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
- The Perfect Education as Lawyer
- Taboo as Narrator (voice)
- Neo Faust as Dr. Faust
1996
1992
- The Strange Tale of Oyuki as Detective
- Erotic Liaisons as Nemoto
- Kachô Shima Kôsaku
- Dioxin from Fish! as Genjiro
- The Visas That Saved Lives
1991
1990
- Ronin-gai as Iseya
- Graduation
- The Fir Tree Remains
- Shingo's Ten Duels as Inoue Kawachi-no-kami
- 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
- Byakkotai as Tanaka Tosa
- Rice Curry
- Yakuza Ladies as Hitoshi Awazu
- Surgical Designs in Flames
1985
- Godzilla 1985 as Gondo
- I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident as Nakajima
- Let Him Rest in Peace as Futoshi Shimoyama
- Kokugo Gannen
- The Autumn in Tokyo
1984
- The Return of Godzilla as Chief Editor Gondo
- 水曜ドラマスペシャル
- Appassionata
1983
- The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo as Police Inspector
- Choji Snack Bar as Yoshino
- The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor as Police Chief
- Tokyo Trial as Narrator
1982
1981
- Pro Hunter
- Station
- Precious Moments
- The Imperial Navy
- Day Dream as Dentist
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
- Golden Partners as Ohkawa
- Dead Angle
- Yasei no Shōmei
- The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf as Shimizu
- The Execution Game
- Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82 as Gorô Onodera , Military Commentator
1978
- Empire of Passion as Orator
- Ningen no Shōmei
- The Killing Game as Shoichi Katsuda
- Lost Love as Nogami
- Japanese Godfather: Conclusion as Sekino
1977
- Japanese Godfather: Ambition as Sekino
- Japanese Humanity and Justice
- High Seas Hijack as T.V. Director Fukami
- The Skies of Haruo
- They Were Eleven
1976
- Yakuza Graveyard as Teramitsu Abara
1975
- 松本清張シリーズ・中央流沙 as 岡村局長
- Conflagration as Director Fukami
- Shimane Prison Riot as Prison Guard
1974
- Fateful Mountain Pass as Asahina Genzaemon
- Demon Spies
- My Way as Koide, Chief of Police
- The Tattooed Hitman as Yukio Yamaji
1973
- Lone Wolf and Cub as Retsudo Yagyu
- The Water Margin as Kao Chiu
- Zatoichi's Conspiracy as Magistrate
- Hanzo the Razor: The Snare as Shobei Hamajima
- Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry as tyobei(Izuya)
- A Japanese Demon as Psychiartist
- Flower and Dragon
- Secret High School Girl: After School Activity
- A Diary of a Woman Doctor
1972
- Professional Killers
- Dear Summer Sister as Shinkô Kuniyoshi
- Cross-Currents
- Gang Warfare
- Chase That Man
1971
- The Ceremony as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather
- Inn of Evil as Yohei
- Challenge at Dawn
- Expelled from the Kanto Mob
1970
- Evil Spirits of Japan as Murase / Ochiai
- Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
- 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
- Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
- Three Resurrected Drunkards as Y Chong - iru
- Star of the Night
- Hymn to a Tired Man as Takenori Suzuki
- Where did Sharaku go? as Tōshūsai Sharaku
- Song of my Life as Masanobu Kurosawa
- Women and Miso Soup
- The Great Villains as Ichiro Yasui
1967
- The River - Poem of Wrath as Doctor
- Japanese Summer: Double Suicide as Otoko
- Eleven Samurai as Secretary Mizumo
- Band of Ninja as Sakagami Shuzen
- A Killer's Key
- Clouds at Sunset
1966
- The Sword of Doom as Kamo Serizawa
- Irezumi as Hatamoto Serizawa
- Zatoichi's Vengeance as Boss Gonzo
- Violence at Noon as Eisuke Oyamada
- Captive's Island
- Glorious Fights as Yuzo Gondo
- Your Life
- Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
- Assignment Cloud as Nishida
- A Man Worth the Money
1965
- Taikouki as Akechi Mitsuhide
- Kwaidan as Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
- Samurai Spy as Takanosuke Nojiri
- Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Pleasures of the Flesh as Police inspector
- Sword Devil as Secretery Kanbe
- Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
- The Tattooed Lord
- The Flower and the Dragon
- Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again
- Young Boss as Izo
1964
- Onibaba as Hachi
- Roadside Stone as Shogo
- The Third Ninja
- The Ninja Hunt
- The Dawn of Asia as Li Lie-jun
- A Story from Echigo
- Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple as Otaguro
- Life of Hishakaku 3
- Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office as Kinjiro Takeuchi
- Brand of Evil as Eguchi
- Onibaba : Film Location
- Homicide as Asaichi Isobe
1963
- Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin
- Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai as Saburobei Konoe
- Sasuke and His Comedians
- Violent Street
- Mother as Dr. Koiguchi
- Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
- Duel of Blood and Sand as Katsumaki
- At the Side of the Bridge 4
- Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption
- The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List
- Blackmail
- Okashina yatsu as Shamoji
- League of Gangsters as Takamoto
1962
- Harakiri as Masakazu
- Drunkard's Paradise
- Pitfall as Reporter
- The Inheritance as Cop
- The Christian Revolt
- Tokyo Bay as Takeyama
- Human as Hachizo
- Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
- The Paper Crane
- The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman
- Zoku aizen katsura
- Kyoto Assassin
1961
- Epitaph to My Love as Shinji Tsuda
- Procurer of Hell
- Onna no hashi as Kazuhiko Yamana
- Bitter End of a Sweet Night
- 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
- Good-for-Nothing
- The Last Trump Card
- Volunteering for Villainy as Iwai
- Towering Waves
- Knock Down
1959
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity as Shinjô Ittôhei