Gajirō Satō
Acting
Biography
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Born: August 9, 1944
Place of Birth: Takaishi, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of competitions, the losing members of the Gaki no Tsukai are selected to spend 24 hours in a setting which they have no knowledge of the theme nor the course of the events. They are exposed to various absurd and crazy situations nonstop for 24 hours and must refrain from laughing. If they do so, hang-men appear and hit the rule breakers with a weapon (the weapon varies every year).
Talk of the Town Tora-san
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed when a beautiful lady starts working at Toraya.
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a surly old man with a sad story, whose identity will surprise everyone. Later, Tora meets Botan, a geisha.
Tora-san Plays Daddy
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the boy’s mother, Tora-san meets a cosmetics saleslady and the three become a surrogate family, with Tora-san as “daddy”.
Solitary Gourmet
Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments and experiences the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.
Tora-san, My Uncle
Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.
Tora-san Goes North
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged daughter, and a woman in whom he is secretly interested.
Tora-san's Matchmaker
After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island, and develops a crush on a young nurse there. Tora-san, dispatched to bring Mitsuo back home, himself falls in love with an attractive but troubled woman visiting her father.
Tora-san's Pure Love
When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love with the teacher's mother.
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo.
Filmography
as Seiichi Fujii
as Self
as Udon Delivery Man
as 壮士
as Moguri Doctor
as Dr. Todoroki
as 情報屋
as Decoration Truck Driver
as Gen
as Sabu
as Gen
as Gen
as Gen
as Sawai
as Gen
as Genko
as Genko
as Genko
as Genko
as Genko
as Genko
as Genko
as Genko
as Genko
as Genko
as Genko
as Curly haired Evil Monk
as Genkou
as Real estate agent
as Gen
as Foot Soldier
as Gen
as Yutaro Takojima
as Tetsuo Iwata
as Egawa
as Gen
as Genkō
as Genko
as Teacher
as Hitoshi
as Hattori / Pianist
as Genko
as Takeda
as Gen
as Lion
as Genko
as Genko
as College student
as Genko
as Genko
as Genkichi
as Genkichi
as Hanji
as Genkichi
as Man at the marriage meeting
as Noda
as Gasu
as Mobo