Makoto Satō
Biography
Makoto Satō was a Japanese film actor. Known for his work in acting, he was credited with 155 known credits on The Movie Database. He was born on March 18, 1934, in the Kanzaki District of Saga Prefecture, Japan. Throughout his career, he appeared in many films and television series. He passed away on December 6, 2012, at the age of 78.
Career overview
Makoto Sato was a Japanese film actor born on March 18, 1934, in the Kanzaki District of Saga Prefecture, Japan. Throughout his active career in the entertainment industry, he established a substantial body of work in acting, accumulating one hundred fifty-five known credits. His active years on screen spanned from 1953 until 2008, during which time he appeared in more than one hundred films.
As a prominent performer in Japanese cinema, Sato contributed to numerous films and television series over a span of more than five decades. His extensive filmography reflects a long and prolific career in acting that lasted well into the 2000s. Sato passed away on December 6, 2012, at the age of seventy-eight.
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- Fireflies: River of Light (2004)
- Vengeance for Sale (2002) as Enemy
- First Love (2000)
- The Stupid Teacher (2000) as Kurihara
- Shikoku (1999) as Sendo
- The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe (1999)
- Diary of Early Winter Shower (1998) as Numata
- Shomuni (1998)
- Princess Mononoke (1997) as Tatari God (voice)
- The Eel (1997) as Jukichi Takada
- Shinjuku Shark (1995)
- Ai・Mai・Me (1990) as Akutsu Kaname
- Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)
- Urban Marine Resort Story (1989)
- Yun’s Town (1989)
- Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (1986) as Seiroku the Pimp
- Typhoon Club (1985) as Hideo
- Lonely Heart (1985) as Principal Okamoto
- Four Sisters (1985) as Morio Kitazawa
- Zero (1984)
- Amagi Pass (1983) as Police in chief
- Kazoku no sentaku (1983) as Shinji Koiwa
- Legend of the Cat Monster (1983)
- Ninja Hunt (1982)
- I Are You, You Am Me (1982) as Akio Saitoh
- The Imperial Japanese Empire (1982)
- Cute Devil (1982) as Detective
- Flames of Blood (1981)
- Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981) as Sekine
- The Imperial Navy (1981)
- Shogun's Ninja (1980) as Junka no Yatoji
- Port Arthur (1980)
- The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail (1980)
- Message from Space (1978) as Urocco
- The Okinawa War of Ten Years (1978)
- Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu (1977) as Yasuo Fujiwara
- The Youth Killer (1976)
- The Killing Machine (1975) as Kentaro Otaki
- Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me (1975) as Dragon
- Green Lovers (1975)
- The Executioner II: Karate Inferno (1974) as Takeshi Hayabusa
- The Executioner (1974) as Takeshi Hayabusa
- Moscow, My Love (1974) as Tetsuya
- The Water Margin (1973) as Yang Zhi
- The Incident at Takanodai (1973)
- Miyamoto Musashi (1973)
- The Human Revolution (1973)
- Kogarashi Monjiro (1972) as Kinzo
- Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder (1972) as Jun Eguchi
- Kigeki yūwaku ryokō (1972)
- Blood for Blood (1971) as Hiroshi Yoshinaga
- Rise and Fall of Chivalry (1970)
- Blind Woman's Curse (1970) as Tani Shouichi
- The Summit of Mt. Fuji (1970) as Morita
- Prison Tales (1970)
- Thugs of Shinjuku (1970)
- Woman Boss (1970)
- Battle of the Japan Sea (1969) as Gunnery Chief of Security
- Ex Convict: Sword Storm (1969)
- The Falcon Fighters (1969) as Lt. Takeo Kato
- Woman Gambling Expert: Odd/Even Gambling Trip (1969)
- The Cross of Vengeance (1969)
- Bonds of Love (1969) as Kenji Hirai
- 25 O'Clock in Shinjuku (1969)
- Trigger-Happy (1968)
- Admiral Yamamoto (1968) as Genda
- I, the Executioner (1968) as Kawashima
- Samaritan Zatoichi (1968) as Yasaburo Kashiwazaki
- 風来忍法帖 八方破れ (1968)
- Golden Eyes (1968) as Detective Tezuka
- Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division
- Zoku izuko e (1967)
- The Killing Bottle (1967) as Ken Hayata
- What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) as Phil's Partner
- This Is Youth! (1966) as Jin'nouchi
- The Daphne (1966) as Goro (Kudo's younger brother)
- Adventure in Kigan Castle (1966) as Gorjaka
- Rise Against the Sword (1966) as Yatōta Gōemon
- Zero Fighter (1966)
- The Mad Atlantic (1966) as Aoki
- We Will Remember (1965)
- The Retreat from Kiska (1965) as Commander Amano
- Fort Graveyard (1965) as Inuyama
- Start Here (1965) as Sanjiro Kitamura (Toshiko’s Husband)
- Mission to Annihilate the Underworld (1965)
- 風来忍法帖 (1965)
- Whirlwind (1964) as Shuri Kusanagi
- Blood and Diamonds (1964)
- Tiger Flight (1964)
- Ant Hell War (1964)
- A Keg of Powder (1964) as Inspector Yagyu
- Outpost of Hell (1963)
- Operation Mad Dog (1963)
- A Photo journalist's Story: Risk Your Life for the Moment (1963)
- Interpol Code 8 (1963) as Natsuo Ezaki
- Attack Squadron (1963) as Teppei Yano
- Samurai Pirate (1963) as The Black Pirate
- Siege of Fort Bismarck (1963)
- Warring Clans (1963) as Kinoshita
- Chûshingura (1962) as Kazuemon Fuwa
- The Weed of Crime (1962)
- Operation Enemy Fort (1962)
- Operation Sewer Rats (1962) as Byakko
- The Crimson Sky (1962)
- Counterstroke (1962) as Ryusuke Oki
- Blood on the Sea (1961)
- A Man in Red (1961)
- The Merciless Trap (1961)
- The Man from the East (1961) as Uesugi
- Blueprint of Murder (1961) as Ken Sudô
- The Witness Killed (1961)
- Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa: I Want to Weep (1961) as Teraemon (a Western two-sworded ronin)
- Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa: Thank You, Sandogasa (1961) as Nagagorō of Shimizu
- The Last Challenge (1961)
- Bandits on the Wind (1961)
- Reporters from the Sky (1960)
- Three Dolls and Three Guys (1960)
- Tell It to the Dolls (1960)
- The Storm of the Pacific (1960) as Lt. Matsuura
- The Last Gunfight (1960) as Yata
- University Bandits (1960)
- Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance (1960) as Kawashima Shigeo
- Westward Desperado (1960)
- The Imitation Lords (1959)
- The Entrapped Gangster (1959) as Saburo Shindo
- Desperado Outpost (1959) as Sergeant Okubo, alias Araki
- The Big Boss (1959)
- The Beast Shall Die (1959)
- The College Ruggers (1959) as Matsukichi Ishikawa
- The Hidden Fortress (1958) as Soldier (uncredited)
- The Young Beast (1958)
- He's the Killer (1958)
- The H-Man (1958) as Uchida
- All About Marriage (1958)
- In Self-Defense (1958)
- Who Is the Informer? (1958) as Detective A
- Adults Cannot Understand - Record of Youth (1958)
- The Young Boss is Third Generation (1958) as Tadashi
- The Men of Toho-ku (1957)
- The Decoy (1957) as Ryōsuke Yamashita (Escaped convict)
- The 36 Passengers (1957)
- A Man in the Storm (1957)
- The Wicked Boy (1956)
- Summer in Eclipse (1956)
- Bot-chan (1953)