Portrait of Koichi Sato

Acting

Koichi Sato

Career

Active from 1981 to 2026, busiest in 2019 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
96
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Unforgiven
Unforgiven
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 55 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Koichi Sato Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Pop Culture
    1.5, average 2.2
  • Eroticism
    1.2, average 1.8
  • Situational Comedy
    2.2, average 2.7
  • Coming of Age
    2.4, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 22
  • Japanese Drama 12
  • Political Intrigue 11
  • Character Study 9
  • Social Commentary 8
  • Japanese Cinema 8
  • Japanese Historical Drama 6
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Fast-Paced 5
  • Action-Packed 5
  • Slow Burn 5
  • Character-Driven Narrative 5

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

190
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Downtown Story
Downtown Story

TV show

2020s

37 titles · average score 66
The Royal Family
The Royal Family (2025)

TV show · as Kozo Sanno

Climbing for Life
Climbing for Life (2025)

as Masaaki Tabe

119 Emergency Call
119 Emergency Call (2025)

TV show · as Shinichi Dojima

The Box Man
The Box Man (2024)
GoodWatch score 40

as General

One Last Bloom
One Last Bloom (2023)

as Jinichi Hirooka

Undercover Investigator Matsushita Kohei
Undercover Investigator Matsushita Kohei (2023)

TV show · as Koichi Sato

ONE DAY ~It's Wonderful Christmas Ado~
ONE DAY ~It's Wonderful Christmas Ado~ (2023)

TV show · as Marei

20-Year-Old Soul
20-Year-Old Soul (2022)

as Kenichi Takahashi

Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (2021)
GoodWatch score 69

as Tomatsu

Fukushima 50
Fukushima 50 (2020)
GoodWatch score 65

as Toshio Izaki

Silent Tokyo
Silent Tokyo (2020)

as Hitoshi Asahina

The Sun Does Not Move
The Sun Does Not Move (2020)

TV show · as Takeshi Kazama

2010s

56 titles · average score 65
The Fable
The Fable (2019)
GoodWatch score 47

as Boss

The Promised Land
The Promised Land (2019)
GoodWatch score 60

as Zenjiro Tanaka

Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki (2019)

as Prime Minister Keiichiro Tarumizu

64: Part 1
64: Part 1 (2016)
GoodWatch score 68

as Yoshinobu Mikami

Midnight Diner 2
Midnight Diner 2 (2016)
GoodWatch score 74

as Ishida

64: Part 2
64: Part 2 (2016)
GoodWatch score 65

as Yoshinobu Mikami

Terminal
Terminal (2015)
GoodWatch score 56

as Kanji Washida

The Locked Room Murders SP
The Locked Room Murders SP (2014)
GoodWatch score 69

as Gou Serizawa

Unforgiven
Unforgiven (2013)
GoodWatch score 83

as Ichizo Oishi

The Locked Room Murders
The Locked Room Murders (2012)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Serizawa Gou

Dearest
Dearest (2012)
GoodWatch score 61

as Nanbara

The Last Ronin
The Last Ronin (2010)
GoodWatch score 70

as Kichiemon Terasaka

2000s

40 titles · average score 64
Brass Knuckle Boys
Brass Knuckle Boys (2009)
GoodWatch score 65

as Akio

Nobody To Watch Over Me
Nobody To Watch Over Me (2009)
GoodWatch score 64

as Takumi Katsuura

The Magic Hour
The Magic Hour (2008)
GoodWatch score 76

as Taiki Murata

Sukiyaki Western Django
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
GoodWatch score 58

as Kiyomori

Suite Dreams
Suite Dreams (2006)
GoodWatch score 66

as Katsutoshi Mutôda

The Animal Trail
The Animal Trail (2006)

TV show · as Sojiro Kotaki

Aegis
Aegis (2005)
GoodWatch score 55

as Diasuke Atsumi

Umineko - Inseparable
Umineko - Inseparable (2004)

as Kunikazu Akagi

When the Last Sword Is Drawn
When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)
GoodWatch score 78

as Hajime Saito

KT
KT (2002)
GoodWatch score 65

as Masuo Tomita

Whiteout
Whiteout (2000)
GoodWatch score 59

as Masahiko Utsuki

Face
Face (2000)
GoodWatch score 68

as Akira Ikeda

1990s

30 titles · average score 60
African Nights
African Nights (1999)

TV show

The Spiral
The Spiral (1998)
GoodWatch score 46

as Mitsuo Ando

Wait and See
Wait and See (1998)

as Hiroshi Nirasaki

Tabloid
Tabloid (1998)

TV show

Lie Lie Lie
Lie Lie Lie (1997)

as Zeiji Hatano

Oishinbo
Oishinbo (1996)

as Shiro Yamaoka

Gonin
Gonin (1995)
GoodWatch score 76

as Mikihiko Bandai

The Abe Clan
The Abe Clan (1995)

as Abe Yagobei

Koibito Yo
Koibito Yo (1995)

TV show · as Ryotaro Kono

Crest of Betrayal
Crest of Betrayal (1994)
GoodWatch score 59

as Iemon Tamiya

Tokarev
Tokarev (1994)

as Kei Matsumura

What a Wonderful Life
What a Wonderful Life (1993)

TV show · as Shimpei Hosaka

1980s

26 titles · average score 67
Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso
Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso (1989)

as Kyoji

The Silk Road
The Silk Road (1988)
GoodWatch score 66

as Zhao Xingde

Spectacle of Buds
Spectacle of Buds (1986)

as Kenzo

Death Powder
Death Powder (1986)
GoodWatch score 57

as Kiyoshi

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast (1986)
GoodWatch score 71

as Chuui Aoki

Penguin's Memory: A Tale of Happiness
Penguin's Memory: A Tale of Happiness (1985)
GoodWatch score 75

as Mike (voice)

Mitsugetsu
Mitsugetsu (1984)

as Tetsuaki Murakami

The Catch
The Catch (1983)
GoodWatch score 68

as Shunichi

Gate of Youth 2
Gate of Youth 2 (1982)

as Shinsuke Ibuki

Lovers Lost
Lovers Lost (1982)
GoodWatch score 64

as Masao Takeuchi

Gate of Youth
Gate of Youth (1981)

as Shisuke Ibuki

Manon
Manon (1981)

as Itaru