Tomomi Sato (佐藤 友美, Sato Tomomi, born October 8, 1941) is a Japanese actress.

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Sato Tomomi
佐藤 友美
Born (1941-10-08) October 8, 1941 (age 82)
OccupationActress
Years active1967–present
Known for
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Biography

She was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] She attended Kinjo Gakuin University junior college, but eventually dropped out.[3] She is a natori (Japanese equivalent of "Master's degree" in Japanese classical dance)[4] of the Japanese dance Nagoya Nishikawa.

She attended the Haiyuza Theatre Company[3] (with Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Tetsuo Ishidate, Orie Sato, Katsutoshi Shin, Mieko Yuki, Junko Maya, among others).[5][1] Thereafter she joined the theater company Sankikai, and signed a contract with Shochiku.

From November 1969, she succeeded Mitsuko Baisho, serving as the hostess of the TV Night Show (Fuji TV) until March 1970. In 1978 she portrayed "Madame Maigret" in the Japanese TV series Tokyo Megure Keishi, based on Georges Simenon's Jules Maigret.[6][7] For her portrayal of Mrs. Maigret in this series, she was praised by Simenon himself, who considered her "Madame Maigret" the best he had ever seen.[8]

Sato has appeared in many movies and television series, and is well known for her beauty and voice.[9][1] Her role in Please say hello to men is representative of her work.[1]

When she was 38 years old, she was interviewed by the Asahi Shimbun, and it then turned out that it had been incorrectly written that she was 48 years old in her biography. A corrected version was published immediately thereafter. She also ended up writing an article in a weekly magazine where she wrote that she was an "actress who had the Asahi Shimbun of Japan correct her."

Personal life

Her blood type is O. She is 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) tall. In 1969, her three sizes were B85cm, W58cm, H88cm.[10][11]

Filmography

Film

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1967 Sasori Yuki Yamane Junzo Mizukawa
A Killer's Key Hideko Kazuo Mori
1968 Kigeki ekimae kaiun Tamiko Hayaska Shirō Toyoda
Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell Kazumi Asakura Hajime Sato
Heitai Yakuza Gōdatsu Yang Qiulan Tokuzō Tanaka
Blackmail Is My Life Otoki Kinji Fukasaku
1969 Nemuri Kyoshiro engetsu sappo Oryou Kazuo Mori
Kiri no barado Kayo Aso Meijiro Umezu
1971 Chôeki Tarô: Mamushi no kyôdai Sayako Kozuki Sadao Nakajima
Amai himitsu Yoko Kozue Kōzaburō Yoshimura
1973 Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons "Quick Change" Oyô Kenji Misumi
1974 Izu no Odoriko Chiyoko Katsumi Nishikawa
1979 Hell Nun Tatsumi Kumashiro
1986 Oedipus no yaiba Kyoko Osako Tôichirô Narushima
1998 Diary of Early Winter Shower Keiko Mibu Shinichiro Sawai
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TV drama

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Year Title Role Network Notes
1966 Toshiko Iwamura TBS
1969 Majin banda CX
Purofaitā Yuri Arisawa NTV Main cast
Onihei Hankacho Omon NET/Toho Episode 36
1970 Mito Kōmon Oryu TBS/CAL Season 1, episode 31
Mominoki wa Nokotta Miya, Takio NHK Taiga drama
Gobanmenokeiji Miyuki Osawa NET/TOEI Episode 14
1971 Samuraihikyaku Okon NET/TOEI Season 1, episode 31
Kayōbi no on'na shirīzu NTV Films Black Picture Album and Hana wa mite ita
1972 Kayōbi no on'na shirīzu NTV Aru Chō, totsuzen ni…
Nyonin gensō NHK
Sasurainoōkami NET Episode 6
Ninpōkagerōkiri KTV/TOEI Episode 23
Nemuri Kyōshirō KTV/TOEI Episode 3
Ōedo Sōsamō Okoma TV Tokyo Episode 83
1973 Kunitori Monogatari NHK Taiga drama
1974 Hachi shū hankachō Okinu CX/CAL Episode 6
Taiyō ni Hoero! Yumiko NTV/Toho Episode 123
1975 Hokutomonogatari Akiko Kuzuhara YTV Main cast
Kokoro no tabiji Michiyo NTV Main cast
1976 Edo no Kaze CX/Toho Season 2, episode 22: Yūdachi nyōbō
1977 Yokomizo Seishi shirîzu Rika Aoike MBS
Kogarashi Monjirō Osumi Fuji TV/CAL Episode 9
1978 Tokyo Megure Keishi Mrs. Megure TV Asahi Main cast
1979 Kusa Moeru Tokiwa Gozen NHK Taiga drama
1980 Mito Kōmon Okinu TBS/CAL Episode 24: Osowa reta Chuuma kaidō - Nirasaki -
POLA TV Shosetsu Kikuyo Asakaze TBS Marī no sakura
Edo no asayake Ota Fuji TV Episode 9
1982 Sarigenaku nikui yatsu Yoko Kazami MBS Marī no sakura
Matsudaira ukon jiken-chō Ogin NTV Episode 9
1983 Gisō kekkon TBS
Ōoku Aguri KTV Episode 20
Kin'yōbinotsumatachihe Mayumi Tamura TBS Main cast
Akashi kanpei 35-sai NTV Main cast
1985 Fūfu seikatsu Michiko TBS Main cast
1986 Toki ni wa Issho ni Yoko Mizutani Fuji TV Main cast
Kayo Suspense Gekijyo NTV Anata kara nogare rarenai
1987 Keshin Fuji TV Main cast
Otokotachiniyoroshiku Takako Morohashi TBS Main cast
Uogashimonogatari Kayo NHK Main cast
1988 Kayo Suspense Gekijyo NTV Ame no naka no on'na shikumareta jōji
1990 Gekai arimori saeko Yoko Kasai Nippon TV TV series guest appearance and TV Special
1991 Asadora Ranko Mimura NHK Kiminonaha
Kayo Suspense Gekijyo NTV Kūhaku no satsui
Shichinin no onna bengoshi Itsu Taniguchi TV Asahi Main cast
1998 Suiyō shirīzudorama NHK Watashi no naka no dareka, Kaimonoizonshō no on'na-tachi
Saturday Night at the Theater TV Asahi Takushīdoraibā no suiri nisshi, episode 10: Kuroi himawari no on'na
1999 Asadora NHK Suzuran
2000 Beautiful Life TBS
2001 Moichido Kiss Yoko Saegusa NHK Main cast
2003 Keiji chōsakan-dama Saka Miyako Hatsue Tamasaka Fuji TV Main cast (7 episodes)
2009 Saturday Night at the Theater Hisae Miura TV Asahi Takushīdoraibā no suiri nisshi, episode 25: Tōkyō 〜 Miyazaki Hyuuganada satsujin-ga no jōkyaku
Ningen dōbu~tsuen Wowow
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Other TV appearances

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1974–1975 Legacy for the Future Gen'ei NHK Documentary
2015 Tetsuko's Room Herself TV Asahi Talk show
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References

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