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Makoto Satō (director)
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. Early life Satō was born in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, and raised in Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most .... Filmography * '' 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) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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