# Junya Sato

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Japanese film director and screenwriter (1932–2019)

Junya Satō 佐藤 純彌 Born (1932-11-06)November 6, 1932 Tokyo, Japan Died February 9, 2019(2019-02-09) (aged 86) Tokyo, Japan Occupations Film director, screenwriter Children Tōya Satō Parent Kanichi Satō (father)

**Junya Satō** (佐藤 純彌, *Satō Jun'ya*; 6 November 1932 – 9 February 2019) was a Japanese [film director](/source/Film_director) and [screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter).

His son, Tōya Satō (佐藤 東弥, *Satō Tōya*), is also a film director.

## Career

Born in Tokyo, Satō graduated from the [University of Tokyo](/source/University_of_Tokyo) in 1956 with a degree in [French literature](/source/French_literature).[1] He joined the [Toei](/source/Toei_Company) studio and worked as an assistant to such directors as [Tadashi Imai](/source/Tadashi_Imai) and [Miyoji Ieki](/source/Miyoji_Ieki).[1] He debuted as a director in 1963 with *[Rikugun Zangyaku Monogatari](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rikugun_Zangyaku_Monogatari&action=edit&redlink=1)*, for which he won a best newcomer's award at the [Blue Ribbon Awards](/source/Blue_Ribbon_Awards).[2] While starting in mostly [yakuza film](/source/Yakuza_film), Satō eventually became known for big budget spectaculars. *[The Go Masters](/source/The_Go_Masters)*, a China-Japan co-production he co-directed with [Duan Jishun](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Duan_Jishun&action=edit&redlink=1), won the grand prize at the [Montreal World Film Festival](/source/Montreal_World_Film_Festival) in 1983.[3] He won the [Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year](/source/Japan_Academy_Prize_for_Director_of_the_Year) in 1989 for *[The Silk Road](/source/The_Silk_Road_(1988_film))*.[4]

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

## Filmography

Year Japanese Title English Title Notes 1963 陸軍残虐物語 Rikugun Zangyaku Monogatari Tale of Army Brutality 続・王将 Zoku Ōshō The King 2 1964 廓育ち Kuruwa Sodachi Raised in a Palace 1966 愛欲 Aiyoku Thirst for Love 1967 組織暴力 Soshiki Bōryoku Organized Violence 続組織暴力 Zoku Soshiki Bōryoku Organized Violence 2 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 Japan's Most Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killer also co-wrote screenplay 組織暴力 兄弟盃 Soshiki Bōryoku: Kyōdai Sakazuki The Private Police 旅に出た極道 Tabi ni Deta Gokudō Yakuza on Foot 1970 日本ダービー 勝負 Nihon Derby Shōbu The Japan Derby Race also co-wrote screenplay 最後の特攻隊 Saigo no Tokkōtai The Last Kamikaze 1971 博徒斬り込み隊 Bakuto Kirikomitai The Gambler’s Counterattack also co-wrote screenplay 暴力団再武装 Bōryokudan Sai Busō The Armed Organization 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 Blues also wrote screenplay やくざと抗争 実録安藤組 Yakuza to Kōsō: Jitsuroku Andō-gumi Quarreling with Yakuza also co-wrote screenplay 1973 実録 私設銀座警察 Jitsuroku: Shisetsu Ginza Keisatsu True Account of Ginza Tortures ゴルゴ13 Gorugo Sātīn Golgo 13 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 Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School 1975 新幹線大爆破 Shinkansen Daibakuha The Bullet Train also co-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 Drive for the Future 甦れ魔女 Yomigaere Majo The Way to The Gold Medals 1982 未完の対局 Mikan no Taikyoku The Go Masters 1983 人生劇場 Jinsei Gekijō Theater of Life ("Youth" segment) also co-wrote screenplay 1984 空海 Kūkai 1986 植村直己物語 Uemura Naomi Monogatari Lost in the Wilderness also co-wrote screenplay 1988 敦煌 Tonkō The Silk Road also co-wrote screenplay 1992 私を抱いてそしてキスして Watashi o Daite Soshite Kiss Shite Hold Me and Kiss Me おろしや国酔夢譚 Oroshiyakoku Suimutan Сны о России Sny o Rossii Kodayu or Dreams of Russia also co-wrote screenplay 1994 超能力者 未知への旅人 Chōnōryokusha - Michi e no Tabibito Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown 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 Sakurada Gate Incident also co-wrote screenplay

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Hikone_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Hikone_1-1) ["Sakuradamon Gai no Hen o kataru"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120326024930/http://bunpla.jp/event/detail/269/). *Hikone-shi Bunka Puraza*. Hikone City. Archived from [the original](http://bunpla.jp/event/detail/269/) on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Rekidai jushō ichiranhyō"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131019083907/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/table.htm). Cinema Hochi. Archived from [the original](http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/table.htm) on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["1983"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110927153943/http://www.ffm-montreal.org/palmares/en_1983.html). The World Film Festival. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [第 12 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品](https://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=12) (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved 9 January 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [日本著名导演佐藤纯弥逝世，曾执导《追捕》《人证》](https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2999022) (in Chinese). thepaper.cn. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

## External links

- [Junya Satō](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766220/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Junya Satō](http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0126890.htm) at the [Japanese Movie Database](/source/Japanese_Movie_Database) (in Japanese)

v t e Films directed by Junya Sato Soshiki Bōryoku (1967) Zoku Soshiki Bōryoku (1967) The Drifting Avenger (1968) Soshiki Bōryoku: Kyōdai Sakazuki (1969) Golgo 13 (1973) The Bullet Train (1975) Manhunt (1976) Proof of the Man (1977) Never Give Up (1978) The Go Masters (1982) Theater of Life (1983) Lost in the Wilderness (1986) The Silk Road (1988) Dreams of Russia (1992) Yamato (2005)

v t e Japan Academy Film Prize for Director of the Year Yoji Yamada (1978) Yoshitarō Nomura (1979) Shohei Imamura (1980) Seijun Suzuki (1981) Kōhei Oguri (1982) Kinji Fukasaku (1983) Hideo Gosha (1984) Juzo Itami (1985) Shinichiro Sawai (1986) Kinji Fukasaku (1987) Juzo Itami (1988) Junya Sato (1989) Shōhei Imamura (1990) Masahiro Shinoda (1991) Kihachi Okamoto (1992) Masayuki Suo (1993) Yoji Yamada (1994) Kinji Fukasaku (1995) Kaneto Shindo (1996) Masayuki Suo (1997) Shohei Imamura (1998) Hideyuki Hirayama (1999) Yasuo Furuhata (2000) Junji Sakamoto (2001) Isao Yukisada (2002) Yoji Yamada (2003) Yoshimitsu Morita (2004) Yoichi Sai (2005) Takashi Yamazaki (2006) Lee Sang-il (2007) Joji Matsuoka (2008) Yōjirō Takita (2009) Daisaku Kimura (2010) Tetsuya Nakashima (2011) Izuru Narushima (2012) Daihachi Yoshida (2013) Yuya Ishii (2014) Takashi Yamazaki (2015) Hirokazu Kore-eda (2016) Hideaki Anno & Shinji Higuchi (2017) Hirokazu Kore-eda (2018) Hirokazu Kore-eda (2019) Hideki Takeuchi (2020) Setsurō Wakamatsu (2021) Ryusuke Hamaguchi (2022) Kei Ishikawa (2023) Wim Wenders (2024) Michihito Fujii (2025) Lee Sang-il (2026)

v t e Blue Ribbon Award for Best Newcomer 1950s Shin Saburi (1950) Rentarō Mikuni (1951) Yoshitarō Nomura (1953) So Yamamura (1954) Tsuneo Kobayashi (1955) Kōji Nanbara (1955) Yoshirō Kawazu (1956) Yūjirō Ishihara (1957) Shohei Imamura (1958) 1960s Nagisa Ōshima (1960) Shima Iwashita (1961) Kirio Urayama (1962) Junya Sato (1963) Mako Midori (1964) Kei Kumai (1965) Tetsuya Watari (1966) 1970s Tomokazu Miura (1975) Shinobu Otake (1975) Mieko Harada (1976) Nobuhiko Obayashi (1977) Toshiyuki Nagashima (1978) Kenichi Kaneda (1979) 1980s Daisuke Ryu (1980) Kōichi Satō (1981) Jun Miho (1982) Tomoyo Harada (1983) Shōji Kaneko (1983) Kōji Kikkawa (1984) Yuki Saito (1985) Narimi Arimori (1986) Masahiro Takashima (1987) Naoto Ogata (1988) Ayako Kawahara (1989) 1990s Riho Makise (1990) Joji Matsuoka (1990) Hikari Ishida (1991) Yuki Sumida (1992) Gorō Kishitani (1993) Kyōko Tōyama (1993) Sawa Suzuki (1994) Makiko Esumi (1995) Ninety-nine (1996) Kōki Mitani (1997) Hitomi Satō (1997) Rena Tanaka (1998) Ryuhei Matsuda (1999) 2000s Tatsuya Fujiwara (2000) Ko Shibasaki (2001) Nakamura Shidō (2002) Manami Konishi (2002) Satomi Ishihara (2003) Anna Tsuchiya (2004) Mirai Moriyama (2004) Mikako Tabe (2005) Muga Tsukaji (2006) Rei Dan (2006) Yui Aragaki (2007) Yuriko Yoshitaka (2008) Lily Franky (2008) Masaki Okada (2009) Daisaku Kimura (2009) 2010s Toma Ikuta (2010) Nanami Sakuraba (2010) Mana Ashida (2011) Makita Sports (2012) Haru Kuroki (2013) Fuka Koshiba (2014) Anna Ishii (2015) Izumi Okamura (2016) Shizuka Ishibashi (2017) Sara Minami (2018) Nagisa Sekimizu (2019) 2020s Daiken Okudaira (2020) Yuumi Kawai (2021) Kōki (2022) Sōya Kurokawa (2023) Ikoi Hayase (2024) Ryuta Shibuya (2025)

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