Junya Sato

Junya Satō (佐藤 純彌, Satō Jun'ya, 6 November 1932 – 9 February 2019) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His son is a fellow film director Tōya Satō (佐藤 東弥, Satō Tōya).

Junya Satō
Born(1932-11-06)November 6, 1932
Tokyo, Japan
DiedFebruary 9, 2019(2019-02-09) (aged 86)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
ChildrenTōya Satō
ParentKanichi Satō (father)

Career

Born in Tokyo, Satō graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1956 with a degree in French literature.[1] He joined the Toei studio and worked as an assistant to such directors as Tadashi Imai and Miyoji Ieki.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] He won the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year in 1989 for The Silk Road.[4]

Sato died in Tokyo on 9 February 2019.[5]

Filmography

YearJapanese TitleEnglish TitleNotes
1963陸軍残虐物語
Rikugun Zangyaku Monogatari
続・王将
Zoku Ōshō
1964廓育ち
Kuruwa Sodachi
1966愛欲
Aiyoku
1967組織暴力
Soshiki Bōryoku
The Private Police
続組織暴力
Zoku Soshiki Bōryoku
1968荒野の渡世人
Kōya no Toseinin
The Drifting Avenger
1969日本暴力団 組長と刺客
Nihon Bōryokudan: Kumichō to Shikaku
also wrote screenplay
組織暴力 兄弟盃
Soshiki Bōryoku: Kyōdai Sakazuki
Organized Violence
旅に出た極道
Tabi ni Deta Gokudō
1970日本ダービー 勝負
Nihon Derby Shōbu
also wrote screenplay
最後の特攻隊
Saigo no Tokkōtai
1971博徒斬り込み隊
Bakuto Kirikomitai
also wrote screenplay
暴力団再武装
Bōryokudan Sai Busō
1972ギャング対ギャング 赤と黒のブルース
Gang tai Gang: Aka to Kuro no Blues
Gang vs. Gang: The Red and Black Bluesalso wrote screenplay
やくざと抗争 実録安藤組
Yakuza to Kōsō: Jitsuroku Andō-gumi
1973実録 私設銀座警察
Jitsuroku: Shisetsu Ginza Keisatsu
True Account of Ginza Tortures
Golgo 13
Gorugo Sātīn
実録安藤組 襲撃篇
Jitsuroku Andō-gumi: Shūgekihen
The Ando File
1974ルバング島の奇跡 陸軍中野学校
Rubangu-tō no Kiseki: Rikugun Nakano Gakkō
1975新幹線大爆破
Shinkansen Daibakuha
The Bullet Trainalso wrote screenplay
1976君よ噴怒の河を渉れ
Kimi yo Fundo no Kawa o Watare
Manhunt
1977人間の証明
Ningen no Shōmei
Proof of the Man
1978野性の証明
Yasei no Shōmei
Never Give Up
1980遙かなる走路
Haru Kanaru Sōro
甦れ魔女
Yomigaere Majo
1982未完の対局
Mikan no Taikyoku
The Go Masters
1983人生劇場
Jinsei Gekijō
Theatre of Lifealso wrote screenplay
1984空海
Kūkai
1986植村直己物語
Uemura Naomi Monogatari
Lost in the Wildernessalso wrote screenplay
1988敦煌
Tonkō
The Silk Roadalso wrote screenplay
1992私を抱いてそしてキスして
Watashi o Daite Soshite Kiss Shite
おろしや国酔夢譚
Oroshiyakoku Suimutan
Сны о России
Sny o Rossii
Kodayu or
Dreams of Russia
also wrote screenplay
1994超能力者 未知への旅人
Chōnōryokusha - Michi e no Tabibito
1997北京原人 Who Are You?
Pekin Genjin Who Are You?
Peking Man
2005男たちの大和
Otoko-tachi no Yamato
Yamato also wrote screenplay
2010桜田門外ノ変
Sakuradamon-gai no Hen
The Sakuradamon Incidentalso wrote screenplay

References

  1. "Sakuradamon Gai no Hen o kataru". Hikone-shi Bunka Puraza. Hikone City. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  2. "Rekidai jushō ichiranhyō". Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  3. "1983". The World Film Festival. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  4. 第 12 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  5. 日本著名导演佐藤纯弥逝世,曾执导《追捕》《人证》 (in Chinese). thepaper.cn. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.


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