Shimako Satō

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Shimako Satō
Born1964
NationalityJapanese
Alma materLondon Film School
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, film director
Spouse
(m. 2012)

Shimako Satō (佐藤嗣麻子, Satō Shimako) (born in 1964) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.[1][2][3][4] She is best known for directing Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness (1995) and K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008). Her husband is famed filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki.

Career[edit]

Born in Iwate Prefecture, Satō attended the Asagaya College of Art and Design before studying filmmaking at the London International Film School.[5] Her 1995 film Wizard of Darkness won the Minami Toshiko Award at the 1995 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.[6]

Filmography[edit]

Film

Year Title Director Writer Ref.
1992 Tale of a Vampire Yes Yes [2]
1995 Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness Yes No
1996 Eko Eko Azarak 2: Birth of the Wizard Yes No
2007 Unfair: The Movie No Yes
2008 K-20: Legend of the Mask Yes Yes
2010 Ghost: In Your Arms Again No Yes
Space Battleship Yamato No Yes
2011 Unfair 2: The Answer Yes Yes
2015 Unfair: The End No Yes
2024 The Yin Yang Master 0 Yes Yes [7]

TV miniseries

Year Title Director Writer
2000 Yasha Yes Yes
2001 Sitto no nioi Yes Yes
2003 Dôbutsu no oisha-san Yes No
2004 Minami-kun no Koibito Yes No
2013 Dokushin kizoku No Yes
2014 Miyamoto Musashi No Yes
2015 Siren No Yes
Tales of the Unusual: Film directors special Yes No

Video game CG movie sequences director

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References[edit]

  1. ^ 佐藤嗣麻子. Kinema Junpo Film Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b 佐藤嗣麻子 さとう・しまこ. Allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  3. ^ 佐藤嗣麻子 (in Japanese). Eiga.com. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Shimako Sato (佐藤嗣麻子)". HanCinema. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  5. ^ ""K-20 Kaijin nijū mensō den" kantoku Satō Shimako". Cinra.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival Archive". yubarifanta.com. Retrieved 17 September 2009. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "陰陽師0". eiga.com. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

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