
Takeshi Katō
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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
Credits

XX: Beautiful Weapon (1993)
as Yasuhiro Kokubu

Seven Samurai (1954)
as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

High and Low (1963)
as Detective Nakao

Ran (1985)
as Koyota Hatakeyama

Yojimbo (1961)
as Ronin Kobuhachi

Throne of Blood (1957)
as Guard killed by Washizu

The Hidden Fortress (1958)
as Samurai (uncredited)

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
as Itakura

Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
as Noburo Uchimoto

The Inugami Family (1976)
as Police Chief Tachibana

Japan Sinks (2006)
as Professor Yamashiro

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

Godzilla 1985 (1985)
as Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka

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

Odin: Starlight Mutiny (1985)
as Takeshi Suzuka

Lullaby to Kill (1977)
as Inspector Tachibana

Island of Hell (1977)
as Inspector Todoroki

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

Pigs and Battleships (1961)
as Ohachi

Sword of the Beast (1965)
as Katori

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

The House of Hanging (1979)
as Inspector Todoroki

Murder of the Inugami Clan (2006)
as Todoroki Shochô

A Wanderer's Notebook (1962)
as Uenoyama

The Geisha House (1999)
as Kitayama

Queen Bee (1978)
as Detective Todoroki

Koto: The Ancient City (1980)
Actor

Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984)
as Kingo

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)
Actor

Zero (1984)
as Ugaki

The Sands of Kurobe (1968)
as Kunikida

Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989)
as Kohei Kashi

The 8-Tomb Village (1996)
Actor

Ninja, A Band of Assassins (1962)
Actor

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

Fossilized Wilderness (1982)
Actor

Yume-Chiyo (1985)
Actor

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

Endless Desire (1958)
as Brutal yakuza

Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016)
as Self - Actor

Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
as Koheita Kadokura

Dora-heita (2000)
as Toneri Uchijima

Free and Easy 16 (2005)
as Akiyama

The Great White Tower (1966)
as Professor Nozaka

Miyamoto Musashi (1973)
as Iwama Kakubei

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji (2001)
Actor

Fighting Elegy (1966)
Actor

Lost in the Sun (1961)
Actor

Love and Faith (1978)
Actor

An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
Actor

None But the Brave (1965)
as Sgt. Tamura

Let's Meet in Our Dreams (1962)
Actor

Noh Mask Murders (1991)
as Assistant Inspector Senba

Foundry Town (1962)
as Mr. Noda

Lonely Heart (1981)
Actor

Tale of Japanese Burglars (1965)
as Public prosecutor Tamura

Moment of Terror (1966)
Actor

Only on Mondays (1964)
as Yuka's sugar-daddy

Whirlpool of Flesh (1964)
as Segawa

The Gate of Youth (1975)
Actor

The Phoenix (1978)
as Kamamushi

Three Yakuza (1965)
Actor

The Politicians (1983)
Actor

Run Ichiro Run (2001)
Actor

Company Executives (1989)
Actor

This Madding Crowd (1962)
Actor

The Summit of Mt. Fuji (1970)
Actor

Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi (1962)
Actor

Tracing Jake (2004)
Actor

The Girl I Abandoned (1969)
Actor

Free and Easy 4 (1991)
as Akiyama

For Kayako (1984)
as Kyusu Im

Location (1984)
as Hara

Free and Easy: Samurai Edition (1998)
Actor

The Great Shogunate Battle (1991)
Actor

High Teen (1959)
Actor

午前零時の出獄 (1963)
Actor

Two Lives, Two Yakuza (1964)
as Makoto Misugi

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

Happiness of Us Alone (1961)
Actor

Free and Easy 8 (1996)
Actor

House of Terrors (1965)
as Keisuke Munakata

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low' (2002)
as Self

The Gambling Monk (1963)
Actor

Virgin Road (1989)
Actor

Free and Easy 6 (1993)
Actor

The Fir Trees Remain (1983)
Actor

The Navy (1963)
Actor

The Thick-Walled Room (1956)
Actor

Kogarashi Monjirō Returns (1993)
Actor

Eternity of Love (1961)
Actor

Dansen (1983)
Actor

Night Scandal in Japan (1964)
Actor

Free and Easy Special (1994)
Actor

The Spying Sorceress (1964)
Actor

Free and Easy 17 (2006)
Actor

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

Across a Gold Prairie (1999)
as Takashi Kanzaki

The Class of the Sewage Canal (1972)
Actor

Zenigeba (1970)
Actor

Free and Easy 7 (1994)
Actor

Crybaby Chacha (1987)
Actor

Free and Easy 20: Final (2009)
Actor

Free and Easy 18 (2007)
Actor
Hamuretto wa yukue fumei (1981)
Actor

Children of Nagasaki (1983)
Actor

Last Round (1962)
Actor

Voice from the Dark (1983)
as Toyokichi Kuze

How the Bell of Liberty Rings (1954)
as Ronin on the ship

Free and Easy 5 (1992)
Actor

Monrō no yōna onna (1964)
Actor

Kill or Be Killed (1966)
Actor

The Last Judgment (1965)
Actor

Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon! (1993)
Actor

300 Million Yen Mission (1971)
Actor

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

Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab (1961)
Actor

You'll Die Six Hours Later (2008)
Actor

Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi (1963)
Actor

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy (1972)
Actor

Black Comedy - Ah, Fool (1969)
Actor

The Pirates of Buban (1972)
Actor

The First Catch (1980)
Actor

The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh (1976)
Actor

Aogeba Tôtoshi (2006)
as Koichi's father

Mother (1963)
as Toshiro

Flame of Father and Son (1981)
Actor

Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai (1971)
Actor

New Treasure Island (1965)
as Long John Silver (voice)

Kimagure tosei (1962)
Actor

Scorpion (1967)
Actor

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

Free and Easy 15 (2004)
Actor

Neon taiheiki (1968)
Actor

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

The Lucky General (1962)
Actor

Kawachi fūten zoku (1968)
Actor

Room for Let (1959)
Actor

Free and Easy 10 (1998)
Actor

The Crimson Plains (1961)
as Koike

Gambler in the Sea (1961)
Actor

Love for Eternity (1971)
Actor

Gun of Nosappu (1961)
Actor

Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū (1961)
Actor

Trigger-Happy (1968)
Actor

Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains (1961)
Actor

Summer Soldiers (1972)
as Driver

Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro (1973)
as Kikutarō Yamada

Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made (1955)
Actor

Volunteering for Villainy (1960)
as Deka

Watashi no naka no shōfu (1984)
as Fisherman A





