Makoto Satō (director)
Makoto Satō | |
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佐藤 真 | |
| Born | September 12, 1957 |
| Died | September 4, 2007 (aged 49) |
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Makoto Satō (佐藤 真 Satō Makoto, September 12, 1957 - September 4, 2007) was a Japanese documentary film director. Among his best-known films were Living On the River Agano, which describes people around the Agano River where incidents of Niigata Minamata disease were discovered, and Self and Others.
His final film, Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said (2005), was named Best Documentary at the 2006 Mainichi Film Awards.[1]
Early life[]
Satō was born in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, and raised in Tokyo.
Filmography[]
- (1992, 阿賀に生きる)
- (1998, まひるのほし)
- Self and Others (2000, SELF AND OTHERS)
- (2001, 花子)
- (2004, 阿賀の記憶)
- (2005, エドワード・サイード OUT OF PLACE)
References[]
- ^ "Konkūru no rekishi: 2006". Mainichi Eiga Konkūru. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
External links[]
- An English-language interview with Sato
- Box set of the Complete Works of Makoto Sato
- Towards a Cinema of Absence - Satō Makoto in the Japanese and international context
Categories:
- 1957 births
- 2007 deaths
- Japanese documentary film directors
- Japanese documentary filmmakers
- Japanese film directors