Portrait of Jiro Sato

Acting

Jiro Sato

Career

Active from 2003 to 2026, busiest in 2020 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
31
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Run for the Money
Run for the Money
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 42 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Jiro Sato Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    1.2, average 2.6
  • Class & Capitalism
    2.0, average 3.3
  • Politics
    1.3, average 2.6
  • Social Commentary
    4.0, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Drama 6
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Feel-Good 4
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Psychological Tension 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Family-Friendly 3
  • Slice-of-Life 3
  • Pop Culture 3
  • Absurdist Humor 3
  • Intense Suspense 2
  • Action Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

141
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

38 titles · average score 61
Surname Confidential
Surname Confidential (2026)

TV show · as Yomoda Makoto

Nameless
Nameless (2026)

as Taro Yamada

Suzuki=Bakudan
Suzuki=Bakudan (2025)
GoodWatch score 72

as Tagosaku Suzuki

A Strange House
A Strange House (2024)
GoodWatch score 57

as Kurihara

Tokumei!
Tokumei! (2023)

TV show · as Suga Ango

Run for the Money
Run for the Money (2022)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as game master

Missing
Missing (2022)
GoodWatch score 71

as Satoshi Harada

The Violence Action
The Violence Action (2022)
GoodWatch score 45

as Sandaime

The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill (2021)
GoodWatch score 69

as Takoda

Peep Time
Peep Time (2020)

TV show

Super Radical Gag Family
Super Radical Gag Family (2020)

TV show · as Osawagi Daitetsu

Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (2020)
GoodWatch score 58

as The boss

2010s

73 titles · average score 64
Brothers in Brothel
Brothers in Brothel (2019)

as Mashiba Tetsuo

The Could've-Gone-All-the-Way Committee
The Could've-Gone-All-the-Way Committee (2018)

TV show · as Nojima Yuzuru

Gintama 2: Rules Are Made to Be Broken
Gintama 2: Rules Are Made to Be Broken (2018)
GoodWatch score 67

as Henpeita Takechi

Mary and The Witch's Flower
Mary and The Witch's Flower (2017)
GoodWatch score 75

as Flanagan (voice)

Black Revenge
Black Revenge (2017)

TV show · as Isao Fukushima

Dawn Wind in My Poncho
Dawn Wind in My Poncho (2017)
GoodWatch score 62

as Hachibei

The Man with God's Tongue
The Man with God's Tongue (2016)

TV show · as 宫泽宽治

Brave Yoshihiko and the Seven Driven People
Brave Yoshihiko and the Seven Driven People (2016)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as 仏

Judge
Judge (2013)
GoodWatch score 53

as Fox

Meshibana Keiji Tachibana
Meshibana Keiji Tachibana (2013)

TV show · as 立花警部

My Daddy Is an Idol!
My Daddy Is an Idol! (2012)

TV show · as Kariya Takahiro

The Brave 'Yoshihiko'
The Brave 'Yoshihiko' (2011)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Buddha

2000s

29 titles · average score 69
Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy
Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy (2009)

as Jiro Shiba

Jin
Jin (2009)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show

Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy
Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy (2009)

TV show · as Jiro Shiba

33 Minutes Detective
33 Minutes Detective (2008)

TV show

Mirai koshi Meguru
Mirai koshi Meguru (2008)

TV show · as Yakunaka

The Quiz Show
The Quiz Show (2008)

TV show · as Smaily-Kitajima

Mop Girl
Mop Girl (2007)

TV show · as Higashi Shigeo

Swing Girls
Swing Girls (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

as Bus Driver

Keitai Deka Zenigata Mai
Keitai Deka Zenigata Mai (2003)

TV show · as Mystery Man

Gokusen
Gokusen (2002)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Hosaku Yajima

Ping Pong
Ping Pong (2002)
GoodWatch score 71

as Staff Member

Hush!
Hush! (2001)
GoodWatch score 66

as Hirose

1990s

1 title
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
The Files of the Young Kindaichi (1995)

TV show · as Kei Tomori