Writer 1932 - 2019

Junya Satō

Tokyo, Japan

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... Read full bio →

Filmography

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Otoko-tachi no Yamato

Junya Satō 2005 2h 23m

Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato.

Shinkansen daibakuha

Junya Satō 1975 2h 32m 6.5

One of the Japanese Shinkansen, “Bullet Trains,” is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb.

Bakuto kirikomi-tai

Junya Satō 1971 1h 37m

Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still respect him. So he becomes a consultant to another gang who are about to be clobbered by a much larger gang moving in from out of town.

Ôkami to buta to ningen

Kinji Fukasaku 1964 1h 35m

A lonely gangster tries recruiting men to plunder a respected and powerful gang.