Kei Satō
Kei Satō | |
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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 |
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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". Kotobank (in Japanese). 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.