Kei Satō
Actor
December 21, 1928 — May 2, 2010 (81 years)
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
Filmography
| 2009 | Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler · as Kazutaka Okada |
| 2009 | |
| 2007 | The Trusted Confidant · as Seiin |
| 2005 | The Whispering of the Gods · as Father Togawa |
| 2004 | |
| 2003 | Spy Sorge · as Grave Keeper |
| 2003 | Azumi · as Tenkai Nankôbô |
| 2000 | Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations · as Mashita Nagamori |
| 1999 | Taboo · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1999 | Jubaku: Spellbound · as Takashi Hisayama |
| 1999 | The Perfect Education · as Lawyer |
| 1998 | Tokugawa Yoshinobu · as Taito Nagahara |
| 1996 | Sunflower · as Shinpei Masui |
| 1995 | Hiroshima · as Koichi Kido |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | Yoshimune (1995) · as Hakuseki Arai |
| 1993 | Burst Into Flames · as Tamuramaro Sakanoue |
| 1993 | Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2 · as Takayuki Sago |
| 1992 | Erotic Liaisons · as Nemoto |
| 1992 | The Strange Tale of Oyuki · as Detective |
| 1992 | Dioxin from Fish! · as Genjiro |
| 1992 | Nobunaga: King of Zipangu · as Sokyu Imai |
| 1990 | Ronin Gai · as Iseya |
| 1989 | Nemuri Kyoshiro: Full Moon Killing · as CastOn Plex |
| 1988 | |
| 1987 | |
| 1986 | Yakuza Ladies · as Hitoshi Awazu |
| 1985 | Godzilla 1985 · as Gondo |
| 1985 | Let Him Rest in Peace · as Futoshi Shimoyama |
| 1985 | Sanada Taiheiki · as Yamanaka Toshifusa Lord Of Yamato (koga Ninja Chief) |
| 1985 | Ikite mitai mô ichido: Shinjuku basu hôka jiken · as Nakajima |
| 1984 | The Return of Godzilla · as Chief Editor Gondo |
| 1984 | |
| 1983 | Choji Snack Bar · as Yoshino |
| 1983 | The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor · as Police Chief |
| 1983 | Tokyo Trial · as Narrator |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | The Trading Company · as Shigeru Yasuda |
| 1980 | The Beast to Die · as Endo |
| 1980 | Magnitude 7.9 · as Chief Cabinet Secretary |
| 1980 | Bara no hyôteki · as Ichiro Hamada |
| 1980 | The Revolt · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1979 | |
| 1979 | The Man Who Stole the Sun · as Dr. Ichikawa |
| 1979 | Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82 · as Gorô Onodera , Military Commentator |
| 1979 | The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf · as Shimizu |
| 1979 | |
| 1979 | The Grass Burns · as Hiki Yoshikazu |
| 1978 | The Killing Game · as Shoichi Katsuda |
| 1978 | Japanese Godfather: Conclusion · as Sekino |
| 1978 | Amagi goe · as Laborer |
| 1978 | Empire of Passion · as Orator |
| 1978 | Lost Love · as Nogami |
| 1977 | Japanese Godfather: Ambition · as Sekino |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | Seishi Yokomizo · as Cast |
| 1977 | The Life of Chikuzan · as Narita Unchiku |
| 1976 | Yakuza Graveyard · as Teramitsu Abara |
| 1976 | Megapolis: Days Of Fight · as Yukio Fukamachi |
| 1975 | Conflagration · as Director Fukami |
| 1975 | A Shimane Prison Riot · as Prison Guard |
| 1974 | Unmeitōge · as Asahina Genzaemon |
| 1974 | The Tattooed Hitman · as Yukio Yamaji |
| 1974 | |
| 1973 | The Water Margin · as Kao Chiu |
| 1973 | Hissatsu shikakenin: Baian ari jigoku · as Tyobei(izuya) |
| 1973 | Hanzo the Razor: The Snare · as Shobei Hamajima |
| 1973 | Yamaguchi-gumi San-daime · as Cast |
| 1973 | Zatoichi's Conspiracy · as Magistrate |
| 1973 | Lone Wolf and Cub · as Retsudo Yagyu |
| 1973 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | Dear Summer Sister · as Shinkô Kuniyoshi |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | Inn of Evil · as Yohei |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | The Ceremony · as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather |
| 1970 | Evil Spirits of Japan · as Murase / Ochiai |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | The Fir Tree Remained · as Cast |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | The Oiwa Phantom · as Iyemon |
| 1969 | Devil's Temple · as Priest |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | Hymn to a Tired Man · as Takenori Suzuki |
| 1968 | Waga inochi no uta enka · as Masanobu Kurosawa |
| 1968 | Three Resurrected Drunkards · as Y Chong - Iru |
| 1968 | Black Cat · as Raiko |
| 1968 | The Great Villains · as Ichiro Yasui |
| 1968 | Death by Hanging · as Prison Warden |
| 1967 | Eleven Samurai · as Secretary Mizumo |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | |
| 1967 | Double Suicide: Japanese Summer · as Otoko |
| 1967 | Band of Ninja · as Sakagami Shuzen |
| 1966 | Jigoku no okite ni asu wa nai · as Yuzo Gondo |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Violence at Noon · as Eisuke Oyamada |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Zatoichi's Vengeance · as Boss Gonzo |
| 1966 | The Sword of Doom · as Kamo Serizawa |
| 1966 | Irezumi · as Hatamoto Serizawa |
| 1966 | |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | Sword Devil · as Secretery Kanbe |
| 1965 | The Pleasures of the Flesh · as Police Inspector |
| 1965 | Samurai Spy · as Takanosuke Nojiri |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | Young Boss · as Izo |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | Takôki · as Akechi Mitsuhide |
| 1964 | Kwaidan · as Ghost Samurai (segment "in A Cup Of Tea") |
| 1964 | Onibaba · as Hachi |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | Eight Pirates · as Kinjiro Takeuchi |
| 1964 | Roadside Stone · as Shogo |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | Miyamoto Musashi IV: Duel at Ichijyo-ji Temple · as Otaguro |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Duel of Blood and Sand · as Katsumaki |
| 1963 | Mother · as Dr. Koiguchi |
| 1963 | Okashina yatsu · as Shamoji |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Gyangu domei · as Takamoto |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | Bushido · as Saburobei Konoe |
| 1963 | |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Human · as Hachizo |
| 1962 | Harakiri · as Masakazu |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Pitfall · as Reporter |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | The Left Handed Sniper: Tokyo Bay · as Takeyama |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | The Inheritance · as Cop |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | |
| 1961 | Epitaph to My Love · as Shinji Tsuda |
| 1961 | |
| 1960 | Towering Waves · as Cast |
| 1960 | Night and Fog in Japan · as Sakamaki |
| 1960 | The Sun's Burial · as Sakaguchi |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Cruel Story of Youth · as Akira Matsuko |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity · as Shinjô Ittôhei |
| 1969 | Diary of a Shinjuku Thief · as Himself |