Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Known for Acting · 225 credits

Born
1911-02-18
Died
1975-07-31
Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also known as
加東大介 · 加东大介 · 市川莚司

Biography

Daisuke Katō (加東 大介 Katō Daisuke, February 18, 1911 – July 31, 1975) was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 150 films, including Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as the loyal comrade Shichiroji), Rashomon, Yojimbo (as the "wild pig" Inokichi), Ikiru, and Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy and Chushingura.

Known For

TV Shows (2)

Movies (223)

Seven Samurai
Movie

Seven Samurai

1954

as Shichiroji

Ikiru
Movie

Ikiru

1952

as Yakuza

Rashomon
Movie

Rashomon

1950

as Policeman

Yojimbo
Movie

Yojimbo

1961

as Inokichi

The Sharks
Movie

The Sharks

1964

An Autumn Afternoon
Movie

An Autumn Afternoon

1962

as Yoshitaro Sakamoto

Two in the Shadow
Movie

Two in the Shadow

1967

as Hayashida

Assignment Cloud
Movie

Assignment Cloud

1966

as Kusanagi

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Movie

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

1954

as Toji

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Movie

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

1960

as Matsukichi Sekine

Untamed Woman
Movie

Untamed Woman

1957

as Onoda, the second husband

Japan's Longest Day
Movie

Japan's Longest Day

1967

as Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Movie

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

1960

as Kumakichi Onizuka (Maiko's father)

Floating Clouds
Movie

Floating Clouds

1955

as Seikichi Mukai

Summer Clouds
Movie

Summer Clouds

1958

The 47 Ronin
Movie

The 47 Ronin

1941

as Fuwa Kazuemon

The Tale of Genji
Movie

The Tale of Genji

1951

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Movie

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1956

as Toji Gion

The End of Summer
Movie

The End of Summer

1961

as Kitagawa Yanosuke

Street of Shame
Movie

Street of Shame

1956

as Mr. Nomura

The Life of Oharu
Movie

The Life of Oharu

1952

as Tasaburo Hishiya

Admiral Yamamoto
Movie

Admiral Yamamoto

1968

as Chief of Press Section

Chûshingura
Movie

Chûshingura

1962

as Kichiemon Terasaka

Mako Osorubeshi
Movie

Mako Osorubeshi

1954

Rise Against the Sword
Movie

Rise Against the Sword

1966

as Budeuemon Hattori

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Movie

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

1955

as Toji Gion

The Gambling Samurai
Movie

The Gambling Samurai

1960

as Enzo Niko

I Want to Be a Shellfish
Movie

I Want to Be a Shellfish

1959

as Takeuchi

Mother
Movie

Mother

1952

as Sokichi Kimura

The Motherland Far Far Away
Movie

The Motherland Far Far Away

1950

as Tommy Shôkyokusai

Sanshiro Sugata
Movie

Sanshiro Sugata

1965

as Hansuke Murai

Jirocho's Home-Coming
Movie

Jirocho's Home-Coming

1953

Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Movie

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

1960

as Shusuke Tetsumoto

Crazy Operation: First Move
Movie

Crazy Operation: First Move

1963

Late Chrysanthemums
Movie

Late Chrysanthemums

1954

as Itaya

The Stranger Within a Woman
Movie

The Stranger Within a Woman

1966

The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
Movie

The Flower That Crossed the Mountain

1949

Priest of Darkness
Movie

Priest of Darkness

1936

as Kenta

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Movie

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

1949

as Shinkichi

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Movie

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

1962

Hito mo arukeba
Movie

Hito mo arukeba

1960

as Namitaro Namiki

Holiday in Tokyo
Movie

Holiday in Tokyo

1958

Humanity and Paper Balloons
Movie

Humanity and Paper Balloons

1937

as Isuke

Early Spring
Movie

Early Spring

1956

as Sakamoto

Sudden Rain
Movie

Sudden Rain

1956

as Kawakami

Flowing
Movie

Flowing

1956

as Yoneko's Ex

A Wife's Heart
Movie

A Wife's Heart

1956

Gamblers: The Raid
Movie

Gamblers: The Raid

1968

as Kichigorō

Ejima and Ikushima
Movie

Ejima and Ikushima

1955

as 井口

Vendetta of a Samurai
Movie

Vendetta of a Samurai

1952

A Wanderer's Notebook
Movie

A Wanderer's Notebook

1962

as Nobuo Sadaoka

The Radish and the Carrot
Movie

The Radish and the Carrot

1965

The Approach of Autumn
Movie

The Approach of Autumn

1960

as Tomioka

Moment of Terror
Movie

Moment of Terror

1966

as Kawashima

A Woman's Life
Movie

A Woman's Life

1955

as police officer

Superexpress
Movie

Superexpress

1964

as Yukichi Nakae

Dotanba
Movie

Dotanba

1956

The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Movie

The Inner Palace Conspiracy

1951

as Tajimi

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Movie

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

1960

as Kumakichi Onizuka

The Wiser Age
Movie

The Wiser Age

1962

as Ryokichi

Little Peach
Movie

Little Peach

1958

as Suga

A Woman's Life
Movie

A Woman's Life

1963

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Movie

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

1949

as Shinkichi

Fountainhead
Movie

Fountainhead

1956

Center of Tokyo
Movie

Center of Tokyo

1974

as Zenzo

Shimizu Port Salaryman
Movie

Shimizu Port Salaryman

1962

Samurai of the Great Earth
Movie

Samurai of the Great Earth

1956

Snow Country
Movie

Snow Country

1957

as Inn proprietor

Star of Hong Kong
Movie

Star of Hong Kong

1962

as Syuhei Toru's brother-in-law

The Storm
Movie

The Storm

1956

The School of Spies
Movie

The School of Spies

1966

as Lieutenant Kusanagi

Itohan Monogatari
Movie

Itohan Monogatari

1957

as Matsukichi

Here Is a Spring
Movie

Here Is a Spring

1955

The Surf
Movie

The Surf

1954

as Chiyoko's Father

The Lone Journey
Movie

The Lone Journey

1955

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
Movie

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

1962

Five Gents' Trick Book
Movie

Five Gents' Trick Book

1965

Forty-Eight Man
Movie

Forty-Eight Man

1952

The Night before Pearl Harbor
Movie

The Night before Pearl Harbor

1968

as Kusanagi

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Movie

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

1968

as Tsutomu Ariga (Takayama Trading General Affairs Manager)

The Third President
Movie

The Third President

1958

Secret Assignment
Movie

Secret Assignment

1967

as Kusanagi

Seven Masks of Revenge
Movie

Seven Masks of Revenge

1955

Playboy President: Part II
Movie

Playboy President: Part II

1961

as Zensuke Kuramochi

The Blue Revolution
Movie

The Blue Revolution

1953

G-Men of Japan
Movie

G-Men of Japan

1948

Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Movie

Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period

1959

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Movie

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

1955

as Genta

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Movie

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

1968

as Tsutomu Ariga

New Third-Class Executive
Movie

New Third-Class Executive

1959

as Kumahira Onizuka

The Daphne
Movie

The Daphne

1966

Hail the 3 Gents
Movie

Hail the 3 Gents

1964

as Tomioka (Sales Manager)

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Movie

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan

1970

as Tetsukichi Ishibashi

Five Gents on the Spot
Movie

Five Gents on the Spot

1966

as Kanju Goto

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
Movie

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

1962

Chikuhō no kodomotachi
Movie

Chikuhō no kodomotachi

1960

Foul Play
Movie

Foul Play

1955

as Goro Seo

3 Gents in the Snow Country
Movie

3 Gents in the Snow Country

1964

Stairs of Evil
Movie

Stairs of Evil

1965

as Konishi

One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and  Clouds
Movie

One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds

1952

Ôban
Movie

Ôban

1957

as Ushinosuke Akaba

A Company President's Life Story
Movie

A Company President's Life Story

1966

as Gotō Kanju (Managing Director)

The Killing of Otsuya
Movie

The Killing of Otsuya

1951

as Mita

Mr. Pu
Movie

Mr. Pu

1953

Will-o'-the-Wisp
Movie

Will-o'-the-Wisp

1956

The Naked General
Movie

The Naked General

1958

Bright Young Maidens
Movie

Bright Young Maidens

1958

as Zenkichi Shibata, Sumiko's Father

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
Movie

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn

1937

Mune yori mune ni
Movie

Mune yori mune ni

1955

as Hazama

Yaji and Kita on the Road
Movie

Yaji and Kita on the Road

1958

as Yajirobei Tochimen'ya

Once a Rainy Day
Movie

Once a Rainy Day

1966

Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
Movie

Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow

1953

No Time for Tears
Movie

No Time for Tears

1955

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Movie

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II

1969

as Ishiyama Gōzō (HR director)

The Preacher of Love
Movie

The Preacher of Love

1961

Fox and Raccoon
Movie

Fox and Raccoon

1959

as Kyota Aoshima

Turbid Youth
Movie

Turbid Youth

1954

First Love
Movie

First Love

1972

All of Myself
Movie

All of Myself

1954

as Oda Jukichi

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
Movie

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

1953

About Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō (加東 大介 Katō Daisuke, February 18, 1911 – July 31, 1975) was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 150 films, including Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as the loyal comrade Shichiroji), Rashomon, Yojimbo (as the "wild pig" Inokichi), Ikiru, and Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy and Chushingura. With 225 credits spanning from 1936 to 1974, Daisuke Katō has appeared in 223 films and 2 TV shows.

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