Kōichi Satō (actor)

Koichi Sato
佐藤 浩市
Koichi Sato at 28th Tokyo International Film Festival
Born (1960-12-10) December 10, 1960 (age 62)
Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active1980–present
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
ChildrenKanichiro
ParentRentarō Mikuni (father)

Koichi Sato (佐藤 浩市, Satō Kōichi, born December 10, 1960) is a Japanese actor. He is the son of veteran Japanese actor Rentarō Mikuni.

Career

Sato has appeared in some of Junji Sakamoto's films such as Tokarev, Face, KT, Children of the Dark, and Human Trust.

He also appeared in Takashi Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django, Yoichi Sai's Kamui Gaiden, and Takahisa Zeze's Heaven's Story.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director(s) Notes Ref(s)
1981 The Gate of Youth Shinsuke Ibuki Kinji Fukasaku and Koreyoshi Kurahara
Manon Yōichi Higashi
1982 Dotonbori River Kinji Fukasaku
The Gate of Youth 2 Shinsuke Ibuki Koreyoshi Kurahara Lead
1983 Antarctica Koreyoshi Kurahara
The Catch Shinji Sōmai
Battle Anthem Toshio Masuda
1984 Fireflies in the North Hideo Gosha
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Paul Schrader
Mitsugetsu Hōjin Hashiura Lead
1985 Penguin's Memory Mike Davis (voice) Shinji Kimura Lead
Kids Masaharu Takahashi
Love Hotel Shinji Sōmai
1986 A Promise Yoshishige Yoshida
Death Powder Kiyoshi Shigeru Izumiya Lead
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains and the Seacoast Nobuhiko Obayashi
1988 The Silk Road Zhao Xingde Junya Sato Lead
1989 Shadow of China Akira Kitayama Mitsuo Yanagimachi
Company-Sponsored Funeral Toshio Masuda
1990 Ruten no umi Buichi Saitō
1991 Psychic Girl Reiko Takao Okawara
1994 Crest of Betrayal Tamiya Iemon Kinji Fukasaku Lead
Tokarev Junji Sakamoto
1995 Gonin Mikihiko Bandai Takashi Ishii Lead
Pu Mikio Yamazaki Lead
1996 Oishinbo Shirō Yamaoka Azuma Morisaki Lead
Gonin 2 Takashi Ishii
1997 Lie Lie Lie Shun Nakahara Lead
30 Shinobu Sakagami
1998 Spiral George Iida Lead
Wait and See Shinji Sōmai Lead
2000 Face Junji Sakamoto
Whiteout Setsurō Wakamatsu
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity Junji Sakamoto
2002 KT Masuo Tomita Junji Sakamoto Lead
Utsutsu Hisashi Tōma Lead
2003 Rockers Takanori Jinnai
When the Last Sword Is Drawn Saitō Hajime Yōjirō Takita
Samurai Resurrection Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi Hideyuki Hirayama
Wild Berries Miwa Nishikawa
2004 Infection Dr. Akiba Masayuki Ochiai Lead
2005 Aegis Junji Sakamoto
What the Snow Brings Kichitaro Negishi
Sea Cat Yoshimitsu Morita
2006 Waiting in the Dark Daisuke Tengan
The Uchoten Hotel Kōki Mitani
Starfish Hotel John Williams Lead
A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth Tetsu Maeda
2007 Sukiyaki Western Django Taira no Kiyomori Takashi Miike
Smile Takanori Jinnai
Love Never to End Yasuo Tsuruhashi
A Gentle Breeze in the Village Nobuhiro Yamashita
2008 The Magic Hour Taiki Murata Kōki Mitani Lead
Nobody to Watch Over Me Ryoichi Kimizuka Lead
Children of the Dark Junji Sakamoto
Free and Easy 19 Yūzō Asahara
2009 Kamui Gaiden Yoichi Sai
Brass Knuckle Boys Kankurō Kudō
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess Hiroshi Nishitani
2010 Heaven's Story Takahisa Zeze
The Last Ronin Shigemichi Sugita Lead
2011 A Ghost of a Chance Taiki Murata Kōki Mitani
Unfair 2: The Answer Shimako Satō
That's the Way!! Hideaki Satō
Someday Junji Sakamoto
2012 Dearest Yasuo Furuhata
Reunion Ryoichi Kimizuka
The Floating Castle Isshin Inudo and Shinji Higuchi
2013 The Kiyosu Conference Ikeda Tsuneoki Kōki Mitani
Unforgiven Lee Sang-il
Human Trust Junji Sakamoto Lead
A Chair on the Plains Izuru Narushima Lead
2014 The Vancouver Asahi Yuya Ishii
Time Trip App Saigō Takamori Toshio Lee
2015 The Pearls of the Stone Man Yūzō Asahara Lead
Terminal Tetsuo Shinohara Lead
Hero Masayuki Suzuki
Unfair: The End Shimako Satō
Gonin Saga Mikihiko Bandai Takashi Ishii Cameo
Galaxy Turnpike Taiki Murata Kōki Mitani
2016 64: Part I Takahisa Zeze Lead
64: Part II Takahisa Zeze Lead
Midnight Diner 2 Ishida Joji Matsuoka
2017 Flower and Sword Sen no Rikyū Tetsuo Shinohara
2018 Sakura Guardian in the North Yōjirō Takita
My Friend A Shūji Yamauchi Takahisa Zeze
A Banana? At This Time of Night? Tetsu Maeda
2019 The Fable The Boss Kan Eguchi
Hit me Anyone One More Time Kōki Mitani
The Promised Land Takahisa Zeze
Red Snow Sayaka Kai
The Landlady Sachi Hamano
Aircraft Carrier Ibuki PM Keiichirō Tarumi Setsurō Wakamatsu
Almost a Miracle Hino Yuya Ishii
2020 Fukushima 50 Toshio Isaki Setsurō Wakamatsu Lead
The Gun 2020 Masaharu Take
I Never Shot Anyone Michio Kodama Junji Sakamoto
Silent Tokyo Jin Asahina Takafumi Hatano Lead
Bolt Yoshida (voice) Kaizo Hayashi
2021 Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction Ryūji Tōmatsu Daihachi Yoshida
The Sun Stands Still Takeshi Kazama Eiichirō Hasumi
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill The Boss Kan Eguchi
2022 Soul at Twenty Ken'ichi Takahashi Jun Akiyama
Kingdom 2: Far and Away Lü Buwei Shinsuke Sato
2023 Baian the Assassin, M.D. 2 Inoue Hanjūrō Shunsaku Kawake
Familia Komaba Izuru Narushima
One Last Bloom Jin'ichi Hirooka Takahisa Zeze Lead
Nemesis: The Movie Mado Yu Irie
Kingdom: The Flame of Destiny Lü Buwei Shinsuke Sato
We're Broke, My Lord! Ikkosai Tetsu Maeda
Okiku and the World Genbei Junji Sakamoto
Masked Hearts Yuya Ishii
2024 The Box Man Gakuryū Ishii

Television

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref(s)
1986 Musashibō Benkei Kiso Yoshinaka NHK
1990 Tobu ga Gotoku Sakamoto Ryōma NHK Taiga drama
1991 Takeda Shingen Uesugi Kenshin TBS TV movie
1992 Shin'ai naru Mono e Fuji TV
1993 Hotel Doctor TV Asahi Lead
Subarashiki kana Jinsei Fuji TV
1993–94 Homura Tatsu Minamoto no Yoshiie NHK Taiga drama
1994 Yokohama Shinjū NTV Lead
1995 Koi mo Nidome nara NTV
Koibito yo Fuji TV
The Abe Clan Abe Yagobei Fuji TV TV movie
1996 Tsubasa o Kudasai! Fuji TV
1998 Tabloid Fuji TV
1999 Africa no Yoru Fuji TV
Dokushin Seikatsu TBS
2000 Tenki-yoho no Koibito Katsuhiko Yano Fuji TV Lead
2001 Aru Hi, Arashi no You ni NHK
Chūshingura 1/47 Ōishi Kuranosuke Fuji TV TV movie
2002 Tengoku e no Kaidan NTV Lead
2003 Welcome to the High Plains Seiji Omokawa TBS Lead
2004 Shinsengumi! Serizawa Kamo NHK Taiga drama
Pride Fuji TV
2005 Climber's High Kazumasa Yūki NHK Lead, miniseries
2006 The Animal Trail TV Asahi
Suppli Fuji TV
2007 High and Low Kingo Gondō TV Asahi Lead, TV movie
2009 The Summer of the Bureaucrats Shingo Kazakoshi TBS Lead
2010 Wagaya no Rekishi Fuji TV Miniseries
2012 The Locked Room Murders Fuji TV
2014 Leaders Saichiro Aichi TBS Lead, miniseries
2015 Murder on the Orient Express Fuji TV Miniseries
2016 Botchan Fuji TV Special appearance, TV movie
Sogeki TV Asahi Lead, TV movie
2017 Leaders 2 Saichiro Aichi TBS Lead, TV movie
Ishitsubute Wowow Lead
2018 Jimmy: The True Story of a True Idiot Keisuke Miyake Netflix
As a Father of Murderer Son Keiichi Yoshinaga TV Tokyo Lead, TV movie
Cold Case Season 2 Naoya Terayama Wowow Episode 4
2020 The Sun Stands Still: The Eclipse Takeshi Kazama Wowow Miniseries
2021 Okehazama Saitō Dōsan Fuji TV TV movie
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses Yukio Nonishi NHK Miniseries
2022 The 13 Lords of the Shogun Kazusa Hirotsune NHK Taiga drama
2023 What Will You Do, Ieyasu? Sanada Masayuki NHK Taiga drama

Awards and nominations

Awards won

Awards nominated


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