Person

Takeshi Katō

Acting · 1929–2015 · Tokyo, Japan

Biography

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.

Known for

Filmography

2016Mifune: The Last SamuraiSelf - Actor
2009Free and Easy 20: Final
2008You'll Die Six Hours Later
2007Free and Easy 18
2006Murder of the Inugami ClanTodoroki Shochô
2006Free and Easy 17
2006Japan SinksProfessor Yamashiro
2006Aogeba TôtoshiKoichi's father
2005Free and Easy 16Akiyama
2004Free and Easy 15
2004Tracing Jake
2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'Self
2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'Self
2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'Self
2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'Self
2002Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in SpaceZombie Cat (Voice)
2001Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus ProjectManaging Director Akiyama
2001Run Ichiro Run
2000Dora-heitaToneri Uchijima
1999Across a Gold PrairieTakashi Kanzaki
1999The Geisha HouseKitayama
1998Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
1998Free and Easy 10
1996The 8-Tomb Village
1996Free and Easy 8
1994Free and Easy 7
1994Free and Easy Special
1993Free and Easy 6
1993XX: Beautiful WeaponYasuhiro Kokubu
1993Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
1993Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon!
1992Free and Easy 5
1991The Tale of Genji
1991Free and Easy 4Akiyama
1991The Great Shogunate Battle
1991Kimi no na wa永橋
1991Noh Mask MurdersAssistant Inspector Senba
1989Virgin Road
1989Four Days of Snow and BloodKohei Kashi
1989Company Executives
1988Hana no Asuka-gumi!Shinomiya
1987Crybaby Chacha
1987Iki no Iiyatsu
1985Godzilla 1985Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka
1985Odin: Starlight MutinyTakeshi Suzuka
1985Yume-Chiyo
1985RanKoyota Hatakeyama
1984For KayakoKyusu Im
1984Watashi no naka no shōfuFisherman A
1984LocationHara
1984ZeroUgaki
1984Marriage Counselor Tora-sanKingo
1984Choudenshi BiomanTakashi
1983Dansen
1983The Fir Trees Remain
1983Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1983The Politicians
1983Children of Nagasaki
1983Voice from the DarkToyokichi Kuze
1983Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke SeriesKahei Nirei
1982Fossilized Wilderness
1982Aladdin and the Wonderful LampGrand Wazir (voice)
1981Hamuretto wa yukue fumei
1981Flame of Father and Son
1981Lonely Heart
1980The First Catch
1980Koto: The Ancient City
1980Natchan no shashinkan父・西城賢輔
1979The House of HangingInspector Todoroki
1978The PhoenixKamamushi
1978Love and Faith
1978Queen BeeDetective Todoroki
1977Island of HellInspector Todoroki
1977Lullaby to KillInspector Tachibana
1976The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh
1976The Inugami FamilyPolice Chief Tachibana
1975なつかしき海の歌
1975The Gate of Youth
1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsNoburo Uchimoto
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarNoboru Uchimoto
1973Miyamoto MusashiIwama Kakubei
1973Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoroKikutarō Yamada
1973Battles Without Honor and HumanityNoburo Uchimoto
1972The Class of the Sewage Canal
1972Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972Summer SoldiersDriver
1972The Pirates of Buban
1971Love for Eternity
1971Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai
1971300 Million Yen Mission
1970Zenigeba
1970The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1969The Girl I Abandoned
1969Battle of the Japan SeaChief of Staff Officer Kato
1969Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1968Trigger-Happy
1968Kawachi fūten zoku
1968Neon taiheiki
1968The Sands of KurobeKunikida
1967Japan's Longest DayCabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
1967Scorpion
1966Fighting Elegy
1966The Great White TowerProfessor Nozaka
1966Kill or Be Killed
1966Moment of Terror
1965Sword of the BeastKatori
1965House of TerrorsKeisuke Munakata
1965Three Yakuza
1965The Last Judgment
1965Tale of Japanese BurglarsPublic prosecutor Tamura
1965Zatoichi's RevengeKoheita Kadokura
1965None But the BraveSgt. Tamura
1965New Treasure IslandLong John Silver (voice)
1964The Spying Sorceress
1964Whirlpool of FleshSegawa
1964Two Lives, Two YakuzaMakoto Misugi
1964Night Scandal in Japan
1964Only on MondaysYuka's sugar-daddy
1964Akō RōshiHoribe Yasubee
1964Monrō no yōna onna
1963MotherToshiro
1963The Gambling Monk
1963The Navy
1963午前零時の出獄
1963Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
1963Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963Life of a FlowerKaneko Magojiro
1963High and LowDetective Nakao
1962Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962A Wanderer's NotebookUenoyama
1962Let's Meet in Our Dreams
1962The Lucky General
1962Last Round
1962This Madding Crowd
1962Foundry TownMr. Noda
1962Kimagure tosei
1962Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
1961Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
1961Gun of Nosappu
1961Lost in the Sun
1961The Crimson PlainsKoike
1961Gambler in the Sea
1961YojimboRonin Kobuhachi
1961Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
1961Eternity of Love
1961Pigs and BattleshipsOhachi
1961Happiness of Us Alone
1960Volunteering for VillainyDeka
1960The Bad Sleep WellItakura
1959Room for Let
1959High Teen
1958The Hidden FortressSamurai (uncredited)
1958Endless DesireBrutal yakuza
1957A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu EraNarrator (uncredited)
1957Throne of BloodGuard killed by Washizu
1956The Thick-Walled Room
1955Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1954How the Bell of Liberty RingsRonin on the ship
1954Seven SamuraiSamurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
1953An Inlet of Muddy Water
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