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Shimako Sato

  • Writer
  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Shimako Sato was born in 1964 in Iwate, Japan. She is a writer and director, known for Tale of a Vampire (1992), K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008) and Onmyoji Zero (2024). She has been married to Takashi Yamazaki since April 2012.
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    • Awards
      • 4 nominations

    Known for

    Tale of a Vampire (1992)
    Tale of a Vampire
    5.3
    • Writer
    • 1992
    K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)
    K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
    6.6
    • Writer(as Shimako Satô)
    • 2008
    Onmyoji Zero (2024)
    Onmyoji Zero
    5.5
    • Writer
    • 2024
    Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard (1996)
    Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard
    5.7
    • Writer
    • 1996

    Credits

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    Writer

    • Onmyoji Zero (2024)
      Onmyoji Zero
      5.5
      • Writer
      • 2024
    • Ryôko Shinohara and Ikusaburô Yamazaki in Hyena (2023)
      Hyena
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • Siren (2015)
      Siren
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • teleplay
      • 2015
    • Susumu Terajima in Unfair the End (2015)
      Unfair the End
      6.0
      • screenplay
      • 2015
    • Miyamoto Musashi (2014)
      Miyamoto Musashi
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • teleplay
      • 2014
    • A Swinging Single (2013)
      A Swinging Single
      5.8
      TV Mini Series
      • teleplay
      • 2013
    • Susumu Terajima in Unfair: The Answer (2011)
      Unfair: The Answer
      6.1
      • screenplay
      • 2011
    • Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Takuya Kimura, Naoto Ogata, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Toshirô Yanagiba, and Meisa Kuroki in Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
      Space Battleship Yamato
      6.0
      • screenplay
      • 2010
    • Nanako Matsushima and Song Seung-heon in Ghost (2010)
      Ghost
      5.5
      • screenplay
      • 2010
    • K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)
      K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
      6.6
      • screenplay (as Shimako Satô)
      • 2008
    • Himawari: Natsume masako 27 nen no shôgai to haha no ai (2007)
      Himawari: Natsume masako 27 nen no shôgai to haha no ai
      TV Movie
      • teleplay
      • 2007
    • Susumu Terajima in Anfea: The Movie (2007)
      Anfea: The Movie
      5.0
      • screenplay
      • 2007
    • Akuma ga kitarite fue wo fuku (2007)
      Akuma ga kitarite fue wo fuku
      5.7
      TV Movie
      • adaptation
      • 2007
    • Joôbachi
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • adaptation
      • 2006
    • Unfair: Code Breaking (2006)
      Unfair: Code Breaking
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • teleplay
      • 2006

    Director

    • Onmyoji Zero (2024)
      Onmyoji Zero
      5.5
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Yo ni mo Kimyô na Monogatari: Eiga kantoku-hen (2015)
      Yo ni mo Kimyô na Monogatari: Eiga kantoku-hen
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Susumu Terajima in Unfair the End (2015)
      Unfair the End
      6.0
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Susumu Terajima in Unfair: The Answer (2011)
      Unfair: The Answer
      6.1
      • Director
      • 2011
    • K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)
      K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
      6.6
      • Director (as Shimako Satô)
      • 2008
    • Minami kun no koibito (2004)
      Minami kun no koibito
      6.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2004
    • Onimusha Tactics (2003)
      Onimusha Tactics
      5.9
      Video Game
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Dôbutsu no oisha-san (2003)
      Dôbutsu no oisha-san
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Sitto no nioi
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2001
    • Yasha (2000)
      Yasha
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2000
    • Alyson Court in Resident Evil - Code: Veronica (2000)
      Resident Evil - Code: Veronica
      8.1
      Video Game
      • event & movie director: CG movie crew
      • event & movie director: movie sequences
      • 2000
    • Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard (1996)
      Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard
      5.7
      • Director
      • 1996
    • Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness (1995)
      Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness
      6.0
      • Director
      • 1995
    • Tale of a Vampire (1992)
      Tale of a Vampire
      5.3
      • Director
      • 1992

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Heidi Anderson-Swan in Resident Evil (2002)
      Resident Evil
      9.0
      Video Game
      • cutscene director
      • 2002

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Shimako Satô
    • Born
      • 1964
      • Iwate, Japan
    • Spouse
      • Takashi YamazakiApril 2012 - present

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      London International Film School graduate.

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