Kei Satō
| Kei Satō | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 佐藤 慶 |
| Born |
Keinosuke Satō December 21, 1928 Aizu, Japan |
| Died | May 2, 2010 (aged 81) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1952–2010 |
Kei Satō (佐藤 慶 Satō Kei) was a Japanese character actor and narrator. He was born in Aizu. He is known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Nagisa Oshima,[1][2] 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.[3] 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.[4]
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".[5]
Filmography
Films
| Date | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | The Human Condition | Shinjo | in part 3 |
| 1960 | Cruel Story of Youth | ||
| Night and Fog in Japan | |||
| 1962 | Harakiri | Masakatsu Fukushima | |
| Ningen | Hachizo | ||
| 1963 | Bushido, Samurai Saga | ||
| Brave Records of the Sanada Clan | |||
| 1964 | Onibaba | Hachi | |
| 1965 | Akumyo Nobori | Endo | |
| Samurai Spy | Takanosuke Nojiri, lieutenant | ||
| 1966 | Violence at Noon | Eisuke | |
| The Sword of Doom | Kamo Serizawa | [6] | |
| 1968 | Death by Hanging | ||
| Kuroneko | Raiko | ||
| Diary of a Shinjuku Thief | |||
| Hymn to a Tired Man | |||
| 1971 | The Ceremony | ||
| 1978 | Satsujin Yugi | ||
| 1979 | The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf | Shimizu | |
| 1981 | Daydream | Dentist | |
| 1999 | Spellbound | Takashi Hisayama | |
| 2005 | The Whispering of the Gods | Father Togawa | |
| 2009 | Kaiji | Kazutaka Hyōdō | |
Television
- The Water Margin (1973)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) – Takeda Shingen
- Mujaki na Kankei (1984)
- Takeda Shingen (1988) – Abe Katsuyoshi
- Homura Tatsu (1993-94) – Minamoto no Yoriyoshi
- Aoi Tokugawa Sandai (2000) – Mashita Nagamori
References
- ↑ Stephens, Chuck. "Kei Sato 1928–2010". Criterion Collection. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ↑ "Actor Kei Sato dies at 81". TokyoGraph. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ↑ "Satō Kei". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus (in Japanese). Kōdansha. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ↑ Goto, Takuya. "Haiyu Sato Kei Binkon Jidai, Gariban To No Hibi" (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ↑ Sharp, Jasper (20 March 2001). "Review of Daydream (1981)". Retrieved 20 February 2012.
- ↑ Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
External links
- Kei Satō at the Internet Movie Database
- JMDB