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Makoto Satô (I) (1934–2012)

This sly-faced actor joined Toho in 1956, and was shortly playing villains of one type or another, most famously in the nearly dialogue-free role of the elusive gangster in Ishiro Honda's Bijo to Ekitai Ningen (aka The H-Man, 1958). The following year, Toho promoted him to stardom in Kihachi Okamoto's surprise smash hit... See full bio »

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2008 Cursed Songs 3: Gun-Kyu (video)
 
2005 Hinagon
Arakawa-san
 
2004 Nonki na neesan
 
2003 Pretty Woman
 
2002 Ren'ai hensachi (TV series)
 
2001 Vengeance for Sale
Enemy
 
2000 First Love
 
1999 Shikoku
Sendo
 
1998 Mikeneko Hômuzu no tasogare hoteru (TV movie)
Police Supt. Kurihara
 
1998 Manuke sensei (TV movie)
Kurihara
 
1997 The Eel
Jukichi Takada
 
1997 Pieta
Hirasawa
 
1992 Shôrishatachi
Takeichi Hotta
 
1989 Zatôichi
 
1986 Noyuki yamayuki umibe yuki
Seiroku the Pimp
 
1985 Shimaizaka
Morio Kitazawa
 
1985 Taifu Club
 
1985 Sabishinbô
Principal Okamoto
 
1984 Zerosen moyu
 
1984 The Street of Desire
Kyosuke Tateishi
 
1983 Kazoku no sentaku (TV movie)
 
1983 Amagi goe
Police in Chief
 
1982 Yôi don (TV series)
Senzo
 
1982 Dai Nippon teikoku
Kiriya
 
1982 I Are You, You Am Me
Akio Saitoh
 
1981 Flames of Blood
 
1980 Ninja bugeicho momochi sandayu
Junka no Yatoji
 
1980 203 kochi
 
1978 Message from Space
Urocco
 
1976 Shôrinji kenpô
Kentaro Otaki
 
1975 Torakku yarô: Goiken muyô
Okyô's Brother
 
1970 The Tattooed Swordswoman
Tani Shouichi
 
1970 Fuji sanchô
 
1970 Onna kumichô
 
1969 The Falcon Fighters
Lt. Takeo Kato
 
1969 Nihonkai daikaisen
Gunnery Chief of Security
 
1969 Ai no kizuna
 
1968 Samaritan Zatoichi
Yasaburo Kashiwazaki
 
1968 Machi ni izumi ga atta
Jun'ichi Yano
 
1968 Booted Babe, Busted Boss
Detective Tezuka
 
1967 Japan's Longest Day
Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division
 
1967 Zoku izuko e
 
1967 The Killing Bottle
Kan Hayata
 
1966 Kore ga seishun da!
Jin'nouchi
 
1966 The Daphne
Goro Kudo
 
1966 Doto ichiman kairi
Aoki
 
1966 Kiganjô no bôken
Gorjaka
 
1966 Abare Goemon
Yatouta Goemon
 
1965 Chi to suna
Inuyama
 
1965 Taiheiyô kiseki no sakusen: Kisuka
Commander Amano
 
1964 Jigoku sakusen
 
1963 The Lost World of Sinbad
The Black Pirate
 
1963 Interpol Code 8
Natsuo Ezaki
 
1963 Sengoku yaro
 
1963 Attack Squadron!
Teppei Yano
 
1962 Kurenai no sora
 
1961 Witness Killed
 
1961 Shinku no otoko
 
1961 Nakito gozansu
 
1961 Counterstroke
 
1960 Tell It to the Dolls
Toshiya Hatta
 
1960 Gendai Salaryman - Ren'ai bushidô
Shigeo Kawashima
 
1960 Samurai to oneechan
Kiyoshi Kaô
 
1960 The Last Gunfight
Yata
 
1959 Dokuritsu gurentai
Sergeant Okubo, alias Araki
 
1959 Tegami o kakeru
 
1958 The Hidden Fortress
Yamada foot soldier
 
1958 The Young Beast
 
1958 The H-Man
Uchida, gangstar
 
1958 Ryu ni makasero
 
1953 Botchan
Student
 
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1966 Kiganjô no bôken (production assistant - uncredited)
 

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5' 8" (1.73 m)
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