Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Known for
Acting
Born
December 21, 1928
Died
May 2, 2010 (aged 81)
Birthplace
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2009
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler poster

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

Movie · as Kazutaka Hyodo

2009
Dear My Love poster

Dear My Love

Movie

2005
The Whispering of the Gods poster

The Whispering of the Gods

Movie · as Father Togawa

2004
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ poster

稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ

TV · as Sabee Inugami · 1 ep

2004
Prayer Beads poster

Prayer Beads

TV · 1 ep

2003
Azumi poster

Azumi

Movie · as Tenkai Nankôbô

2003
藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」

藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」

TV · 1 ep

2002
Sensen fukoku poster

Sensen fukoku

Movie

2001
Honmamon poster

Honmamon

TV · as Sadamichi Yamanaka (Konoha's grandfather) · 150 eps

2000
Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations poster

Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations

TV · as Mashita Nagamori · 49 eps

1999
The Perfect Education poster

The Perfect Education

Movie · as Lawyer

1999
Taboo poster

Taboo

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1999
Neo Faust poster

Neo Faust

Movie · as Dr. Faust

1997
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow poster

Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow

Movie

1996
Concerto poster

Concerto

TV · 10 eps

1995
Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident poster

Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident

Movie · as Takazawa Hakuun

1995
Last Friends poster

Last Friends

Movie

1995
Wave in Mind poster

Wave in Mind

TV · 11 eps

1994
The Wicked Reporter 2: The Rebirth of Horserace Betting poster

The Wicked Reporter 2: The Rebirth of Horserace Betting

Movie

1993
Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy poster

Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy

Movie

1993
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death poster

Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death

Movie

1992
Erotic Liaisons poster

Erotic Liaisons

Movie · as Nemoto

1992
Dioxin from Fish! poster

Dioxin from Fish!

Movie · as Genjiro

1992
Kachô Shima Kôsaku poster

Kachô Shima Kôsaku

Movie

1992
The Strange Tale of Oyuki poster

The Strange Tale of Oyuki

Movie · as Detective

1992
The Visas That Saved Lives poster

The Visas That Saved Lives

Movie

1991
Akizakura - Cosmos poster

Akizakura - Cosmos

Movie

1990
Ronin-gai poster

Ronin-gai

Movie · as Iseya

1990
Shingo's Ten Duels poster

Shingo's Ten Duels

Movie · as Inoue Kawachi-no-kami

1990
Detective Heiji poster

Detective Heiji

Movie

1990
The Fir Tree Remains poster

The Fir Tree Remains

Movie

1990
Graduation poster

Graduation

TV · 12 eps

1989
Business Trip poster

Business Trip

Movie · as (voice)

1989
Festival of Dreams poster

Festival of Dreams

Movie

1989
Jūkyūsai poster

Jūkyūsai

TV · 3 eps

1988
The Notorious Bored Samurai

The Notorious Bored Samurai

Movie

1988
Green Requiem poster

Green Requiem

Movie

1988
I Love You So Much poster

I Love You So Much

Movie

1988
Nezumi Kozo's Edo Adventure poster

Nezumi Kozo's Edo Adventure

Movie

1988
Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana

Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana

Movie

1987
The Hopi Prophecy poster

The Hopi Prophecy

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1987
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma poster

The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma

Movie

1987
Chotchan poster

Chotchan

TV · as 北山俊道 · 156 eps

1987
Tabaruzaka poster

Tabaruzaka

TV · as Iwakura Tomomi · 2 eps

1986
Surgical Designs in Flames poster

Surgical Designs in Flames

Movie

1986
Yakuza Wives poster

Yakuza Wives

Movie · as Hitoshi Awazu

1986
Impactual Performance poster

Impactual Performance

Movie · as Ryo's father

1986
Rice Curry poster

Rice Curry

TV · 13 eps

1986
Byakkotai poster

Byakkotai

TV · as Tanaka Tosa · 2 eps

1985
Godzilla 1985 poster

Godzilla 1985

Movie · as Gondo

1985
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident poster

I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident

Movie · as Nakajima

1985
Let Him Rest in Peace poster

Let Him Rest in Peace

Movie · as Futoshi Shimoyama

1985
Kokugo Gannen poster

Kokugo Gannen

TV · 5 eps

1985
The Autumn in Tokyo poster

The Autumn in Tokyo

TV · 2 eps

1984
Appassionata poster

Appassionata

Movie

1984
The Return of Godzilla poster

The Return of Godzilla

Movie · as Chief Editor Gondo

1984
水曜ドラマスペシャル poster

水曜ドラマスペシャル

TV · 1 ep

1983
The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo poster

The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo

Movie · as Police Inspector

1983
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor poster

The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor

Movie · as Police Chief

1983
Choji Snack Bar poster

Choji Snack Bar

Movie · as Yoshino

1983
Tokyo Trial poster

Tokyo Trial

Movie · as Narrator

1982
Nemuri Kyoshiro poster

Nemuri Kyoshiro

TV · 20 eps

1981
Station poster

Station

Movie

1981
Day Dream poster

Day Dream

Movie · as Dentist

1981
The Imperial Navy poster

The Imperial Navy

Movie

1981
Precious Moments poster

Precious Moments

TV · 14 eps

1981
Pro Hunter poster

Pro Hunter

TV · 2 eps

1980
The Night of Martial Law poster

The Night of Martial Law

Movie

1980
Target poster

Target

Movie · as Ichiro Hamada

1980
The Beast to Die poster

The Beast to Die

Movie · as Endo

1980
The Revolt poster

The Revolt

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1980
Magnitude 7.9 poster

Magnitude 7.9

Movie

1980
The Dogs of War poster

The Dogs of War

Movie · as Company President

1980
The Trading Company poster

The Trading Company

TV · as Shigeru Yasuda · 4 eps

1979
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf poster

The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf

Movie · as Shimizu

1979
The Man Who Stole the Sun poster

The Man Who Stole the Sun

Movie · as Dr. Ichikawa

1979
Golden Partners poster

Golden Partners

Movie · as Ohkawa

1979
Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82 poster

Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82

Movie · as Gorô Onodera , Military Commentator

1979
Dead Angle poster

Dead Angle

Movie

1979
The Execution Game poster

The Execution Game

Movie

1979
Kusa Moeru poster

Kusa Moeru

TV · as Hiki Yoshikazu · 51 eps

1979
Yasei no Shōmei poster

Yasei no Shōmei

TV · 13 eps

1978
Lost Love poster

Lost Love

Movie · as Nogami

1978
The Killing Game poster

The Killing Game

Movie · as Shoichi Katsuda

1978
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion poster

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion

Movie · as Sekino

1978
Empire of Passion poster

Empire of Passion

Movie · as Orator

1978
Ningen no Shōmei poster

Ningen no Shōmei

TV · 13 eps

1977
Japanese Godfather: Ambition poster

Japanese Godfather: Ambition

Movie · as Sekino

1977
They Were Eleven poster

They Were Eleven

Movie

1977
The Skies of Haruo

The Skies of Haruo

Movie

1977
High Seas Hijack poster

High Seas Hijack

Movie · as T.V. Director Fukami

1977
Japanese Humanity and Justice poster

Japanese Humanity and Justice

Movie

1976
Yakuza Graveyard poster

Yakuza Graveyard

Movie · as Teramitsu Abara

1975
Conflagration poster

Conflagration

Movie · as Director Fukami

1975
Shimane Prison Riot poster

Shimane Prison Riot

Movie · as Prison Guard

1975
松本清張シリーズ・中央流沙 poster

松本清張シリーズ・中央流沙

TV · as 岡村局長 · 1 ep

1974
My Way poster

My Way

Movie · as Koide, Chief of Police

1974
Demon Spies poster

Demon Spies

Movie

1974
The Tattooed Hitman poster

The Tattooed Hitman

Movie · as Yukio Yamaji

1974
Fateful Mountain Pass poster

Fateful Mountain Pass

TV · as Asahina Genzaemon · 21 eps

1973
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare poster

Hanzo the Razor: The Snare

Movie · as Shobei Hamajima

1973
Zatoichi's Conspiracy poster

Zatoichi's Conspiracy

Movie · as Magistrate

1973
Secret High School Girl: After School Activity poster

Secret High School Girl: After School Activity

Movie

1973
A Diary of a Woman Doctor poster

A Diary of a Woman Doctor

Movie

1973
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry poster

Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry

Movie · as tyobei(Izuya)

1973
A Japanese Demon poster

A Japanese Demon

Movie · as Psychiartist

1973
Flower and Dragon poster

Flower and Dragon

Movie

1973
The Water Margin poster

The Water Margin

TV · as Kao Chiu · 26 eps

1973
Lone Wolf and Cub poster

Lone Wolf and Cub

TV · as Retsudo Yagyu · 26 eps

1972
Dear Summer Sister poster

Dear Summer Sister

Movie · as Shinkô Kuniyoshi

1972
Chase That Man poster

Chase That Man

Movie

1972
Gang Warfare poster

Gang Warfare

Movie

1972
Cross-Currents poster

Cross-Currents

Movie

1972
Professional Killers poster

Professional Killers

TV · 1 ep

1971
The Ceremony poster

The Ceremony

Movie · as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather

1971
Inn of Evil poster

Inn of Evil

Movie · as Yohei

1971
Expelled from the Kanto Mob poster

Expelled from the Kanto Mob

Movie

1971
Challenge at Dawn poster

Challenge at Dawn

Movie

1970
Evil Spirits of Japan poster

Evil Spirits of Japan

Movie · as Murase / Ochiai

1970
Live Today, Die Tomorrow! poster

Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

Movie

1970
Naked Ambition poster

Naked Ambition

Movie

1969
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief poster

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief

Movie · as Himself

1969
Devil's Temple poster

Devil's Temple

Movie · as Priest

1969
The Curse of the Ghost poster

The Curse of the Ghost

Movie · as Iyemon

1969
Lone Rebel poster

Lone Rebel

Movie

1969
Bullet Wound poster

Bullet Wound

Movie

1968
Kuroneko poster

Kuroneko

Movie · as Raiko

1968
Women and Miso Soup poster

Women and Miso Soup

Movie

1968
Death by Hanging poster

Death by Hanging

Movie · as Prison warden

1968
Three Resurrected Drunkards poster

Three Resurrected Drunkards

Movie · as Y Chong - iru

1968
Hymn to a Tired Man poster

Hymn to a Tired Man

Movie · as Takenori Suzuki

1968
Where did Sharaku go? poster

Where did Sharaku go?

Movie · as Tōshūsai Sharaku

1968
Song of my Life poster

Song of my Life

Movie · as Masanobu Kurosawa

1968
Outlaw: Goro the Assassin poster

Outlaw: Goro the Assassin

Movie

1968
The Great Villains poster

The Great Villains

Movie · as Ichiro Yasui

1968
Star of the Night poster

Star of the Night

TV · 26 eps

1967
Eleven Samurai poster

Eleven Samurai

Movie · as Secretary Mizumo

1967
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide poster

Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

Movie · as Otoko

1967
Band of Ninja poster

Band of Ninja

Movie · as Sakagami Shuzen

1967
The River - Poem of Wrath

The River - Poem of Wrath

Movie · as Doctor

1967
Clouds at Sunset poster

Clouds at Sunset

Movie

1967
A Killer's Key poster

A Killer's Key

Movie

1966
Zatoichi's Vengeance poster

Zatoichi's Vengeance

Movie · as Boss Gonzo

1966
Violence at Noon poster

Violence at Noon

Movie · as Eisuke Oyamada

1966
The Sword of Doom poster

The Sword of Doom

Movie · as Kamo Serizawa

1966
Your Life poster

Your Life

Movie

1966
Irezumi poster

Irezumi

Movie · as Hatamoto Serizawa

1966
Captive's Island poster

Captive's Island

Movie

1966
Glorious Fights poster

Glorious Fights

Movie · as Yuzo Gondo

1966
Assignment Cloud poster

Assignment Cloud

Movie · as Nishida

1966
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves poster

Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves

Movie

1966
A Man Worth the Money poster

A Man Worth the Money

Movie

1965
Kwaidan poster

Kwaidan

Movie · as Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")

1965
Samurai Spy poster

Samurai Spy

Movie · as Takanosuke Nojiri

1965
Pleasures of the Flesh poster

Pleasures of the Flesh

Movie · as Police inspector

1965
Sword Devil poster

Sword Devil

Movie · as Secretery Kanbe

1965
Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again poster

Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again

Movie

1965
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan poster

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan

Movie

1965
Young Boss poster

Young Boss

Movie · as Izo

1965
The Flower and the Dragon poster

The Flower and the Dragon

Movie

1965
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu poster

Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu

Movie

1965
The Tattooed Lord poster

The Tattooed Lord

Movie

1965
Taikouki poster

Taikouki

TV · as Akechi Mitsuhide · 52 eps

1964
Onibaba poster

Onibaba

Movie · as Hachi

1964
The Ninja Hunt poster

The Ninja Hunt

Movie

1964
Life of Hishakaku 3 poster

Life of Hishakaku 3

Movie

1964
Homicide poster

Homicide

Movie · as Asaichi Isobe

1964
A Story from Echigo poster

A Story from Echigo

Movie

1964
Roadside Stone poster

Roadside Stone

Movie · as Shogo

1964
The Third Ninja poster

The Third Ninja

Movie

1964
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple poster

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

Movie · as Otaguro

1964
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office poster

Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office

Movie · as Kinjiro Takeuchi

1964
Brand of Evil poster

Brand of Evil

Movie · as Eguchi

1964
Onibaba : Film Location poster

Onibaba : Film Location

Movie

1964
The Dawn of Asia poster

The Dawn of Asia

TV · as Li Lie-jun · 13 eps

1963
Okashina yatsu poster

Okashina yatsu

Movie · as Shamoji

1963
Blackmail poster

Blackmail

Movie

1963
Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption poster

Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption

Movie

1963
Duel of Blood and Sand poster

Duel of Blood and Sand

Movie · as Katsumaki

1963
Mother poster

Mother

Movie · as Dr. Koiguchi

1963
Sasuke and His Comedians poster

Sasuke and His Comedians

Movie

1963
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai poster

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

Movie · as Saburobei Konoe

1963
The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List poster

The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List

Movie

1963
League of Gangsters poster

League of Gangsters

Movie · as Takamoto

1963
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi poster

Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi

Movie

1963
Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin poster

Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin

Movie

1963
At the Side of the Bridge 4 poster

At the Side of the Bridge 4

Movie

1963
Violent Street poster

Violent Street

Movie

1963
Chiisana bōken ryokō poster

Chiisana bōken ryokō

Movie

1962
Zoku aizen katsura poster

Zoku aizen katsura

Movie

1962
Pitfall poster

Pitfall

Movie · as Reporter

1962
Human poster

Human

Movie · as Hachizo

1962
Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady poster

Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady

Movie

1962
Harakiri poster

Harakiri

Movie · as Masakazu

1962
The Inheritance poster

The Inheritance

Movie · as Cop

1962
The Paper Crane poster

The Paper Crane

Movie

1962
The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman poster

The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman

Movie

1962
Tokyo Bay poster

Tokyo Bay

Movie · as Takeyama

1962
Drunkard's Paradise poster

Drunkard's Paradise

Movie

1962
Kyoto Assassin poster

Kyoto Assassin

Movie

1962
The Christian Revolt poster

The Christian Revolt

Movie

1961
Epitaph to My Love poster

Epitaph to My Love

Movie · as Shinji Tsuda

1961
Women of Tokyo poster

Women of Tokyo

Movie · as Tamio Yamada

1961
Incidental Murders poster

Incidental Murders

Movie · as Ieraishan Tatsu

1961
Bitter End of a Sweet Night poster

Bitter End of a Sweet Night

Movie

1961
Procurer of Hell poster

Procurer of Hell

Movie

1961
Shiroi minamikaze poster

Shiroi minamikaze

Movie

1961
Onna no hashi poster

Onna no hashi

Movie · as Kazuhiko Yamana

1960
Cruel Story of Youth poster

Cruel Story of Youth

Movie · as Akira Matsuko

1960
Night and Fog in Japan poster

Night and Fog in Japan

Movie · as Sakamaki

1960
The Sun's Burial poster

The Sun's Burial

Movie · as Sakaguchi

1960
Volunteering for Villainy poster

Volunteering for Villainy

Movie · as Iwai

1960
Good-for-Nothing poster

Good-for-Nothing

Movie

1960
Knock Down poster

Knock Down

Movie

1960
Towering Waves poster

Towering Waves

Movie

1960
The Last Trump Card poster

The Last Trump Card

Movie

1959
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity poster

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

Movie · as Shinjô Ittôhei