- Acting films
- 32
- Acting avg
- 6.73
- Peak run
- 1985’97
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Makoto by the numbers
Average
6.73
16 rated films
Vote weighted
6.86
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.77
rating spread
Career
43y
1958 to 2000
Total votes
11.2K
across every film
Best
8.3
Princess Mononoke
Worst
5.4
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
Newest first
Filmography
| 2000 |  First Love | · | · | 5 |
| 1999 |  Shikoku | Sendo | · | 20 |
| 1997 |  Princess Mononoke | Tatari God (voice) | 8.3 | 9,370 |
| 1997 |  The Eel | Jukichi Takada | 6.9 | 135 |
| 1989 |  Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally | · | 6.4 | 51 |
| 1986 | Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast | Seiroku the Pimp | · | 7 |
| 1985 |  Typhoon Club | Hideo | 6.5 | 73 |
| 1985 |  Lonely Heart | Principal Okamoto | 7.2 | 28 |
| 1982 |  I Are You, You Am Me | Akio Saitoh | · | 15 |
| 1981 |  Sailor Suit and Machine Gun | Sekine | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1980 |  Shogun's Ninja | Junka no Yatoji | 6.2 | 26 |
| 1980 |  Port Arthur | · | · | 14 |
| 1978 |  Message from Space | Urocco | 5.9 | 61 |
| 1976 |  The Youth Killer | · | · | 19 |
| 1975 | The Killing Machine | Kentaro Otaki | · | 11 |
| 1974 | The Executioner II: Karate Inferno | Takeshi Hayabusa | · | 20 |
| 1974 |  The Executioner | Takeshi Hayabusa | 6.6 | 30 |
| 1972 | Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder | Jun Eguchi | · | 6 |
| 1970 |  Blind Woman's Curse | Tani Shouichi | 6.3 | 66 |
| 1969 |  Battle of the Japan Sea | Gunnery Chief of Security | · | 9 |
Better together?
Makoto Satō's regulars
- Toshirō MifuneCo-star · 3 films
- Sonny ChibaCo-star · 3 films · 6.60 avg▲+0.11
- Yutaka NakajimaCo-star · 3 films · 6.60 avg▼−0.19
- Teruo IshiiDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.43 avg●+0.04
- Kihachi OkamotoDirector and actor · 2 films
- Nobuhiko ObayashiDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.20 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: Toshirō Mifune and Makoto Satō movies · Sonny Chiba and Makoto Satō movies · Yutaka Nakajima and Makoto Satō movies · Teruo Ishii and Makoto Satō movies
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