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{{Short description|Japanese film director and screenwriter (1932–2019)}}
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| name        = Junya Satō
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| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1932|11|6}}
| birth_place  = [[Tokyo]], Japan
| death_date   = {{death date and age|2019|2|9|1932|11|6}}
| death_place  = Tokyo, Japan
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| nationality   = [[Japan]]ese
| occupation  = [[Film director]], [[screenwriter]]
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| parents     = Kanichi Satō (father)
| children    = Tōya Satō
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{{nihongo|'''Junya Satō'''|佐藤 純彌|Satō Jun'ya|6 November 1932 – 9 February 2019}} was a Japanese [[film director]] and [[screenwriter]].

His son, {{nihongo|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]].<ref name=Hikone>{{cite web|title=Sakuradamon Gai no Hen o kataru |url=http://bunpla.jp/event/detail/269/ |work=Hikone-shi Bunka Puraza |publisher=Hikone City |access-date=25 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326024930/http://bunpla.jp/event/detail/269/ |archive-date=26 March 2012 }}</ref> He joined the [[Toei Company|Toei]] studio and worked as an assistant to such directors as [[Tadashi Imai]] and [[Miyoji Ieki]].<ref name=Hikone /> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rekidai jushō ichiranhyō |url=http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/table.htm |publisher=Cinema Hochi |access-date=25 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019083907/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/b_award/table.htm |archive-date=19 October 2013 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=1983 |url=http://www.ffm-montreal.org/palmares/en_1983.html |publisher=The World Film Festival |access-date=25 June 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927153943/http://www.ffm-montreal.org/palmares/en_1983.html |archive-date=27 September 2011 }}</ref> He won the [[Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year]] in 1989 for ''[[The Silk Road (film)|The Silk Road]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/prizes/?t=12 |script-title=ja:第 12 回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品|access-date= 2011-01-09|language= ja|publisher= Japan Academy Prize}}</ref>

Sato died in Tokyo on 9 February 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2999022|script-title=zh:日本著名导演佐藤纯弥逝世，曾执导《追捕》《人证》|publisher=thepaper.cn|date=17 February 2019|access-date=17 February 2019|language=zh}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Japanese Title !! English Title !! Notes
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1963 || 陸軍残虐物語<br />''Rikugun Zangyaku Monogatari'' || ||
|-
| 続・王将<br />''Zoku Ōshō'' || ||
|-
| 1964 || 廓育ち<br />''Kuruwa Sodachi'' || ||
|-
| 1966 || 愛欲<br />''Aiyoku'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1967 || 組織暴力<br />''[[Soshiki Bōryoku series|Soshiki Bōryoku]]'' || ''The Private Police'' ||
|- 
| 続組織暴力<br />''[[Soshiki Bōryoku series|Zoku Soshiki Bōryoku]]'' || ||
|-
| 1968 || 荒野の渡世人<br />''Kōya no Toseinin'' || ''[[The Drifting Avenger]]'' ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1969 || 日本暴力団 組長と刺客<br />''Nihon Bōryokudan: Kumichō to Shikaku'' || ''Japan's Most Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killer'' || also co-wrote screenplay
|-
| 組織暴力 兄弟盃<br />''[[Soshiki Bōryoku series|Soshiki Bōryoku: Kyōdai Sakazuki]]'' || ''Organized Violence'' ||
|-
| 旅に出た極道<br />''Tabi ni Deta Gokudō'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1970 || 日本ダービー 勝負<br />''Nihon Derby Shōbu'' || || also co-wrote screenplay
|-
| 最後の特攻隊<br />''Saigo no Tokkōtai'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1971 || 博徒斬り込み隊<br />''Bakuto Kirikomitai'' || || also co-wrote screenplay
|-
| 暴力団再武装<br />''Bōryokudan Sai Busō'' || ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1972 || ギャング対ギャング 赤と黒のブルース<br />''Gang tai Gang: Aka to Kuro no Blues'' || ''Gang vs. Gang: The Red and Black Blues'' || also wrote screenplay
|-
| やくざと抗争 実録安藤組<br />''Yakuza to Kōsō: Jitsuroku Andō-gumi'' || || also co-wrote screenplay
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1973 || 実録 私設銀座警察<br />''Jitsuroku: Shisetsu Ginza Keisatsu'' || ''True Account of Ginza Tortures'' ||
|-
| [[Golgo 13 (film)|Golgo 13]]<br />''Gorugo Sātīn'' || ||
|-
| 実録安藤組 襲撃篇<br />''Jitsuroku Andō-gumi: Shūgekihen'' || ''The Ando File'' ||
|-
| 1974 || ルバング島の奇跡 陸軍中野学校<br />''Rubangu-tō no Kiseki: Rikugun Nakano Gakkō'' || ||
|-
| 1975 || 新幹線大爆破<br />''Shinkansen Daibakuha'' || ''[[The Bullet Train]]'' || also co-wrote screenplay
|-
| 1976 || 君よ噴怒の河を渉れ<br />''Kimi yo Fundo no Kawa o Watare'' || ''[[Manhunt (1976 film)|Manhunt]]'' ||
|-
| 1977 || 人間の証明<br />''Ningen no Shōmei'' || ''[[Proof of the Man]]'' ||
|-
| 1978 || 野性の証明<br />''Yasei no Shōmei'' || ''[[Never Give Up (1978 film)|Never Give Up]]'' ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1980 || 遙かなる走路<br />''Haru Kanaru Sōro'' || ||
|-
| 甦れ魔女<br />''Yomigaere Majo'' || ||
|-
| 1982 || 未完の対局<br />''Mikan no Taikyoku'' || ''[[The Go Masters]]'' ||
|-
| 1983 || 人生劇場<br />''Jinsei Gekijō'' || ''[[Theater of Life (1983 film)|Theater of Life]]'' ("Youth" segment) || also co-wrote screenplay
|-
| 1984 || 空海<br />''Kūkai'' || ||
|-
| 1986 || 植村直己物語<br />''Uemura Naomi Monogatari'' || ''Lost in the Wilderness'' || also co-wrote screenplay
|-
| 1988 || 敦煌<br />''Tonkō'' || ''[[The Silk Road (film)|The Silk Road]]'' || also co-wrote screenplay
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1992 || 私を抱いてそしてキスして<br />''Watashi o Daite Soshite Kiss Shite'' || ||
|-
| おろしや国酔夢譚<br />''Oroshiyakoku Suimutan''<br />Сны о России<br />''Sny o Rossii'' || ''Kodayu'' or<br />''[[Dreams of Russia]]'' || also co-wrote screenplay
|-
| 1994 || 超能力者 未知への旅人<br />''Chōnōryokusha - Michi e no Tabibito'' || ||
|-
| 1997 || 北京原人 Who Are You?<br />''Pekin Genjin Who Are You?'' || ''Peking Man'' ||
|-
| |2005 || 男たちの大和<br />''Otoko-tachi no Yamato'' || ''[[Otoko-tachi no Yamato|Yamato]]'' || also wrote screenplay
|-
| |2010 || 桜田門外ノ変<br />''Sakuradamon-gai no Hen '' || ''The Sakurada Gate Incident'' || also co-wrote screenplay
|-
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{imdb name|id=0766220|name=Junya Satō}}
* {{jmdb name|id=0126890|name=Junya Satō}}

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