Cast: Koichi Sato
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Koichi Sato. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 97
The Human Promise (Ningen no yakusoku)
1986 · Movie · 124 min. · Japan
Direction Yoshishige Yoshida
Cast Rentarô Mikuni · Sachiko Murase · Choichiro Kawarazaki · Orie Satoh
Synopsis Yoshida returned to feature filmmaking after a hiatus of thirteen years with this brave and moving film about the struggle to maintain dignity in the face of old age and approaching death. The Human Promise reaffirms Yoshida's ability to deal...
7.1
37 votes
7.1
37 votes
The Magic Hour
2008 · Movie · 136 min. · Japan
Direction Koki Mitani
Cast Koichi Sato · Satoshi Tsumabuki · Eri Fukatsu · Haruka Ayase
Synopsis A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman -- an assassin the hustler has no idea...
7.0
30 votes
7.0
30 votes
Antarctica
1983 · Movie · 143 min. · Japan
Direction Koreyoshi Kurahara
Cast Ken Takakura · Tsunehiko Watase · Eiji Okada · Keiko Oginome
Synopsis Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica. Ushioda and Ochi eventually leave Antarctica, only to return to search for the dogs inadvertently marooned there.
6.9
97 votes
6.9
97 votes
Unforgiven
2013 · Movie · 119 min. · Japan
Direction Lee Sang-il
Cast Ken Watanabe · Jun Kunimura · Yûya Yagira · Koichi Sato
Synopsis Japan, late 19th century. A fleeing ronin (Ken Watanabe) is lured by a mercenary gig to avenge the mutilation of a prostitute. However, taking on the mantle of bounty hunter plunges him back into his violent past... Asian film star...
6.8
299 votes
6.8
299 votes
Nobody to Watch Over Me
2008 · Movie · 118 min. · Japan
Direction Ryoichi Kimizuka
Cast Koichi Sato · Mirai Shida · Ryuhei Matsuda · Yuriko Ishida
6.8
22 votes
6.8
22 votes
A Gentle Breeze in the Village
2007 · Movie · 121 min. · Japan
Direction Nobuhiro Yamashita
Cast Kaho · Masaki Okada · Erisa Yanagi · Shôko Fujimura
Synopsis Eighth-grader Soyo lives in a very small rural village of Japan where the primary and middle school share a building for all of 6 students. They spend a happy childhood together playing around the village. Osawa, a boy from Tokyo,...
6.7
47 votes
6.7
47 votes
Midnight Diner 2
2016 · Movie · 108 min. · Japan
Direction Joji Matsuoka
Cast Kaoru Kobayashi · Aoba Kawai · Koichi Sato · Sôsuke Ikematsu
Synopsis When people finish their day and hurry home, his day starts. He's diner is open from midnight to seven in the morning.
6.7
25 votes
6.7
25 votes
When the Last Sword is Drawn
2002 · Movie · 140 min. · Japan
Direction Yōjirō Takita
Cast Kiichi Nakai · Yui Natsukawa · Miki Nakatani · Koichi Sato
Synopsis One night in the Tokyo winter of 1899, as Dr Chiaki Ono (Takehiro Murata) and his wife are packing to move their surgery to Manchuria, they are visited by an elderly man with an ill grandson. Amidst the chaos of...
6.7
931 votes
6.7
931 votes
Direction Yasuo Furuhata
Cast Ken Takakura · Koichi Sato · Tadanobu Asano · Takeshi Kitano
6.6
34 votes
6.6
34 votes
A Ghost of a Chance
2011 · Movie · 142 min. · Japan
Direction Koki Mitani
Cast Eri Fukatsu · Toshiyuki Nishida · Hiroshi Abe · Kiichi Nakai
Synopsis A lawyer has to defend a man whose alibi does not seem to be credible. He looks for a witness to support it and the only one she finds is a ghost. The problem is that most people cannot see...
6.6
73 votes
6.6
73 votes
The Last Chusingura
2010 · Movie · 133 min. · Japan
Direction Shigemichi Sugita
Cast Kôji Yakusho · Koichi Sato · Masatô Ibu · Yoshi Oida
Synopsis An army of loyal samurai plot to revenge their unjustly executed lord.
6.5
23 votes
6.5
23 votes
Suite Dreams (Wow-Choten Hotel)
2006 · Movie · 136 min. · Japan
Direction Koki Mitani
Cast Kôji Yakusho · Takako Matsu · Koichi Sato · Shingo Katori
Synopsis The Uchōten Hotel (THE 有頂天ホテル, THE Uchōten Hoteru?) (also known as Suite Dreams and Wow-Choten Hotel) is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Japanese director Koki Mitani. The film is set in a five star Tokyo hotel on...
6.4
27 votes
6.4
27 votes
The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill
2021 · Movie · 133 min. · Japan
Direction Kan Eguchi
Cast Masanobu Ando · Manami Hashimoto · Yurina Hirate · Inowaki Kai
Synopsis Akira Sato is the legendary killer known as The Fable. Following the order of his boss and due to being overworked, he lives peacefully with his partner Yoko as ordinary siblings. Akira still works part-time at design company Octopus with...
6.1
27 votes
6.1
27 votes
Sukiyaki Western Django
2007 · Movie · 120 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Miike
Cast Hideaki Ito · Masanobu Ando · Koichi Sato · Kaori Momoi
Synopsis Yojimbo, A Fistful of Dollars, Django... West drinks from East, East drinks from West and Takashi Miike, at this point in his career, raises his glass fearlessly to surprise us with another of his brilliant ideas: a spaghetti-western disguised as...
6.0
1K votes
6.0
1K votes
Direction Shinsuke Sato
Cast Kento Yamazaki · Ryô Yoshizawa · Kanna Hashimoto · Ken Aoki
Synopsis It follows Li Xin and Wang Qi as they stand on the battlefield for the first time to fight off an invasion by Zhao, and it also follows Ying Zheng's unknown past.
5.9
27 votes
5.9
27 votes
Gonin (The Five)
1995 · Movie · 109 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Ishii
Cast Koichi Sato · Masahiro Motoki · Jinpachi Nezu · Kippei Shiina
Synopsis Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers.
5.9
256 votes
5.9
256 votes
Fukushima 50
2020 · Movie · 122 min. · Japan
Direction Setsurô Wakamatsu
Cast Ken Watanabe · Koichi Sato · Riho Yoshioka · Masato Hagiwara
Synopsis Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake an tsunami in 2011.
5.3
487 votes
5.3
487 votes
Direction Yoichi Sai
Cast Ken'ichi Matsuyama · Koyuki · Suzuka Ohgo · Ekin Cheng
Synopsis An adaptation of manga series The Legend of Kamui (1964-71). An orphan cast out of his village, Kamui (Matsuyama Kenichi, Death Note) joined a ninja clan at a young age and became a deadly assassin. Now an adult, he’s grown...
5.2
69 votes
5.2
69 votes
Battle in Outer Space
1959 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan
Direction Ishirô Honda
Cast Ryo Ikebe · Kyôko Anzai · Koreya Senda · Minoru Takada
4.9
117 votes
4.9
117 votes
Like a Dragon: Yakuza
2024 · Series · 45 min. · Japan
Direction Masaharu Take · Kengo Takimoto
Cast Ryoma Takeuchi · Munetaka Aoki · Kento Kaku · Yumi Kawai
Synopsis TV Miniseries (2024). 1 Season. 6 Episodes. The series’ story is set in two time periods, 1995 and 2005, and follows the life, childhood friends and the repercussions of the decisions of a fearsome and peerless Yakuza warrior with a...
4.6
200 votes
4.6
200 votes