--- name: "Kei Satō" canonical: "https://film.one/person/kei-sato" fi1m_id: "kei-sato" imdb_id: "nm0766225" tmdb_id: 33730 wikidata_id: "Q3814269" roles: ["Actor"] born: "21 December 1928" died: "2 May 2010" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 73 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-28T20:43:34.466777+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Kei Satō ## Identity Kei Satō - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kei-sato - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** kei-sato - **IMDb ID:** nm0766225 - **TMDB ID:** 33730 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3814269 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_Sat%C5%8D, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3814269, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766225/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33730 Actor. Born 21 December 1928 in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan. Died 2 May 2010. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 21 December 1928, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan - **Died:** 2 May 2010 - **Active:** 1962–1984 - **Also known as:** Kei Satô , 佐藤慶之助, Keinosuke Satō, Кэй Сато, 佐藤庆 - **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 91 (1), 1980s 55 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_Sat%C5%8D, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3814269, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766225/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33730 ## Biography Kei Satō (佐藤 慶) was a Japanese character actor and narrator. Born Keinosuke Satō on 21 December 1928 in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, he died on 2 May 2010 in Tokyo. He appeared in numerous films of the Japanese New Wave and beyond, collaborating frequently with director Nagisa Ōshima and with Kaneto Shindō on *Onibaba* (1964) and *Kuroneko* (1968). Among his other notable roles were Masakatsu Fukushima in *Harakiri* (1962), a ghost samurai in *Kwaidan* (1965), Kamo Serizawa in *The Sword of Doom* (1966), and Chief Editor Gondo in *The Return of Godzilla* (1984). He received the Kinema Junpo best actor award for *The Ceremony* (1971) and *Nihon no akuryō* (1970). Satō also narrated many documentaries for television and film. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), Fi1m 55, as Chief Editor Gondo — [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md) - *Harakiri* (1962), Fi1m 91, as Masakazu — [page](https://film.one/film/harakiri.md) ## Complete filmography (214) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler* (2009), as Kazutaka Hyodo - *Dear My Love* (2009), Actor - *The Whispering of the Gods* (2005), as Father Togawa - *Prayer Beads* (2004), series, Actor - *稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ* (2004), series, as Sabee Inugami - *Azumi* (2003), as Tenkai Nankôbô - *藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」* (2003), series, Actor - *Sensen fukoku* (2002), Actor - *Honmamon* (2001), series, as Sadamichi Yamanaka (Konoha's grandfather) - *Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations* (2000), series, as Mashita Nagamori - *Taboo* (1999), as Narrator (voice) - *The Perfect Education* (1999), as Lawyer - *Neo Faust* (1999), as Dr. Faust - *Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow* (1997), Actor - *Concerto* (1996), series, Actor - *Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident* (1995), as Takazawa Hakuun - *Last Friends* (1995), Actor - *Wave in Mind* (1995), series, Actor - *The Wicked Reporter 2: The Rebirth of Horserace Betting* (1994), Actor - *Bored Hatamoto: The Kaga Conspiracy* (1993), Actor - *Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death* (1993), Actor - *The Visas That Saved Lives* (1992), Actor - *Erotic Liaisons* (1992), as Nemoto - *Kachô Shima Kôsaku* (1992), Actor - *The Strange Tale of Oyuki* (1992), as Detective - *Dioxin from Fish!* (1992), as Genjiro - *Akizakura - Cosmos* (1991), Actor - *The Fir Tree Remains* (1990), Actor - *Ronin-gai* (1990), as Iseya - *Detective Heiji* (1990), Actor - *Graduation* (1990), series, Actor - *Shingo's Ten Duels* (1990), as Inoue Kawachi-no-kami - *Business Trip* (1989), as (voice) - *Festival of Dreams* (1989), Actor - *Jūkyūsai* (1989), series, Actor - *I Love You So Much* (1988), Actor - *Sakurako wa warau: Last emperor ni shikakerareta ayashii onna no wana* (1988), Actor - *Green Requiem* (1988), Actor - *The Notorious Bored Samurai* (1988), Actor - *Nezumi Kozo's Edo Adventure* (1988), Actor - *Tabaruzaka* (1987), series, as Iwakura Tomomi - *The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma* (1987), Actor - *Chotchan* (1987), series, as 北山俊道 - *The Hopi Prophecy* (1987), as Narrator (voice) - *Byakkotai* (1986), series, as Tanaka Tosa - *Impactual Performance* (1986), as Ryo's father - *Yakuza Ladies* (1986), as Hitoshi Awazu - *Surgical Designs in Flames* (1986), Actor - *Rice Curry* (1986), series, Actor - *The Autumn in Tokyo* (1985), series, Actor - *Godzilla 1985* (1985), as Gondo - *Let Him Rest in Peace* (1985), as Futoshi Shimoyama - *Kokugo Gannen* (1985), series, Actor - *I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident* (1985), as Nakajima - *The Return of Godzilla* (1984), as Chief Editor Gondo — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-godzilla.md) - *水曜ドラマスペシャル* (1984), series, Actor - *Appassionata* (1984), Actor - *Choji Snack Bar* (1983), as Yoshino - *The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo* (1983), as Police Inspector - *The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor* (1983), as Police Chief - *Tokyo Trial* (1983), as Narrator - *Nemuri Kyoshiro* (1982), series, Actor - *Station* (1981), Actor - *Precious Moments* (1981), series, Actor - *Day Dream* (1981), as Dentist - *The Imperial Navy* (1981), Actor - *Pro Hunter* (1981), series, Actor - *The Trading Company* (1980), series, as Shigeru Yasuda - *The Beast to Die* (1980), as Endo - *Magnitude 7.9* (1980), Actor - *The Night of Martial Law* (1980), Actor - *Target* (1980), as Ichiro Hamada - *The Revolt* (1980), as Narrator (voice) - *The Execution Game* (1979), Actor - *The Man Who Stole the Sun* (1979), as Dr. Ichikawa - *Super Gun Lady: Police Branch 82* (1979), as Gorô Onodera, Military Commentator - *The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf* (1979), as Shimizu - *Dead Angle* (1979), Actor - *Golden Partners* (1979), as Ohkawa - *Kusa Moeru* (1979), series, as Hiki Yoshikazu - *Yasei no Shōmei* (1979), series, Actor - *The Killing Game* (1978), as Shoichi Katsuda - *Japanese Godfather: Conclusion* (1978), as Sekino - *Empire of Passion* (1978), as Orator - *Lost Love* (1978), as Nogami - *Ningen no Shōmei* (1978), series, Actor - *The Skies of Haruo* (1977), Actor - *Japanese Godfather: Ambition* (1977), as Sekino - *High Seas Hijack* (1977), as T.V. Director Fukami - *Japanese Humanity and Justice* (1977), Actor - *They Were Eleven* (1977), Actor - *Yakuza Graveyard* (1976), as Teramitsu Abara - *松本清張シリーズ・中央流沙* (1975), series, as 岡村局長 - *Conflagration* (1975), as Director Fukami - *Shimane Prison Riot* (1975), as Prison Guard - *Fateful Mountain Pass* (1974), series, as Asahina Genzaemon - *My Way* (1974), as Koide, Chief of Police - *The Tattooed Hitman* (1974), as Yukio Yamaji - *Demon Spies* (1974), Actor - *The Water Margin* (1973), series, as Kao Chiu - *A Japanese Demon* (1973), as Psychiartist - *Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry* (1973), as tyobei(Izuya) - *Hanzo the Razor: The Snare* (1973), as Shobei Hamajima - *A Diary of a Woman Doctor* (1973), Actor - *Zatoichi's Conspiracy* (1973), as Magistrate - *Lone Wolf and Cub* (1973), series, as Retsudo Yagyu - *Flower and Dragon* (1973), Actor - *Secret High School Girl: After School Activity* (1973), Actor - *Cross-Currents* (1972), Actor - *Professional Killers* (1972), series, Actor - *Dear Summer Sister* (1972), as Shinkô Kuniyoshi - *Gang Warfare* (1972), Actor - *Chase That Man* (1972), Actor - *Inn of Evil* (1971), as Yohei - *Expelled from the Kanto Mob* (1971), Actor - *Challenge at Dawn* (1971), Actor - *The Ceremony* (1971), as Sakurada Kazuomi, Grandfather - *Evil Spirits of Japan* (1970), as Murase / Ochiai - *Live Today, Die Tomorrow!* (1970), Actor - *Naked Ambition* (1970), Actor - *Lone Rebel* (1969), Actor - *Bullet Wound* (1969), Actor - *The Curse of the Ghost* (1969), as Iyemon - *Devil's Temple* (1969), as Priest - *Outlaw: Goro the Assassin* (1968), Actor - *Where did Sharaku go?* (1968), as Tōshūsai Sharaku - *Star of the Night* (1968), series, Actor - *Women and Miso Soup* (1968), Actor - *Hymn to a Tired Man* (1968), as Takenori Suzuki - *Song of my Life* (1968), as Masanobu Kurosawa - *Three Resurrected Drunkards* (1968), as Y Chong - iru - *Kuroneko* (1968), as Raiko - *The Great Villains* (1968), as Ichiro Yasui - *Death by Hanging* (1968), as Prison warden - *Eleven Samurai* (1967), as Secretary Mizumo - *A Killer's Key* (1967), Actor - *Japanese Summer: Double Suicide* (1967), as Otoko - *The River - Poem of Wrath* (1967), as Doctor - *Band of Ninja* (1967), as Sakagami Shuzen - *Clouds at Sunset* (1967), Actor - *Glorious Fights* (1966), as Yuzo Gondo - *Assignment Cloud* (1966), as Nishida - *Your Life* (1966), Actor - *Violence at Noon* (1966), as Eisuke Oyamada - *Captive's Island* (1966), Actor - *Zatoichi's Vengeance* (1966), as Boss Gonzo - *A Man Worth the Money* (1966), Actor - *The Sword of Doom* (1966), as Kamo Serizawa - *Irezumi* (1966), as Hatamoto Serizawa - *Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves* (1966), Actor - *The Flower and the Dragon* (1965), Actor - *Sword Devil* (1965), as Secretery Kanbe - *Pleasures of the Flesh* (1965), as Police inspector - *Samurai Spy* (1965), as Takanosuke Nojiri - *Bad Reputation: The Two Notorious Men Strike Again* (1965), Actor - *Cold Rice, Osan, Chan* (1965), Actor - *Young Boss* (1965), as Izo - *The Tattooed Lord* (1965), Actor - *Kwaidan* (1965), as Ghost Samurai (segment "In a Cup of Tea") - *Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu* (1965), Actor - *Taikouki* (1965), series, as Akechi Mitsuhide - *The Dawn of Asia* (1964), series, as Li Lie-jun - *Onibaba* (1964), as Hachi - *The Ninja Hunt* (1964), Actor - *Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office* (1964), as Kinjiro Takeuchi - *Homicide* (1964), as Asaichi Isobe - *Roadside Stone* (1964), as Shogo - *Brand of Evil* (1964), as Eguchi - *A Story from Echigo* (1964), Actor - *The Third Ninja* (1964), Actor - *Life of Hishakaku 3* (1964), Actor - *Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple* (1964), as Otaguro - *Onibaba : Film Location* (1964), Director - *Sasuke and His Comedians* (1963), Actor - *Duel of Blood and Sand* (1963), as Katsumaki - *Mother* (1963), as Dr. Koiguchi - *Okashina yatsu* (1963), as Shamoji - *Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin* (1963), Actor - *Blackmail* (1963), Actor - *League of Gangsters* (1963), as Takamoto - *At the Side of the Bridge 4* (1963), Actor - *The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List* (1963), Actor - *Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi* (1963), Actor - *Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai* (1963), as Saburobei Konoe - *Violent Street* (1963), Actor - *Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption* (1963), Actor - *Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady* (1962), Actor - *The Paper Crane* (1962), Actor - *Human* (1962), as Hachizo - *Zoku aizen katsura* (1962), Actor - *The Yagyu Military Art: One Eyed Swordsman* (1962), Actor - *Harakiri* (1962), as Masakazu — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/harakiri.md) - *Pitfall* (1962), as Reporter - *Kyoto Assassin* (1962), Actor - *Tokyo Bay* (1962), as Takeyama - *The Christian Revolt* (1962), Actor - *The Inheritance* (1962), as Cop - *Drunkard's Paradise* (1962), Actor - *Procurer of Hell* (1961), Actor - *Shiroi minamikaze* (1961), Actor - *Onna no hashi* (1961), as Kazuhiko Yamana - *Epitaph to My Love* (1961), as Shinji Tsuda - *Women of Tokyo* (1961), as Tamio Yamada - *Bitter End of a Sweet Night* (1961), Actor - *Incidental Murders* (1961), as Ieraishan Tatsu - *Towering Waves* (1960), Actor - *Night and Fog in Japan* (1960), as Sakamaki - *The Last Trump Card* (1960), Actor - *Volunteering for Villainy* (1960), as Iwai - *The Sun's Burial* (1960), as Sakaguchi - *Good-for-Nothing* (1960), Actor - *Cruel Story of Youth* (1960), as Akira Matsuko - *Knock Down* (1960), Actor - *The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity* (1959), as Shinjô Ittôhei ## Gallery - ![Kei Satō](https://film.one/media/person/102966/gallery-870c9d00defe.jpg) Kei Satō — Image via TMDB - ![Kei Satō](https://film.one/media/person/102966/gallery-4de46279c968.jpg) Kei Satō — Image via TMDB - ![Kei Satō](https://film.one/media/person/102966/gallery-1010e51e739a.jpg) Kei Satō — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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