Kōichi Satō (actor)

Koichi Sato
Koichi Sato at 28th Tokyo International Film Festival
Native name	佐藤 浩市
Born	December 10, 1960 Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980–present
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Parent(s)	Rentarō Mikuni (father)

Koichi Sato (佐藤 浩市 Satō Kōichi, born December 10, 1960) is a Japanese actor. He is the son of veteran Japanese actor Rentarō Mikuni.

Career

Sato has appeared in some of Junji Sakamoto's films such as Tokarev,^[1] Face,^[2] KT,^[3] Children of the Dark,^[4] and Human Trust.^[5]

He also appeared in Takashi Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django,^[6] Yoichi Sai's Kamui Gaiden,^[7] and Takahisa Zeze's Heaven's Story.^[8]

Filmography

Film

• The Gate of Youth (1981)
• Manon (1981)
• Nankyoku Monogatari (1983)
• The Catch (1983)
• Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1984)
• Penguin's Memory (1985)
• Kids (1985)
• Love Hotel (1985)
• A Promise (1986)
• Death Powder (1986)
• The Silk Road (1988)
• Crest of Betrayal (1994)
• Tokarev (1994)
• Gonin (1995)
• Oishinbo (1996) – Shirō Yamaoka
• Rasen (1998)
• Wait and See (1998)
• Face (2000)
• Whiteout (2000)
• New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (2000)
• Inugami (2001)
• KT (2002)
• Utsutsu (2002)
• Rockers (2003)
• When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)
• Samurai Resurrection (2003)
• Infection (2004) – Dr. Akiba^[9]
• Aegis (2005)
• What the Snow Brings (2005)
• Umineco (2005)
• Kurai Tokoro de Machiawase (2006)
• The Uchoten Hotel (2006)
• Starfish Hotel (2006)
• A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth (2006)
• Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
• Smile: Seiya no Kiseki (2007)
• The Magic Hour (2008)
• Shonen Merikensack (2008)
• Nobody to Watch Over Me (2008)
• Kamui Gaiden (2009)
• Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess (2009)
• Heaven's Story (2010)
• The Last Chushingura (2010)
• A Ghost of a Chance (2011)
• Unfair 2: The Answer (2011)
• Someday (2011)
• A Chair in the Grass (2012)
• Dearest (2012)
• Reunion (2012)
• The Floating Castle (2012)
• The Kiyosu Conference (2013)
• Unforgiven (2013)
• Human Trust (2013)
• The Vancouver Asahi (2014)
• The Pearls of the Stone Man (2015)
• Kishūteneki Terminal (2015)^[10]
• Hero (2015)
• Gonin Saga (2015)
• 64: Part I (2016)
• 64: Part II (2016)
• Shinya Shokudō (2016)
• Hana Ikusa (2017) – Sen no Rikyū

Television

• Tobuga Gotoku (1990) – Sakamoto Ryōma
• Shinai naru Mono e (1992)
• Homura Tatsu (1993)
• Koko Kyoshi (1993)
• Subarashiki kana Jinsei (1993)
• Homura Tatsu (1994)
• Yokohama Shinju (1994)
• Koi mo Nidome nara (1995)
• Koibito yo (1995)
• Tsubasa o Kudasai! (1996)
• Tabloid (1998)
• Africa no Yoru (1999)
• Dokushin Seikatsu (1999)
• Tenki-yoho no Koibito (2000)
• Aru Hi, Arashi no You ni (2001)
• Chūshingura 1/47 (2001)
• Tengoku e no Kaidan (2002)
• Kogen e Irasshai (2003)
• Shinsengumi! (2004) – Serizawa Kamo
• Pride (2004)
• Climber's High (2005)
• Kemonomichi (2006)
• Suppli (2006)
• Karei-naru Ichizoku (2007)
• Zip vs Dragon (2009)
• Wagaya no Rekishi (2010)
• Kagi no Kakatta Heya (2012)
• Leaders (2014) – Saichiro Aichi
• Murder on the Orient Express (2015)
• Botchan (2016)
• Sogeki (2016)
• Leaders 2 (2017) – Saichiro Aichi

Awards and nominations

Awards won

• 1982: Blue Ribbon Award: Best New Actor for The Gate of Youth
• 1982: Award of the Japanese Academy: Newcomer of the Year for The Gate of Youth
• 1994: Nikkan Sports Film Award: Best Actor for Crest of Betrayal
• 1995: Award of the Japanese Academy: Best Actor for Crest of Betrayal
• 1995: Yokohama Film Festival: Best Supporting Actor for Tokarev^[11]
• 2001: Award of the Japanese Academy: Best Supporting Actor for Whiteout
• 2003: Blue Ribbon Award: Best Actor for KT
• 2004: Award of the Japanese Academy: Best Supporting Actor for When the Last Sword Is Drawn
• 2005: Tokyo International Film Festival: Best Actor Award for What the Snow Brings
• 2007: Mainichi Film Concours: Best Actor for What the Snow Brings
• 2012: 16th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring 2012): Best Supporting Actor for Kagi no Kakatta Heya
• 2015: 40th Hochi Film Award: Best Actor for Kishūteneki Terminal^[12]

Awards nominated

• 1984: Award of the Japanese Academy: Best Supporting Actor for The Catch
• 2007: Award of the Japanese Academy: Best Supporting Actor for The Uchoten Hotel

References

1. Rooney, David (December 4, 1994). "Review: Tokarev". Variety.
2. Holden, Stephen (March 27, 2001). "FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW; Murder as the True Key To Self-Actualization". The New York Times.
3. Schilling, Mark (April 14, 2002). "KT". Screen International.
4. Kuipers, Richard (November 7, 2008). "Review: "Children of the Dark"". Variety.
5. Schilling, Mark (October 17, 2013). "'Jinrui Shikin (Human Trust)'". The Japan Times.
6. Adams, Sam (August 28, 2008). "Sukiyaki Western Django". The A.V. Club.
7. Schilling, Mark (September 18, 2009). "'Kamui Gaiden'". The Japan Times.
8. Debruge, Peter (February 12, 2011). "Review: Heaven's Story". Variety.
9. Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 434. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
10. 佐藤浩市、本田翼と30歳差の恋愛に挑戦！「起終点駅 ターミナル」映画化決定 (in Japanese). IID, Inc. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
11. 第16回ヨコハマ映画祭 1994年日本映画個人賞 (in Japanese). Yokohama Film Festival. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
12. 樹木希林＆本木雅弘"親子"で同時受賞 第40回報知映画賞 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

External links

• Media related to Kōichi Satō (actor) at Wikimedia Commons
• Koichi Sato at the Internet Movie Database