Person
Daisuke Katō
Acting · 1911–1975 · Tokyo, Japan
Biography
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.
Known for
Seven Samurai
Shichiroji
Ikiru
Yakuza
Rashomon
Policeman
Tabiji
塩谷駅長・南部斎五郎
Yojimbo
Inokichi
Ryoma ga Yuku
Katsu Kaishu
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Toji
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Matsukichi Sekine
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Toji Gion
An Autumn Afternoon
Yoshitaro Sakamoto
Filmography
- 1974Center of TokyoZenzo
- 1972First Love
- 1971First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-FriKintarō Igari, Yoyo Finance Exec.
- 1971First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade StaffKintaro Igari
- 1971Morning for Two
- 1970Five Gents and a KuniangIshibashi Tetsukichi
- 1970Five Gents Fly to TaiwanTetsukichi Ishibashi
- 19695 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part IIIshiyama Gōzō (HR director)
- 19695 Gents Fly to KyushuGōzō Ishiyama (General Affairs Manager)
- 1968Admiral YamamotoChief of Press Section
- 1968Lemon in the RainbowGôzô Maeda
- 1968Gamblers: The RaidKichigorō
- 1968The Night before Pearl HarborKusanagi
- 1968Five Gents and a Chinese MerchantTsutomu Ariga
- 1968Five Gents and Karate GrandpaTsutomu Ariga (Takayama Trading General Affairs Manager)
- 1968Ryoma ga YukuKatsu Kaishu
- 1967Two in the ShadowHayashida
- 1967The Greatest Challenge of All
- 1967Japan's Longest DayKenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
- 1967Secret AssignmentKusanagi
- 1967Five Gents Prefer GeishaTetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
- 1967The Bogus Policeman
- 1967Zoku izuko e
- 1967Tabiji塩谷駅長・南部斎五郎
- 1967Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: KamakiriGunpei Otaguro
- 1967Assignment Dragon No. 3Kusanagi
- 1967Discover Japan with the 5 GentsTetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
- 1966Once a Rainy Day
- 1966The Daphne
- 1966Assignment CloudKusanagi
- 1966The School of SpiesLieutenant Kusanagi
- 1966Moment of TerrorKawashima
- 1966Five Gents on the SpotKanju Goto
- 1966The Stranger Within a Woman
- 1966Rise Against the SwordBudeuemon Hattori
- 1966A Company President's Life StoryGotō Kanju (Managing Director)
- 1965Stairs of EvilKonishi
- 1965We Will Remember
- 1965Sanshiro SugataHansuke Murai
- 1965President's Ninja Trick Book Part IIChūzō Togashi (Managing Director)
- 1965The Radish and the Carrot
- 1965Five Gents' Trick Book
- 1964Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins4th Sin & 7th Sin
- 1964SuperexpressYukichi Nakae
- 1964Nippon Paradise
- 1964The Naked ExecutiveTadokori - Executive
- 1964The Sharks
- 1964I'm a Bodyguard
- 19643 Gents in the Snow Country
- 1964Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
- 1964How to Make Money
- 1964Hail the 3 GentsTomioka (Sales Manager)
- 1963We Are SalarymenExecutive Motohashi
- 1963A Woman's Life
- 1963MirenMaster at 'Sekine'
- 1963Nonsense Boys
- 1963Aloha 3 GentsGentaro Ōshima (Managing Director)
- 19633 Gents In HawaiiOshima Gentaro (Executive Director)
- 1963Crazy Operation: First Move
- 1963Travel Stories of a Company President Part IIGenkichi Yamanaka (Sales Director)
- 1963Devices Stronger Than WomenDaisaku Sugishita (Publicity Manager)
- 1963Travel Stories of a Company President
- 1962Pachinko
- 1962Born in Sin
- 1962An Autumn AfternoonYoshitaro Sakamoto
- 1962ChûshinguraKichiemon Terasaka
- 1962Shin kitsune to tanuki
- 1962A Wanderer's NotebookNobuo Sadaoka
- 1962Star of Hong KongSyuhei Toru's brother-in-law
- 1962Ottamage ningyo monogatari
- 1962Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
- 1962Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
- 1962Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
- 1962Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
- 1962Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
- 1962The Wiser AgeRyokichi
- 1962Shimizu Port Salaryman
- 1961A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
- 1961The End of SummerKitagawa Yanosuke
- 1961Awamori-kun kanpai!
- 1961Snow in the South Seas
- 1961A Night in Hong KongKenkichi Matsuyama
- 1961Playboy President: Part IIZensuke Kuramochi
- 1961YojimboInokichi
- 1961Playboy PresidentKuramochi Zensuke
- 1961The Masterless 47 – Part II
- 1961The Preacher of Love
- 1960The Masterless 47Jyusaburo Onodera
- 1960Chikuhō no kodomotachi
- 1960The Husband Was a Baby
- 1960The Approach of AutumnTomioka
- 1960Older Wife, Younger Husband
- 1960This Greedy Old Skin
- 1960Jiyūgaoka fujin
- 1960Respect, Flatter, and Love
- 1960New Third Class Executive: Husband EducationKumakichi Onizuka
- 1960Singing in the SunKyosuke Tsumura
- 1960Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for SuccessOkubo Hikosaburō
- 1960Daughters, Wives and a MotherShusuke Tetsumoto
- 1960New Third Class Executive: Fortune TellerUchuu Takeda
- 1960Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
- 1960The Gambling SamuraiEnzo Niko
- 1960Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome EpisodesŌkubo Hikosaburō
- 1960Hito mo arukebaNamitaro Namiki
- 1960Beyond the HillsYakichi Wada
- 1960When a Woman Ascends the StairsMatsukichi Sekine
- 1960New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and DrinkingKumakichi Onizuka (Maiko's father)
- 1959The Terrible GameUncle Zenkichi
- 1959Kiri aru jyoji
- 1959Young LoversRenzō Dōjima
- 1959Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
- 1959New Third-Class ExecutiveKumahira Onizuka
- 1959The College RuggersJirō Shimizu
- 1959Samurai in the Office
- 1959Fox and RaccoonKyota Aoshima
- 1959I Want to Be a ShellfishTakeuchi
- 1959Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
- 1959Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
- 1958Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
- 1958The Naked General
- 1958Bright Young MaidensZenkichi Shibata, Sumiko's Father
- 1958Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3Hajime Sawada
- 1958Summer Clouds
- 1958Diary of an Elegant Hot SpringKikuzō (head clerk)
- 1958Oban kanketsu henUshinotsuke Akabane
- 1958Little PeachSuga
- 1958Yaji and Kita on the RoadYajirobei Tochimen'ya
- 1958Holiday in Tokyo
- 1958The Third President
- 1958A Bridge for Two Alone
- 1958Assistant President
- 1957Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô henUshinotsuke Akabane
- 1957Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2Sōda Hajime
- 1957Zoku Ôban: Fûun henUshinosuke Akaba
- 1957Diary of a Successful SalarymanSōda Hajime
- 1957Untamed WomanOnoda, the second husband
- 1957Snow CountryInn proprietor
- 1957ÔbanUshinosuke Akaba
- 1957Itohan MonogatariMatsukichi
- 1956FlowingYoneko's Ex
- 1956Dotanba
- 1956Pure Love
- 1956The Storm
- 1956A Brother and His SisterHayashi
- 1956Will-o'-the-Wisp
- 1956Gendai no yokubô
- 1956Outlaw island
- 1956A Wife's Heart
- 1956The Lady Was Pawn
- 1956Street of ShameMr. Nomura
- 1956Swordsman of the Two Sword StyleKamo Jinnai
- 1956Fountainhead
- 1956Dadakko Shachou
- 1956Early SpringSakamoto
- 1956Samurai of the Great Earth
- 1956Sudden RainKawakami
- 1956Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu IslandToji Gion
- 1955Mune yori mune niHazama
- 1955Ejima and Ikushima井口
- 1955The Romance of Yushima
- 1955The Lone Journey
- 1955Seven Masks of Revenge
- 1955Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji TempleToji Gion
- 1955五十円横町
- 1955Twilight SaloonKibe
- 1955Tôjûrô no koiKichisuke
- 1955No Time for Tears
- 1955Bloody Spear at Mount FujiGenta
- 1955Here Is a Spring
- 1955A Woman's Lifepolice officer
- 1955Floating CloudsSeikichi Mukai
- 1955Foul PlayGoro Seo
- 1954The SurfChiyoko's Father
- 1954Samurai I: Musashi MiyamotoToji
- 1954Turbid Youth
- 1954Mother's First Love
- 1954爆笑天国 とんち教室
- 1954Mako Osorubeshi
- 1954Late ChrysanthemumsItaya
- 1954All of MyselfOda Jukichi
- 1954Seven SamuraiShichiroji
- 1953Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
- 1953Moth Lamp
- 1953Jirocho's Home-Coming
- 1953The Blue Revolution
- 1953Ganpeki
- 1953Mr. Pu
- 1953Yasugorō shusse
- 1953Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
- 1953An Edoite JudgeTasuke Uoya
- 1952One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
- 1952Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
- 1952The Woman Who Touched the Legs
- 1952恐妻時代Nakahata
- 1952IkiruYakuza
- 1952Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil
- 1952Shanghai RoseLiu, Ding's men
- 1952Forty-Eight Man
- 1952MotherSokichi Kimura
- 1952The Life of OharuTasaburo Hishiya
- 1952三万両五十三次
- 1952Vendetta of a Samurai
- 1951The BitchGorō Matoba
- 1951The Tale of Genji
- 1951上州鴉
- 1951The Killing of OtsuyaMita
- 1951A Spectacular Murder
- 1951The Inner Palace ConspiracyTajimi
- 1950A Man from Akagi
- 1950RashomonPoliceman
- 1950Yami ni hikarume
- 1950The Motherland Far Far AwayTommy Shôkyokusai
- 1950Ore wa yōjimbō
- 1950G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
- 1949The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
- 1949Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2Shinkichi
- 1949Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1Shinkichi
- 1949Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple HoodYasu
- 1949The Man Who Laughs Last
- 1949Goblin Courier
- 1948G-Men of Japan
- 1948Tengu of Kiso
- 1941The 47 RoninFuwa Kazuemon
- 1938The Abe Clan
- 1937Humanity and Paper BalloonsIsuke
- 1937Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
- 1936Priest of DarknessKenta
Follow their work on Vescene
Rate films and shows on two axes — quality and fun — and share taste with friends.