Cast: Koichi Sato

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Koichi Sato. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


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

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

Dearest

2012 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan

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

Kingdom 3

2023 · Movie · 129 min. · Japan

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

Kamui

2009 · Movie · 120 min. · Japan

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

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