
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

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
Movie · as Kazutaka Hyodo

Dear My Love
Movie

The Whispering of the Gods
Movie · as Father Togawa

稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
TV · as Sabee Inugami · 1 ep

Prayer Beads
TV · 1 ep

Azumi
Movie · as Tenkai Nankôbô
藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」
TV · 1 ep

Sensen fukoku
Movie

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

Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations
TV · as Mashita Nagamori · 49 eps

The Perfect Education
Movie · as Lawyer

Taboo
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Neo Faust
Movie · as Dr. Faust

Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
Movie

Concerto
TV · 10 eps

Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
Movie · as Takazawa Hakuun

Last Friends
Movie

Wave in Mind
TV · 11 eps

The Wicked Reporter 2: The Rebirth of Horserace Betting
Movie

Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy
Movie

Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
Movie

Erotic Liaisons
Movie · as Nemoto

Dioxin from Fish!
Movie · as Genjiro

Kachô Shima Kôsaku
Movie

The Strange Tale of Oyuki
Movie · as Detective

The Visas That Saved Lives
Movie

Akizakura - Cosmos
Movie

Ronin-gai
Movie · as Iseya

Shingo's Ten Duels
Movie · as Inoue Kawachi-no-kami

Detective Heiji
Movie

The Fir Tree Remains
Movie

Graduation
TV · 12 eps

Business Trip
Movie · as (voice)

Festival of Dreams
Movie

Jūkyūsai
TV · 3 eps
The Notorious Bored Samurai
Movie

Green Requiem
Movie

I Love You So Much
Movie

Nezumi Kozo's Edo Adventure
Movie
Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana
Movie

The Hopi Prophecy
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
Movie

Chotchan
TV · as 北山俊道 · 156 eps

Tabaruzaka
TV · as Iwakura Tomomi · 2 eps

Surgical Designs in Flames
Movie

Yakuza Wives
Movie · as Hitoshi Awazu

Impactual Performance
Movie · as Ryo's father

Rice Curry
TV · 13 eps

Byakkotai
TV · as Tanaka Tosa · 2 eps

Godzilla 1985
Movie · as Gondo

I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
Movie · as Nakajima

Let Him Rest in Peace
Movie · as Futoshi Shimoyama

Kokugo Gannen
TV · 5 eps

The Autumn in Tokyo
TV · 2 eps

Appassionata
Movie

The Return of Godzilla
Movie · as Chief Editor Gondo

水曜ドラマスペシャル
TV · 1 ep

The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo
Movie · as Police Inspector

The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
Movie · as Police Chief

Choji Snack Bar
Movie · as Yoshino

Tokyo Trial
Movie · as Narrator

Nemuri Kyoshiro
TV · 20 eps

Station
Movie

Day Dream
Movie · as Dentist

The Imperial Navy
Movie

Precious Moments
TV · 14 eps

Pro Hunter
TV · 2 eps

The Night of Martial Law
Movie

Target
Movie · as Ichiro Hamada

The Beast to Die
Movie · as Endo

The Revolt
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Magnitude 7.9
Movie

The Dogs of War
Movie · as Company President

The Trading Company
TV · as Shigeru Yasuda · 4 eps

The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
Movie · as Shimizu

The Man Who Stole the Sun
Movie · as Dr. Ichikawa

Golden Partners
Movie · as Ohkawa

Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82
Movie · as Gorô Onodera , Military Commentator

Dead Angle
Movie

The Execution Game
Movie

Kusa Moeru
TV · as Hiki Yoshikazu · 51 eps

Yasei no Shōmei
TV · 13 eps

Lost Love
Movie · as Nogami

The Killing Game
Movie · as Shoichi Katsuda

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
Movie · as Sekino

Empire of Passion
Movie · as Orator

Ningen no Shōmei
TV · 13 eps

Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Movie · as Sekino

They Were Eleven
Movie
The Skies of Haruo
Movie

High Seas Hijack
Movie · as T.V. Director Fukami

Japanese Humanity and Justice
Movie

Yakuza Graveyard
Movie · as Teramitsu Abara

Conflagration
Movie · as Director Fukami

Shimane Prison Riot
Movie · as Prison Guard

松本清張シリーズ・中央流沙
TV · as 岡村局長 · 1 ep

My Way
Movie · as Koide, Chief of Police

Demon Spies
Movie

The Tattooed Hitman
Movie · as Yukio Yamaji

Fateful Mountain Pass
TV · as Asahina Genzaemon · 21 eps

Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
Movie · as Shobei Hamajima

Zatoichi's Conspiracy
Movie · as Magistrate

Secret High School Girl: After School Activity
Movie

A Diary of a Woman Doctor
Movie

Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
Movie · as tyobei(Izuya)

A Japanese Demon
Movie · as Psychiartist

Flower and Dragon
Movie

The Water Margin
TV · as Kao Chiu · 26 eps

Lone Wolf and Cub
TV · as Retsudo Yagyu · 26 eps

Dear Summer Sister
Movie · as Shinkô Kuniyoshi

Chase That Man
Movie

Gang Warfare
Movie

Cross-Currents
Movie

Professional Killers
TV · 1 ep

The Ceremony
Movie · as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather

Inn of Evil
Movie · as Yohei

Expelled from the Kanto Mob
Movie

Challenge at Dawn
Movie

Evil Spirits of Japan
Movie · as Murase / Ochiai

Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
Movie

Naked Ambition
Movie

Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
Movie · as Himself

Devil's Temple
Movie · as Priest

The Curse of the Ghost
Movie · as Iyemon

Lone Rebel
Movie

Bullet Wound
Movie

Kuroneko
Movie · as Raiko

Women and Miso Soup
Movie

Death by Hanging
Movie · as Prison warden

Three Resurrected Drunkards
Movie · as Y Chong - iru

Hymn to a Tired Man
Movie · as Takenori Suzuki

Where did Sharaku go?
Movie · as Tōshūsai Sharaku

Song of my Life
Movie · as Masanobu Kurosawa

Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
Movie

The Great Villains
Movie · as Ichiro Yasui

Star of the Night
TV · 26 eps

Eleven Samurai
Movie · as Secretary Mizumo

Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
Movie · as Otoko

Band of Ninja
Movie · as Sakagami Shuzen
The River - Poem of Wrath
Movie · as Doctor

Clouds at Sunset
Movie

A Killer's Key
Movie

Zatoichi's Vengeance
Movie · as Boss Gonzo

Violence at Noon
Movie · as Eisuke Oyamada

The Sword of Doom
Movie · as Kamo Serizawa

Your Life
Movie

Irezumi
Movie · as Hatamoto Serizawa

Captive's Island
Movie

Glorious Fights
Movie · as Yuzo Gondo

Assignment Cloud
Movie · as Nishida

Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
Movie

A Man Worth the Money
Movie

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

Samurai Spy
Movie · as Takanosuke Nojiri

Pleasures of the Flesh
Movie · as Police inspector

Sword Devil
Movie · as Secretery Kanbe

Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again
Movie

Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
Movie

Young Boss
Movie · as Izo

The Flower and the Dragon
Movie

Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
Movie

The Tattooed Lord
Movie

Taikouki
TV · as Akechi Mitsuhide · 52 eps

Onibaba
Movie · as Hachi

The Ninja Hunt
Movie

Life of Hishakaku 3
Movie

Homicide
Movie · as Asaichi Isobe

A Story from Echigo
Movie

Roadside Stone
Movie · as Shogo

The Third Ninja
Movie

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
Movie · as Otaguro

Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
Movie · as Kinjiro Takeuchi

Brand of Evil
Movie · as Eguchi

Onibaba : Film Location
Movie

The Dawn of Asia
TV · as Li Lie-jun · 13 eps

Okashina yatsu
Movie · as Shamoji

Blackmail
Movie

Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption
Movie

Duel of Blood and Sand
Movie · as Katsumaki

Mother
Movie · as Dr. Koiguchi

Sasuke and His Comedians
Movie

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Movie · as Saburobei Konoe

The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List
Movie

League of Gangsters
Movie · as Takamoto

Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
Movie

Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin
Movie

At the Side of the Bridge 4
Movie

Violent Street
Movie

Chiisana bōken ryokō
Movie

Zoku aizen katsura
Movie

Pitfall
Movie · as Reporter

Human
Movie · as Hachizo

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

Harakiri
Movie · as Masakazu

The Inheritance
Movie · as Cop

The Paper Crane
Movie

The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman
Movie

Tokyo Bay
Movie · as Takeyama

Drunkard's Paradise
Movie

Kyoto Assassin
Movie

The Christian Revolt
Movie

Epitaph to My Love
Movie · as Shinji Tsuda

Women of Tokyo
Movie · as Tamio Yamada

Incidental Murders
Movie · as Ieraishan Tatsu

Bitter End of a Sweet Night
Movie

Procurer of Hell
Movie

Shiroi minamikaze
Movie

Onna no hashi
Movie · as Kazuhiko Yamana

Cruel Story of Youth
Movie · as Akira Matsuko

Night and Fog in Japan
Movie · as Sakamaki

The Sun's Burial
Movie · as Sakaguchi

Volunteering for Villainy
Movie · as Iwai

Good-for-Nothing
Movie

Knock Down
Movie

Towering Waves
Movie

The Last Trump Card
Movie

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Movie · as Shinjô Ittôhei



