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Born in Tokyo in 1932. He graduated in French literature from the University of Tokyo in 1956 and joined the Toei studio that same year, where he began his career as an assistant director. He made his directorial debut with “Tale of Army Brutality” (1963) and, after a series of yakuza films, began directing large-scale productions in the mid-1970s, such as “The Bullet Train” (1975), “Manhunt” (1976), and “Proof of the Man” (1977). With Duan Jishun, he co-directed “The Go Masters” (1982), the first postwar Japanese-Chinese co-production and winner of the Grand Prix des Amériques at the Montreal World Film Festival. His other films include “Lost in the Wilderness” (1986), “Dun-Huang” (1988), winner of the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Picture and Best Director, “Kodayu” (1992), winner of the Audience Award at the 16th Mostra, “Yamato” (2005) and “The Sakurada Gate Incident” (2010), his last feature. Sato died in Tokyo in 2019, at the age of 86.