Takeshi Katō

Acting • 1929-05-24 • 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

8.4

High and Low

1963

7.7

The Bad Sleep Well

1960

7.0

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

1973

6.4

None but the Brave

1965

7.0

Fighting Elegy

1966

8.0

Kimi no na wa

1991

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Filmography

2016
Mifune: The Last SamuraiFilm
Self - Actor
★ 7.0
2009
Free and Easy 20: FinalFilm
★ 7.7
2008
You'll Die Six Hours LaterFilm
★ 7.0
2007
Free and Easy 18Film
★ 7.5
2006
Japan SinksFilm
Professor Yamashiro
★ 5.6
2006
Murder of the Inugami ClanFilm
Todoroki Shochô
★ 6.9
2006
Free and Easy 17Film
★ 5.8
2006
Aogeba TôtoshiFilm
Koichi's father
★ 5.9
2005
Free and Easy 16Film
Akiyama
★ 8.0
2004
Free and Easy 15Film
★ 8.3
2004
Tracing JakeFilm
★ 8.0
2002
Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in SpaceFilm
Zombie Cat (Voice)
★ 6.3
2002
Free and Easy 13Film
★ 7.3
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'Film
Self
★ 8.0
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'Film
Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well'Film
Self
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths'Film
Self
2001
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of GenjiFilm
★ 5.9
2001
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus ProjectFilm
Managing Director Akiyama
★ 7.2
2001
Run Ichiro RunFilm
★ 8.5
2001
Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His FellowsFilm
2000
Dora-heitaFilm
Toneri Uchijima
★ 5.4
1999
The Geisha HouseFilm
Kitayama
★ 7.7
1999
Across a Gold PrairieFilm
Takashi Kanzaki
★ 8.7
1998
Free and Easy 10Film
★ 7.0
1998
Free and Easy: Samurai EditionFilm
★ 7.2
1996
The 8-Tomb VillageFilm
★ 6.8
1996
Free and Easy 8Film
★ 7.3
1994
Free and Easy SpecialFilm
★ 7.3
1994
Free and Easy 7Film
★ 7.3
1993
XX: Beautiful WeaponFilm
Yasuhiro Kokubu
★ 8.9
1993
Free and Easy 6Film
★ 7.7
1993
Kogarashi Monjirō ReturnsFilm
★ 7.5
1993
Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon!Film
1992
Free and Easy 5Film
★ 7.9
1991
Kimi no na waTV
永橋 • 312 episodes
★ 8.0
1991
Noh Mask MurdersFilm
Assistant Inspector Senba
★ 6.3
1991
The Great Shogunate BattleFilm
★ 6.8
1991
Free and Easy 4Film
Akiyama
★ 8.3
1991
The Tale of GenjiTV
1990
Battleship YamatoFilm
General Koshirō Oikawa
1989
Four Days of Snow and BloodFilm
Kohei Kashi
★ 7.3
1989
Company ExecutivesFilm
★ 6.6
1989
Virgin RoadFilm
1988
Hana no Asuka-gumi!TV
Shinomiya • 23 episodes
★ 8.5
1987
Iki no IiyatsuTV
1987
Crybaby ChachaFilm
1985
RanFilm
Koyota Hatakeyama
★ 8.0
1985
Godzilla 1985Film
Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka
★ 6.8
1985
Odin: Starlight MutinyFilm
Takeshi Suzuka
★ 4.8
1985
Yume-ChiyoFilm
★ 8.0
1984
The Return of GodzillaFilm
Trade Minister
★ 7.2
1984
Choudenshi BiomanTV
Takashi • 1 episodes
★ 7.8
1984
ZeroFilm
Ugaki
★ 6.1
1984
For KayakoFilm
Kyusu Im
★ 6.4
1984
Marriage Counselor Tora-sanFilm
金吾
★ 8.0
1984
LocationFilm
Hara
★ 8.5
1984
Watashi no naka no shōfuFilm
Fisherman A
★ 2.0
1983
Children of NagasakiFilm
★ 6.6
1983
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke SeriesTV
Kahei Nirei • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1983
DansenFilm
★ 1.0
1983
Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: RanshinTV
1983
The PoliticiansFilm
1983
The Fir Trees RemainFilm
1983
Voice from the DarkFilm
Toyokichi Kuze
1982
Aladdin and the Wonderful LampFilm
Grand Wazir (voice)
★ 7.0
1982
Fossilized WildernessFilm
★ 8.0
1981
Lonely HeartFilm
★ 8.3
1981
Flame of Father and SonFilm
1981
Hamlet is MissingFilm
1980
Koto: The Ancient CityFilm
★ 7.0
1980
The First CatchFilm
★ 3.5
1980
Natchan no shashinkanTV
父・西城賢輔 • 156 episodes
1979
The House of HangingFilm
Inspector Todoroki
★ 6.2
1978
Queen BeeFilm
Detective Todoroki
★ 7.6
1978
The PhoenixFilm
Kamamushi
★ 6.1
1978
Love and FaithFilm
★ 6.4
1977
Lullaby to KillFilm
Inspector Tachibana
★ 6.6
1977
Island of HellFilm
Inspector Todoroki
★ 6.3
1976
The Inugami FamilyFilm
Police Chief Tachibana
★ 6.8
1976
The Tempō Outlaws of the MarshFilm
1975
The Gate of YouthFilm
★ 8.3
1975
なつかしき海の歌TV
1974
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police TacticsFilm
Noburo Uchimoto
★ 7.0
1973
Battles Without Honor and HumanityFilm
Noburo Uchimoto
★ 7.3
1973
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy WarFilm
Noboru Uchimoto
★ 7.0
1973
Miyamoto MusashiFilm
Iwama Kakubei
★ 7.3
1973
Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoroFilm
Kikutarō Yamada
1972
Summer SoldiersFilm
Driver
★ 6.7
1972
The Pirates of BubanFilm
★ 6.5
1972
Special Boy Soldiers of the NavyFilm
★ 6.3
1972
The Class of the Sewage CanalFilm
1971
300 Million Yen MissionFilm
★ 7.0
1971
Kigeki Ijiwaru DaishougaiFilm
1971
Love for EternityFilm
1970
ZenigebaFilm
★ 9.0
1970
The Summit of Mt. FujiFilm
1969
Battle of the Japan SeaFilm
Chief of Staff Officer Kato
★ 6.4
1969
Black Comedy - Ah, FoolFilm
★ 8.0
1969
The Girl I AbandonedFilm
★ 9.0
1968
The Sands of KurobeFilm
Kunikida
★ 7.0
1968
The Neon TaiheikiFilm
★ 9.0
1968
Kawachi's Futen TribeFilm
★ 9.0
1968
Trigger-HappyFilm
1967
Japan's Longest DayFilm
Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
★ 7.3
1967
ScorpionFilm
1966
Fighting ElegyFilm
★ 7.0
1966
The Great White TowerFilm
Professor Nozaka
★ 7.3
1966
Moment of TerrorFilm
★ 5.9
1966
Kill or Be KilledFilm
1965
Sword of the BeastFilm
Katori
★ 7.5
1965
Zatoichi's RevengeFilm
Koheita Kadokura
★ 6.6
1965
None but the BraveFilm
Sgt. Tamura
★ 6.4
1965
House of TerrorsFilm
Keisuke Munakata
★ 5.4
1965
Tale of Japanese BurglarsFilm
Public prosecutor Tamura
★ 7.0
1965
The Last JudgmentFilm
★ 8.0
1965
Three YakuzaFilm
★ 7.8
1965
New Treasure IslandFilm
Long John Silver (voice)
★ 7.0
1964
Akō RōshiTV
Horibe Yasubee • 52 episodes
★ 8.0
1964
Only on MondaysFilm
Yuka's sugar-daddy
★ 6.7
1964
Two BitchesFilm
★ 10.0
1964
Whirlpool of FleshFilm
Segawa
★ 10.0
1964
The Spying SorceressFilm
★ 8.0
1964
Two Lives, Two YakuzaFilm
Makoto Misugi
1964
Monrō no yōna onnaFilm
1963
High and LowFilm
Detective Nakao
★ 8.4
1963
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the SamuraiFilm
★ 6.7
1963
MotherFilm
Toshiro
★ 6.8
1963
Life of a FlowerTV
Kaneko Magojiro • 39 episodes
★ 7.0
1963
Bloody Record of the ShinsengumiFilm
★ 10.0
1963
午前零時の出獄Film
1963
The NavyFilm
1963
The Gambling MonkFilm
1963
I Fly for KicksFilm
Ginzo Iwamoto
1962
Ninja, A Band of AssassinsFilm
★ 6.5
1962
A Wanderer's NotebookFilm
Uenoyama
★ 7.2
1962
Foundry TownFilm
Mr. Noda
★ 7.8
1962
Let's Meet in Our DreamsFilm
★ 8.0
1962
This Madding CrowdFilm
★ 7.0
1962
A City Where Men LiveFilm
1962
The Lucky GeneralFilm
1962
Last RoundFilm
1962
Kimagure toseiFilm
1961
YojimboFilm
Ronin Kobuhachi
★ 8.1
1961
Pigs and BattleshipsFilm
Ohachi
★ 7.2
1961
Happiness of Us AloneFilm
★ 9.0
1961
Gun of NosappuFilm
★ 10.0
1961
Million Dollar Smash-and-GrabFilm
★ 10.0
1961
Eternity of LoveFilm
★ 8.0
1961
Gambler in the SeaFilm
1961
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great PlainsFilm
1961
Lost in the SunFilm
1961
The Crimson PlainsFilm
Koike
1961
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchūFilm
1960
The Bad Sleep WellFilm
Itakura
★ 7.7
1960
Volunteering for VillainyFilm
Deka
1959
Room for LetFilm
★ 7.0
1959
High TeenFilm
1958
The Hidden FortressFilm
Samurai (uncredited)
★ 8.0
1958
Endless DesireFilm
Brutal yakuza
★ 6.8
1957
Throne of BloodFilm
Guard killed by Washizu
★ 7.9
1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu EraFilm
Narrator (uncredited)
★ 7.0
1956
The Thick-Walled RoomFilm
★ 7.2
1955
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi madeFilm
1954
Seven SamuraiFilm
Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
★ 8.5
1954
How the Bell of Liberty RingsFilm
Ronin on the ship
1953
An Inlet of Muddy WaterFilm
★ 6.2