
Kei Satō
Actor
Born: December 21, 1928 (81 years old)
Died: May 2, 2010
Place of birth: Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan
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.
Filmography (64)
- Onibaba (1964, ★ 7.7)
- Kwaidan (1965, ★ 7.7)
- The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959, ★ 8.2)
- Kuroneko (1968, ★ 7.4)
- Eleven Samurai (1967, ★ 7.5)
- The Sword of Doom (1966, ★ 7.7)
- Pitfall (1962, ★ 7.3)
- The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979, ★ 7.3)
- Death by Hanging (1968, ★ 7.4)
- The Killing Game (1978, ★ 7.5)
- Harakiri (1962, ★ 8.4)
- The Return of Godzilla (1984, ★ 7.2)
- The Execution Game (1979, ★ 7.5)
- The Water Margin (1973, ★ 7.6)
- Lone Wolf and Cub (1973, ★ 8.2)
- Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966, ★ 6.9)
- Violence at Noon (1966, ★ 6.1)
- The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf (1979, ★ 6.1)
- Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009, ★ 6.8)
- Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973, ★ 6.1)
- Godzilla 1985 (1985, ★ 6.8)
- Samurai Spy (1965, ★ 6.4)
- Zatoichi's Conspiracy (1973, ★ 6.9)
- Sword Devil (1965, ★ 6.1)
- Inn of Evil (1971, ★ 6)
- Cruel Story of Youth (1960, ★ 6.5)
- Human (1962, ★ 6.6)
- Pleasures of the Flesh (1965, ★ 5.6)
- The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor (1983, ★ 6.3)
- Ronin-gai (1990, ★ 5.9)