Junya Satō
Born: 1932-11-06 in Tokyo, Japan
Died: 2019-02-09
Known For: Directing
Biography
Junya Satō (佐藤 純彌, Satō Jun'ya, 6 November 1932 – 9 February 2019) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His son, Tōya Satō (佐藤 東弥, Satō Tōya), is also a film director. Born in Tokyo, Satō graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1956 with a degree in French literature. He joined the Toei studio and worked as an assistant to such directors as Tadashi Imai and Miyoji Ieki. He debuted as a director in 1963 with Rikugun Zangyaku Monogatari, for which he won a best newcomer's award at the Blue Ribbon Awards. While starting in mostly yakuza film, Satō eventually became known for big budget spectaculars. The Go Masters, a China-Japan co-production he co-directed with Duan Jishun, won the grand prize at the Montreal World Film Festival in 1983. He won the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year in 1989 for The Silk Road.
Filmography
2010
- Sakurada Gate Incident ... (Director)
2005
- Yamato ... (Director)
2002
- 金融腐蝕列島 再生 ... (Director)
1997
- The Peking Man ... (Director)
1994
- Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown ... (Director)
1992
- Hold Me and Kiss Me ... (Director)
- The Dream of Russia ... (Director)
1988
- The Silk Road ... (Director)
1986
- Lost in the Wilderness ... (Director)
1984
- Kukai ... (Director)
1983
- Theater Of Life ... (Director)
1982
- Gメン'82 ... (Director)
- The Go Masters ... (Director)
1980
- The Way to The Gold Medals ... (Director)
- Drive for the Future ... (Director)
1978
- Never Give Up ... (Director)
1977
- Proof of the Man ... (Director)
1976
- Manhunt ... (Director)
1975
- The Bullet Train ... (Director)
1974
- Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School ... (Director)
1973
- Golgo 13 ... (Director)
- The Ando Gang Documentary Film ... (Director)
- Quarreling with Yakuza ... (Director)
- A True Story of the Private Ginza Police ... (Director)
- Fantasia ... (Director)
1972
- Gang Warfare ... (Director)
- Yakuza Skirmishes ... (Director)
1971
- The Gambler's Counterattack ... (Director)
- The Armed Organization ... (Director)
1970
- The Last Kamikaze ... (Director)
- The Japan Derby Race ... (Director)
1969
- Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers ... (Director)
- Yakuza on Foot ... (Director)
- The Private Police ... (Director)
1968
- Key Hunter ... (Director)
- The Drifting Avenger ... (Director)
1967
- Organized Violence II ... (Director)
- Organized Violence ... (Director)
1966
- Thirst for Love ... (Director)
1964
- Wolves, Pigs & Men ... (Screenplay)
- Raised in a Palace ... (Director)
1963
- Tale of Army Brutality ... (Director)
- Zoku ôsho ... (Director)
1962
- The King ... (Assistant Director)
1961
- Invasion of the Neptune Men ... (Assistant Director)