Takeshi Katō
Known for
Acting
Life
1929 – 2015 (aged 86)
Born in
Tokyo, Japan
Credits
View on IMDb160 acting credits
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
26 Apr 1954
Ran
01 Jun 1985
Yojimbo
25 Apr 1961
High and Low
01 Mar 1963
Throne of Blood
15 Jan 1957
The Hidden Fortress
28 Dec 1958
The Bad Sleep Well
19 Sep 1960
Godzilla 1985
23 Aug 1985
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Filmography
2007
2006
- Murder of the Inugami Clanas Todoroki Shochô
- Free and Easy 17
- Japan Sinksas Professor Yamashiro
- Aogeba Tôtoshias Koichi's father
2005
- Free and Easy 16as Akiyama
2002
- Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Spaceas Zombie Cat (Voice)
2001
- Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
- Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Projectas Managing Director Akiyama
- Run Ichiro Run
2000
- Dora-heitaas Toneri Uchijima
1999
- Across a Gold Prairieas Takashi Kanzaki
- The Geisha Houseas Kitayama
1993
1992
1991
- The Tale of Genji2 episodes
- Free and Easy 4as Akiyama
- The Great Shogunate Battle
- Kimi no na waas 永橋312 episodes
- Noh Mask Murdersas Assistant Inspector Senba
1990
- Battleship Yamatoas General Koshirō Oikawa
1989
- Virgin Road
- Four Days of Snow and Bloodas Kohei Kashi
- Company Executives
1988
- Hana no Asuka-gumi!as Shinomiya23 episodes
1987
- Crybaby Chacha
- Iki no Iiyatsu23 episodes
1985
- Godzilla 1985as Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka
- Odin: Starlight Mutinyas Takeshi Suzuka
- Yume-Chiyo
- Ranas Koyota Hatakeyama
1984
- For Kayakoas Kyusu Im
- Watashi no naka no shōfuas Fisherman A
- Locationas Hara
- Zeroas Ugaki
- Marriage Counselor Tora-sanas Kingo
- Choudenshi Biomanas Takashi1 episode
1983
- Dansen
- The Fir Trees Remain
- Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin1 episode
- The Politicians
- Children of Nagasaki
- Voice from the Darkas Toyokichi Kuze
- Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Seriesas Kahei Nirei1 episode
1982
- Fossilized Wilderness
- Aladdin and the Wonderful Lampas Grand Wazir (voice)
1980
- The First Catch
- Koto: The Ancient City
- Natchan no shashinkanas 父・西城賢輔156 episodes
1979
- The House of Hangingas Inspector Todoroki
1978
- The Phoenixas Kamamushi
- Love and Faith
- Queen Beeas Detective Todoroki
1977
- Island of Hellas Inspector Todoroki
- Lullaby to Killas Inspector Tachibana
1976
- The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh
- The Inugami Familyas Police Chief Tachibana
1975
- なつかしき海の歌1 episode
- The Gate of Youth
1974
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tacticsas Noburo Uchimoto
1973
- Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy Waras Noboru Uchimoto
- Miyamoto Musashias Iwama Kakubei
- Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoroas Kikutarō Yamada
- Battles Without Honor and Humanityas Noburo Uchimoto
1972
1969
- The Girl I Abandoned
- Battle of the Japan Seaas Chief of Staff Officer Kato
- Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1967
- Japan's Longest Dayas Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
- Scorpion
1966
- Fighting Elegy
- The Great White Toweras Professor Nozaka
- Kill or Be Killed
- Moment of Terror
1965
- Sword of the Beastas Katori
- House of Terrorsas Keisuke Munakata
- Three Yakuza
- The Last Judgment
- Tale of Japanese Burglarsas Public prosecutor Tamura
- Zatoichi's Revengeas Koheita Kadokura
- None But the Braveas Sgt. Tamura
- New Treasure Islandas Long John Silver (voice)
1964
- The Spying Sorceress
- Whirlpool of Fleshas Segawa
- Two Lives, Two Yakuzaas Makoto Misugi
- Night Scandal in Japan
- Only on Mondaysas Yuka's sugar-daddy
- Akō Rōshias Horibe Yasubee52 episodes
- Monrō no yōna onna
1963
- Motheras Toshiro
- The Gambling Monk
- The Navy
- 午前零時の出獄
- Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
- Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
- Life of a Floweras Kaneko Magojiro39 episodes
- I Fly for Kicksas Ginzo Iwamoto
- High and Lowas Detective Nakao
1962
1961
1960
- Volunteering for Villainyas Deka
- The Bad Sleep Wellas Itakura
1958
- The Hidden Fortressas Samurai (uncredited)
- Endless Desireas Brutal yakuza
1957
- A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Eraas Narrator (uncredited)
- Throne of Bloodas Guard killed by Washizu
1954
- How the Bell of Liberty Ringsas Ronin on the ship
- Seven Samuraias Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)