Makoto Satō
Popularity:0.304
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1934-03-18
Place of Birth:Kanzaki District, Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan
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Also Known As:Макото Сайто, Makoto Satô, Makoto Sato

The Hidden Fortress (1958)
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...

The Eel (1997)
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no...

The Killing Machine (1976)
Mr. Soh, a righteous man with a cold stare and fists of steel, returns to a lawless post-war Japan in 1946. He protects the weak, defends the poor...

The H-Man (1958)
Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.

Ninja Hunt (1982)
It's a rare occasion when a noted filmmaker like Yamauchi Tetsuya gets to re-visit a previous film, and in this re-make of NINJA GARI, he not only...

Chûshingura (1962)
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...

Operation Mad Dog (1963)
Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda

Outpost of Hell (1963)
The fifth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

Ant Hell War (1964)
The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima

Shikoku (1999)
Years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku. She soon learns that her childhood friend, Sayori,...

Attack Squadron (1963)
Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He believes that what is really necessary for Japan to regain...

Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned...

Adventure in Kigan Castle (1966)
Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom...

The Youth Killer (1976)
Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love; when they bar him from meeting with his girlfriend,...

Adults Cannot Understand - Record of Youth (1958)
The first work of 27-year-old director Eizo Sugawa, contrasting a politician father and his son, a drummer in a student band. It depicts the conflict...

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno (1974)
When a priceless jewel owned by rich heiress Sabine is stolen, along with her daughter, Professional thief and hired killer Ryuichi Koga and his gang...

The Witness Killed (1961)
Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda

Ankokugai zenmetsu sakusen (1965)
The 1965 Japanese yakuza film is the last episode of the Ankokugai series.

Desperado Outpost (1959)
When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and...

I, the Executioner (1968)
Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide.

Typhoon Club (1985)
Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of adulthood, the film takes place over the five-day...

I Are You, You Am Me (1982)
9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies...

The Weed of Crime (1962)
Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.

The Storm of the Pacific (1960)
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in...

Fort Graveyard (1965)
Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His...

Golden Eyes (1968)
A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route from Beirut to Tokyo.

Blueprint of Murder (1961)
Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has...

Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and...

Blind Woman's Curse (1970)
Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat...

Samurai Pirate (1963)
An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the...

Moscow, My Love (1974)
A young talented dancer from Japan is invited to study ballet art at a school at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. She achieves professional success,...

The Mad Atlantic (1966)
Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. Murakami forces the crew to work harder than they...

Shogun's Ninja (1980)
In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of...

The Executioner (1974)
Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuchi Kog, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi Hayato, and the criminal mastermind Ichiro Sakura work...

Admiral Yamamoto (1968)
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese...

Rise Against the Sword (1966)
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees...

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (1986)
During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland...

What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to...

Ai・Mai・Me (1990)
Kaoruko, the daughter of a doctor and attending a prestigious high school in Fukuoka, was vaguely anxious about the future. She's even more scared...

Girls Behind Bars (1960)
A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a...

Princess Mononoke (1997)
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,...

Bandits on the Wind (1961)
1961 Japanese movie

The Merciless Trap (1961)
Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious.

Fireflies: River of Light (2004)
After finally passing his teacher's exam, Miwa (Yukiyoshi Ozawa) devoted himself to teaching in a rustic primary school. He struggles to get through...

A Keg of Powder (1964)
In the third installment in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series, agent Jiro Kitami investigates the mysterious disappearance of a prominent...

The Killing Bottle (1967)
In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group bent on assassinating the Prime Minister of...

The Falcon Fighters (1969)
In the prewar days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Lt. Katō Tateo of the Imperial Japanese Army-Air Corps...

The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail (1980)
Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.

Miss Lonely (1985)
Lonely and love-stricken high-school student Hiroki pursues a girl, but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his psyche,...

Westward Desperado (1960)
In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into...

The Big Boss (1959)
Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life,...

The Last Gunfight (1960)
Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting...

Operation Enemy Fort (1962)
Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attempt to destroy an enemy fort.

風来忍法帖 (1965)
The first of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

風来忍法帖 八方破れ (1968)
The second of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

Interpol Code 8 (1963)
Agent Jiro Kitami attempts to stop a smuggling ring from shipping arms to Vietcong guerrillas.

Rise and Fall of Chivalry (1970)
A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.

Amagi Pass (1983)
Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-girl) when he traveled through Amagi Pass. A...

Whirlwind (1964)
Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post...

The Retreat from Kiska (1965)
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...

Warring Clans (1963)
A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been...

Bonds of Love (1969)
Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but...

Blood and Diamonds (1964)
A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions begin to rise.

Flames of Blood (1981)
The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course :) but instead of a modern yakuza/gangster, he's...

Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder (1972)
A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.

Diary of Early Winter Shower (1998)
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...

Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me (1975)
The first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventures of two truck drivers. Momojiro and his best friend Kinzo take to the road on their...

The Imperial Navy (1981)
A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship...

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally (1989)
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the...

The Beast Shall Die (1959)
A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his...

Blood for Blood (1971)
The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of “K City”. With the construction of new buildings and new factories underway, the...

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)
A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.

The Okinawa War of Ten Years (1978)
After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza prospered. But when Okinawa is returned to Japan, the...

Thugs of Shinjuku (1970)
Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he...

Kazoku no sentaku (1983)
A single mother is being investigated into the death of her ex-husband, which brings to the fore the obscure details of her past.

First Love (2000)
This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boyfriend. When her mother is hospitalized with a...

Port Arthur (1980)
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...

The Daphne (1966)
Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their...

A Man in Red (1961)
Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a four-year sentence, only to find it infested with yakuza...

Blood on the Sea (1961)
Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

Yun’s Town (1989)
A Japanese boy in love with a girl of Korean origin must battle the prejudices of those around him in order to sustain the relationship.

The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe (1999)
Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.

The Imperial Japanese Empire (1982)
Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.

Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu (1977)
After serving 10 years in prison for murdering a rival boss, Tetsu is appalled to see his yakuza family overgrown and dysfunctional upon his release.

Miyamoto Musashi (1973)
In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then...

The Cross of Vengeance (1969)
Film with Junko Miyazono.

Zero (1984)
Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test pilot of Japans new super fighter - the Zero. The...

Cute Devil (1982)
While Ryoko is in Vienna studying music, her boyfriend dies in a traffic accident. Ryoko believes that she has psychic powers which killed him, and...

Message from Space (1978)
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King...

The Stupid Teacher (2000)
Film director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from his boyhood. The two chase each other around, causing...

Operation Sewer Rats (1962)
Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.

Legend of the Cat Monster (1983)
A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter is tasked with writing her comeback film, which...

Shomuni (1998)
Based on the comic by Hiroyuki Yasuda

Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the...

Woman Gambling Expert: Odd/Even Gambling Trip (1969)
14th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

Four Sisters (1985)
Four sisters with no consanguinity are living together since childhood. When facing misfortune and grievances in lives, they give support and...

The Summit of Mt. Fuji (1970)
The Japanese government decides to install a radar on the top of Mt. Fuji, in order to detect typhoons as far as 800 km south of the Japanese...

Zoku izuko e (1967)
Sequel to "真実の愛情を求めて 何処へ" (1954). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka.

25 O'Clock in Shinjuku (1969)
Police detective Amachi fights against those who banished him from his job-both cops and criminals.

The Water Margin (1973)
The Water Margin is a Japanese television series based on Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. The novel...

Kogarashi Monjiro (1972)
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...

Shinjuku Shark (1995)
Hard-boiled suspense drama series about a detective feared as the "Shinjuku Shark" who bravely stands up to evil.