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.

Career

Born in Tokyo, Satō graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1956 with a degree in French literature.^[1] He joined the Toei studio and worked as an assistant to such directors as Tadashi Imai and Miyoji Ieki.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] He won the Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year in 1989 for The Silk Road.^[4]

Sato died in Tokyo on 9 February 2019.^[5]

Filmography

References

External links

• Junya Satō at IMDb
• Junya Satō at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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