List of the best Kei Satô movies: Onibaba(1964), Robo no Ishi(1964), Kuroneko(1968), The Man Who Stole the Sun(1979), The Sword of Doom(1966), Violence at Noon(1966), The Strange Story of Oyuki(1992), Taboo(1999), The Human Condition 2: The Road to Eternity(1959), Godzilla 1985(1984) ... ...
Horror, Fantasy
Japan
1964
105 Minutes
Hachi
Nobuko Otowa Jitsuko Yoshimura Kei Satô Taiji Tonoyama Jukichi Uno Somesho Matsumoto Kentaro Kaji Fudeko Tanaka
samurai mother daughter-in-law warrior neighbor creepy intense suspenseful swamp hut japan robbery fate lust murder deception revenge love temptation 14th century
Two women kill samurais and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.
Horror, Fantasy
1968
99 Minutes
Raiko
Kichiemon Nakamura Nobuko Otowa Kiwako Taichi Kei Satô Hideo Kanze
samurai mother daughter-in-law commanding officer ghost cat creepy dark family home countryside ghosts murder rape vengeance revenge pursuit 16th century
Comedy
Japan
1979
147 Minutes
Dr. Ichikawa
Bunta Sugawara Kenji Sawada Kimiko Ikegami Kazuo Kitamura Shigeru Kohyama Kei Satô
A high school science teacher builds an atomic bomb and uses it to extort the nation, but cannot decide what he wants. Meanwhile, a determined cop is catching up to him, as is radiation poisoning.
Drama
Japan
1966
122 Minutes
Kamo Serizawa
Tatsuya Nakadai Toshirô Mifune Yûzô Kayama Michiyo Aratama Ichirô Nakatani Yôko Naitô Kei Satô
samurai competitor brother mistress assassin intense chilling japan geisha house madness dueling ghosts revenge wretched excess rivalry adventure ancient times
Through his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopath samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely.
Drama
Japan
1966
99 Minutes
Eisuke Oyamada
Hideo Kanze Saeda Kawaguchi Narumi Kayashima Teruko Kishi Hôsei Komatsu Akiko Koyama Kei Satô Taiji Tonoyama Matsuhiro Toura Fumio Watanabe Sen Yano
maid victim rapist wife police officer father bleak disturbing sad japan commune school woods apartment serial rape postwar japan poverty murder investigation disillusionment
Two young women must come to terms with the fact that a man they're deeply linked to is a murdering rapist.
Drama
Japan
1992
116 Minutes
Detective
Masahiko Tsugawa Yuki Sumida Daijiro Harada Chôichirô Kawarazaki Yoshiko Miyazaki Yoshiyuki Omori Nobuko Otowa Kei Satô Tomomi Seo
The film tells the story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seducer who falls madly in love for a young geisha named Oyuki. Meticulous ... See full summary »
Drama
Japan|France|UK
1999
101 Minutes
"Beat" Takeshi Kitano Ryuhei Matsuda Shinji Takeda Tadanobu Asano Koji Matoba Uno Kanda Kazuko Yoshiyuki Yoichi Sai Jiro Sakagami Zakoba Katsura Kei Satô
The new member of a samurai militia unit causes disruption as several of his colleagues fall in love with him, threatening to disturb the rigid code of their squad.
War, Drama, History
1959
112 Minutes
Tatsuya Nakadai Michiyo Aratama Minoru Chiaki Izumi Hara Kaneko Iwasaki Kokinji Katsura Yusuke Kawazu Hideo Kidokoro Mayumi Kurata Michio Minami Taketoshi Naito
Sci-Fi
1984
91 Minutes
R.J. Kizer Raymond Burr Shin Takuma Ken Tanaka Keiju Kobayashi Yasuko Sawaguchi Ettaro Ozawa Taketoshi Naito Nobuo Kaneko Takeshi Kato Mizuho Suzuki