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Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō (加東 大介 Katō Daisuke, February 18, 1911 – July 31, 1975) was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 150 films, including Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as the loyal comrade Shichiroji), Rashomon, Yojimbo (as the "wild pig" Inokichi), Ikiru, and Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy and Chushingura.

Born

Feb 18, 1911

Tokyo, Japan

Died

Jul 31, 1975

Known For

Acting

Movies

244 acting

2 crew

Popularity

1.0

movie

Known For

Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai

1954

as Shichiroji
Ikiru

Ikiru

1952

as Yakuza
Rashomon

Rashomon

1950

as Policeman
Yojimbo

Yojimbo

1961

as Inokichi
An Autumn Afternoon

An Autumn Afternoon

1962

as Yoshitaro Sakamoto
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1956

as Toji Gion
Floating Clouds

Floating Clouds

1955

as Seikichi Mukai
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

1960

as Matsukichi Sekine
The Life of Oharu

The Life of Oharu

1952

as Tasaburo Hishiya
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

1954

as Toji
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 • as Shichiroji
★ 8.5
Ikiru
Ikiru
1952 • as Yakuza
★ 8.3
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 • as Policeman
★ 8.0
Yojimbo
Yojimbo
1961 • as Inokichi
★ 8.1
An Autumn Afternoon
An Autumn Afternoon
1962 • as Yoshitaro Sakamoto
★ 7.9
Chûshingura
Chûshingura
1962 • as Kichiemon Terasaka
★ 7.1
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956 • as Toji Gion
★ 7.2
Freedom School
Freedom School
1951
Floating Clouds
Floating Clouds
1955 • as Seikichi Mukai
★ 7.7
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960 • as Matsukichi Sekine
★ 7.9
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
1949
The Life of Oharu
The Life of Oharu
1952 • as Tasaburo Hishiya
★ 7.7
Early Spring
Early Spring
1956 • as Sakamoto
★ 7.5
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954 • as Toji
★ 7.2
Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day
1967 • as Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
★ 7.3
The End of Summer
The End of Summer
1961 • as Kitagawa Yanosuke
★ 7.5
Admiral Yamamoto
Admiral Yamamoto
1968 • as Chief of Press Section
★ 8.5
Street of Shame
Street of Shame
1956 • as Mr. Nomura
★ 7.7
Jirocho's Home-Coming
Jirocho's Home-Coming
1953
★ 10.0
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1953
★ 8.0
The 47 Ronin
The 47 Ronin
1941 • as Fuwa Kazuemon
★ 6.9
The Motherland Far Far Away
The Motherland Far Far Away
1950 • as Tommy Shôkyokusai
★ 7.0
The Naked General
The Naked General
1958
★ 7.0
Late Chrysanthemums
Late Chrysanthemums
1954 • as Itaya
★ 7.2
A Man from Akagi
A Man from Akagi
1950
Hito mo arukeba
Hito mo arukeba
1960 • as Namitaro Namiki
★ 9.0
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955 • as Toji Gion
★ 7.2
I Want to Be a Shellfish
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959 • as Takeuchi
★ 10.0
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
1952
Tsuki no wataridori
Tsuki no wataridori
1951
G-Men of Japan
G-Men of Japan
1948
Gamblers: The Raid
Gamblers: The Raid
1968 • as Kichigorō
★ 10.0
Castle of Carnage
Castle of Carnage
1952
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 • as Shusuke Tetsumoto
★ 7.3
Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
1959
★ 7.0
Priest of Darkness
Priest of Darkness
1936 • as Kenta
★ 7.1
Mako Osorubeshi
Mako Osorubeshi
1954
Mother
Mother
1952 • as Sokichi Kimura
★ 7.0
Senryō hada
Senryō hada
1950
A Wife's Heart
A Wife's Heart
1956
★ 6.9
Two in the Shadow
Two in the Shadow
1967 • as Hayashida
★ 7.8
Yoru wa usotsuki
Yoru wa usotsuki
1960
Untamed Woman
Untamed Woman
1957 • as Onoda, the second husband
★ 7.5
Snow Country
Snow Country
1957 • as Inn proprietor
★ 6.7
Little Peach
Little Peach
1958 • as Suga
★ 6.1
G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
1950
Oban kanketsu hen
Oban kanketsu hen
1958 • as Ushinotsuke Akabane
A Wanderer's Notebook
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962 • as Nobuo Sadaoka
★ 7.2
Sanshiro Sugata
Sanshiro Sugata
1965 • as Hansuke Murai
★ 7.1
Five Gents on the Spot
Five Gents on the Spot
1966 • as Kanju Goto
★ 7.0
Moment of Terror
Moment of Terror
1966 • as Kawashima
★ 5.9
The Lady Was Pawn
The Lady Was Pawn
1956
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949 • as Shinkichi
★ 6.6
A Woman's Life
A Woman's Life
1963 • as Tobita
★ 7.1
Gendai no yokubô
Gendai no yokubô
1956
Humanity and Paper Balloons
Humanity and Paper Balloons
1937 • as Isuke
★ 7.9
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960 • as Kumakichi Onizuka (Maiko's father)
★ 8.0
Sudden Rain
Sudden Rain
1956 • as Kawakami
★ 6.7
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
1955 • as Genta
★ 7.4
The Stranger Within a Woman
The Stranger Within a Woman
1966
★ 7.4
Mr. Pu
Mr. Pu
1953
★ 6.5
The Romance of Yushima
The Romance of Yushima
1955
★ 8.0
Holiday in Tokyo
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
★ 9.0
Kazanmyaku
Kazanmyaku
1950
The Wiser Age
The Wiser Age
1962 • as Ryokichi
★ 7.2
Ejima and Ikushima
Ejima and Ikushima
1955 • as 井口
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
★ 9.0
Born in Sin
Born in Sin
1962
★ 9.0
Shimizu Port Salaryman
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
★ 8.0
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968 • as Tsutomu Ariga
★ 7.0
Summer Clouds
Summer Clouds
1958
★ 7.7
Snow in the South Seas
Snow in the South Seas
1961
★ 9.0
Ôban
Ôban
1957 • as Ushinosuke Akaba
★ 9.0
Moth Lamp
Moth Lamp
1953
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1949 • as Shinkichi
★ 6.6
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
★ 9.0
Zoku izuko e
Zoku izuko e
1967
Playboy President: Part II
Playboy President: Part II
1961 • as Zensuke Kuramochi
★ 8.0
Rise Against the Sword
Rise Against the Sword
1966 • as Budeuemon Hattori
★ 6.3
The Naked Executive
The Naked Executive
1964 • as Tadokori - Executive
★ 9.0
Vendetta of a Samurai
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952
★ 6.6
The Night before Pearl Harbor
The Night before Pearl Harbor
1968 • as Kusanagi
★ 9.5
movie
Onna goroshi abura jigoku
1949
Flowing
Flowing
1956 • as Yoneko's Ex
★ 7.2
movie
Kakute ninjutsu eiga wa owarinu
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji
1951
★ 6.0
The Scarlet Bat
The Scarlet Bat
1950
The Terrible Game
The Terrible Game
1959 • as Uncle Zenkichi
★ 7.0
Dotanba
Dotanba
1956
★ 6.0
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971 • as Kintarō Igari, Yoyo Finance Exec.
★ 10.0
Fountainhead
Fountainhead
1956
★ 6.1
A Woman's Life
A Woman's Life
1955 • as police officer
The Approach of Autumn
The Approach of Autumn
1960 • as Tomioka
★ 7.0
Aloha 3 Gents
Aloha 3 Gents
1963 • as Gentaro Ōshima (Managing Director)
★ 8.0
Beyond the Hills
Beyond the Hills
1960 • as Yakichi Wada
The Radish and the Carrot
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
★ 9.0
Brotherly Love
Brotherly Love
1954
The Gambling Samurai
The Gambling Samurai
1960 • as Enzo Niko
★ 6.9
A Company President's Life Story
A Company President's Life Story
1966 • as Gotō Kanju (Managing Director)
★ 7.0
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957 • as Ushinotsuke Akabane
★ 8.0
Here Is a Spring
Here Is a Spring
1955
★ 8.2
Star of Hong Kong
Star of Hong Kong
1962 • as Syuhei Toru's brother-in-law
★ 8.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
1960
movie
Respect, Flatter, and Love
1960
★ 7.0
The Masterless 47
The Masterless 47
1960 • as Jyusaburo Onodera
★ 10.0
五十円横町
五十円横町
1955
Fox and Raccoon
Fox and Raccoon
1959 • as Kyota Aoshima
★ 9.0
No Time for Tears
No Time for Tears
1955
★ 9.0
恐妻時代
恐妻時代
1952 • as Nakahata
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960 • as Kumakichi Onizuka
★ 8.0
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971 • as Kintaro Igari
★ 7.0
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
New Third-Class Executive
New Third-Class Executive
1959 • as Kumahira Onizuka
★ 8.0
movie
Once a Rainy Day
1966
★ 7.0
Twilight Saloon
Twilight Saloon
1955 • as Kibe
★ 8.0
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
★ 8.0
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964 • as 4th Sin & 7th Sin
movie
Ganpā kachō
1961
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969 • as Gōzō Ishiyama (General Affairs Manager)
★ 10.0
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
★ 9.0
Stairs of Evil
Stairs of Evil
1965 • as Konishi
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960 • as Uchuu Takeda
★ 9.0
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1937
★ 10.0
The Third President
The Third President
1958
★ 10.0
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957 • as Ushinosuke Akaba
★ 9.0
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968 • as Tsutomu Ariga (Takayama Trading General Affairs Manager)
★ 9.0
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
★ 6.5
movie
The Fifth Witness
1948
A Night in Hong Kong
A Night in Hong Kong
1961 • as Kenkichi Matsuyama
★ 10.0
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958 • as Yajirobei Tochimen'ya
Samurai in the Office
Samurai in the Office
1959
★ 9.0
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958 • as Kikuzō (head clerk)
An Edoite Judge
An Edoite Judge
1953 • as Tasuke Uoya
Mother's First Love
Mother's First Love
1954
★ 8.0
The Lone Journey
The Lone Journey
1955
★ 9.0
Samurai of the Great Earth
Samurai of the Great Earth
1956
★ 7.0
Yasugorō shusse
Yasugorō shusse
1953
★ 10.0
This Greedy Old Skin
This Greedy Old Skin
1960
★ 10.0
Sarutobi Sasuke: Senjō ke goku no hi matsuri
Sarutobi Sasuke: Senjō ke goku no hi matsuri
1950
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
1949 • as Yasu
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
1967 • as Gunpei Otaguro
Assignment Cloud
Assignment Cloud
1966 • as Kusanagi
★ 2.0
Five Gents' Trick Book
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
★ 10.0
The Bitch
The Bitch
1951 • as Gorō Matoba
★ 8.0
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960 • as Ōkubo Hikosaburō
Center of Tokyo
Center of Tokyo
1974 • as Zenzo
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
★ 8.0
Playboy President
Playboy President
1961 • as Kuramochi Zensuke
★ 10.0
Turbid Youth
Turbid Youth
1954
★ 9.0
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963 • as Genkichi Yamanaka (Sales Director)
★ 9.0
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
1967 • as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
★ 8.0
Foul Play
Foul Play
1955 • as Goro Seo
★ 6.0
A Brother and His Sister
A Brother and His Sister
1956 • as Hayashi
★ 8.0
The School of Spies
The School of Spies
1966 • as Lieutenant Kusanagi
★ 6.6
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960
Yami ni hikarume
Yami ni hikarume
1950
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
★ 8.0
3 Gents In Hawaii
3 Gents In Hawaii
1963 • as Oshima Gentaro (Executive Director)
★ 8.0
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
1967 • as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
★ 9.0
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
★ 7.0
Jushu karasu
Jushu karasu
1951
The Daphne
The Daphne
1966
★ 10.0
Pure Love
Pure Love
1956
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961
First Love
First Love
1972
Hail the 3 Gents
Hail the 3 Gents
1964 • as Tomioka (Sales Manager)
★ 8.0
Crazy Operation: First Move
Crazy Operation: First Move
1963
★ 10.0
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
★ 10.0
The Preacher of Love
The Preacher of Love
1961
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970 • as Ishibashi Tetsukichi
★ 9.0
The Masterless 47 – Part II
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
★ 9.0
The Greatest Challenge of All
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
★ 7.0
Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
1956 • as Kamo Jinnai
★ 5.5
Forty-Eight Man
Forty-Eight Man
1952
★ 8.0
A Bridge for Two Alone
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
I'm a Bodyguard
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
★ 8.0
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970 • as Tetsukichi Ishibashi
★ 8.0
Seven Masks of Revenge
Seven Masks of Revenge
1955
Jiyūgaoka fujin
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
★ 10.0
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965 • as Chūzō Togashi (Managing Director)
★ 8.0
movie
Chobei the Rogue
1949
Assistant President
Assistant President
1958
★ 10.0
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960 • as Okubo Hikosaburō
We Will Remember
We Will Remember
1965
★ 10.0
The Storm
The Storm
1956
★ 8.5
Ganpeki
Ganpeki
1953
3 Gents in the Snow Country
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
★ 10.0
Tengu of Kiso
Tengu of Kiso
1948
I Am a Bodyguard
I Am a Bodyguard
1950
★ 9.0
Outlaw island
Outlaw island
1956
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1962
Travel Stories of a Company President
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
★ 7.0
A Salaryman's Reckless Family
A Salaryman's Reckless Family
1963
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951 • as Tajimi
★ 8.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957 • as Sōda Hajime
★ 8.0
The Killing of Otsuya
The Killing of Otsuya
1951 • as Mita
Our Silent Love
Our Silent Love
1967
爆笑天国　とんち教室
爆笑天国　とんち教室
1954
Morning for Two
Morning for Two
1971
★ 8.0
The Bogus Policeman
The Bogus Policeman
1967
★ 8.0
Shanghai Rose
Shanghai Rose
1952 • as Liu, Ding's men
★ 8.0
Lemon in the Rainbow
Lemon in the Rainbow
1968 • as Gôzô Maeda
★ 7.0
Itohan Monogatari
Itohan Monogatari
1957 • as Matsukichi
★ 7.0
The Surf
The Surf
1954 • as Chiyoko's Father
★ 8.0
Assignment Dragon No. 3
Assignment Dragon No. 3
1967 • as Kusanagi
★ 7.0
Tôjûrô no koi
Tôjûrô no koi
1955 • as Kichisuke
Secret Assignment
Secret Assignment
1967 • as Kusanagi
★ 10.0
All of Myself
All of Myself
1954 • as Oda Jukichi
Pachinko
Pachinko
1962
The Spoiled Brat President
The Spoiled Brat President
1956
Mune yori mune ni
Mune yori mune ni
1955 • as Hazama
★ 10.0
Goblin Courier
Goblin Courier
1949
★ 6.0
The Blue Revolution
The Blue Revolution
1953
★ 8.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
1958 • as Hajime Sawada
★ 10.0
Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil
Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil
1952
Husband on the Run
Husband on the Run
1954
Awamori-kun kanpai!
Awamori-kun kanpai!
1961
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
Bright Young Maidens
Bright Young Maidens
1958 • as Zenkichi Shibata, Sumiko's Father
★ 10.0
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
★ 7.0
The Husband Was a Baby
The Husband Was a Baby
1960
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
★ 8.0
Devices Stronger Than Women
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963 • as Daisaku Sugishita (Publicity Manager)
Nonsense Boys
Nonsense Boys
1963
The College Ruggers
The College Ruggers
1959 • as Jirō Shimizu
★ 9.0
Will-o'-the-Wisp
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
★ 9.0
The Man Who Laughs Last
The Man Who Laughs Last
1949
movie
Nippon Paradise
1964
★ 7.0
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
★ 9.0
How to Make Money
How to Make Money
1964
Superexpress
Superexpress
1964 • as Yukichi Nakae
★ 8.0
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969 • as Ishiyama Gōzō (HR director)
★ 7.0
A Spectacular Murder
A Spectacular Murder
1951
Older Wife, Younger Husband
Older Wife, Younger Husband
1960
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1957 • as Sōda Hajime
★ 9.0
Sanmanryō gojūsantsugi
Sanmanryō gojūsantsugi
1952
Young Lovers
Young Lovers
1959 • as Renzō Dōjima
The Sharks
The Sharks
1964
★ 9.0
We Are Salarymen
We Are Salarymen
1963 • as Executive Motohashi
★ 7.0
The Abe Clan
The Abe Clan
1938
★ 7.0
Singing in the Sun
Singing in the Sun
1960 • as Kyosuke Tsumura
★ 8.0
Miren
Miren
1963 • as Master at 'Sekine'
Kiri aru jyoji
Kiri aru jyoji
1959