Best movies of Makoto Satô

Actors : Shintarô Katsu, Kô Nishimura, Makoto Satô, Yoshiko Mita,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

Zatoichi is tricked by a crime gang into killing a man. Realizing his mistake, he sets out to protect the dead man's sister, who is conflicted in accepting his help.

Actors : Meiko Kaji, Hoki Tokuda, Hideo Sunazuka, Makoto Satô,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

The head of a yakuza gang is being trailed by a mysterious, vengeful blind woman.

Actors : Shin'ichi Chiba, Makoto Satô, Yutaka Nakajima, Naoya Makoto,
Directors : Noribumi Suzuki,

Sonny Chiba plays the character referred to as "Mr Soh", who is based on the true life founder of Shorinji Kempo, Doshin So. Mr Soh has been acting as a secret agent in Manchuria during the...

Actors : Reiko Dan, Yûnosuke Itô, Toshirô Mifune, Makoto Satô,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

In 1945, Japanese Army Sergeant Kosugi and a platoon of young green recruits must retake and defend a fort occupied by the Chinese forces.

Actors : Satomi Kobayashi, Sayuri Ishibashi, Makoto Satô, Toshinori Omi,
Directors : Nobuhiko Ôbayashi,

9th-graders Kazuo (boy) and Kazumi (girl) take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies are switched, and the result...

Actors : Kôji Tsuruta, Yôsuke Natsuki, Toshirô Mifune, Makoto Satô,

Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his ...

Actors : Tatsuya Mihashi, Makoto Satô, Yûzô Kayama, Kumi Mizuno,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

While testing the advance prototype of a revolutionary gas engine, the vehicle is involved in a mysterious accident killing its driver. The police report states that it was an accident, ...

Actors : Naoya Kusakawa, Makoto Satô, Ichirô Nakatani, Kumi Mizuno,
Directors : Jun Fukuda,

(1961) Makato Sato, Kumi Mizuno, Ichiro Nakatani, Naoya Kusakawa. Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosey detective suspicious.

Actors : Yuriko Hoshi, Makoto Satô, Ichirô Nakatani, Yûzô Kayama,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

A lone masterless warrior with some new friends helps ship 300 rifles to a Japanese warlord during the sengoku period.

Actors : Tôru Ibuki, Yôsuke Natsuki, Makoto Satô, Yûzô Kayama,
Directors : Kengo Furusawa,

During World War I, Japanese planes assault a lone German enemy outpost.

Actors : Yuriko Hoshi, Yôsuke Natsuki, Makoto Satô, Kumi Mizuno,
Directors : Hiroshi Inagaki,

After defeat at the Siege of Osaka several survivors attempt to deliver a young prince to safety.

Actors : Sô Yamamura, Toshirô Mifune, Tadao Nakamaru, Makoto Satô,
Directors : Seiji Maruyama,

In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhelming force of Americans, the Japanese ...

Actors : Tatsuya Mihashi, Tadao Nakamaru, Toshirô Mifune, Makoto Satô,
Directors : Senkichi Taniguchi,

Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in the Middle East, where they find intrigue and romance in the court of an evil king.

Actors : Toshirô Mifune, Makoto Satô, Nobuko Otowa, Ryô Tamura,
Directors : Hiroshi Inagaki,

Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees the success Goemon has achieved, he ...

Actors : Tatsuya Mihashi, Toshirô Mifune, Makoto Satô, Ryô Tamura,
Directors : Jun Fukuda,

Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. Murakami forces the crew to work harder than they ever have, creating enmity and ...

Actors : Tatsuya Mihashi, Nick Adams, Makoto Satô, Kumi Mizuno,
Directors : Senkichi Taniguchi,

Two agents of the International Secret Police must prevent a crime organization from assassinating the President of Buddabai and his General.

Actors : Kôjirô Hongô, Shiho Fujimura, Makoto Satô, Sei Hiraizumi,
Directors : Mitsuo Murayama,

In the days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Kato Tateo of the Imperial Japanese Army-Air Corps trains new crop of volunteers from the Amry's ...

Actors : Kôji Tsuruta, Makoto Satô, Akiko Kudô, Kyôsuke Machida,
Directors : Yasuo Furuhata,

Yet another ninkyô - jitsuroku hybrid.

Actors : Tsunehiko Watase, Yoshiko Fujita, Teruo Yoshida, Makoto Satô,
Directors : Teruo Ishii,

A companion piece to another Ishii directed picture from 1970, also starring Watase, Yoshida and Sato called PRISONERS' BACK LIST.

Actors : Meiko Kaji, Makoto Satô, Tatsuya Fuji, Jô Shishido,
Directors : Yasuharu Hasebe,

A uniformly excellent, no-no-nonsense, straightforward yakuza sage. This also has one of underrated and comparatively-unknown-in-the-west composer Kaburagi's most exciting and memorable ...