Kei Satō
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
All Movies (181)
- Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler2009 · as Kazutaka Okada
- Dear My Love2009
- The Whispering of the Gods2005 · as Father Togawa
- Azumi2003 · as Tenkai Nankôbô
- Sensen fukoku2002
- Taboo1999 · as Narrator (voice)
- The Perfect Education1999 · as Lawyer
- Neo Faust1999 · as Dr. Faust
- Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow1997
- Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident1995
- Last Friends1995
- The Wicked Reporter 2: The Rebirth of Horserace Betting1994
- Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy1993
- Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death1993
- The Visas That Saved Lives1992
- Erotic Liaisons1992 · as Nemoto
- Kachô Shima Kôsaku1992
- The Strange Tale of Oyuki1992 · as Detective
- Dioxin from Fish!1992 · as Genjiro
- Akizakura - Cosmos1991
- The Fir Tree Remains1990
- Ronin-gai1990 · as Iseya
- Detective Heiji1990
- Shingo's Ten Duels1990 · as Inoue Kawachi-no-kami
- Business Trip1989 · as (voice)
- Festival of Dreams1989
- I Love You So Much1988
- Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana1988
- Green Requiem1988
- The Notorious Bored Samurai1988
- Nezumi Kozo's Edo Adventure1988
- The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma1987
- The Hopi Prophecy1987 · as Narrator (voice)
- Yakuza Ladies1986 · as Hitoshi Awazu
- Surgical Designs in Flames1986
- Godzilla 19851985 · as Gondo
- Let Him Rest in Peace1985 · as Futoshi Shimoyama
- I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident1985 · as Nakajima
- The Return of Godzilla1984 · as Chief Editor Gondo
- Appassionata1984
- Choji Snack Bar1983 · as Yoshino
- The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo1983 · as Police Inspector
- The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor1983 · as Police Chief
- Tokyo Trial1983 · as Narrator
- Station1981
- Day Dream1981 · as Dentist
- The Imperial Navy1981
- The Beast to Die1980 · as Endo
- The Night of Martial Law1980
- Target1980 · as Ichiro Hamada
- The Revolt1980 · as Narrator (voice)
- The Execution Game1979
- The Man Who Stole the Sun1979 · as Dr. Ichikawa
- Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 821979 · as Gorô Onodera , Military Commentator
- The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf1979 · as Shimizu
- Dead Angle1979
- Golden Partners1979 · as Ohkawa
- The Killing Game1978 · as Shoichi Katsuda
- Japanese Godfather: Conclusion1978 · as Sekino
- Empire of Passion1978 · as Orator
- Lost Love1978 · as Nogami
- The Skies of Haruo1977
- Japanese Godfather: Ambition1977 · as Sekino
- High Seas Hijack1977 · as T.V. Director Fukami
- Japanese Humanity and Justice1977
- They Were Eleven1977
- Yakuza Graveyard1976 · as Teramitsu Abara
- Conflagration1975 · as Director Fukami
- Shimane Prison Riot1975 · as Prison Guard
- My Way1974 · as Koide, Chief of Police
- The Tattooed Hitman1974 · as Yukio Yamaji
- Demon Spies1974
- Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry1973 · as tyobei(Izuya)
- A Japanese Demon1973 · as Psychiartist
- Hanzo the Razor: The Snare1973 · as Shobei Hamajima
- A Diary of a Woman Doctor1973
- Zatoichi's Conspiracy1973 · as Magistrate
- Flower and Dragon1973
- Secret High School Girl: After School Activity1973
- Cross-Currents1972
- Dear Summer Sister1972 · as Shinkô Kuniyoshi
- Gang Warfare1972
- Chase That Man1972
- Inn of Evil1971 · as Yohei
- Expelled from the Kanto Mob1971
- Challenge at Dawn1971
- The Ceremony1971 · as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather
- Evil Spirits of Japan1970 · as Murase / Ochiai
- Live Today, Die Tomorrow!1970
- Naked Ambition1970
- Lone Rebel1969
- Bullet Wound1969
- The Curse of the Ghost1969 · as Iyemon
- Devil's Temple1969 · as Priest
- Diary of a Shinjuku Thief1969 · as Himself
- Outlaw: Goro the Assassin1968
- Where did Sharaku go?1968 · as Tōshūsai Sharaku
- Women and Miso Soup1968
- Hymn to a Tired Man1968 · as Takenori Suzuki
- Song of my Life1968 · as Masanobu Kurosawa
- Three Resurrected Drunkards1968 · as Y Chong - iru
- Kuroneko1968 · as Raiko
- The Great Villains1968 · as Ichiro Yasui
- Death by Hanging1968 · as Prison warden
- Eleven Samurai1967 · as Secretary Mizumo
- A Killer's Key1967
- Japanese Summer: Double Suicide1967 · as Otoko
- The River - Poem of Wrath1967 · as Doctor
- Band of Ninja1967 · as Sakagami Shuzen
- Clouds at Sunset1967
- Glorious Fights1966 · as Yuzo Gondo
- Assignment Cloud1966 · as Nishida
- Your Life1966
- Violence at Noon1966 · as Eisuke Oyamada
- Captive's Island1966
- Zatoichi's Vengeance1966 · as Boss Gonzo
- A Man Worth the Money1966
- The Sword of Doom1966 · as Kamo Serizawa
- Irezumi1966 · as Hatamoto Serizawa
- Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves1966
- The Flower and the Dragon1965
- Sword Devil1965 · as Secretery Kanbe
- Pleasures of the Flesh1965 · as Police inspector
- Samurai Spy1965 · as Takanosuke Nojiri
- Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again1965
- Cold Rice, Osan, Chan1965
- Young Boss1965 · as Izo
- The Tattooed Lord1965
- Kwaidan1965 · as Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
- Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu1965
- Onibaba1964 · as Hachi
- The Ninja Hunt1964
- Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office1964 · as Kinjiro Takeuchi
- Homicide1964 · as Asaichi Isobe
- Roadside Stone1964 · as Shogo
- Brand of Evil1964 · as Eguchi
- A Story from Echigo1964
- Life of Hishakaku 31964
- The Third Ninja1964
- Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple1964 · as Otaguro
- Onibaba : Film Location1964
- Sasuke and His Comedians1963
- Duel of Blood and Sand1963 · as Katsumaki
- Mother1963 · as Dr. Koiguchi
- Okashina yatsu1963 · as Shamoji
- Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin1963
- Blackmail1963
- League of Gangsters1963 · as Takamoto
- At the Side of the Bridge 41963
- The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List1963
- Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi1963
- Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai1963 · as Saburobei Konoe
- Violent Street1963
- Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption1963
- Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady1962
- The Paper Crane1962
- Human1962 · as Hachizo
- Zoku aizen katsura1962
- The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman1962
- Harakiri1962 · as Masakazu
- Pitfall1962 · as Reporter
- Kyoto Assassin1962
- Tokyo Bay1962 · as Takeyama
- The Christian Revolt1962
- The Inheritance1962 · as Cop
- Drunkard's Paradise1962
- Procurer of Hell1961
- Shiroi minamikaze1961
- Onna no hashi1961 · as Kazuhiko Yamana
- Epitaph to My Love1961 · as Shinji Tsuda
- Women of Tokyo1961 · as Tamio Yamada
- Bitter End of a Sweet Night1961
- Incidental Murders1961 · as Ieraishan Tatsu
- Towering Waves1960
- Night and Fog in Japan1960 · as Sakamaki
- Volunteering for Villainy1960 · as Iwai
- The Sun's Burial1960 · as Sakaguchi
- Good-for-Nothing1960
- Cruel Story of Youth1960 · as Akira Matsuko
- Knock Down1960
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity1959 · as Shinjô Ittôhei
All TV Shows (31)
- Prayer Beads2004
- 稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ2004 · as Sabee Inugami
- 藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」2003
- Honmamon2001 · as Sadamichi Yamanaka (Konoha's grandfather)
- Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations2000 · as Mashita Nagamori
- Concerto1996
- Wave in Mind1995
- Graduation1990
- Jūkyūsai1989
- Tabaruzaka1987 · as Iwakura Tomomi
- Chotchan1987 · as 北山俊道
- Byakkotai1986 · as Tanaka Tosa
- Rice Curry1986
- The Autumn in Tokyo1985
- Kokugo Gannen1985
- 水曜ドラマスペシャル1984
- Nemuri Kyoshiro1982
- Precious Moments1981
- Pro Hunter1981
- The Trading Company1980 · as Shigeru Yasuda
- Kusa Moeru1979 · as Hiki Yoshikazu
- Yasei no Shōmei1979
- Ningen no Shōmei1978
- 松本清張シリーズ・中央流沙1975 · as 岡村局長
- Fateful Mountain Pass1974 · as Asahina Genzaemon
- The Water Margin1973 · as Kao Chiu
- Lone Wolf and Cub1973 · as Retsudo Yagyu
- Professional Killers1972
- Star of the Night1968
- Taikouki1965 · as Akechi Mitsuhide
- The Dawn of Asia1964 · as Li Lie-jun