Takeshi Katō

Personal Info

Birthday

May 24, 1929

Day of Death

2015-07-31

(86 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

Takeshi Kato

Tsuyoshi Kato

Takeshi Katō

Такэси Като

Takeshi Katō

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

Seven Samurai

Natchan no shashinkan

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

Kimi no na wa

High and Low

Choudenshi Bioman

Ran

Yojimbo

Filmography

2016
Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - Actor
2006
Murder of the Inugami Clan
as Todoroki Shochô
Aogeba Tôtoshi
as Koichi's father
2005
Free and Easy 16
as Akiyama
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
as Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
as Self
Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space
as Zombie Cat (Voice)
2001
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
as Managing Director Akiyama
2000
Dora-heita
as Toneri Uchijima
1999
Across a Gold Prairie
as Takashi Kanzaki
The Geisha House
as Kitayama
1993
XX: Beautiful Weapon
as Yasuhiro Kokubu
1991
Free and Easy 4
as Akiyama
Noh Mask Murders
as Assistant Inspector Senba
1989
Four Days of Snow and Blood
as Kohei Kashi
1985
Godzilla 1985
as Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
as Takeshi Suzuka
Ran
as Koyota Hatakeyama
1984
For Kayako
as Kyusu Im
Watashi no naka no shōfu
as Fisherman A
Location
as Hara
Zero
as Ugaki
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
as Kingo
1983
Voice from the Dark
as Toyokichi Kuze
1979
The House of Hanging
as Inspector Todoroki
1978
The Phoenix
as Kamamushi
Queen Bee
as Detective Todoroki
1977
Island of Hell
as Inspector Todoroki
Lullaby to Kill
as Inspector Tachibana
1976
The Inugami Family
as Police Chief Tachibana
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
as Noburo Uchimoto
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
as Noboru Uchimoto
Miyamoto Musashi
as Iwama Kakubei
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as Noburo Uchimoto
1972
Summer Soldiers
as Driver
1969
Battle of the Japan Sea
as Chief of Staff Officer Kato
1968
The Sands of Kurobe
as Kunikida
1967
Japan's Longest Day
as Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
1965
Sword of the Beast
as Katori
House of Terrors
as Keisuke Munakata
Tale of Japanese Burglars
as Public prosecutor Tamura
Zatoichi's Revenge
as Koheita Kadokura
None But the Brave
as Sgt. Tamura
New Treasure Island
as Long John Silver (voice)
1964
Whirlpool of Flesh
as Segawa
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
as Makoto Misugi
Only on Mondays
as Yuka's sugar-daddy
1963
Mother
as Toshiro
High and Low
as Detective Nakao
1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
as Uenoyama
Foundry Town
as Mr. Noda
1961
The Crimson Plains
as Koike
Yojimbo
as Ronin Kobuhachi
Pigs and Battleships
as Ohachi
1960
Volunteering for Villainy
as Deka
The Bad Sleep Well
as Itakura
1958
The Hidden Fortress
as Samurai (uncredited)
Endless Desire
as Brutal yakuza
1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as Narrator (uncredited)
Throne of Blood
as Guard killed by Washizu
1954
How the Bell of Liberty Rings
as Ronin on the ship
Seven Samurai
as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)