{{Short description|Japanese film director and screenwriter (1932–2019)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Junya Satō | native_name = 佐藤 純彌 | native_name_lang = ja | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|11|6}} | birth_place = [[Tokyo]], Japan | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|2|9|1932|11|6}} | death_place = Tokyo, Japan | other_names = | occupation = [[Film director]], [[screenwriter]] | years_active = | parents = Kanichi Satō (father) | children = Tōya Satō | website = }} {{nihongo|'''Junya Satō'''|佐藤 純彌|Satō Jun'ya|6 November 1932 – 9 February 2019}} was a Japanese [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]].
His son, {{nihongo|Tōya Satō|佐藤 東弥|Satō Tōya}}, is also a film director.
==Career== Born in Tokyo, Satō graduated from the [[University of Tokyo]] in 1956 with a degree in [[French literature]].<ref name=Hikone>{{cite web|title=Sakuradamon Gai no Hen o kataru |url=http://bunpla.jp/event/detail/269/ |work=Hikone-shi Bunka Puraza |publisher=Hikone City |access-date=25 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326024930/http://bunpla.jp/event/detail/269/ |archive-date=26 March 2012 }}</ref> He joined the [[Toei Company|Toei]] studio and worked as an assistant to such directors as [[Tadashi Imai]] and [[Miyoji Ieki]].<ref name=Hikone /> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rekidai jushō ichiranhyō |url=http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/table.htm |publisher=Cinema Hochi |access-date=25 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019083907/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/table.htm |archive-date=19 October 2013 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=1983 |url=http://www.ffm-montreal.org/palmares/en_1983.html |publisher=The World Film Festival |access-date=25 June 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927153943/http://www.ffm-montreal.org/palmares/en_1983.html |archive-date=27 September 2011 }}</ref> He won the [[Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year]] in 1989 for ''[[The Silk Road (1988 film)|The Silk Road]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=12 |script-title=ja:第 12 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品|access-date= 2011-01-09|language= ja|publisher= Japan Academy Prize}}</ref>
Sato died in Tokyo on 9 February 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2999022|script-title=zh:日本著名导演佐藤纯弥逝世，曾执导《追捕》《人证》|publisher=thepaper.cn|date=17 February 2019|access-date=17 February 2019|language=zh}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Japanese Title !! English Title !! Notes |- |rowspan="2"| 1963 || 陸軍残虐物語<br />''Rikugun Zangyaku Monogatari'' || ''Tale of Army Brutality'' || |- | 続・王将<br />''Zoku Ōshō'' || ''The King 2'' || |- | 1964 || 廓育ち<br />''Kuruwa Sodachi'' || ''Raised in a Palace'' || |- | 1966 || 愛欲<br />''Aiyoku'' || ''Thirst for Love'' || |- |rowspan="2"| 1967 || 組織暴力<br />''[[Soshiki Bōryoku series|Soshiki Bōryoku]]'' || ''Organized Violence'' || |- | 続組織暴力<br />''[[Soshiki Bōryoku series#Zoku Soshiki Bōryoku|Zoku Soshiki Bōryoku]]'' || ''Organized Violence 2'' || |- | 1968 || 荒野の渡世人<br />''Kōya no Toseinin'' || ''[[The Drifting Avenger]]'' || |- |rowspan="3"| 1969 || 日本暴力団 組長と刺客<br />''Nihon Bōryokudan: Kumichō to Shikaku'' || ''Japan's Most Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killer'' || also co-wrote screenplay |- | 組織暴力 兄弟盃<br />''[[Soshiki Bōryoku series#Soshiki Bōryoku Kyōdaisakazuki|Soshiki Bōryoku: Kyōdai Sakazuki]]'' || ''The Private Police'' || |- | 旅に出た極道<br />''Tabi ni Deta Gokudō'' || ''Yakuza on Foot'' || |- |rowspan="2"| 1970 || 日本ダービー 勝負<br />''Nihon Derby Shōbu'' || ''The Japan Derby Race'' || also co-wrote screenplay |- | 最後の特攻隊<br />''Saigo no Tokkōtai'' || ''The Last Kamikaze'' || |- |rowspan="2"| 1971 || 博徒斬り込み隊<br />''Bakuto Kirikomitai'' || ''The Gambler’s Counterattack'' || also co-wrote screenplay |- | 暴力団再武装<br />''Bōryokudan Sai Busō'' || ''The Armed Organization'' || |- |rowspan="2"| 1972 || ギャング対ギャング 赤と黒のブルース<br />''Gang tai Gang: Aka to Kuro no Blues'' || ''Gang vs. Gang: The Red and Black Blues'' || also wrote screenplay |- | やくざと抗争 実録安藤組<br />''Yakuza to Kōsō: Jitsuroku Andō-gumi'' || ''Quarreling with Yakuza'' || also co-wrote screenplay |- |rowspan="3"| 1973 || 実録 私設銀座警察<br />''Jitsuroku: Shisetsu Ginza Keisatsu'' || ''True Account of Ginza Tortures'' || |- | ゴルゴ13<br />''Gorugo Sātīn'' || ''[[Golgo 13 (film)|Golgo 13]]'' || |- | 実録安藤組 襲撃篇<br />''Jitsuroku Andō-gumi: Shūgekihen'' || ''The Ando File'' || |- | 1974 || ルバング島の奇跡 陸軍中野学校<br />''Rubangu-tō no Kiseki: Rikugun Nakano Gakkō'' || ''Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School'' || |- | 1975 || 新幹線大爆破<br />''Shinkansen Daibakuha'' || ''[[The Bullet Train]]'' || also co-wrote screenplay |- | 1976 || 君よ噴怒の河を渉れ<br />''Kimi yo Fundo no Kawa o Watare'' || ''[[Manhunt (1976 film)|Manhunt]]'' || |- | 1977 || 人間の証明<br />''Ningen no Shōmei'' || ''[[Proof of the Man]]'' || |- | 1978 || 野性の証明<br />''Yasei no Shōmei'' || ''[[Never Give Up (1978 film)|Never Give Up]]'' || |- |rowspan="2"| 1980 || 遙かなる走路<br />''Haru Kanaru Sōro'' || ''Drive for the Future'' || |- | 甦れ魔女<br />''Yomigaere Majo'' || ''The Way to The Gold Medals'' || |- | 1982 || 未完の対局<br />''Mikan no Taikyoku'' || ''[[The Go Masters]]'' || |- | 1983 || 人生劇場<br />''Jinsei Gekijō'' || ''[[Theater of Life (1983 film)|Theater of Life]]'' ("Youth" segment) || also co-wrote screenplay |- | 1984 || 空海<br />''Kūkai'' || || |- | 1986 || 植村直己物語<br />''Uemura Naomi Monogatari'' || ''[[Lost in the Wilderness]]'' || also co-wrote screenplay |- | 1988 || 敦煌<br />''Tonkō'' || ''[[The Silk Road (1988 film)|The Silk Road]]'' || also co-wrote screenplay |- |rowspan="2"| 1992 || 私を抱いてそしてキスして<br />''Watashi o Daite Soshite Kiss Shite'' || ''Hold Me and Kiss Me'' || |- | おろしや国酔夢譚<br />''Oroshiyakoku Suimutan''<br />Сны о России<br />''Sny o Rossii'' || ''Kodayu'' or<br />''[[Dreams of Russia]]'' || also co-wrote screenplay |- | 1994 || 超能力者 未知への旅人<br />''Chōnōryokusha - Michi e no Tabibito'' || ''Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown'' || |- | 1997 || 北京原人 Who Are You?<br />''Pekin Genjin Who Are You?'' || ''Peking Man'' || |- | |2005 || 男たちの大和<br />''Otoko-tachi no Yamato'' || ''[[Otoko-tachi no Yamato|Yamato]]'' || also wrote screenplay |- | |2010 || 桜田門外ノ変<br />''Sakuradamon-gai no Hen '' || ''The Sakurada Gate Incident'' || also co-wrote screenplay |- |}
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==External links== * {{imdb name|id=0766220|name=Junya Satō}} * {{jmdb name|id=0126890|name=Junya Satō}}
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