Kei Satō
Known for acting · Born 21 December 1928 · Died 2 May 2010 · aged 81 · Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan
217 credits
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
Onibaba
1964
Chotchan
1987
Honmamon
2001
Death by Hanging
1968
Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations
2000
Kusa Moeru
1979
Taikouki
1965
Kuroneko
1968
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
The Water Margin
1973
Lone Wolf and Cub
1973
Harakiri
1962
Acting (216)
2009Kaiji: The Ultimate GamblerKazutaka HyodoFilm
2009Dear My LoveFilm
2005The Whispering of the GodsFather TogawaFilm
2004稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズSabee InugamiSeries
2004Prayer BeadsSeries
2003AzumiTenkai NankôbôFilm
2003藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」Series
2002Sensen fukokuFilm
2001HonmamonSadamichi Yamanaka (Konoha's grandfather) · 150 episodesSeries
2000Aoi: Tokugawa Three GenerationsMashita Nagamori · 49 episodesSeries
1999TabooNarrator (voice)Film
1999The Perfect EducationLawyerFilm
1999Neo FaustDr. FaustFilm
1997Magnitude: Bridge to TomorrowFilm
1996Concerto · 10 episodesSeries
1995Last FriendsFilm
1995Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru IncidentTakazawa HakuunFilm
1995Wave in Mind · 11 episodesSeries
1994The Wicked Reporter 2: The Rebirth of Horserace BettingFilm
1993Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga ConspiracyFilm
1993Bored Hatamoto: Letter of DeathFilm
1992Erotic LiaisonsNemotoFilm
1992The Strange Tale of OyukiDetectiveFilm
1992Dioxin from Fish!GenjiroFilm
1992Kachô Shima KôsakuFilm
1992The Visas That Saved LivesFilm
1991Akizakura - CosmosFilm
1990Ronin-gaiIseyaFilm
1990Shingo's Ten DuelsInoue Kawachi-no-kamiFilm
1990Detective HeijiFilm
1990The Fir Tree RemainsFilm
1990Graduation · 12 episodesSeries
1989Festival of DreamsFilm
1989Business Trip(voice)Film
1989Jūkyūsai · 3 episodesSeries
1988The Notorious Bored SamuraiFilm
1988Green RequiemFilm
1988I Love You So MuchFilm
1988Nezumi Kozo's Edo AdventureFilm
1988Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wanaFilm
1987The Man Who Assassinated RyomaFilm
1987The Hopi ProphecyNarrator (voice)Film
1987Chotchan北山俊道 · 156 episodesSeries
1987TabaruzakaIwakura Tomomi · 2 episodesSeries
1986Yakuza LadiesHitoshi AwazuFilm
1986Impactual PerformanceRyo's fatherFilm
1986Surgical Designs in FlamesFilm
1986Rice Curry · 13 episodesSeries
1986ByakkotaiTanaka Tosa · 2 episodesSeries
1985Godzilla 1985GondoFilm
1985I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire IncidentNakajimaFilm
1985Let Him Rest in PeaceFutoshi ShimoyamaFilm
1985Kokugo Gannen · 5 episodesSeries
1985The Autumn in Tokyo · 2 episodesSeries
1984The Return of GodzillaChief Editor GondoFilm
1984AppassionataFilm
1984水曜ドラマスペシャルSeries
1983Tokyo TrialNarratorFilm
1983The Mosquito on the Tenth FloorPolice ChiefFilm
1983Choji Snack BarYoshinoFilm
1983The Crimes of Kiyoshi ŌkuboPolice InspectorFilm
1982Nemuri Kyoshiro · 20 episodesSeries
1981The Imperial NavyFilm
1981StationFilm
1981Day DreamDentistFilm
1981Precious Moments · 14 episodesSeries
1981Pro Hunter · 2 episodesSeries
1980The Beast to DieEndoFilm
1980Magnitude 7.9Film
1980The RevoltNarrator (voice)Film
1980TargetIchiro HamadaFilm
1980The Trading CompanyShigeru Yasuda · 4 episodesSeries
1980The Night of Martial LawFilm
1979The Man Who Stole the SunDr. IchikawaFilm
1979The Execution GameFilm
1979The Resurrection of the Golden WolfShimizuFilm
1979Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82Gorô Onodera , Military CommentatorFilm
1979Dead AngleFilm
1979Golden PartnersOhkawaFilm
1979Kusa MoeruHiki Yoshikazu · 51 episodesSeries
1979Yasei no Shōmei · 13 episodesSeries
1978Empire of PassionOratorFilm
1978The Killing GameShoichi KatsudaFilm
1978Lost LoveNogamiFilm
1978Japanese Godfather: ConclusionSekinoFilm
1978Ningen no Shōmei · 13 episodesSeries
1977Japanese Godfather: AmbitionSekinoFilm
1977High Seas HijackT.V. Director FukamiFilm
1977Japanese Humanity and JusticeFilm
1977They Were ElevenFilm
1977The Skies of HaruoFilm
1976Yakuza GraveyardTeramitsu AbaraFilm
1975ConflagrationDirector FukamiFilm
1975Shimane Prison RiotPrison GuardFilm
1975松本清張シリーズ・中央流沙岡村局長Series
1974Demon SpiesFilm
1974My WayKoide, Chief of PoliceFilm
1974The Tattooed HitmanYukio YamajiFilm
1974Fateful Mountain PassAsahina Genzaemon · 21 episodesSeries
1973Hanzo the Razor: The SnareShobei HamajimaFilm
1973Zatoichi's ConspiracyMagistrateFilm
1973The Water MarginKao Chiu · 26 episodesSeries
1973Lone Wolf and CubRetsudo Yagyu · 26 episodesSeries
1973Secret High School Girl: After School ActivityFilm
1973Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarrytyobei(Izuya)Film
1973A Japanese DemonPsychiartistFilm
1973Flower and DragonFilm
1973A Diary of a Woman DoctorFilm
1972Dear Summer SisterShinkô KuniyoshiFilm
1972Professional KillersSeries
1972Cross-CurrentsFilm
1972Gang WarfareFilm
1972Chase That ManFilm
1971The CeremonySakurada Kazuomi, GrandfatherFilm
1971Inn of EvilYoheiFilm
1971Expelled from the Kanto MobFilm
1971Challenge at DawnFilm
1970Live Today, Die Tomorrow!Film
1970Evil Spirits of JapanMurase / OchiaiFilm
1970Naked AmbitionFilm
1969Diary of a Shinjuku ThiefHimselfFilm
1969Devil's TemplePriestFilm
1969The Curse of the GhostIyemonFilm
1969Bullet WoundFilm
1969Lone RebelFilm
1968KuronekoRaikoFilm
1968Death by HangingPrison wardenFilm
1968Three Resurrected DrunkardsY Chong - iruFilm
1968Outlaw: Goro the AssassinFilm
1968Hymn to a Tired ManTakenori SuzukiFilm
1968The Great VillainsIchiro YasuiFilm
1968Where did Sharaku go?Tōshūsai SharakuFilm
1968Women and Miso SoupFilm
1968Song of my LifeMasanobu KurosawaFilm
1968Star of the Night · 26 episodesSeries
1967Eleven SamuraiSecretary MizumoFilm
1967Japanese Summer: Double SuicideOtokoFilm
1967Band of NinjaSakagami ShuzenFilm
1967Clouds at SunsetFilm
1967A Killer's KeyFilm
1967The River - Poem of WrathDoctorFilm
1966The Sword of DoomKamo SerizawaFilm
1966IrezumiHatamoto SerizawaFilm
1966Zatoichi's VengeanceBoss GonzoFilm
1966Violence at NoonEisuke OyamadaFilm
1966Captive's IslandFilm
1966Glorious FightsYuzo GondoFilm
1966Assignment CloudNishidaFilm
1966Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea CavesFilm
1966A Man Worth the MoneyFilm
1966Your LifeFilm
1965KwaidanGhost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea")Film
1965Samurai SpyTakanosuke NojiriFilm
1965Pleasures of the FleshPolice inspectorFilm
1965Sword DevilSecretery KanbeFilm
1965Cold Rice, Osan, ChanFilm
1965Lord Tokugawa IeyasuFilm
1965The Flower and the DragonFilm
1965Young BossIzoFilm
1965The Tattooed LordFilm
1965Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike AgainFilm
1965TaikoukiAkechi Mitsuhide · 52 episodesSeries
1964OnibabaHachiFilm
1964Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji TempleOtaguroFilm
1964A Story from EchigoFilm
1964Roadside StoneShogoFilm
1964Brand of EvilEguchiFilm
1964The Ninja HuntFilm
1964Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's OfficeKinjiro TakeuchiFilm
1964The Third NinjaFilm
1964The Dawn of AsiaLi Lie-jun · 13 episodesSeries
1964Life of Hishakaku 3Film
1964HomicideAsaichi IsobeFilm
1964Onibaba : Film LocationFilm
1963Bushido: The Cruel Code of the SamuraiSaburobei KonoeFilm
1963MotherDr. KoiguchiFilm
1963Sasuke and His ComediansFilm
1963Duel of Blood and SandKatsumakiFilm
1963Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's RedemptionFilm
1963The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu ListFilm
1963League of GangstersTakamotoFilm
1963Bloody Record of the ShinsengumiFilm
1963Okashina yatsuShamojiFilm
1963BlackmailFilm
1963Young Master Yakuza: Edoite GoblinFilm
1963At the Side of the Bridge 4Film
1963Violent StreetFilm
1963Chiisana bōken ryokōFilm
1962HarakiriMasakazuFilm
1962PitfallReporterFilm
1962The InheritanceCopFilm
1962HumanHachizoFilm
1962The Christian RevoltFilm
1962The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed SwordsmanFilm
1962Tokyo BayTakeyamaFilm
1962Zoku aizen katsuraFilm
1962Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider LadyFilm
1962The Paper CraneFilm
1962Drunkard's ParadiseFilm
1962Kyoto AssassinFilm
1961Bitter End of a Sweet NightFilm
1961Epitaph to My LoveShinji TsudaFilm
1961Procurer of HellFilm
1961Incidental MurdersIeraishan TatsuFilm
1961Women of TokyoTamio YamadaFilm
1961Shiroi minamikazeFilm
1961Onna no hashiKazuhiko YamanaFilm
1960Cruel Story of YouthAkira MatsukoFilm
1960The Sun's BurialSakaguchiFilm
1960Night and Fog in JapanSakamakiFilm
1960Good-for-NothingFilm
1960Towering WavesFilm
1960The Last Trump CardFilm
1960Volunteering for VillainyIwaiFilm
1960Knock DownFilm
1959The Human Condition II: Road to EternityShinjô IttôheiFilm
Directing (1)
1964Onibaba : Film LocationDirectorFilm