Kei Satō
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
- Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler2009 · Tōya Satō
Azumi2003 · Ryuhei Kitamura
Taboo1999 · Nagisa Ōshima- The Perfect Education1999 · Ben Wada
- Godzilla 19851985 · Koji Hashimoto
The Return of Godzilla1984 · Koji Hashimoto
The Man Who Stole the Sun1979 · Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Empire of Passion1978 · Nagisa Ōshima- Kuroneko1968 · Kaneto Shindō
- The Sword of Doom1966 · Kihachi Okamoto
- Irezumi1966 · Yasuzō Masumura
Onibaba1964 · Kaneto Shindō
Harakiri1962 · Masaki Kobayashi- Cruel Story of Youth1960 · Nagisa Ōshima
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity1959 · Masaki Kobayashi