Makoto Satō
Acting
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.
Born: March 18, 1934
Place of Birth: Kanzaki District, Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Bot-chan
1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.
Princess Mononoke
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.
Admiral Yamamoto
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.
The Retreat from Kiska
In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhelming force of Americans, the Japanese Navy attempted one of the most daring and unlikely evacuations in military history. This is that story.
Diary of Early Winter Shower
Kounosuke Mibu and Tae Horikawa are unable to forget each other, even though they met and fell in love 20 years ago. They had promised each other that they would build a retreat in Shiguretei, but Ushio was hospitalized after a stroke a few days later, and when his wife, Takako, rushed to the hospital, she discovered their love affair, which in reality had not gone beyond kissing. Now, 20 years later, against the advice of her ikebana mentor, Tae rushes to meet Ushio at Shiguretei, only to see him clutching his chest in pain. Eventually, the design and plans for the dream retreat are seen by Tae, but she has to visit Kyoto alone... or maybe she's heading for somewhere else.
Kogarashi Monjiro
Monjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned his hometown when he was 10 years old. He has been traveling aimlessly with a long toothpick in his mouth. Monjiro avoided getting involved in anything, but wherever he went, he ended up getting involved in incidents
The Hidden Fortress
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
The Water Margin
The Water Margin is a Japanese television series based on Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. The novel details the trials and tribulations of 108 outlaws during the Song Dynasty. This adaptation follows Lin Chung and his clashes with the local government official Kao Chiu. The Water Margin is famous for its, sometimes obscure, but memorable philosophical quotes, such as "Do not despise the snake for having no horns,for who is to say it will not become a dragon?""
Port Arthur
Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.
Chûshingura
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
Filmography
as Enemy
as Kurihara
as Sendo
as Numata
as Tatari God (voice)
as Jukichi Takada
as Akutsu Kaname
as Seiroku the Pimp
as Morio Kitazawa
as Hideo
as Principal Okamoto
as Shinji Koiwa
as Police in chief
as Detective
as Akio Saitoh
as Sekine
as Junka no Yatoji
as Urocco
as Yasuo Fujiwara
as Dragon
as Kentaro Otaki
as Takeshi Hayabusa
as Tetsuya
as Takeshi Hayabusa
as Yang Zhi
as Jun Eguchi
as Kinzo
as Hiroshi Yoshinaga
as Tani Shouichi
as Morita
as Lt. Takeo Kato
as Gunnery Chief of Security
as Kenji Hirai
as Yasaburo Kashiwazaki
as Genda
as Kawashima
as Detective Tezuka
as Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division
as Ken Hayata
as Phil's Partner
as Goro (Kudo's younger brother)
as Aoki
as Gorjaka
as Yatōta Gōemon
as Inuyama
as Commander Amano
as Sanjiro Kitamura (Toshiko’s Husband)
as Inspector Yagyu
as Shuri Kusanagi
as The Black Pirate
as Natsuo Ezaki
as Kinoshita
as Teppei Yano
as Kazuemon Fuwa
as Byakko
as Ryusuke Oki
as Nagagorō of Shimizu
as Teraemon (a Western two-sworded ronin)
as Uesugi
as Ken Sudô
as Lt. Matsuura
as Kawashima Shigeo
as Yata
as Sergeant Okubo, alias Araki
as Matsukichi Ishikawa
as Soldier (uncredited)
as Tadashi
as Detective A
as Uchida
as Ryōsuke Yamashita (Escaped convict)