsuhide
- Kwaidan as Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
- Samurai Spy as Takanosuke Nojiri
- Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
- Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Pleasures of the Flesh as Police inspector
- The Tattooed Lord
- The Flower and the Dragon
- Sword Devil as Secretery Kanbe
- Young Boss as Izo
- Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again
1964
- Onibaba as Hachi
- Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple as Otaguro
- Brand of Evil as Eguchi
- Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office as Kinjiro Takeuchi
- Life of Hishakaku 3
- A Story from Echigo
- Homicide as Asaichi Isobe
- The Dawn of Asia as Li Lie-jun
- The Third Ninja
- Roadside Stone as Shogo
- The Ninja Hunt
- Onibaba : Film Location
1963
- Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai as Saburobei Konoe
- League of Gangsters as Takamoto
- Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption
- Sasuke and His Comedians
- Duel of Blood and Sand as Katsumaki
- At the Side of the Bridge 4
- The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List
- Blackmail
- Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
- Okashina yatsu as Shamoji
- Mother as Dr. Koiguchi
- Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin
- Violent Street
1962
- Harakiri as Masakazu
- Pitfall as Reporter
- The Inheritance as Cop
- Tokyo Bay as Takeyama
- Zoku aizen katsura
- Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
- The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman
- Shiro Amakusa: The Christian Rebel
- Kyoto Assassin
- The Paper Crane
- Human as Hachizo
- Drunkard's Paradise
1961
- Bitter End of a Sweet Night
- Women of Tokyo as Tamio Yamada
- Incidental Murders as Ieraishan Tatsu
- 白い南風
- Epitaph to My Love as Shinji Tsuda
- Procurer of Hell
- Onna no hashi as Kazuhiko Yamana
1960
- Cruel Story of Youth as Akira Matsuko
- Night and Fog in Japan as Sakamaki
- The Sun's Burial as Sakaguchi
- Good-for-Nothing
- Towering Waves
- Knock Down
- Volunteering for Villainy as Iwai
1959
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity as Shinjô Ittôhei