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Takeshi Katō

Name in Native Language: "加藤 武" (Japanese/JA)
Actor / Voice Acting In Japan | * 05/24/1929 († 86, 07/31/2015) | Tokyo (Japan)
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 100 films. ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Action

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A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946. ...

Island of Hell

Certification unknown

1977 | 3.5/5 | 2h 21min
Mystery
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A shoe company executive who has mortgaged everything he has becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and is conflicted over whether he should pay the ransom. ...

High and Low

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1963 | 4.2/5 | 2h 22min
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabata ...

Yojimbo

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1961 | 4.1/5 | 1h 50min
Drama, Thriller
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Japanese peasants Matashichi and Tahei try and fail to make a profit from a tribal war. They find a man and woman whom they believe are simple tribe members hiding in a fortress. Although the peasants ...

The Hidden Fortress

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1958 | 4.0/5 | 2h 19min
Adventure, Drama, Action, Comedy
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Movies with Takeshi Katō as Actor(104)

as Self - Actor2016 Mifune: The Last Samurai
2009 Free and Easy 20: Final
2008 You'll Die Six Hours Later
2007 Free and Easy 18
2006 Japan Sinks
as Koichi's father2006 Aogeba Tôtoshi
2006 Free and Easy 17
as Akiyama2005 Free and Easy 16
2004 Free and Easy 15
as Zombie Cat (Voice)2002 Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space
2001 Run Ichiro Run
as Managing Director Akiyama2001 Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2000 Dora-heita
as Kitayama1999 The Geisha House
as Takashi Kanzaki1999 Across a Gold Prairie
1998 Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
1998 Free and Easy 10
1996 Free and Easy 8
1994 Free and Easy Special
as Yasuhiro Kokubu1993 XX: Beautiful Weapon
1993 Kaettekite Kogarashi Monjirô
1993 Free and Easy 6
1992 Free and Easy 5
1991 The Great Shogunate Battle
1991 The Tale of Genji
as Assistant Inspector Senba1991 Noh Mask Murders
as Akiyama1991 Free and Easy 4
as Kohei Kashi1989 Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989 Company Executives
as Takeshi Suzuka1985 Odin: Starlight Mutiny
1985 Yume-Chiyo
as Koyota Hatakeyama1985 Ran
as Hara1984 Location
as Kingo1984 Marriage Counselor Tora-san
as Ugaki1984 Zero
as Kyusu Im1984 For Kayako
1983 Dansen
1983 Children of Nagasaki
1981 Lonely Heart
1980 Koto: The Ancient City
1980 The First Catch
as Inspector Todoroki1979 The House of Hanging
1978 Love and Faith
as Detective Todoroki1978 Queen Bee
as Kamamushi1978 The Phoenix
as Inspector Todoroki1977 Island of Hell
as Inspector Tachibana1977 Lullaby to Kill
1976 Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
1975 The Gate of Youth
as Noburo Uchimoto1974 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1973 Battles Without Honor and Humanity
as Iwama Kakubei1973 Miyamoto Musashi
as Noburo Uchimoto1973 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
as Driver1972 Summer Soldiers
1972 The Class of the Sewage Canal
1972 The Pirates of Buban
1972 Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1970 Zenigeba
1969 Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969 The Girl I Abandoned
1968 Neon taiheiki
as Kunikida1968 The Sands of Kurobe
1967 Scorpion
as Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu1967 Japan's Longest Day
1966 Moment of Terror
1966 The Great White Tower
1966 Fighting Elegy
1965 Three Yakuza
as Public prosecutor Tamura1965 Tale of Japanese Burglars
as Sgt. Tamura1965 None But the Brave
as Koheita Kadokura1965 Zatoichi's Revenge
as Keisuke Munakata1965 The Ghost of the Hunchback
1965 The Last Judgment
1965 Sword of the Beast
1964 Night Scandal in Japan
as Makoto Misugi1964 Two Lives, Two Yakuza
as Segawa1964 Whirlpool of Flesh
as Yuka's sugar-daddy1964 Only on Mondays
1964 The Spying Sorceress
1963 The Gambling Monk
1963 Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
as Detective Nakao1963 High and Low
1963 Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
as Uenoyama1962 A Wanderer's Notebook
1962 This Madding Crowd
1962 Ninja, a Band of Assassins
1962 The Lucky General
as Mr. Noda1962 Cupola, Where the Furnaces Glow
as Ronin Kobuhachi1961 Yojimbo
1961 Nosappu no jū
1961 Lost in the Sun
1961 Happiness of Us Alone
as Ohachi1961 Pigs and Battleships
as Itakura1960 The Bad Sleep Well
as Deka1960 Volunteering for Villainy
1959 Room for Let
as Brutal yakuza1958 Endless Desire
as Fleeing, bloody samurai (uncredited)1958 The Hidden Fortress
as Narrator (uncredited)1957 A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as Guard killed by Washizu1957 Throne of Blood
1956 The Thick-Walled Room
as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)1954 Seven Samurai
1953 Wife
1953 An Inlet of Muddy Water

TV Shows/Series with Takeshi Katō as Actor(4)

as 永橋1991 Kimi no na wa
as Shinomiya1988 Hana no Asuka gumi!
as Horibe Yasubee1964 Akō Rōshi
as Kaneko Magojiro1963 Life of a Flower

Full Name: Takeshi Katō
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Friday, 05/24 1929 (May) in Tokyo (Japan)
Died: Friday, 07/31 2015 (July) in Tokyo (aged: 86)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Educated at: Waseda University
Other names for Takeshi Katō (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Takeshi Kato"
"Tsuyoshi Kato"
"加藤武"
"Такэси Като"
"かとう たけし" (Kana/Japanese)
Takeshi Katō frequently works together with these people:
Akira Kurosawa (28x, Crew)
Kon Ichikawa (20x, Crew)
Rentaro Mikuni (17x, Actor)
Kō Nishimura (17x, Actor)
Toshiyuki Nishida (14x, Actor)
Shoichi Ozawa (13x, Actor)
Kei Tani (13x, Actor)
Yoji Yamada (13x, Crew)
Eijirō Tōno (12x, Actor)
Tatsuya Nakadai (12x, Actor)
Takashi Sasano (11x, Actor)
Chikage Awashima (2x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:5433, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024