Kei Satō
December 21, 1928 (97 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2009 · Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler as Kazutaka Okada
- 2009 · Dear My Love as
- 2005 · The Whispering of the Gods as Father Togawa
- 2004 · Prayer Beads as
- 2004 · 稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ as Sabee Inugami
- 2003 · Azumi as Tenkai Nankôbô
- 2003 · 藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」 as
- 2002 · Sensen fukoku as
- 2001 · Honmamon as Sadamichi Yamanaka (Konoha's grandfather)
- 2000 · Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations as Mashita Nagamori
- 1999 · Taboo as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · The Perfect Education as Lawyer
- 1999 · Neo Faust as Dr. Faust
- 1997 · Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow as
- 1996 · Concerto as
- 1995 · Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident as
- 1995 · Last Friends as
- 1995 · Wave in Mind as
- 1994 · The Wicked Reporter 2: The Rebirth of Horserace Betting as
- 1993 · Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy as
- 1993 · Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death as
- 1992 · Erotic Liaisons as Nemoto
- 1992 · Kachô Shima Kôsaku as
- 1992 · The Strange Tale of Oyuki as Detective
- 1992 · Dioxin from Fish! as Genjiro
- 1991 · Akizakura - Cosmos as
- 1990 · The Fir Tree Remains as
- 1990 · Ronin-gai as Iseya
- 1990 · Detective Heiji as
- 1990 · Graduation as
- 1990 · Shingo's Ten Duels as Inoue Kawachi-no-kami
- 1989 · Business Trip as (voice)
- 1989 · Festival of Dreams as
- 1989 · Jūkyūsai as
- 1988 · I Love You So Much as
- 1988 · Green Requiem as
- 1988 · The Notorious Bored Samurai as
- 1988 · Nezumi Kozo's Edo Adventure as
- 1987 · Tabaruzaka as Iwakura Tomomi
- 1987 · The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma as
- 1987 · Chotchan as 北山俊道
- 1987 · The Hopi Prophecy as Narrator (voice)
- 1986 · Byakkotai as Tanaka Tosa
- 1986 · Yakuza Ladies as Hitoshi Awazu
- 1986 · The White Tiger Battalion as
- 1986 · Surgical Designs in Flames as
- 1986 · Rice Curry as
- 1985 · The Autumn in Tokyo as
- 1985 · Godzilla 1985 as Gondo
- 1985 · Let Him Rest in Peace as Daishi Shimoyama
- 1985 · Kokugo Gannen as
- 1985 · I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident as Nakajima
- 1984 · The Return of Godzilla as Chief Editor Gondo
- 1984 · 水曜ドラマスペシャル as
- 1984 · Appassionata as
- 1983 · Choji Snack Bar as Yoshino
- 1983 · The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo as Police Inspector
- 1983 · The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor as Police Chief
- 1983 · Tokyo Trial as Narrator
- 1982 · Nemuri Kyoshiro as
- 1981 · Station as
- 1981 · Precious Moments as
- 1981 · Day Dream as Dentist
- 1981 · The Imperial Navy as
- 1981 · Pro Hunter as
- 1980 · The Trading Company as Shigeru Yasuda
- 1980 · The Beast to Die as Endo
- 1980 · The Night of Martial Law as
- 1980 · Target as Ichiro Hamada
- 1980 · The Revolt as Narrator (voice)
- 1979 · The Execution Game as
- 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 · Dead Angle as
- 1979 · Golden Partners as Ohkawa
- 1979 · Kusa Moeru as Hiki Yoshikazu
- 1979 · Yasei no Shōmei as
- 1978 · The Killing Game as Shoichi Katsuda
- 1978 · Japanese Godfather: Conclusion as Sekino
- 1978 · Empire of Passion as Orator
- 1978 · Lost Love as Nogami
- 1978 · Ningen no Shōmei as
- 1977 · The Skies of Haruo as
- 1977 · Japanese Godfather: Ambition as Sekino
- 1977 · High Seas Hijack as T.V. Director Fukami
- 1977 · Japanese Humanity and Justice as
- 1977 · They Were Eleven as
- 1976 · Yakuza Graveyard as Teramitsu Abara
- 1975 · Conflagration as Director Fukami
- 1975 · Shimane Prison Riot as Prison Guard
- 1974 · Fateful Mountain Pass as Asahina Genzaemon
- 1974 · My Way as Koide, Chief of Police
- 1974 · The Tattooed Hitman as Yukio Yamaji
- 1974 · Demon Spies as
- 1973 · The Water Margin as Kao Chiu
- 1973 · Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry as tyobei(Izuya)
- 1973 · A Japanese Demon as Psychiartist
- 1973 · Hanzo the Razor: The Snare as Shobei Hamajima
- 1973 · A Diary of a Woman Doctor as
- 1973 · Zatoichi's Conspiracy as Magistrate
- 1973 · Lone Wolf and Cub as Retsudo Yagyu
- 1973 · Flower and Dragon as
- 1973 · Secret High School Girl: After School Activity as
- 1972 · Cross-Currents as
- 1972 · Professional Killers as
- 1972 · Dear Summer Sister as Shinkô Kuniyoshi
- 1972 · Gang Warfare as
- 1972 · Chase That Man as
- 1971 · Inn of Evil as Yohei
- 1971 · Expelled from the Kanto Mob as
- 1971 · Challenge at Dawn as
- 1971 · The Ceremony as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather
- 1970 · Evil Spirits of Japan as Murase / Ochiai
- 1970 · Live Today, Die Tomorrow! as
- 1970 · Naked Ambition as
- 1969 · Lone Rebel as
- 1969 · Bullet Wound as
- 1969 · The Curse of the Ghost as Iyemon
- 1969 · Devil's Temple as Priest
- 1969 · Diary of a Shinjuku Thief as Himself
- 1968 · Outlaw: Goro the Assassin as
- 1968 · Where did Sharaku go? as Tōshūsai Sharaku
- 1968 · Star of the Night as
- 1968 · Women and Miso Soup as
- 1968 · Hymn to a Tired Man as Takenori Suzuki
- 1968 · Song of my Life as Masanobu Kurosawa
- 1968 · Three Resurrected Drunkards as Y Chong - iru
- 1968 · Kuroneko as Raiko
- 1968 · The Great Villains as Ichiro Yasui
- 1968 · Death by Hanging as Prison warden
- 1967 · Eleven Samurai as Secretary Mizumo
- 1967 · A Killer's Key as
- 1967 · Japanese Summer: Double Suicide as Otoko
- 1967 · The River - Poem of Wrath as Doctor
- 1967 · Band of Ninja as Sakagami Shuzen
- 1967 · Clouds at Sunset as
- 1966 · Glorious Fights as Yuzo Gondo
- 1966 · Assignment Cloud as Nishida
- 1966 · Your Life as
- 1966 · Violence at Noon as Eisuke Oyamada
- 1966 · Captive's Island as
- 1966 · Zatoichi's Vengeance as Boss Gonzo
- 1966 · A Man Worth the Money as
- 1966 · The Sword of Doom as Kamo Serizawa
- 1966 · Irezumi as Hatamoto Serizawa
- 1966 · Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves as
- 1965 · The Flower and the Dragon as
- 1965 · Sword Devil as Secretery Kanbe
- 1965 · Pleasures of the Flesh as Police inspector
- 1965 · Samurai Spy as Takanosuke Nojiri
- 1965 · Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again as
- 1965 · Cold Rice, Osan, Chan as
- 1965 · Young Boss as Izo
- 1965 · The Tattooed Lord as
- 1965 · Kwaidan as Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")
- 1965 · Taikouki as Akechi Mitsuhide
- 1965 · Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu as
- 1964 · The Dawn of Asia as Li Lie-jun
- 1964 · Onibaba as Hachi
- 1964 · The Ninja Hunt as
- 1964 · Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office as Kinjiro Takeuchi
- 1964 · Homicide as Asaichi Isobe
- 1964 · Roadside Stone as Shogo
- 1964 · Brand of Evil as Eguchi
- 1964 · A Story from Echigo as
- 1964 · The Third Ninja as
- 1964 · Life of Hishakaku 3 as
- 1964 · Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple as Otaguro
- 1964 · Onibaba : Film Location as
- 1963 · Sasuke and His Comedians as
- 1963 · Duel of Blood and Sand as Katsumaki
- 1963 · Mother as Dr. Koiguchi
- 1963 · Okashina yatsu as Shamoji
- 1963 · Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin as
- 1963 · Blackmail as
- 1963 · League of Gangsters as Takamoto
- 1963 · At the Side of the Bridge 4 as
- 1963 · The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List as
- 1963 · Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi as
- 1963 · Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai as Saburobei Konoe
- 1963 · Violent Street as
- 1963 · Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption as
- 1962 · Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady as
- 1962 · The Paper Crane as
- 1962 · Human as Hachizo
- 1962 · Zoku aizen katsura as
- 1962 · The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman as
- 1962 · Harakiri as Masakazu
- 1962 · Pitfall as Reporter
- 1962 · Kyoto Assassin as
- 1962 · Tokyo Bay as Takeyama
- 1962 · The Christian Revolt as
- 1962 · The Inheritance as Cop
- 1962 · Drunkard's Paradise as
- 1961 · Procurer of Hell as
- 1961 · 白い南風 as
- 1961 · Epitaph to My Love as Shinji Tsuda
- 1961 · Women of Tokyo as Tamio Yamada
- 1961 · Bitter End of a Sweet Night as
- 1961 · Incidental Murders as Ieraishan Tatsu
- 1960 · Night and Fog in Japan as Sakamaki
- 1960 · Volunteering for Villainy as Iwai
- 1960 · The Sun's Burial as Sakaguchi
- 1960 · Good-for-Nothing as
- 1960 · Cruel Story of Youth as Akira Matsuko
- 1960 · Knock Down as
- 1959 · The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity as Shinjô Ittôhei