Junya Sato
Junya Sato | |
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Born | Tokyo, Japan | November 6, 1932
Occupation | Film director |
Junya Sato (佐藤 純彌, Satō Jun'ya, born November 6, 1932) is a Japanese film director.
Career
Born in Tokyo, Sato graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1956 with a degree in French literature.[1] He joined the Toei studio and worked as an assistant to such directors as Tadashi Imai and Miyoji Ieki.[1] He debuted as a director in 1963 with Rikugun zangyaku monogatari, for which he won a best newcomer's award at the Blue Ribbon Awards.[2] While starting in mostly yakuza film, Sato eventually became known for big budget spectaculars. The Go Masters, a China-Japan co-production he co-directed with Duan Jishun, won the grand prize at the Montreal World Film Festival in 1983.[3] He won the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year in 1989 for The Silk Road.[4]
Filmography
Year | Japanese Title | English Title | Notes |
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1963 | 陸軍残虐物語 Rikugun zangyaku monogatari |
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続・王将 Zoku ōsho |
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1964 | 廓育ち Kuruwa sodachi |
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1966 | 愛欲 Aiyoku |
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1967 | 組織暴力 Soshiki bōryoku |
The Private Police | |
続組織暴力 Zoku soshiki bōryoku |
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1968 | 荒野の渡世人 Koya no toseinin |
The Drifting Avenger | |
1969 | 日本暴力団 組長と刺客 Nihon bōryoku-dan: kumicho to shikaku |
also wrote screenplay | |
組織暴力 兄弟盃 Soshiki boryoku: kyodai sakazuki |
Organized Violence | ||
旅に出た極道 Tabi ni deta gokudo |
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1970 | 日本ダービー 勝負 Nippon dabi katsukyu |
also wrote screenplay | |
最後の特攻隊 Saigo no tokkōtai |
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1971 | 博徒斬り込み隊 Bakuto kirikomi-tai |
also wrote screenplay | |
暴力団再武装 Boryokudan sai buso |
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1972 | ギャング対ギャング 赤と黒のブルース Gyangu tai gyangu: aka to kuro no burusu |
Gang vs. Gang: The Red and Black Blues | also wrote screenplay |
やくざと抗争 実録安藤組 Yakuza tokōsō: Jitsuroku Andō-gumi |
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1973 | 実録 私設銀座警察 Jitsuroku: Shisetsu Ginza keisatsu |
True Account of Ginza Tortures | |
Golgo 13 Gorugo Sātīn |
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実録安藤組 襲撃篇 Jitsuroku Andō-gumi: Shūgekihen |
The Ando File | ||
1974 | ルパング島の奇跡 陸軍中野学校 Rupangu-tō no ritsugun Nakano gakkō |
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1975 | 新幹線大爆破 Shinkansen Daibakuha |
The Bullet Train | also wrote screenplay |
1976 | 君よ噴怒の河を渉れ Kimi yo funnu no kawa wo watare |
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1977 | 人間の証明 Ningen no shōmei |
Proof of the Man | |
1978 | Never Give Up 野性の証明 Yasei no shōmei |
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1980 | 遙かなる走路 Haru Kanaru Sōro |
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甦れ魔女 Yomigaere Majo |
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1982 | 未完の対局 Mikan no Taikyoku |
The Go Masters | |
1983 | 人生劇場 Jinsei Gekijō |
Theatre of Life | also wrote screenplay |
1984 | 空海 Kūkai |
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1986 | 植村直己物語 Uemura Naomi Monogatari |
Lost in the Wilderness | also wrote screenplay |
1988 | 敦煌 Tonkō |
The Silk Road | also wrote screenplay |
1992 | 私を抱いてそしてキスして Watashi o daite soshite kisu shite |
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おろしや国酔夢譚 O-Roshiya-koku suimu-dan |
Kodayu or The Dream of Russia |
also wrote screenplay | |
1994 | 超能力者 未知への旅人 Chōnoryoku-sha - michi eno tabibito |
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1997 | 北京猿人 Pekin Genjin |
Peking Man | |
2005 | Otoko-tachi no Yamato | Yamato | also wrote screenplay |
2010 | Sakuradamon-gai no hen | The Sakuradamon Incident | also wrote screenplay |
References
- ^ a b "Sakuradamon Gai no Hen o kataru". Hikone-shi Bunka Puraza. Hikone City. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ "Rekidai jushō ichiranhyō". Cinema Hochi. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ "1983". The World Film Festival. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ "第 12 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品" (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
External links
- Junya Sato at IMDb
- Junya Sato at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)