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.
In his early days as an actor, before his success in The Human Condition, he supported himself by producing gariban hand-written mimeographs, and he maintained his interest in hand-printing to the end of his life.In 1981 he appeared in the film Daydream performing an unsimulated sex scene with actress Kyoko Aizome. The involvement of a mainstream actor in a hardcore film made good press coverage and brought audiences to the theater "in droves".
Filmography
all 191
Movies 166
TV Shows 25
Voice 3
Narrator 1
Director 1
self 1
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009)
Dear My Love (2009)
The Whispering of the Gods (2005)
Prayer Beads (2004)
Prayer Beads (2004)
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ (2004)
Azumi (2003)
Sensen fukoku (2002)
Honmamon (2001)
Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations (2000)
Taboo (1999)
The Perfect Education (1999)
Neo Faust (1999)
Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow (1997)
Shin Hanshichi torimono chô (1997)
Concerto (1996)
Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident (1995)
Last Friends (1995)
Wave in Mind (1995)
The Wicked Reporter 2: The Rebirth of Horserace Betting (1994)
Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy (1993)
Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death (1993)
Erotic Liaisons (1992)
Kachô Shima Kôsaku (1992)
The Strange Tale of Oyuki (1992)
Dioxin from Fish! (1992)
Akizakura - Cosmos (1991)
Ronin-gai (1990)
Sotsugyō (1990)
Shingo's Ten Duels (1990)
Business Trip (1989)
Festival of Dreams (1989)
Jūkyūsai (1989)
Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger (1989)
Green Requiem (1988)
Tabaruzaka (1987)
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma (1987)
Chotchan (1987)
The Hopi Prophecy (1987)
Byakkotai (1986)
Yakuza Ladies (1986)
The White Tiger Battalion (1986)
Surgical Designs in Flames (1986)
Rice Curry (1986)
Godzilla 1985 (1985)
Let Him Rest in Peace (1985)
Kokugo Gannen (1985)
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident (1985)
The Return of Godzilla (1984)
水曜ドラマスペシャル (1984)
Appassionata (1984)
Choji Snack Bar (1983)
The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo (1983)
The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor (1983)
Tokyo Trial (1983)
Nemuri Kyoshiro (1982)
Station (1981)
Precious Moments (1981)
Day Dream (1981)
The Imperial Navy (1981)
Pro Hunter (1981)
The Trading Company (1980)
The Beast to Die (1980)
Magnitude 7.9 (1980)
The Night of Martial Law (1980)
Target (1980)
The Revolt (1980)
The Execution Game (1979)
The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82 (1979)
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf (1979)
Dead Angle (1979)
Golden Partners (1979)
Kusa Moeru (1979)
The Killing Game (1978)
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion (1978)
Lost Love (1978)
The Skies of Haruo (1977)
Japanese Godfather: Ambition (1977)
High Seas Hijack (1977)
They Were Eleven (1977)
Yakuza Graveyard (1976)
Conflagration (1975)
Shimane Prison Riot (1975)
My Way (1974)
The Tattooed Hitman (1974)
Demon Spies (1974)
The Water Margin (1973)
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry (1973)
A Japanese Demon (1973)
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973)
Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973)
Lone Wolf and Cub (1973)
Flower and Dragon (1973)
Secret High School Girl: After School Activity (1973)
Cross-Currents (1972)
Professional Killers (1972)
Dear Summer Sister (1972)
Bark at the Sun (1972)
Gang Warfare (1972)
Chase That Man (1972)
Inn of Evil (1971)
Expelled from the Kanto Mob (1971)
The Ceremony (1971)
Evil Spirits of Japan (1970)
Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970)
Naked Ambition (1970)
Mominoki wa Nokotta (1970)
Lone Rebel (1969)
Bullet Wound (1969)
The Curse of the Ghost (1969)
Devil's Temple (1969)
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969)
Outlaw: Goro the Assassin (1968)
Where did Sharaku go? (1968)
Women and Miso Soup (1968)
Hymn to a Tired Man (1968)
Song of my Life (1968)
Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)
The Great Villains (1968)
Kuroneko (1968)
Death by Hanging (1968)
Eleven Samurai (1967)
Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967)
The River - Poem of Wrath (1967)
Band of Ninja (1967)
Clouds at Sunset (1967)
Glorious Fights (1966)
Assignment Cloud (1966)
Your Life (1966)
Violence at Noon (1966)
Captive's Island (1966)
Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
The Sword of Doom (1966)
Irezumi (1966)
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves (1966)
The Flower and the Dragon (1965)
Sword Devil (1965)
Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)
Samurai Spy (1965)
Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again (1965)
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan (1965)
Young Boss (1965)
Kwaidan (1965)
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965)
Taikouki (1965)
Onibaba (1964)
The Ninja Hunt (1964)
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office (1964)
Homicide (1964)
Roadside Stone (1964)
Brand of Evil (1964)
A Story from Echigo (1964)
Life of Hishakaku 3 (1964)
The Third Ninja (1964)
Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple (1964)
Sasuke and His Comedians (1963)
Duel of Blood and Sand (1963)
Mother (1963)
Okashina yatsu (1963)
Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin (1963)
Kyôkatsu (1963)
League of Gangsters (1963)
The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List (1963)
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi (1963)
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)
Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption (1963)
Wakasama samurai torimonochō o keshō kumo (1962)
The Paper Crane (1962)
Human (1962)
Zoku aizen katsura (1962)
The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman (1962)
Harakiri (1962)
Pitfall (1962)
Kyoto Assassin (1962)
Tokyo Bay (1962)
The Christian Revolt (1962)
The Inheritance (1962)
Drunkard's Paradise (1962)
Procurer of Hell (1961)
Epitaph to My Love (1961)
Women of Tokyo (1961)
Bitter End of a Sweet Night (1961)
Incidental Murders (1961)
Night and Fog in Japan (1960)
Volunteering for Villainy (1960)
The Sun's Burial (1960)
Good-for-Nothing (1960)
Cruel Story of Youth (1960)
Knock Down (1960)
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1928-12-21
Deathday2010-05-02 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceAizuwakamatsu, Japan
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As Kei Satô , 佐藤慶, 佐藤慶之助, Keinosuke Satō, Кэй Сато, 佐藤庆
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