Cast

Kei Satō

1928 – 2010

Active years (films on this site)

1959–1983

Genres

DramaCrimeThrillerComedyWar

Schools and movements

Japanese New WaveJapanese Golden AgeHorror and the UncannyContemporary Asian Cinema

Directors worked with

Nagisa Oshima7 filmsMasaki Kobayashi4 filmsKaneto Shindo3 filmsYasuzo Masumura2 filmsHiroshi Teshigahara1 filmKihachi Okamoto1 filmKazuhiko Hasegawa1 film

Biography

Kei Satō 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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19 films on this site

1. The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity 1959 · Masaki Kobayashi · IMDb 8.5 · Cast
2. Night and Fog in Japan 1960 · Nagisa Oshima · IMDb 6.8 · Cast
3. Harakiri 1962 · Masaki Kobayashi · IMDb 8.6 · Cast
4. Pitfall 1962 · Hiroshi Teshigahara · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
5. Onibaba 1964 · Kaneto Shindo · IMDb 7.8 · Cast
6. The Pleasures of the Flesh 1965 · Nagisa Oshima · IMDb 6.9 · Cast
7. Irezumi 1966 · Yasuzo Masumura · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
8. The Sword of Doom 1966 · Kihachi Okamoto · IMDb 7.9 · Cast
9. Violence at Noon 1966 · Nagisa Oshima · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
10. Double Suicide: Japanese Summer 1967 · Nagisa Oshima · IMDb 6.7 · Cast
11. Black Cat 1968 · Kaneto Shindo · IMDb 7.7 · Cast
12. Death by Hanging 1968 · Nagisa Oshima · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
13. Diary of a Shinjuku Thief 1968 · Nagisa Oshima · IMDb 6.1 · Cast
14. Three Resurrected Drunkards 1968 · Nagisa Oshima · IMDb 6.4 · Cast
15. Live Today, Die Tomorrow! 1970 · Kaneto Shindo · IMDb 6.9 · Cast
16. Inn of Evil 1971 · Masaki Kobayashi · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
17. Hanzo the Razor: The Snare 1973 · Yasuzo Masumura · IMDb 6.9 · Cast
18. The Man Who Stole the Sun 1979 · Kazuhiko Hasegawa · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
19. Tokyo Trial 1983 · Masaki Kobayashi · IMDb 7.6 · Cast