Makoto Satô
Biography
Japan
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, the cynical war picture Dokuritsu Gurentai (Desperado Outpost, 1959). Thereafter he split his time between toplining Toho's war pictures and gangster pictures (but not always as the villain now). Read more... the Underworld, 1962). This latter role allowed him to show off his comedic talents, as he played a gangster who is constantly frustrated in his hobby-quest to build the perfect house of cards. Sato remains working and much in demand in Japanese films and TV through the present day.
Actor

Character:
Inuyama
Chi to suna 1965
7

Character:
Jin'nouchi
Kore ga seishun da! 1966
2

Character:
Jun'ichi Yano
Machi ni izumi ga atta 1968
1

Character:
Gunnery Chief of Security
Nihonkai daikaisen 1969
1

Character:
Arakawa-san
Hinagon 2005
0

Character:
Sendo
Shikoku 1999
0

Character:
Jukichi Takada
Unagi 1997
0

Character:
Hirasawa
Pieta 1997
0

Character:
Takeichi Hotta
Shôrishatachi 1992
0

Character:
Principal Okamoto
Sabishinbô 1985
1

Character:
Numata
Diary of Early Winter Shower 1998
0

Character:
Kurihara
Manuke sensei 1998
0

Character:
Enemy
Sukedachi-ya Sukeroku 2001
0

Character:
Kiriya
Dai Nippon teikoku 1982
0

Character:
Police in Chief
Amagi goe 1983
0

Character:
Akio Saitoh
Tenkôsei 1982
5

Character:
Yamada foot soldier
The Hidden Fortress 1958
0

Character:
Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Nihon no ichiban nagai hi 1967
0