10.0
10.0
Tale of Army Brutality
1963
Director
Junya Satō
Directing
Born:November 6, 1932
Died:February 9, 2019(aged 86)
Birthplace:Tokyo, Japan
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Junya Satō (佐藤 純彌, Satō Jun'ya, 6 November 1932 – 9 February 2019) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His son, Tōya Satō (佐藤 東弥, Satō Tōya), is also a film director. Born in Tokyo, Satō graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1956 with a degree in French literature. He joined the Toei studio and worked as an assistant to such directors as Tadashi Imai and Miyoji Ieki. He debuted as a director in 1963 with Rikugun Zangyaku Monogatari, for which he won a best newcomer's award at the Blue Ribbon Awards. While starting in mostly yakuza film, Satō eventually became known for big budget spectaculars. The Go Masters, a China-Japan co-production he co-directed with Duan Jishun, won the grand prize at the Montreal World Film Festival in 1983. He won the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year in 1989 for The Silk Road.
Filmography (41 movies)
9.0
9.0
Kukai
1984
Director
8.1
8.1
Wolves, Pigs & Men
1964
Screenplay
8.0
8.0
The Armed Organization
1971
Director
7.5
7.5
Proof of the Man
1977
Director
7.3
7.3
Sakurada Gate Incident
2010
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
Big Movie, Big Panic: Junya Sato on the Bullet Train
2016
7.0
7.0
The Private Police
1969
Director
7.0
7.0
The Gambler's Counterattack
1971
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
Gang Warfare
1972
Screenplay
6.8
6.8
The Bullet Train
1975
Screenplay
6.5
6.5
The Silk Road
1988
Writer
6.3
6.3
The Drifting Avenger
1968
Director
6.2
6.2
Manhunt
1976
Director
6.2
6.2
The Dream of Russia
1992
Director
6.2
6.2
The Go Masters
1982
Director
6.0
6.0
Raised in a Palace
1964
Director
6.0
6.0
The Ando Gang Documentary Film
1973
Director
6.0
6.0
The Last Kamikaze
1970
Director
6.0
6.0
Organized Violence
1967
Director
6.0
6.0
Organized Violence II
1967
Director
5.7
5.7
Never Give Up
1978
Director
5.5
5.5
Thirst for Love
1966
Director
5.5
5.5
Yamato
2005
Screenplay
5.0
5.0
A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
1973
Director
5.0
5.0
Yakuza on Foot
1969
Director
5.0
5.0
Quarreling with Yakuza
1973
Director
4.9
4.9
Golgo 13
1973
Director
3.0
3.0
The Peking Man
1997
Director
金融腐蝕列島 再生
2002
Director
Lost in the Wilderness
1986
Writer
Hold Me and Kiss Me
1992
Director
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
1994
Director
The Way to The Gold Medals
1980
Director
Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School
1974
Director
Yakuza Skirmishes
1972
Screenplay
Theater Of Life
1983
Director
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
1969
Screenplay
Zoku ôsho
1963
Director
The Japan Derby Race
1970
Screenplay
Drive for the Future
1980
Director
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