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.
Makoto Satō | |
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佐藤 真 | |
| Born | September 12, 1957 |
| Died | September 4, 2007 (aged 49) |
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His final film, Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said (2005), was named Best Documentary at the 2006 Mainichi Film Awards.[1]
Early life edit
Satō was born in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, and raised in Tokyo.
Filmography edit
- Living on the River Agano (1992, 阿賀に生きる)
- Artists in Wonderland (1998, まひるのほし)
- Self and Others (2000, SELF AND OTHERS)
- Hanako (2001, 花子)
- Memories of Agano (2004, 阿賀の記憶)
- Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said (2005, エドワード・サイード OUT OF PLACE)
References edit
- ^ "Konkūru no rekishi: 2006". Mainichi Eiga Konkūru. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
External links edit
- 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