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
- Dioxin from Fish! as Genjiro
- Kachô Shima Kôsaku
- 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
- Rice Curry
- Byakkotai as Tanaka Tosa
- Yakuza Ladies as Hitoshi Awazu
- Surgical Designs in Flames
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
- The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo as Police Inspector
- Tokyo Trial as Narrator
1982
1981
- Pro Hunter
- Precious Moments
- The Imperial Navy
- Day Dream as Dentist
- Station
1980
- The Night of Martial Law
- The Trading Company as Shigeru Yasuda
- The Beast to Die as Endo
- The Revolt as Narrator (voice)
- Target as Ichiro Hamada
1979
- Kusa Moeru as Hiki Yoshikazu
- The Man Who Stole the Sun as Dr. Ichikawa
- Yasei no Shōmei
- The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf as Shimizu
- Dead Angle
- The Execution Game
- Golden Partners as Ohkawa
- Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82 as Gorô Onodera , Military Commentator
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
- 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
- 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
- My Way as Koide, Chief of Police
- Demon Spies
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
- Flower and Dragon
- Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry as tyobei(Izuya)
- A Japanese Demon as Psychiartist
- A Diary of a Woman Doctor
- Secret High School Girl: After School Activity
1972
- Professional Killers
- Chase That Man
- Dear Summer Sister as Shinkô Kuniyoshi
- Cross-Currents
- Gang Warfare
1971
- Inn of Evil as Yohei
- The Ceremony as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather
- Expelled from the Kanto Mob
- Challenge at Dawn
1970
- Naked Ambition
- Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
- Evil Spirits of Japan as Murase / Ochiai
1969
- Diary of a Shinjuku Thief as Himself
- Devil's Temple as Priest
- Bullet Wound
- The Curse of the Ghost as Iyemon
- Lone Rebel
1968
- Death by Hanging as Prison warden
- Kuroneko as Raiko
- Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
- Three Resurrected Drunkards as Y Chong - iru
- Hymn to a Tired Man as Takenori Suzuki
- Star of the Night
- Song of my Life as Masanobu Kurosawa
- The Great Villains as Ichiro Yasui
- Where did Sharaku go? as Tōshūsai Sharaku
- Women and Miso Soup
1967
- Eleven Samurai as Secretary Mizumo
- Japanese Summer: Double Suicide as Otoko
- Band of Ninja as Sakagami Shuzen
- A Killer's Key
- Clouds at Sunset
- The River - Poem of Wrath as Doctor
1966
- Irezumi as Hatamoto Serizawa
- The Sword of Doom as Kamo Serizawa
- Captive's Island
- Zatoichi's Vengeance as Boss Gonzo
- Violence at Noon as Eisuke Oyamada
- Assignment Cloud as Nishida
- Glorious Fights as Yuzo Gondo
- Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
- A Man Worth the Money
- Your Life
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
- Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
- Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
- The Flower and the Dragon
- Sword Devil as Secretery Kanbe
- The Tattooed Lord
- Young Boss as Izo
- Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again
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
- Brand of Evil as Eguchi
- The Ninja Hunt
- The Third Ninja
- Roadside Stone as Shogo
- Homicide as Asaichi Isobe
- Life of Hishakaku 3
- Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office as Kinjiro Takeuchi
- Onibaba : Film Location
1963
- Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai as Saburobei Konoe
- Blackmail
- The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List
- Sasuke and His Comedians
- League of Gangsters as Takamoto
- Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
- Mother as Dr. Koiguchi
- Duel of Blood and Sand as Katsumaki
- Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption
- Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin
- Okashina yatsu as Shamoji
- At the Side of the Bridge 4
- Violent Street
1962
- Harakiri as Masakazu
- Pitfall as Reporter
- The Inheritance as Cop
- The Christian Revolt
- The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman
- Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
- Drunkard's Paradise
- The Paper Crane
- Human as Hachizo
- Zoku aizen katsura
- Kyoto Assassin
- Tokyo Bay as Takeyama
1961
- Incidental Murders as Ieraishan Tatsu
- Bitter End of a Sweet Night
- Women of Tokyo as Tamio Yamada
- Procurer of Hell
- Epitaph to My Love as Shinji Tsuda
- Shiroi minamikaze
- 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
- Volunteering for Villainy as Iwai
- Knock Down
1959
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity as Shinjô Ittôhei