Portrait of Makoto Satō

Acting

Makoto Satō

Career

Active from 1957 to 1999, with a break from 1986 to 1998, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
28
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Water Margin
The Water Margin
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 27 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Makoto Satō Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.4, average 5.4
  • Showbiz
    0.3, average 1.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.8, average 2.7
  • Cringe Humor
    1.4, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 6
  • Historical Setting 3
  • World War II 3
  • Post-War Japan 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Melancholy Tone 2
  • Psychological Horror 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Martial Arts 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

74
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

2 titles
Vengeance for Sale
Vengeance for Sale (2002)

as Enemy

The Stupid Teacher
The Stupid Teacher (2000)

as Kurihara

1990s

6 titles · average score 66
Shikoku
Shikoku (1999)
GoodWatch score 49

as Sendo

Diary of Early Winter Shower
Diary of Early Winter Shower (1998)

as Numata

Princess Mononoke
Princess Mononoke (1997)
GoodWatch score 81

as Tatari God (voice)

The Eel
The Eel (1997)
GoodWatch score 67

as Jukichi Takada

Shinjuku Shark
Shinjuku Shark (1995)

TV show

Ai・Mai・Me
Ai・Mai・Me (1990)

as Akutsu Kaname

1980s

10 titles · average score 68
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (1986)
GoodWatch score 71

as Seiroku the Pimp

Lonely Heart
Lonely Heart (1985)
GoodWatch score 72

as Principal Okamoto

Typhoon Club
Typhoon Club (1985)
GoodWatch score 69

as Hideo

Four Sisters
Four Sisters (1985)

as Morio Kitazawa

Kazoku no sentaku
Kazoku no sentaku (1983)

as Shinji Koiwa

Amagi Pass
Amagi Pass (1983)
GoodWatch score 68

as Police in chief

I Are You, You Am Me
I Are You, You Am Me (1982)
GoodWatch score 67

as Akio Saitoh

Cute Devil
Cute Devil (1982)

as Detective

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)
GoodWatch score 66

as Sekine

Shogun's Ninja
Shogun's Ninja (1980)
GoodWatch score 61

as Junka no Yatoji

1970s

13 titles · average score 63
Message from Space
Message from Space (1978)
GoodWatch score 48

as Urocco

Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu (1977)

as Yasuo Fujiwara

The Killing Machine
The Killing Machine (1975)
GoodWatch score 61

as Kentaro Otaki

Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me
Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me (1975)

as Dragon

The Executioner
The Executioner (1974)
GoodWatch score 66

as Takeshi Hayabusa

Moscow, My Love
Moscow, My Love (1974)

as Tetsuya

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno (1974)
GoodWatch score 57

as Takeshi Hayabusa

The Water Margin
The Water Margin (1973)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Yang Zhi

Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder
Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder (1972)
GoodWatch score 67

as Jun Eguchi

Kogarashi Monjiro
Kogarashi Monjiro (1972)

TV show · as Kinzo

Blood for Blood
Blood for Blood (1971)

as Hiroshi Yoshinaga

Blind Woman's Curse
Blind Woman's Curse (1970)
GoodWatch score 64

as Tani Shouichi

1960s

34 titles · average score 68
The Falcon Fighters
The Falcon Fighters (1969)

as Lt. Takeo Kato

Samaritan Zatoichi
Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
GoodWatch score 70

as Yasaburo Kashiwazaki

I, the Executioner
I, the Executioner (1968)
GoodWatch score 72

as Kawashima

Golden Eyes
Golden Eyes (1968)

as Detective Tezuka

The Killing Bottle
The Killing Bottle (1967)

as Ken Hayata

Rise Against the Sword
Rise Against the Sword (1966)

as Yatōta Gōemon

Adventure in Kigan Castle
Adventure in Kigan Castle (1966)

as Gorjaka

Fort Graveyard
Fort Graveyard (1965)
GoodWatch score 67

as Inuyama

Warring Clans
Warring Clans (1963)
GoodWatch score 67

as Kinoshita

Interpol Code 8
Interpol Code 8 (1963)

as Natsuo Ezaki

Operation Sewer Rats
Operation Sewer Rats (1962)

as Byakko

Blueprint of Murder
Blueprint of Murder (1961)

as Ken Sudô

1950s

9 titles · average score 70
Desperado Outpost
Desperado Outpost (1959)
GoodWatch score 65

as Sergeant Okubo, alias Araki

The Big Boss
The Big Boss (1959)

as Goro

The Entrapped Gangster
The Entrapped Gangster (1959)

as Saburo Shindo

The College Ruggers
The College Ruggers (1959)

as Matsukichi Ishikawa

The H-Man
The H-Man (1958)
GoodWatch score 59

as Uchida

The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
GoodWatch score 88

as Soldier (uncredited)

Who Is the Informer?
Who Is the Informer? (1958)

as Detective A

The Young Boss is Third Generation
The Young Boss is Third Generation (1958)

as Tadashi

The Decoy
The Decoy (1957)

as Ryōsuke Yamashita (Escaped convict)