Junya Satō
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 6, 1932
- Died
- February 9, 2019 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
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.
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Filmography
Sakurada Gate Incident
Movie · Director
Yamato
Movie · Director
金融腐蝕列島 再生
Movie · Director
The Peking Man
Movie · Director
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
Movie · Director
The Dream of Russia
Movie · Director
Hold Me and Kiss Me
Movie · Director
The Silk Road
Movie · Director
Lost in the Wilderness
Movie · Director
Kukai
Movie · Director
Theater Of Life
Movie · Director
The Go Masters
Movie · Director
Gメン'82
TV · Director · 17 eps
The Way to The Gold Medals
Movie · Director
Drive for the Future
Movie · Director
Never Give Up
Movie · Director
Proof of the Man
Movie · Director
Manhunt
Movie · Director
The Bullet Train
Movie · Director
Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School
Movie · Director
Golgo 13
Movie · Director
A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
Movie · Director
Quarreling with Yakuza
Movie · Director
The Ando Gang Documentary Film
Movie · Director
Gang Warfare
Movie · Director
Yakuza Skirmishes
Movie · Director
The Armed Organization
Movie · Director
The Gambler's Counterattack
Movie · Director
The Last Kamikaze
Movie · Director
The Japan Derby Race
Movie · Director
The Private Police
Movie · Director
Yakuza on Foot
Movie · Director
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
Movie · Director
The Drifting Avenger
Movie · Director
Key Hunter
TV · Director · 262 eps
Organized Violence II
Movie · Director
Organized Violence
Movie · Director
Thirst for Love
Movie · Director
Raised in a Palace
Movie · Director
Tale of Army Brutality
Movie · Director
The King 2
Movie · Director
The King
Movie · Assistant Director
Invasion of the Neptune Men
Movie · Assistant Director