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Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō (加藤 武 Katō Takeshi, 24 May 1929 – 31 July 2015) was a Japanese stage and film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films.

Born

May 24, 1929

Tokyo, Japan

Died

Jul 31, 2015

Known For

Acting

Movies

154 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.1

movie

Known For

Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai

1954

as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
High and Low

High and Low

1963

as Detective Nakao
Ran

Ran

1985

as Koyota Hatakeyama
Yojimbo

Yojimbo

1961

as Ronin Kobuhachi
Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood

1957

as Guard killed by Washizu
The Hidden Fortress

The Hidden Fortress

1958

as Samurai (uncredited)
Godzilla 1985

Godzilla 1985

1985

as Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka
The Bad Sleep Well

The Bad Sleep Well

1960

as Itakura
Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973

as Noburo Uchimoto
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 • as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
★ 8.5
High and Low
High and Low
1963 • as Detective Nakao
★ 8.4
Ran
Ran
1985 • as Koyota Hatakeyama
★ 8.0
Yojimbo
Yojimbo
1961 • as Ronin Kobuhachi
★ 8.1
Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood
1957 • as Guard killed by Washizu
★ 7.9
The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress
1958 • as Samurai (uncredited)
★ 8.0
XX: Beautiful Weapon
XX: Beautiful Weapon
1993 • as Yasuhiro Kokubu
★ 8.9
Godzilla 1985
Godzilla 1985
1985 • as Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka
★ 6.8
The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well
1960 • as Itakura
★ 7.7
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973 • as Noburo Uchimoto
★ 7.3
Mifune: The Last Samurai
Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016 • as Self - Actor
★ 7.0
The Great White Tower
The Great White Tower
1966 • as Professor Nozaka
★ 7.3
None But the Brave
None But the Brave
1965 • as Sgt. Tamura
★ 6.4
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989 • as Kohei Kashi
★ 7.3
Japan Sinks
Japan Sinks
2006 • as Professor Yamashiro
★ 5.6
The Inugami Family
The Inugami Family
1976 • as Police Chief Tachibana
★ 7.0
Battle of the Japan Sea
Battle of the Japan Sea
1969 • as Chief of Staff Officer Kato
★ 6.4
Pigs and Battleships
Pigs and Battleships
1961 • as Ohachi
★ 7.1
Aogeba Tôtoshi
Aogeba Tôtoshi
2006 • as Koichi's father
★ 5.9
Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day
1967 • as Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
★ 7.3
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974 • as Noburo Uchimoto
★ 7.0
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
★ 6.7
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001
★ 5.9
Island of Hell
Island of Hell
1977 • as Inspector Todoroki
★ 6.2
The Phoenix
The Phoenix
1978 • as Kamamushi
★ 6.1
Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space
Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space
2002 • as Zombie Cat (Voice)
★ 6.3
Battleship Yamato
Battleship Yamato
1990 • as General Koshirō Oikawa
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957 • as Narrator (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
1985 • as Takeshi Suzuka
★ 4.8
Sword of the Beast
Sword of the Beast
1965 • as Katori
★ 7.5
Lullaby to Kill
Lullaby to Kill
1977 • as Inspector Tachibana
★ 6.6
The Geisha House
The Geisha House
1999 • as Kitayama
★ 7.7
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1982 • as Grand Wazir (voice)
★ 7.0
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973 • as Noboru Uchimoto
★ 7.0
Free and Easy 17
Free and Easy 17
2006
★ 5.8
Dora-heita
Dora-heita
2000 • as Toneri Uchijima
★ 5.4
Murder of the Inugami Clan
Murder of the Inugami Clan
2006 • as Todoroki Shochô
★ 6.9
Moment of Terror
Moment of Terror
1966
★ 5.9
Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows
Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows
2001
Volunteering for Villainy
Volunteering for Villainy
1960 • as Deka
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
★ 6.4
Fighting Elegy
Fighting Elegy
1966
★ 7.0
Three Yakuza
Three Yakuza
1965
★ 7.8
Queen Bee
Queen Bee
1978 • as Detective Todoroki
★ 7.6
Zero
Zero
1984 • as Ugaki
★ 6.1
Zatoichi's Revenge
Zatoichi's Revenge
1965 • as Koheita Kadokura
★ 6.6
The Navy
The Navy
1963
Two Bitches
Two Bitches
1964
★ 10.0
The 8-Tomb Village
The 8-Tomb Village
1996
★ 6.8
The Sands of Kurobe
The Sands of Kurobe
1968 • as Kunikida
★ 7.0
The Last Judgment
The Last Judgment
1965
★ 8.3
The Gate of Youth
The Gate of Youth
1975
★ 8.3
The House of Hanging
The House of Hanging
1979 • as Inspector Todoroki
★ 6.2
Tale of Japanese Burglars
Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965 • as Public prosecutor Tamura
★ 7.0
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
1993
★ 7.5
Yume-Chiyo
Yume-Chiyo
1985
★ 8.0
Run Ichiro Run
Run Ichiro Run
2001
★ 8.5
Endless Desire
Endless Desire
1958 • as Brutal yakuza
★ 6.8
The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh
The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh
1976
A Wanderer's Notebook
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962 • as Uenoyama
★ 7.2
The Fir Trees Remain
The Fir Trees Remain
1983
Noh Mask Murders
Noh Mask Murders
1991 • as Assistant Inspector Senba
★ 6.3
An Inlet of Muddy Water
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
★ 6.2
Free and Easy 4
Free and Easy 4
1991 • as Akiyama
★ 8.3
House of Terrors
House of Terrors
1965 • as Keisuke Munakata
★ 5.3
Virgin Road
Virgin Road
1989
Foundry Town
Foundry Town
1962 • as Mr. Noda
★ 7.8
Company Executives
Company Executives
1989
★ 6.6
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970
Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi
1973 • as Iwama Kakubei
★ 7.3
Mother
Mother
1963 • as Toshiro
★ 6.8
The Politicians
The Politicians
1983
Across a Gold Prairie
Across a Gold Prairie
1999 • as Takashi Kanzaki
★ 8.7
Tracing Jake
Tracing Jake
2004
★ 8.0
The Thick-Walled Room
The Thick-Walled Room
1956
★ 7.2
Only on Mondays
Only on Mondays
1964 • as Yuka's sugar-daddy
★ 6.7
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
Lonely Heart
Lonely Heart
1981
★ 8.3
Koto: The Ancient City
Koto: The Ancient City
1980
★ 7.0
Happiness of Us Alone
Happiness of Us Alone
1961
★ 9.0
Fossilized Wilderness
Fossilized Wilderness
1982
★ 8.0
Summer Soldiers
Summer Soldiers
1972 • as Driver
★ 6.7
Free and Easy 15
Free and Easy 15
2004
★ 8.3
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
1962
This Madding Crowd
This Madding Crowd
1962
★ 7.0
High Teen
High Teen
1959
Room for Let
Room for Let
1959
★ 7.0
The Neon Taiheiki
The Neon Taiheiki
1968
★ 9.0
The Girl I Abandoned
The Girl I Abandoned
1969
★ 9.0
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
2002 • as Self
Lost in the Sun
Lost in the Sun
1961
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001 • as Managing Director Akiyama
★ 7.2
Gambler in the Sea
Gambler in the Sea
1961
Free and Easy 20: Final
Free and Easy 20: Final
2009
★ 7.7
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
1961
★ 10.0
Love and Faith
Love and Faith
1978
★ 6.4
Free and Easy 6
Free and Easy 6
1993
★ 7.7
Free and Easy 16
Free and Easy 16
2005 • as Akiyama
★ 8.0
午前零時の出獄
午前零時の出獄
1963
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002 • as Self
★ 8.0
Free and Easy 10
Free and Easy 10
1998
★ 7.0
Trigger-Happy
Trigger-Happy
1968
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
1998
★ 7.2
New Treasure Island
New Treasure Island
1965 • as Long John Silver (voice)
★ 7.0
Kill or Be Killed
Kill or Be Killed
1966
You'll Die Six Hours Later
You'll Die Six Hours Later
2008
★ 7.0
Free and Easy 5
Free and Easy 5
1992
★ 7.9
Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
1973 • as Kikutarō Yamada
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972
★ 6.3
Free and Easy 18
Free and Easy 18
2007
★ 7.5
The Great Shogunate Battle
The Great Shogunate Battle
1991
★ 6.8
The Pirates of Buban
The Pirates of Buban
1972
★ 6.5
Gun of Nosappu
Gun of Nosappu
1961
★ 10.0
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
2002 • as Self
Location
Location
1984 • as Hara
★ 8.5
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984 • as 金吾
★ 8.0
Crybaby Chacha
Crybaby Chacha
1987
The First Catch
The First Catch
1980
★ 3.5
Kimagure tosei
Kimagure tosei
1962
I Fly for Kicks
I Fly for Kicks
1963 • as Ginzo Iwamoto
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
1964 • as Makoto Misugi
Children of Nagasaki
Children of Nagasaki
1983
★ 6.6
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
1963
★ 10.0
Free and Easy 8
Free and Easy 8
1996
★ 7.3
The Gambling Monk
The Gambling Monk
1963
Eternity of Love
Eternity of Love
1961
★ 8.0
Kawachi fūten zoku
Kawachi fūten zoku
1968
★ 9.0
movie
Hamuretto wa yukue fumei
1981
Free and Easy Special
Free and Easy Special
1994
★ 7.3
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969
★ 8.0
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
1954 • as Ronin on the ship
Flame of Father and Son
Flame of Father and Son
1981
Zenigeba
Zenigeba
1970
★ 9.0
The Class of the Sewage Canal
The Class of the Sewage Canal
1972
Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon!
Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon!
1993
Dansen
Dansen
1983
★ 1.0
For Kayako
For Kayako
1984 • as Kyusu Im
★ 6.4
Free and Easy 7
Free and Easy 7
1994
★ 7.5
Watashi no naka no shōfu
Watashi no naka no shōfu
1984 • as Fisherman A
★ 2.0
Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai
Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai
1971
Voice from the Dark
Voice from the Dark
1983 • as Toyokichi Kuze
Last Round
Last Round
1962
Monrō no yōna onna
Monrō no yōna onna
1964
The Spying Sorceress
The Spying Sorceress
1964
★ 8.0
The Crimson Plains
The Crimson Plains
1961 • as Koike
Whirlpool of Flesh
Whirlpool of Flesh
1964 • as Segawa
★ 10.0
The Lucky General
The Lucky General
1962
300 Million Yen Mission
300 Million Yen Mission
1971
★ 7.0
Let's Meet in Our Dreams
Let's Meet in Our Dreams
1962
★ 8.0
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
2002 • as Self
Scorpion
Scorpion
1967
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
1961
Love for Eternity
Love for Eternity
1971