Shimako Satō


Shimako Satō is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. She is best known for directing Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness and K-20: Legend of the Mask. Her husband is famed filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki.

Career

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

Filmography

Film
YearTitleDirectorWriterRef.
1992Tale of a Vampire
1995Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness
1996Eko Eko Azarak 2: Birth of the Wizard
2007Unfair: The Movie
2008K-20: Legend of the Mask
2010Ghost: In Your Arms Again
2010Space Battleship Yamato
2011Unfair 2: The Answer
2015Unfair: The End
2024The Yin Yang Master Zero

TV miniseries
YearTitleDirectorWriter
2000Yasha
2001Sitto no nioi
2003Dôbutsu no oisha-san
2004Minami-kun no Koibito
2013Dokushin kizoku
2014Miyamoto Musashi
2015Siren
2015Tales of the Unusual: Film directors special

Video game CG movie sequences directorResident Evil Code: Veronica/Code: Veronica X