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Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

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

Mifune: The Last Samurai

Mifune: The Last Samurai

2016 • Self - Actor

Free and Easy 20: Final

Free and Easy 20: Final

You'll Die Six Hours Later

You'll Die Six Hours Later

Free and Easy 18

Free and Easy 18

Murder of the Inugami Clan

Murder of the Inugami Clan

2006 • Todoroki Shochô

Free and Easy 17

Free and Easy 17

Japan Sinks

2006 • Professor Yamashiro

Aogeba Tôtoshi

Aogeba Tôtoshi

2006 • Koichi's father

Full filmography

Mifune: The Last Samurai

Mifune: The Last Samurai

2016 • Self - Actor

Free and Easy 20: Final

Free and Easy 20: Final

2009

You'll Die Six Hours Later

You'll Die Six Hours Later

2008

Free and Easy 18

Free and Easy 18

2007

Murder of the Inugami Clan

Murder of the Inugami Clan

2006 • Todoroki Shochô

Free and Easy 17

Free and Easy 17

2006

Japan Sinks

2006 • Professor Yamashiro

Aogeba Tôtoshi

Aogeba Tôtoshi

2006 • Koichi's father

Free and Easy 16

Free and Easy 16

2005 • Akiyama

Free and Easy 15

Free and Easy 15

2004

Tracing Jake

2004

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'

2002 • Self

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'

2002 • Self

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'

2002 • Self

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'

2002 • Self

Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space

Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space

2002 • Zombie Cat (Voice)

Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project

Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project

2001 • Managing Director Akiyama

Run Ichiro Run

2001

Dora-heita

2000 • Toneri Uchijima

Across a Gold Prairie

Across a Gold Prairie

1999 • Takashi Kanzaki

The Geisha House

The Geisha House

1999 • Kitayama

Free and Easy: Samurai Edition

Free and Easy: Samurai Edition

1998

Free and Easy 10

Free and Easy 10

1998

The 8-Tomb Village

The 8-Tomb Village

1996

Free and Easy 8

Free and Easy 8

1996

Free and Easy 7

Free and Easy 7

1994

Free and Easy Special

Free and Easy Special

1994

Free and Easy 6

Free and Easy 6

1993

XX: Beautiful Weapon

XX: Beautiful Weapon

1993 • Yasuhiro Kokubu

Kogarashi Monjirō Returns

Kogarashi Monjirō Returns

1993

Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon!

Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon!

1993

Free and Easy 5

Free and Easy 5

1992

Free and Easy 4

Free and Easy 4

1991 • Akiyama

The Great Shogunate Battle

The Great Shogunate Battle

1991

Noh Mask Murders

Noh Mask Murders

1991 • Assistant Inspector Senba

Virgin Road

1989

Four Days of Snow and Blood

Four Days of Snow and Blood

1989 • Kohei Kashi

Company Executives

Company Executives

1989

Crybaby Chacha

1987

Godzilla 1985

1985 • Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka

Odin: Starlight Mutiny

Odin: Starlight Mutiny

1985 • Takeshi Suzuka

Yume-Chiyo

1985

Ran

1985 • Koyota Hatakeyama

For Kayako

1984 • Kyusu Im

Watashi no naka no shōfu

Watashi no naka no shōfu

1984 • Fisherman A

Location

1984 • Hara

Zero

1984 • Ugaki

Marriage Counselor Tora-san

Marriage Counselor Tora-san

1984 • Kingo

Dansen

1983

The Fir Trees Remain

The Fir Trees Remain

1983

The Politicians

The Politicians

1983

Children of Nagasaki

Children of Nagasaki

1983

Voice from the Dark

Voice from the Dark

1983 • Toyokichi Kuze

Fossilized Wilderness

Fossilized Wilderness

1982

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

1982 • Grand Wazir (voice)

Hamuretto wa yukue fumei

1981

Flame of Father and Son

Flame of Father and Son

1981

Lonely Heart

1981

The First Catch

The First Catch

1980

Koto: The Ancient City

Koto: The Ancient City

1980

The House of Hanging

The House of Hanging

1979 • Inspector Todoroki

The Phoenix

1978 • Kamamushi

Love and Faith

1978

Queen Bee

1978 • Detective Todoroki

Island of Hell

1977 • Inspector Todoroki

Lullaby to Kill

Lullaby to Kill

1977 • Inspector Tachibana

Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku

Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku

1976

The Inugami Family

The Inugami Family

1976 • Police Chief Tachibana

The Gate of Youth

The Gate of Youth

1975

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

1974 • Noburo Uchimoto

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

1973 • Noboru Uchimoto

Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi

1973 • Iwama Kakubei

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973 • Noburo Uchimoto

The Class of the Sewage Canal

The Class of the Sewage Canal

1972

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy

1972

Summer Soldiers

Summer Soldiers

1972 • Driver

The Pirates of Buban

The Pirates of Buban

1972

Love for Eternity

Love for Eternity

1971

Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai

Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai

1971

300 Million Yen Mission

300 Million Yen Mission

1971

Zenigeba

1970

The Summit of Mt. Fuji

The Summit of Mt. Fuji

1970

The Girl I Abandoned

The Girl I Abandoned

1969

Battle of the Japan Sea

Battle of the Japan Sea

1969 • Chief of Staff Officer Kato

Black Comedy - Ah, Fool

Black Comedy - Ah, Fool

1969

Trigger-Happy

1968

Kawachi fūten zoku

Kawachi fūten zoku

1968

Neon taiheiki

1968

The Sands of Kurobe

The Sands of Kurobe

1968 • Kunikida

Japan's Longest Day

Japan's Longest Day

1967 • Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu

Scorpion

1967

Fighting Elegy

1966

The Great White Tower

The Great White Tower

1966

Kill or Be Killed

Kill or Be Killed

1966

Moment of Terror

Moment of Terror

1966

Sword of the Beast

Sword of the Beast

1965 • Katori

House of Terrors

House of Terrors

1965 • Keisuke Munakata

Three Yakuza

1965

The Last Judgment

The Last Judgment

1965

Tale of Japanese Burglars

Tale of Japanese Burglars

1965 • Public prosecutor Tamura

Zatoichi's Revenge

Zatoichi's Revenge

1965 • Koheita Kadokura

None But the Brave

None But the Brave

1965 • Sgt. Tamura

New Treasure Island

New Treasure Island

1965 • Long John Silver (voice)

The Spying Sorceress

The Spying Sorceress

1964

Whirlpool of Flesh

Whirlpool of Flesh

1964 • Segawa

Two Lives, Two Yakuza

Two Lives, Two Yakuza

1964 • Makoto Misugi

Night Scandal in Japan

Night Scandal in Japan

1964

Only on Mondays

Only on Mondays

1964 • Yuka's sugar-daddy

Monrō no yōna onna

Monrō no yōna onna

1964

Mother

1963 • Toshiro

The Gambling Monk

The Gambling Monk

1963

The Navy

1963

午前零時の出獄

午前零時の出獄

1963

Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi

Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi

1963

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

1963

High and Low

1963 • Detective Nakao

Ninja, A Band of Assassins

Ninja, A Band of Assassins

1962

A Wanderer's Notebook

A Wanderer's Notebook

1962 • Uenoyama

Let's Meet in Our Dreams

Let's Meet in Our Dreams

1962

The Lucky General

The Lucky General

1962

Last Round

1962

This Madding Crowd

This Madding Crowd

1962

Foundry Town

1962 • Mr. Noda

Kimagure tosei

1962

Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi

Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi

1962

Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains

Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains

1961

Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab

Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab

1961

Gun of Nosappu

1961

Lost in the Sun

Lost in the Sun

1961

The Crimson Plains

The Crimson Plains

1961 • Koike

Gambler in the Sea

Gambler in the Sea

1961

Yojimbo

1961 • Ronin Kobuhachi

Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū

Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū

1961

Eternity of Love

Eternity of Love

1961

Pigs and Battleships

Pigs and Battleships

1961 • Ohachi

Happiness of Us Alone

Happiness of Us Alone

1961

Volunteering for Villainy

Volunteering for Villainy

1960 • Deka

The Bad Sleep Well

The Bad Sleep Well

1960 • Itakura

Room for Let

1959

High Teen

1959

The Hidden Fortress

The Hidden Fortress

1958 • Samurai (uncredited)

Endless Desire

1958 • Brutal yakuza

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

1957 • Narrator (uncredited)

Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood

1957 • Guard killed by Washizu

The Thick-Walled Room

The Thick-Walled Room

1956

How the Bell of Liberty Rings

How the Bell of Liberty Rings

1954 • Ronin on the ship

Seven Samurai

1954 • Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

An Inlet of Muddy Water

An Inlet of Muddy Water

1953

Takeshi Katō – Biography, Known For & Filmography