Junya Satō
Director, Writer, Actor
November 6, 1932 — February 9, 2019 (86 years)
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.
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.
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| 2010 | Sakurada Gate Incident · as Screenplay |
| 2005 | Yamato · as Screenplay |
| 1992 | O-Roshiya-koku suimu-tan · as Screenplay |
| 1988 | The Silk Road · as Screenplay |
| 1986 | Lost in the Wilderness · as Screenplay |
| 1983 | Theater of Life · as Screenplay |
| 1975 | Bullet Train · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | Yakuza to kôsô: Jitsuroku Andô-gumi · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | Yakuza to kôsô · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | Gyangu tai gyangu: Aka to kuro no burûsu · as Screenplay |
| 1971 | Bakuto kirikomi-tai · as Screenplay |
| 1970 | Nippon dabi katsukyu · as Screenplay |
| 1969 | Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killer · as Screenplay |
| 1968 | Cyborg 009 · as Screenplay |
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| 1966 | Thirst for Love · as Screenplay |
| 1964 | Wolves, Pigs and People · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1988 | Dennou Keisatsu Cybercop · as Baron Kageyama |
| 1978 | Yagyu Clan Conspiracy · as Kihei Komuro |
| 2025 | Bullet Train Explosion · as Screenplay: Original Movie |
| 1968 | Kii Hantâ · as Teleplay |
| 1962 | Ôsho · as Assistant Director |
| 1961 | Invasion of the Neptune Men · as Assistant DirectorOn Plex |