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Junya Satō
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 literature. He joined the Toei studio and worked as an assistant to such directors as Tadashi Imai and Miyoji Ieki. He debuted as a director in 1963 with Rikugun Zangyaku Monogatari, for which he won a best newcomer's award at the Blue Ribbon Awards. While starting in mostly yakuza film, Satō eventually became known for big budget spectaculars. The Go Masters, a China-Japan co-production he co-directed with Duan Jishun, won the grand prize at the Montreal World Film Festival in 1983. He won the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year in 1989 for The Silk Road.
As director
Sakurada Gate Incident
Yamato
金融腐蝕列島 再生
The Peking Man
Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
The Dream of Russia
Hold Me and Kiss Me
The Silk Road
Lost in the Wilderness
Kukai
Theater Of Life
The Go Masters
The Way to The Gold Medals
Drive for the Future
Never Give Up
Proof of the Man
Manhunt
The Bullet Train
Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School
Golgo 13
Quarreling with Yakuza
A True Story of the Private Ginza Police
The Ando Gang Documentary Film
Fantasia
Gang Warfare
Yakuza Skirmishes
The Armed Organization
The Gambler's Counterattack
The Last Kamikaze
The Japan Derby Race