Kōtarō Satomi
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Kōtarō Satomi.
Born: November 28, 1936
Place of Birth: Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan
Known For
Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories
Bunsei era, at a time when Edo culture is at its peak, and barely 50 years before the arrival of the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Sabu is a cheerful, honest young man who left his hometown with the dream of becoming a policeman. He is an informant to the policeman Saheiji of Asakusa in Edo and stays with him and his daughter Midori. One day, Sabu encounters the cool master swordsman Ichi, who makes a living giving massages, and they become partners in an unexpected way. Although Sabu is still an informant, he and the blind Ichi collaborate in a way that compensates for each other’s shortcomings. Sabu becomes Ichi’s eyes while Ichi becomes Sabu’s right-hand man and solves cases with his well-honed skills of deduction as they search for the truth in difficult cases in Edo. One case starts with the discovery of two dead bodies in the Sumida River. The bodies have diagonal slashes and were left in boxes.
Benkei
At the end of the Heian period, Musashibo Benkei, a warrior monk who hated the Heike clan, was humiliated by his fellow monks and left the mountain monastery. Soon, Benkei competes with the Heike warriors on the Gojo Bridge in Kyoto and takes away their swords. One night he tried to stop a young man who had a beautiful sword on his belt and fought him, but he could not win. Knowing that this young man Ushiwakamaru (Minamoto no Yoshitsune) is looking for an opportunity to overthrow the Heike clan, Benkei asks him to let him join him.
Paper Crane Palanquin
The death of a samurai in a palanquin leads girl detective Oshichi to take action to crush a plot to overthrow the Shogunate.
Prison Gambler
A film about the confrontation between two yakuza groups in the brutal Miike prison, which contained 1,500 inmates. The second film in the series Gambler / Bakuto directed by Shigehiro Ozawa.
Gambler
The main character Tachibana Isaburo is released from prison and discovers that his boss is dead. He is offered to become the leader of the group, but refuses. A young fashion villain, a Yakuza boss wants to get into politics. He makes a deal with the Osaka Railway Company, leaving many poor people homeless. Tachibana engages in a fierce battle with villains for the poor.
Ōedo Sōsamō
Set against the backdrop of the reign of the 11th Tokugawa Shogun, Ienari Tokugawa, this drama is a masterpiece of action period drama that broke the mold of traditional detective stories and attracted a great deal of attention.
Lord Mito
One of Japan’s most popular historical characters, former Vice-Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni, whose travels around the nation are legendary has made it to the silver screen in a dynamic and exciting tale featuring megastar Toshiro Mifune as an expert swordsman drawn into the action to fight injustice. The Elder Lord travels about disguised as a retired merchant with his two trusty bodyguards Sukesaburo and Kakunoshin by his side and secret agent Yashichi close by. After a chance meeting with a dying man and young woman who had been brutally attacked, they set out for Kaga Province to wreak vengeance on the responsible parties. Don’t miss this exciting journey into Japanese history!
Unbound
In 18th-century Edo, Tsutaya Juzaburo rises from a poor background to become a leading publisher. Despite political changes threatening his career, he works to shape Edo’s cultural scene through innovative books and collaborations with artists.
Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
Eight villains, former pirates, gather to attack the magistrate's office. They develop a plan and begin their actions in secret, making full use of their special abilities. In the end, their plan goes beyond what was intended and turns into a good deed for many people. A masterpiece of historical drama, full of breathtaking thrills and action.
Filmography
as Suwaraya Ichibe
as 犬神佐兵衛
as Sojiro Kandagawa
as Hashida
as Yasuyuki Okuruma
as Royal Gentleman
as Hattori
as Hattori
as Hisashi
as 服部
as Saitō Dōsan
as Akihiko Kambayashi
as Hercules Poirot (voice)
as Kanbei Sekiya
as Iehisa Shimazu
as Oishi Kuranosuke
as Date Terumune
as Izunokami Nobutsuna Matsudaira
as Takeaki Enomoto
as Saigô Takamori
as Saigo Tanomo
as Matsudaira Choshichiro
as Matsudaira Choshichiro Nagayori
as Sasaki Sukesaburo
as Isawa no Fujiyoshi
as Takaji Muranaka
as Hanbei Takenaka
as Yuki Jonosuke
as Mitamura
as Hosokawa Tadatoshi
as Kitahara
as Yasunosuke Yajima
as Tokugawa Yoshimune
as Shinrokuro Shimada
as Hanshiro Tsuge
as Yutaro Ashigara
as Romper Matsugoro
as Naojiro Kataoka
as Shintarô Yagyû
as Ando Kazuma
as Shinzo
as Kota
as Nagai Shinano-no-kami
as Nagai Shinano-no-kami
as Kojiro Tsukahara
as Kota
as Aizu Clan Lord
as Lord Kishu Yorinobu
as Masayoshi
as Kyogetsu Shishinosuke
as Kyotsuki Shishinosuke
as Aizu no Kotetsu
as Shintaro Mochizuki
as Tamiya Daisuke
as Koda Masujiro
as Bunroku