- Films
- 45
- Avg rating
- 6.68
- Peak run
- 1983’02
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Kôichi by the numbers
Average
6.68
16 rated films
Vote weighted
6.68
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.72
rating spread
Career
58y
1968 to 2025
Total votes
89K
across every film
Best
7.9
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Worst
6.0
Infection
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 | After the Quake | · | · | 128 |
| 2025 | Our Eternal Song | Doctor | · | 29 |
| 2025 |  Climbing for Life | Masaaki Tabe | · | 51 |
| 2024 | The Box Man | General | · | 266 |
| 2023 | Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny | · | 6.8 | 2,217 |
| 2023 | Okiku and the World | Matsumura Genbei | · | 261 |
| 2022 | Kingdom 2: Far and Away | · | 6.8 | 2,658 |
| 2020 | Fukushima 50 | Toshio Izaki | 6.1 | 3,958 |
| 2019 | The Promised Land | Zenjiro Tanaka | · | 299 |
| 2019 | Hit Me Anyone One More Time! | Journalist Furugori | · | 682 |
| 2019 | The Fable | Boss | 6.6 | 3,507 |
| 2016 | 64: Part 2 | Public Relations Officer Mikami, Yoshinobu | · | 344 |
| 2016 | 64: Part I | Public Relations Officer Mikami, Yoshinobu | · | 422 |
| 2015 | Terminal | Kanji Washida | · | 368 |
| 2015 | Hero | · | · | 657 |
| 2014 | The Vancouver Asahi | Seiji Kasahara | · | 273 |
| 2013 | The Kiyosu Conference | Ikeda Tsuneoki | · | 723 |
| 2013 | Unforgiven | Ichizo Oishi | 7.0 | 3,091 |
| 2012 | The Floating Castle | · | · | 667 |
| 2012 | Dearest | Nanbara | · | 556 |
Better together?
Kôichi Satô's regulars
- Junji SakamotoDirector and actor · 5 films
- Satoshi TsumabukiCo-star · 3 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.39
- Kōki MitaniDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.05 avg▲+0.13
- Kōji YakushoCo-star · 3 films · 7.00 avg▲+0.13
- Takahisa ZezeDirector and actor · 2 films
- Setsurō WakamatsuDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.10 avg▼−0.29
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Junji Sakamoto and Kôichi Satô movies · Kôichi Satô and Satoshi Tsumabuki movies · Kōki Mitani and Kôichi Satô movies · Kôichi Satô and Kōji Yakusho movies
Takes
On Kôichi Satô
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