Makoto Satô: Makoto Satô. Actor: The Hidden Fortress. This sly-faced actor joined Toho in 1956, and was shortly playing villains of one type or another, most famously in the nearly dialogue-free role of the elusive gangster in Ishiro Honda's Bijo to Ekitai Ningen (aka The H-Man, 1958). The following year, Toho promoted him to stardom in Kihachi Okamoto's surprise smash hit, the cynical war picture Dokuritsu Gurentai (Desperado Outpost, 1959). Thereafter he...
Known For: The Hidden Fortress (Yamada foot soldier), Chushingura (Kazuemon Fuwa), The Executioner (Takeshi Hayato), Bakushô Mito Kômon man'yûki (Sukesaburô Sasaki)