
Takeshi Katō
Known for Acting · 162 credits
- Born
- 1929-05-24
- Died
- 2015-07-31
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- Takeshi Kato · Tsuyoshi Kato · Takeshi Katō · Такэси Като
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
TV Shows (11)

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983
as Kahei Nirei

Kimi no na wa
1991
as 永橋

Akō Rōshi
1964
as Horibe Yasubee

Choudenshi Bioman
1984
as Takashi

Life of a Flower
1963
as Kaneko Magojiro

Natchan no shashinkan
1980
as 父・西城賢輔

Iki no Iiyatsu
1987

Hana no Asuka-gumi!
1988
as Shinomiya

Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1983

The Tale of Genji
1991

愛のホットライン
Movies (151)

Seven Samurai
1954
as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

High and Low
1963
as Detective Nakao

Ran
1985
as Koyota Hatakeyama

Throne of Blood
1957
as Guard killed by Washizu

Yojimbo
1961
as Ronin Kobuhachi

XX: Beautiful Weapon
1993
as Yasuhiro Kokubu

The Hidden Fortress
1958
as Samurai (uncredited)

The Bad Sleep Well
1960
as Itakura

Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973
as Noburo Uchimoto

Godzilla 1985
1985
as Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka

Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu

Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989
as Kohei Kashi

Queen Bee
1978
as Detective Todoroki

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974
as Noburo Uchimoto

Odin: Starlight Mutiny
1985
as Takeshi Suzuka

Pigs and Battleships
1961
as Ohachi

Japan Sinks
2006
as Professor Yamashiro

Dora-heita
2000
as Toneri Uchijima

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973
as Noboru Uchimoto

The Inugami Family
1976
as Police Chief Tachibana

The Great White Tower
1966
as Professor Nozaka

The Sands of Kurobe
1968
as Kunikida

Island of Hell
1977
as Inspector Todoroki

The 8-Tomb Village
1996

Mifune: The Last Samurai
2016
as Self - Actor

Murder of the Inugami Clan
2006
as Todoroki Shochô

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1982
as Grand Wazir (voice)

Battle of the Japan Sea
1969
as Chief of Staff Officer Kato

Only on Mondays
1964
as Yuka's sugar-daddy

The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970

Sword of the Beast
1965
as Katori

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Narrator (uncredited)

None But the Brave
1965
as Sgt. Tamura

An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953

For Kayako
1984
as Kyusu Im

Room for Let
1959

Night Scandal in Japan
1964

The Geisha House
1999
as Kitayama

The Gate of Youth
1975

Fighting Elegy
1966

Noh Mask Murders
1991
as Assistant Inspector Senba

Miyamoto Musashi
1973
as Iwama Kakubei

Endless Desire
1958
as Brutal yakuza

Fossilized Wilderness
1982

The Phoenix
1978
as Kamamushi

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001

Tracing Jake
2004

Lullaby to Kill
1977
as Inspector Tachibana

Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space
2002
as Zombie Cat (Voice)

Aogeba Tôtoshi
2006
as Koichi's father

Free and Easy 18
2007

The Thick-Walled Room
1956

Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965
as Public prosecutor Tamura

Free and Easy 16
2005
as Akiyama

Free and Easy 10
1998

Koto: The Ancient City
1980

Dansen
1983

Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984
as Kingo

Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962

Run Ichiro Run
2001

Free and Easy 8
1996

Free and Easy 6
1993

Let's Meet in Our Dreams
1962

New Treasure Island
1965
as Long John Silver (voice)

Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
1993

Free and Easy 7
1994

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972

Yume-Chiyo
1985

Free and Easy 20: Final
2009

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963

Three Yakuza
1965

Foundry Town
1962
as Mr. Noda

Summer Soldiers
1972
as Driver

Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
1962

A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
as Uenoyama

Mother
1963
as Toshiro

Free and Easy 4
1991
as Akiyama

午前零時の出獄
1963

Eternity of Love
1961

Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001
as Managing Director Akiyama

Company Executives
1989

The Politicians
1983

The Pirates of Buban
1972

The Fir Trees Remain
1983

Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai
1971

House of Terrors
1965
as Keisuke Munakata

Whirlpool of Flesh
1964
as Segawa

Zero
1984
as Ugaki

Zatoichi's Revenge
1965
as Koheita Kadokura

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
2002
as Self

The Navy
1963

The Gambling Monk
1963

Lost in the Sun
1961

You'll Die Six Hours Later
2008

Neon taiheiki
1968

This Madding Crowd
1962

Free and Easy 17
2006

Moment of Terror
1966

Lonely Heart
1981

Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
1963
Hamuretto wa yukue fumei
1981

Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
1998

Crybaby Chacha
1987

The House of Hanging
1979
as Inspector Todoroki

Last Round
1962

Across a Gold Prairie
1999
as Takashi Kanzaki

The Lucky General
1962

The Last Judgment
1965

High Teen
1959

The Girl I Abandoned
1969

Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon!
1993

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'
2002
as Self

The First Catch
1980

Two Lives, Two Yakuza
1964
as Makoto Misugi

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'
2002
as Self

Love and Faith
1978

Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
1961

Free and Easy 5
1992

Location
1984
as Hara

The Spying Sorceress
1964
About 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. With 162 credits spanning from 1953 to 2016, Takeshi Katō has appeared in 151 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Takeshi Katō Movies
- Seven Samurai (1954) — as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
- High and Low (1963) — as Detective Nakao
- Ran (1985) — as Koyota Hatakeyama
- Throne of Blood (1957) — as Guard killed by Washizu
- Yojimbo (1961) — as Ronin Kobuhachi
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