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Takeshi Katō
Born
May 24, 1929
Died: July 31, 2015
Lived 86 years
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
147
Movies
10
TV Shows
Also Known As
Takeshi Kato
Tsuyoshi Kato
Takeshi Katō
Такэси Като
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Takeshi Katō
Acting
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.
Movies
147
TV Shows
10
7.2
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as
Self - Actor
2016
7.7
Free and Easy 20: Final
Cast
2009
7.0
You'll Die Six Hours Later
Cast
2008
7.5
Free and Easy 18
Cast
2007
6.9
Murder of the Inugami Clan
as
Todoroki Shochô
2006
5.8
Free and Easy 17
Cast
2006
5.5
Japan Sinks
as
Professor Yamashiro
2006
5.5
Aogeba Tôtoshi
as
Koichi's father
2006
7.5
Free and Easy 16
as
Akiyama
2005
7.5
Free and Easy 15
Cast
2004
7.0
Tracing Jake
Cast
2004
8.0
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
as
Self
2002
0
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
as
Self
2002
0
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
as
Self
2002
0
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
as
Self
2002
6.3
Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space
as
Zombie Cat (Voice)
2002
7.3
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
as
Managing Director Akiyama
2001
7.0
Run Ichiro Run
Cast
2001
5.1
Dora-heita
as
Toneri Uchijima
2000
6.0
Across a Gold Prairie
as
Takashi Kanzaki
1999
7.4
The Geisha House
as
Kitayama
1999
6.7
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
Cast
1998
6.7
Free and Easy 10
Cast
1998
5.7
The 8-Tomb Village
Cast
1996
7.5
Free and Easy 8
Cast
1996
7.5
Free and Easy 7
Cast
1994
7.5
Free and Easy Special
Cast
1994
7.5
Free and Easy 6
Cast
1993
8.9
XX: Beautiful Weapon
as
Yasuhiro Kokubu
1993
0
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
Cast
1993
0
Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon!
Cast
1993
7.5
Free and Easy 5
Cast
1992
7.5
Free and Easy 4
as
Akiyama
1991
6.0
The Great Shogunate Battle
Cast
1991
5.6
Noh Mask Murders
as
Assistant Inspector Senba
1991
0
Virgin Road
Cast
1989
6.8
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as
Kohei Kashi
1989
6.0
Company Executives
Cast
1989
0
Crybaby Chacha
Cast
1987
6.8
Godzilla 1985
as
Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka
1985
4.6
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
as
Takeshi Suzuka
1985
8.0
Yume-Chiyo
Cast
1985
8.0
Ran
as
Koyota Hatakeyama
1985
6.2
For Kayako
as
Kyusu Im
1984
2.0
Watashi no naka no shōfu
as
Fisherman A
1984
8.0
Location
as
Hara
1984
4.2
Zero
as
Ugaki
1984
8.0
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
as
Kingo
1984
1.0
Dansen
Cast
1983
0
The Fir Trees Remain
Cast
1983
0
The Politicians
Cast
1983
6.1
Children of Nagasaki
Cast
1983
0
Voice from the Dark
as
Toyokichi Kuze
1983
0
Fossilized Wilderness
Cast
1982
6.6
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
as
Grand Wazir (voice)
1982
0
Hamuretto wa yukue fumei
Cast
1981
0
Flame of Father and Son
Cast
1981
6.0
Lonely Heart
Cast
1981
2.7
The First Catch
Cast
1980
6.0
Koto: The Ancient City
Cast
1980
6.0
The House of Hanging
as
Inspector Todoroki
1979
5.6
The Phoenix
as
Kamamushi
1978
6.3
Love and Faith
Cast
1978
7.3
Queen Bee
as
Detective Todoroki
1978
5.0
Island of Hell
as
Inspector Todoroki
1977
6.4
Lullaby to Kill
as
Inspector Tachibana
1977
0
Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
Cast
1976
6.9
The Inugami Family
as
Police Chief Tachibana
1976
9.0
The Gate of Youth
Cast
1975
7.0
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
as
Noburo Uchimoto
1974
7.2
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
as
Noboru Uchimoto
1973
7.1
Miyamoto Musashi
as
Iwama Kakubei
1973
7.3
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as
Noburo Uchimoto
1973
0
The Class of the Sewage Canal
Cast
1972
6.0
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
Cast
1972
6.0
Summer Soldiers
as
Driver
1972
6.5
The Pirates of Buban
Cast
1972
0
Love for Eternity
Cast
1971
0
Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai
Cast
1971
0
300 Million Yen Mission
Cast
1971
0
Zenigeba
Cast
1970
0
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
Cast
1970
0
The Girl I Abandoned
Cast
1969
6.0
Battle of the Japan Sea
as
Chief of Staff Officer Kato
1969
8.0
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
Cast
1969
0
Kawachi fūten zoku
Cast
1968
0
Neon taiheiki
Cast
1968
6.5
The Sands of Kurobe
as
Kunikida
1968
7.2
Japan's Longest Day
as
Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
1967
0
Scorpion
Cast
1967
6.9
Fighting Elegy
Cast
1966
6.7
The Great White Tower
Cast
1966
0
Kill or Be Killed
Cast
1966
5.8
Moment of Terror
Cast
1966
7.5
Sword of the Beast
as
Katori
1965
5.0
House of Terrors
as
Keisuke Munakata
1965
7.8
Three Yakuza
Cast
1965
0
The Last Judgment
Cast
1965
7.0
Tale of Japanese Burglars
as
Public prosecutor Tamura
1965
6.5
Zatoichi's Revenge
as
Koheita Kadokura
1965
6.4
None But the Brave
as
Sgt. Tamura
1965
7.0
New Treasure Island
as
Long John Silver (voice)
1965
0
The Spying Sorceress
Cast
1964
0
Whirlpool of Flesh
as
Segawa
1964
0
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
as
Makoto Misugi
1964
0
Night Scandal in Japan
Cast
1964
6.2
Only on Mondays
as
Yuka's sugar-daddy
1964
0
Monrō no yōna onna
Cast
1964
6.8
Mother
as
Toshiro
1963
0
The Gambling Monk
Cast
1963
0
The Navy
Cast
1963
0
午前零時の出獄
Cast
1963
0
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
Cast
1963
6.8
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
Cast
1963
8.3
High and Low
as
Detective Nakao
1963
6.2
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Cast
1962
7.2
A Wanderer's Notebook
as
Uenoyama
1962
0
Let's Meet in Our Dreams
Cast
1962
0
The Lucky General
Cast
1962
0
Last Round
Cast
1962
0
This Madding Crowd
Cast
1962
7.6
Foundry Town
as
Mr. Noda
1962
0
Kimagure tosei
Cast
1962
0
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
Cast
1962
0
Hayauchi burai - Daiheigen no otoko
Cast
1961
0
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
Cast
1961
0
Nosappu no jū
Cast
1961
0
Lost in the Sun
Cast
1961
0
The Crimson Plains
as
Koike
1961
0
Gambler in the Sea
Cast
1961
8.1
Yojimbo
as
Ronin Kobuhachi
1961
0
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
Cast
1961
0
Wakarete ikiru toki mo
Cast
1961
7.1
Pigs and Battleships
as
Ohachi
1961
9.0
Happiness of Us Alone
Cast
1961
0
Volunteering for Villainy
as
Deka
1960
7.7
The Bad Sleep Well
as
Itakura
1960
6.0
Room for Let
Cast
1959
0
High Teen
Cast
1959
8.0
The Hidden Fortress
as
Samurai (uncredited)
1958
6.5
Endless Desire
as
Brutal yakuza
1958
7.0
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as
Narrator (uncredited)
1957
7.9
Throne of Blood
as
Guard killed by Washizu
1957
7.1
The Thick-Walled Room
Cast
1956
0
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
as
Ronin on the ship
1954
8.5
Seven Samurai
as
Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
1954
6.1
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Cast
1953
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