Takeshi Katō
Acting·May 24, 1929·† July 31, 2015 — 86 years old·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 one hundred films.
Known For
Seven Samurai
1954·8.4
Ran
1985·8.0
Yojimbo
1961·8.1
High and Low
1963·8.4
Throne of Blood
1957·7.9
The Hidden Fortress
1958·8.0
The Bad Sleep Well
1960·7.7
Godzilla 1985
1985·6.8
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973·7.4
Sword of the Beast
1965·7.5
Pigs and Battleships
1961·7.1
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973·7.0
Filmography · 162
—愛のホットラインTV2016Mifune: The Last SamuraiSelf - Actor2009Free and Easy 20: Final2008You'll Die Six Hours Later2007Free and Easy 182006Murder of the Inugami ClanTodoroki Shochô2006Free and Easy 172006Japan SinksProfessor Yamashiro2006Aogeba TôtoshiKoichi's father2005Free and Easy 16Akiyama2004Free and Easy 152004Tracing Jake2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'Self2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'Self2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'Self2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'Self2002Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in SpaceZombie Cat (Voice)2001Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji2001Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus ProjectManaging Director Akiyama2001Run Ichiro Run2000Dora-heitaToneri Uchijima1999Across a Gold PrairieTakashi Kanzaki1999The Geisha HouseKitayama1998Free and Easy: Samurai Edition1998Free and Easy 101996The 8-Tomb Village1996Free and Easy 81994Free and Easy 71994Free and Easy Special1993Free and Easy 61993XX: Beautiful WeaponYasuhiro Kokubu1993Kogarashi Monjirō Returns1993Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon!1992Free and Easy 51991The Tale of GenjiTV1991Free and Easy 4Akiyama1991The Great Shogunate Battle1991Kimi no na waTV永橋1991Noh Mask MurdersAssistant Inspector Senba1989Virgin Road1989Four Days of Snow and BloodKohei Kashi1989Company Executives1988Hana no Asuka-gumi!TVShinomiya1987Crybaby Chacha1987Iki no IiyatsuTV1985Godzilla 1985Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka1985Odin: Starlight MutinyTakeshi Suzuka1985Yume-Chiyo1985RanKoyota Hatakeyama1984For KayakoKyusu Im1984Watashi no naka no shōfuFisherman A1984LocationHara1984ZeroUgaki1984Marriage Counselor Tora-sanKingo1984Choudenshi BiomanTVTakashi1983Dansen1983The Fir Trees Remain1983Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: RanshinTV1983The Politicians1983Children of Nagasaki1983Voice from the DarkToyokichi Kuze1983Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke SeriesTVKahei Nirei1982Fossilized Wilderness1982Aladdin and the Wonderful LampGrand Wazir (voice)1981Hamuretto wa yukue fumei1981Flame of Father and Son1981Lonely Heart1980The First Catch1980Koto: The Ancient City1980Natchan no shashinkanTV父・西城賢輔1979The House of HangingInspector Todoroki1978The PhoenixKamamushi1978Love and Faith1978Queen BeeDetective Todoroki1977Island of HellInspector Todoroki1977Lullaby to KillInspector Tachibana1976The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh1976The Inugami FamilyPolice Chief Tachibana1975The Gate of Youth1974Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsNoburo Uchimoto1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarNoboru Uchimoto1973Miyamoto MusashiIwama Kakubei1973Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoroKikutarō Yamada1973Battles Without Honor and HumanityNoburo Uchimoto1972The Class of the Sewage Canal1972Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy1972Summer SoldiersDriver1972The Pirates of Buban1971Love for Eternity1971Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai1971300 Million Yen Mission1970Zenigeba1970The Summit of Mt. Fuji1969The Girl I Abandoned1969Battle of the Japan SeaChief of Staff Officer Kato1969Black Comedy - Ah, Fool1968Trigger-Happy1968Kawachi fūten zoku1968Neon taiheiki1968The Sands of KurobeKunikida1967Japan's Longest DayCabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu1967Scorpion1966Fighting Elegy1966The Great White TowerProfessor Nozaka1966Kill or Be Killed1966Moment of Terror1965Sword of the BeastKatori1965House of TerrorsKeisuke Munakata1965Three Yakuza1965The Last Judgment1965Tale of Japanese BurglarsPublic prosecutor Tamura1965Zatoichi's RevengeKoheita Kadokura1965None But the BraveSgt. Tamura1965New Treasure IslandLong John Silver (voice)1964The Spying Sorceress1964Whirlpool of FleshSegawa1964Two Lives, Two YakuzaMakoto Misugi1964Night Scandal in Japan1964Only on MondaysYuka's sugar-daddy1964Akō RōshiTVHoribe Yasubee1964Monrō no yōna onna1963MotherToshiro1963The Gambling Monk1963The Navy1963午前零時の出獄1963Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi1963Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai1963Life of a FlowerTVKaneko Magojiro1963High and LowDetective Nakao1962Ninja, A Band of Assassins1962A Wanderer's NotebookUenoyama1962Let's Meet in Our Dreams1962The Lucky General1962Last Round1962This Madding Crowd1962Foundry TownMr. Noda1962Kimagure tosei1962Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi1961Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains1961Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab1961Gun of Nosappu1961Lost in the Sun1961The Crimson PlainsKoike1961Gambler in the Sea1961YojimboRonin Kobuhachi1961Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū1961Eternity of Love1961Pigs and BattleshipsOhachi1961Happiness of Us Alone1960Volunteering for VillainyDeka1960The Bad Sleep WellItakura1959Room for Let1959High Teen1958The Hidden FortressSamurai (uncredited)1958Endless DesireBrutal yakuza1957A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu EraNarrator (uncredited)1957Throne of BloodGuard killed by Washizu1956The Thick-Walled Room1955Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made1954How the Bell of Liberty RingsRonin on the ship1954Seven SamuraiSamurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)1953An Inlet of Muddy Water