Kei Satō
Known for: Acting
Born: December 21, 1928
Died: May 2, 2010
Place of birth: Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan
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.
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Filmography
182 movies · 31 TV shows, newest first
6.7
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
2009
NR
Dear My Love
2009
5.3
The Whispering of the Gods
2005
8.0
Prayer Beads
2004
9.0
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
2004
6.9
Azumi
2003NR
藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」
2003
8.0
Sensen fukoku
2002
NR
Honmamon
2001
10.0
Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations
2000
6.6
Taboo
1999
5.4
The Perfect Education
1999
NR
Neo Faust
1999
NR
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
1997
4.0
Concerto
1996
NR
Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
1995
5.5
Last Friends
1995
NR
Wave in Mind
1995
6.3
The Wicked Reporter 2: The Rebirth of Horserace Betting
1994
NR
Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy
1993
NR
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
1993
10.0
The Visas That Saved Lives
1992
4.6
Erotic Liaisons
1992
7.0
Kachô Shima Kôsaku
1992
7.8
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
1992
10.0
Dioxin from Fish!
1992
NR
Akizakura - Cosmos
1991
NR
The Fir Tree Remains
1990
6.2
Ronin-gai
1990
NR
Detective Heiji
1990
NR
Graduation
1990
NR
Shingo's Ten Duels
1990
NR
Business Trip
1989
7.0
Festival of Dreams
1989
NR
Jūkyūsai
1989
NR
I Love You So Much
1988NR
Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana
1988
9.0
Green Requiem
198810.0
The Notorious Bored Samurai
1988
NR
Nezumi Kozo's Edo Adventure
1988
NR
Tabaruzaka
1987
6.0
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
1987
NR
Chotchan
1987
NR
The Hopi Prophecy
1987
NR
Byakkotai
1986
5.5
Yakuza Ladies
1986
10.0
Surgical Designs in Flames
1986
NR
Rice Curry
1986
NR
The Autumn in Tokyo
1985
6.8
Godzilla 1985
1985
8.0
Let Him Rest in Peace
1985
NR
Kokugo Gannen
1985
3.7
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
1985
7.2
The Return of Godzilla
1984
NR
水曜ドラマスペシャル
1984
6.3
Appassionata
1984
7.4
Choji Snack Bar
1983
NR
The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo
1983
6.6
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
1983
7.0
Tokyo Trial
1983
NR
Nemuri Kyoshiro
1982
6.4
Station
1981
NR
Precious Moments
1981
4.8
Day Dream
1981
6.6
The Imperial Navy
1981
NR
Pro Hunter
1981
10.0
The Trading Company
1980
5.8
The Beast to Die
1980
NR
The Night of Martial Law
1980
10.0
Target
1980
7.0
The Revolt
1980
7.4
The Execution Game
1979
7.3
The Man Who Stole the Sun
1979
6.0
Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82
1979
6.3
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
1979
8.0
Dead Angle
1979
7.0
Golden Partners
1979
7.0
Kusa Moeru
1979
NR
Yasei no Shōmei
1979
7.5
The Killing Game
1978
7.3
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
1978
6.9
Empire of Passion
1978
6.4
Lost Love
1978
NR
Ningen no Shōmei
1978NR
The Skies of Haruo
1977
7.7
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
1977
10.0
High Seas Hijack
1977
7.0
Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977
NR
They Were Eleven
1977
6.6
Yakuza Graveyard
1976
NR
松本清張シリーズ・中央流沙
1975
7.0
Conflagration
1975
6.5
Shimane Prison Riot
1975
NR
Fateful Mountain Pass
1974
6.0
My Way
1974
6.2
The Tattooed Hitman
1974
6.2
Demon Spies
1974
7.9
The Water Margin
1973
9.3
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
1973
7.7
A Japanese Demon
1973
6.2
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
1973
NR
A Diary of a Woman Doctor
1973
7.0
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
1973
8.1
Lone Wolf and Cub
1973
10.0
Flower and Dragon
1973
4.7
Secret High School Girl: After School Activity
1973
6.3
Cross-Currents
1972
8.0
Professional Killers
1972
5.1
Dear Summer Sister
1972
8.0
Gang Warfare
1972
NR
Chase That Man
1972
6.3
Inn of Evil
1971
NR
Expelled from the Kanto Mob
1971
NR
Challenge at Dawn
1971
6.7
The Ceremony
1971
6.8
Evil Spirits of Japan
1970
6.9
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
1970
8.0
Naked Ambition
1970
8.0
Lone Rebel
1969
8.0
Bullet Wound
1969
6.8
The Curse of the Ghost
1969
6.8
Devil's Temple
1969
4.8
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
1969
6.6
Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
1968
8.0
Where did Sharaku go?
1968
NR
Star of the Night
1968
9.0
Women and Miso Soup
1968
8.2
Hymn to a Tired Man
1968
NR
Song of my Life
1968
5.7
Three Resurrected Drunkards
1968
7.4
Kuroneko
1968
5.2
The Great Villains
1968
7.5
Death by Hanging
1968
7.5
Eleven Samurai
1967
7.8
A Killer's Key
1967
5.7
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide
1967NR
The River - Poem of Wrath
1967
5.0
Band of Ninja
1967
6.0
Clouds at Sunset
1967
7.3
Glorious Fights
1966
2.0
Assignment Cloud
1966
NR
Your Life
1966
6.2
Violence at Noon
1966
6.7
Captive's Island
1966
6.9
Zatoichi's Vengeance
1966
7.0
A Man Worth the Money
1966
7.8
The Sword of Doom
1966
6.9
Irezumi
1966
10.0
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
1966
8.0
The Flower and the Dragon
1965
6.3
Sword Devil
1965
5.8
Pleasures of the Flesh
1965
6.4
Samurai Spy
1965
7.0
Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again
1965
7.0
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan
1965
7.5
Young Boss
1965
7.5
The Tattooed Lord
1965
7.7
Kwaidan
1965
8.4
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
1965
NR
Taikouki
1965
9.0
The Dawn of Asia
1964
7.7
Onibaba
1964
7.5
The Ninja Hunt
1964
8.5
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
1964
NR
Homicide
1964
6.5
Roadside Stone
1964
7.7
Brand of Evil
1964
7.2
A Story from Echigo
1964
NR
Life of Hishakaku 3
1964
7.0
The Third Ninja
1964
7.0
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
NR
Onibaba : Film Location
1964
6.6
Sasuke and His Comedians
1963
7.8
Duel of Blood and Sand
1963
6.8
Mother
1963
NR
Okashina yatsu
1963
NR
Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin
1963
NR
Blackmail
1963
8.0
League of Gangsters
1963
NR
At the Side of the Bridge 4
1963
5.0
The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List
1963
10.0
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
1963
6.7
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
NR
Violent Street
1963
6.0
Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption
1963
NR
Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
1962
NR
The Paper Crane
1962
6.9
Human
1962
NR
Zoku aizen katsura
1962
6.0
The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman
1962
8.5
Harakiri
1962
7.3
Pitfall
1962
NR
Kyoto Assassin
1962
7.0
Tokyo Bay
1962
6.7
The Christian Revolt
1962
7.3
The Inheritance
1962
NR
Drunkard's Paradise
1962
8.5
Procurer of Hell
1961
NR
Shiroi minamikaze
1961
NR
Onna no hashi
1961
7.8
Epitaph to My Love
1961
NR
Women of Tokyo
1961
6.0
Bitter End of a Sweet Night
1961
5.0
Incidental Murders
1961
2.7
Towering Waves
1960
6.5
Night and Fog in Japan
1960
NR
Volunteering for Villainy
1960
5.0
The Last Trump Card
1960
6.4
The Sun's Burial
1960
6.9
Good-for-Nothing
1960
6.6
Cruel Story of Youth
1960
NR
Knock Down
1960
8.2
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959