Makoto Satō
Birthday: 1934-03-18
Place of Birth: Kanzaki District, Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan
Biography: Makoto Satō (18 March 1934 – 6 December 2012) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1953 to 2008.
Movies
The Hidden Fortress
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a ...
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The Eel
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbers...
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The Killing Machine
Mr. Soh, a righteous man with a cold stare and fists of steel, returns to a lawless post-war Japan i...
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The H-Man
When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police que...
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Ninja Hunt
It's a rare occasion when a noted filmmaker like Yamauchi Tetsuya gets to re-visit a previous film, ...
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Chûshingura
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the c...
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Operation Mad Dog
Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda...
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Outpost of Hell
The fifth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Senkichi Taniguchi...
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Ant Hell War
The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima...
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Shikoku
Years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku. She s...
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Attack Squadron
Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He believes ...
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Samaritan Zatoichi
Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister O...
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Adventure in Kigan Castle
Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the grea...
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The Youth Killer
Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love; when ...
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Adults Cannot Understand - Record of Youth
The first work of 27-year-old director Eizo Sugawa, contrasting a politician father and his son, a d...
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The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
When both a priceless jewel and the daughter of a rich heiress are stolen by a master criminal, Koga...
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Mission to Annihilate the Underworld
The 1965 Japanese yakuza film is the last episode of the Ankokugai series....
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Desperado Outpost
When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second ...
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I, the Executioner
Police detectives investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who ...
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Typhoon Club
Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of adult...
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I Are You, You Am Me
9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through su...
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The Storm of the Pacific
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanes...
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Fort Graveyard
Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the las...
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Golden Eyes
A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route f...
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Blueprint of Murder
Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is ...
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Battle of the Japan Sea
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japane...
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Blind Woman's Curse
Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi sl...
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Samurai Pirate
An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, ...
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Moscow, My Love
A young talented dancer from Japan is invited to study ballet art at a school at the Bolshoi Theater...
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The Mad Atlantic
Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. M...
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Shogun's Ninja
In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi...
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The Executioner
Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuichi Koga, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi Hay...
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Admiral Yamamoto
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is ...
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Rise Against the Sword
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight the...
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Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transfe...
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What's Up, Tiger Lily?
In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Ke...
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Ai・Mai・Me
Kaoruko, the daughter of a doctor and attending a prestigious high school in Fukuoka, was vaguely an...
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Girls Behind Bars
A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths o...
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Princess Mononoke
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must jou...
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The Merciless Trap
Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective su...
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Fireflies: River of Light
After finally passing his teacher's exam, Miwa (Yukiyoshi Ozawa) devoted himself to teaching in a ru...
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A Keg of Powder
In the third installment in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series, agent Jiro Kitami investigates th...
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The Killing Bottle
In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group...
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The Falcon Fighters
In the prewar days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Lt. Ka...
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Miss Lonely
Lonely and love-stricken high-school student Hiroki pursues a girl, but another one mysteriously app...
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Westward Desperado
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anyt...
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The Big Boss
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, e...
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The Last Gunfight
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city o...
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Operation Enemy Fort
Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attem...
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Interpol Code 8
Agent Jiro Kitami attempts to stop a smuggling ring from shipping arms to Vietcong guerrillas....
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Amagi Pass
Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-gir...
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Whirlwind
Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeat...
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The Retreat from Kiska
In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When...
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Warring Clans
A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan a...
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Bonds of Love
Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company...
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Blood and Diamonds
A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions begi...
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Flames of Blood
The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course ...
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Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder
A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of vi...
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Diary of Early Winter Shower
Kounosuke Mibu and Tae Horikawa are unable to forget each other, even though they met and fell in lo...
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Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
The first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventures of two truck drivers. Momojiro and hi...
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The Imperial Navy
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the...
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Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life...
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The Beast Shall Die
A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the su...
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Blood for Blood
The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of “K City”. With the construction of new build...
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Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes unde...
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The Okinawa War of Ten Years
After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza prospered....
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Thugs of Shinjuku
Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting i...
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Kazoku no sentaku
A single mother is being investigated into the death of her ex-husband, which brings to the fore the...
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First Love
This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boy...
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Port Arthur
Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified position...
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The Daphne
Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain ...
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A Man in Red
Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a four-year ...
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Yun’s Town
A Japanese boy in love with a girl of Korean origin must battle the prejudices of those around him i...
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The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa....
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The Imperial Japanese Empire
Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the...
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Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
After serving 10 years in prison for murdering a rival boss, Tetsu is appalled to see his yakuza fam...
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Miyamoto Musashi
In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving not...
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Zero
Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test pilo...
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Cute Devil
While Ryoko is in Vienna studying music, her boyfriend dies in a traffic accident. Ryoko believes th...
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Message from Space
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders ...
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The Stupid Teacher
Film director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from his b...
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Operation Sewer Rats
Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese ...
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Legend of the Cat Monster
A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter i...
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Counterstroke
Ryusuke and Joe Oki escape from prison. Ryusuke was incarcerated for killing his younger brother Yas...
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Japan's Longest Day
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and th...
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Woman Gambling Expert: Odd/Even Gambling Trip
14th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series...
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Four Sisters
Four sisters with no consanguinity are living together since childhood. When facing misfortune and g...
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The Summit of Mt. Fuji
The Japanese government decides to install a radar on the top of Mt. Fuji, in order to detect typhoo...
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Zoku izuko e
Sequel to "何処へ" (1966). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka....
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25 O'Clock in Shinjuku
Police detective Amachi fights against those who banished him from his job-both cops and criminals....
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Who Is the Informer?
After killing a detective in a botched robbery, Keiichi (Natsuki) is on the run as police stake out ...
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Hiroshi Moriya Sandogasa Series: I Want to Weep
A wandering swordsman helps a doll maker and his fiancée fight against a ruthless gang in a small to...
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In Self-Defense
A young detective tries to determine whether a mysterious death was the result of murder or self-def...
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Hiroshi Moriya Sadogasa Series: Thank You, Sandogasa
When noble wanderer Moritaro saves a disowned merchant’s son from gangsters, he becomes entangled in...
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Vengeance for Sale
In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying o...
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The Young Boss is Third Generation
A carefree student from a traditional sake shop family balances love, rebellion, and a bike race whi...
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Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance
Three young employees navigate love, ambition, and meddling bosses as workplace crushes evolve into ...
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Start Here
Teacher Miyako Hanai, disillusioned by her sisters’ unhappy marriages, rejects love until family con...
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The Decoy
Thriller about three escaped convicts, one of whom (Sato), plans to murder the wife of a detective (...
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Summer in Eclipse
Drama of a disillusioned youth, with writer-actor Ishihara starring as the young man at odds with hi...
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A Man in the Storm
Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a k...
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Sanjûrokunin no jôkyaku
A suspense drama about a thief who sneaks onto a late-night ski bus heading from Tokyo to Joshinetsu...
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All About Marriage
Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, e...
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Urban Marine Resort Story
A story of love and adventure between a woman who likes water sports and a man who likes boats. Mari...
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The Man from the East
Kenta (Kayama), a boxer-turned-wandering minstrel becomes involved in a yakuza plot to rid slum dwel...
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We Will Remember
Near the end of the war, a number of young Japanese join an army band hoping to avoid the front line...
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