archytele The Vault

Daisuke Katō

Acting Born Feb 18, 1911 Died Jul 31, 1975 Tokyo, Japan 230 credits
230
Total Credits
1974
39 Years Career Span
28
Vault Titles
10
Key Co-Stars

Biography

Daisuke Kato was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan, on February 18, 1911. Known for acting with 257 known credits, he passed away on July 31, 1975, at the age of 64. His career included over 150 film appearances, notably in traditional jidaigeki roles such as one of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, specifically playing the loyal comrade Shichiroji. His filmography also includes Kurosawa's Rashomon, Ikiru, and Yojimbo, where he portrayed the wild pig Inokichi, as well as Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy and Chushingura. In addition to these roles, Kato became a popular everyman in contemporary shoshimin-eiga movies.

Sources & verification Daisuke Katō — The Movie Database (TMDB) Daisuke Katō - Wikipedia How Archytele verifies pages
Advertisement
Career

Career overview

Daisuke Katō was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan on February 18, 1911. During his career, he appeared in over 150 films and accumulated 257 known credits. He became a popular everyman in contemporary shoshimin eiga movies and also appeared in traditional jidaigeki roles.

His notable film work includes appearances in several films directed by Akira Kurosawa, such as Seven Samurai, where he played the loyal comrade Shichiroji, as well as Rashomon, Yojimbo, where he appeared as the wild pig Inokichi, and Ikiru. Additionally, he appeared in Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy and Chushingura.

Katō passed away on July 31, 1975 at the age of 64.

Ask the Vault

Ask anything about Daisuke Katō.

Known for

Film

Admiral Yamamoto

as Chief of Press Section
Film

Japan's Longest Day

as Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
Film

An Autumn Afternoon

as Yoshitaro Sakamoto
Film

Chûshingura

as Kichiemon Terasaka
Film

A Wanderer's Notebook

as Nobuo Sadaoka
Film

Yojimbo

as Inokichi
Film

The End of Summer

as Kitagawa Yanosuke
Film

The Gambling Samurai

as Enzo Niko
Film

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

as Matsukichi Sekine
Film

I Want to Be a Shellfish

as Takeuchi
Film

Untamed Woman

as Onoda, the second husband
Film

Snow Country

as Inn proprietor

Frequent co-stars

Toshirō Mifune 8 shared titles
Chieko Nakakita 7 shared titles
Takashi Shimura 6 shared titles
Eijirō Tōno 6 shared titles
Jun Tatara 6 shared titles
Sadako Sawamura 6 shared titles
Toranosuke Ogawa 5 shared titles
Masayuki Mori 5 shared titles
Akira Tani 5 shared titles
Masao Oda 5 shared titles

Career timeline

Center of Tokyo
First Love
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade StaffFirst-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-FriMorning for Two
Five Gents Fly to TaiwanFive Gents and a Kuniang
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Ryoma ga YukuGamblers: The RaidAdmiral YamamotoThe Night before Pearl HarborLemon in the Rainbow
TabijiMesu ga osu o kuikorosu: KamakiriTwo in the ShadowJapan's Longest DayDiscover Japan with the 5 Gents
The Stranger Within a WomanThe DaphneOnce a Rainy DayMoment of TerrorA Company President's Life Story
Five Gents' Trick BookWe Will RememberSanshiro SugataPresident's Ninja Trick Book Part IIStairs of Evil
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly SinsThe SharksMr. Giant's Victory FlagI'm a Bodyguard3 Gents in the Snow Country
A Woman's Life3 Gents In HawaiiTravel Stories of a Company President Part IIMirenTravel Stories of a Company President
An Autumn AfternoonChûshinguraA Wanderer's NotebookStar of Hong KongOttamage ningyo monogatari
YojimboA Night in Hong KongThe End of SummerSnow in the South SeasSnow in the South Seas · Original Story
Hito mo arukebaDiary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1The Gambling SamuraiRespect, Flatter, and LoveThe Husband Was a Baby
I Want to Be a ShellfishSeniors, Juniors, Co-WorkersSamurai in the OfficeKiri aru jyojiFox and Raccoon
The Naked GeneralLittle PeachDiary of an Elegant Hot SpringSummer CloudsHoliday in Tokyo
Untamed WomanSnow CountryItohan MonogatariDiary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Gendai no yokubôThe Lady Was PawnA Brother and His SisterPure LoveSamurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Floating CloudsTôjûrô no koiSamurai II: Duel at Ichijoji TempleBloody Spear at Mount FujiEjima and Ikushima
Seven SamuraiMako OsorubeshiSamurai I: Musashi MiyamotoLate ChrysanthemumsTurbid Youth
Jirocho's Home-ComingJirocho Strikes a Daring BlowThe Blue RevolutionMoth LampJinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
IkiruJinsei Gekijo: dai ichi buThe Life of OharuMotherVendetta of a Samurai
The Tale of GenjiThe BitchA Spectacular MurderThe Killing of OtsuyaThe Inner Palace Conspiracy
RashomonThe Motherland Far Far AwayA Man from AkagiYami ni hikarumeG-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
The Flower That Crossed the MountainYotsuya Ghost Story Part 2Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1The Man Who Laughs LastGoblin Courier
Tengu of KisoG-Men of JapanThe Fifth Witness
The 47 Ronin
The Abe Clan
Humanity and Paper BalloonsSaga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
Priest of Darkness

Full Filmography

230 titles
  • Center of Tokyo (1974) as Zenzo
  • First Love (1972)
  • First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff (1971) as Kintaro Igari
  • First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri (1971) as Kintarō Igari, Yoyo Finance Exec.
  • Morning for Two (1971)
  • Five Gents Fly to Taiwan (1970) as Tetsukichi Ishibashi
  • Five Gents and a Kuniang (1970) as Ishibashi Tetsukichi
  • 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu (1969) as Gōzō Ishiyama (General Affairs Manager)
  • 5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II (1969) as Ishiyama Gōzō (HR director)
  • Ryoma ga Yuku (1968) as Katsu Kaishu
  • Gamblers: The Raid (1968) as Kichigorō
  • Admiral Yamamoto (1968) as Chief of Press Section
  • The Night before Pearl Harbor (1968) as Kusanagi
  • Lemon in the Rainbow (1968) as Gôzô Maeda
  • Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant (1968) as Tsutomu Ariga
  • Five Gents and Karate Grandpa (1968) as Tsutomu Ariga (Takayama Trading General Affairs Manager)
  • Tabiji (1967) as 塩谷駅長・南部斎五郎
  • Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri (1967) as Gunpei Otaguro
  • Two in the Shadow (1967) as Hayashida
  • Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
  • Discover Japan with the 5 Gents (1967) as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
  • Zoku izuko e (1967)
  • The Greatest Challenge of All (1967)
  • Secret Assignment (1967) as Kusanagi
  • Assignment Dragon No. 3 (1967) as Kusanagi
  • Five Gents Prefer Geisha (1967) as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
  • The Bogus Policeman (1967)
  • The Stranger Within a Woman (1966)
  • The Daphne (1966)
  • Once a Rainy Day (1966)
  • Moment of Terror (1966) as Kawashima
  • A Company President's Life Story (1966) as Gotō Kanju (Managing Director)
  • Rise Against the Sword (1966) as Budeuemon Hattori
  • Assignment Cloud (1966) as Kusanagi
  • Five Gents on the Spot (1966) as Kanju Goto
  • The School of Spies (1966) as Lieutenant Kusanagi
  • Five Gents' Trick Book (1965)
  • We Will Remember (1965)
  • Sanshiro Sugata (1965) as Hansuke Murai
  • President's Ninja Trick Book Part II (1965) as Chūzō Togashi (Managing Director)
  • Stairs of Evil (1965) as Konishi
  • The Radish and the Carrot (1965)
  • Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins (1964) as 4th Sin & 7th Sin
  • The Sharks (1964)
  • Mr. Giant's Victory Flag (1964)
  • I'm a Bodyguard (1964)
  • 3 Gents in the Snow Country (1964)
  • Hail the 3 Gents (1964) as Tomioka (Sales Manager)
  • Nippon Paradise (1964)
  • Superexpress (1964) as Yukichi Nakae
  • The Naked Executive (1964) as Tadokori - Executive
  • How to Make Money (1964)
  • A Woman's Life (1963)
  • 3 Gents In Hawaii (1963) as Oshima Gentaro (Executive Director)
  • Travel Stories of a Company President Part II (1963) as Genkichi Yamanaka (Sales Director)
  • Miren (1963) as Master at 'Sekine'
  • Travel Stories of a Company President (1963)
  • Aloha 3 Gents (1963) as Gentaro Ōshima (Managing Director)
  • Nonsense Boys (1963)
  • Crazy Operation: First Move (1963)
  • We Are Salarymen (1963) as Executive Motohashi
  • Devices Stronger Than Women (1963) as Daisaku Sugishita (Publicity Manager)
  • An Autumn Afternoon (1962) as Yoshitaro Sakamoto
  • Chûshingura (1962) as Kichiemon Terasaka
  • A Wanderer's Notebook (1962) as Nobuo Sadaoka
  • Star of Hong Kong (1962) as Syuhei Toru's brother-in-law
  • Ottamage ningyo monogatari (1962)
  • Shimizu Port Salaryman (1962)
  • The Wiser Age (1962) as Ryokichi
  • Shin kitsune to tanuki (1962)
  • Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II (1962)
  • Three Gentlemen from Tokyo (1962)
  • Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong (1962)
  • Pachinko (1962)
  • Kanpai! Sararīman shokun (1962)
  • Born in Sin (1962)
  • Ika naru hoshi no moto ni (1962)
  • Yojimbo (1961) as Inokichi
  • A Night in Hong Kong (1961) as Kenkichi Matsuyama
  • The End of Summer (1961) as Kitagawa Yanosuke
  • Snow in the South Seas (1961)
  • Snow in the South Seas (1961) Original Story
  • The Masterless 47 – Part II (1961)
  • Playboy President (1961) as Kuramochi Zensuke
  • Playboy President: Part II (1961) as Zensuke Kuramochi
  • Awamori-kun kanpai! (1961)
  • A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox (1961)
  • The Preacher of Love (1961)
  • Hito mo arukeba (1960) as Namitaro Namiki
  • Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1 (1960)
  • The Gambling Samurai (1960) as Enzo Niko
  • Respect, Flatter, and Love (1960)
  • The Husband Was a Baby (1960)
  • Older Wife, Younger Husband (1960)
  • Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) as Shusuke Tetsumoto
  • When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) as Matsukichi Sekine
  • Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes (1960) as Ōkubo Hikosaburō
  • Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success (1960) as Okubo Hikosaburō
  • New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller (1960) as Uchuu Takeda
  • The Approach of Autumn (1960) as Tomioka
  • The Masterless 47 (1960) as Jyusaburo Onodera
  • Jiyūgaoka fujin (1960)
  • New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking (1960) as Kumakichi Onizuka (Maiko's father)
  • Singing in the Sun (1960) as Kyosuke Tsumura
  • New Third Class Executive: Husband Education (1960) as Kumakichi Onizuka
  • Chikuhō no kodomotachi (1960)
  • This Greedy Old Skin (1960)
  • Beyond the Hills (1960) as Yakichi Wada
  • I Want to Be a Shellfish (1959) as Takeuchi
  • Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers (1959)
  • Samurai in the Office (1959)
  • Kiri aru jyoji (1959)
  • Fox and Raccoon (1959) as Kyota Aoshima
  • The Terrible Game (1959) as Uncle Zenkichi
  • Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period (1959)
  • New Third-Class Executive (1959) as Kumahira Onizuka
  • Young Lovers (1959) as Renzō Dōjima
  • The College Ruggers (1959) as Jirō Shimizu
  • Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II (1959)
  • The Naked General (1958)
  • Little Peach (1958) as Suga
  • Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring (1958) as Kikuzō (head clerk)
  • Summer Clouds (1958)
  • Holiday in Tokyo (1958)
  • Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3 (1958) as Hajime Sawada
  • Yaji and Kita on the Road (1958) as Yajirobei Tochimen'ya
  • The Third President (1958)
  • Yajikita dōchū sugoroku (1958)
  • Bright Young Maidens (1958) as Zenkichi Shibata, Sumiko's Father
  • Assistant President (1958)
  • A Bridge for Two Alone (1958)
  • Oban kanketsu hen (1958) as Ushinotsuke Akabane
  • Untamed Woman (1957) as Onoda, the second husband
  • Snow Country (1957) as Inn proprietor
  • Itohan Monogatari (1957) as Matsukichi
  • Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2 (1957) as Sōda Hajime
  • Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen (1957) as Ushinosuke Akaba
  • Diary of a Successful Salaryman (1957) as Sōda Hajime
  • Ôban (1957) as Ushinosuke Akaba
  • Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen (1957) as Ushinotsuke Akabane
  • Gendai no yokubô (1956)
  • The Lady Was Pawn (1956)
  • A Brother and His Sister (1956) as Hayashi
  • Pure Love (1956)
  • Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956) as Toji Gion
  • Street of Shame (1956) as Mr. Nomura
  • Early Spring (1956) as Sakamoto
  • Sudden Rain (1956) as Kawakami
  • Flowing (1956) as Yoneko's Ex
  • Dotanba (1956)
  • The Storm (1956)
  • Swordsman of the Two Sword Style (1956) as Kamo Jinnai
  • A Wife's Heart (1956)
  • Samurai of the Great Earth (1956)
  • Will-o'-the-Wisp (1956)
  • Fountainhead (1956)
  • Dadakko Shachou (1956)
  • Outlaw island (1956)
  • Floating Clouds (1955) as Seikichi Mukai
  • Tôjûrô no koi (1955) as Kichisuke
  • Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) as Toji Gion
  • Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (1955) as Genta
  • Ejima and Ikushima (1955) as 井口
  • The Lone Journey (1955)
  • Here Is a Spring (1955)
  • Twilight Saloon (1955) as Kibe
  • Foul Play (1955) as Goro Seo
  • The Romance of Yushima (1955)
  • No Time for Tears (1955)
  • A Woman's Life (1955) as police officer
  • Mune yori mune ni (1955) as Hazama
  • Seven Masks of Revenge (1955)
  • 五十円横町 (1955)
  • Seven Samurai (1954) as Shichiroji
  • Mako Osorubeshi (1954)
  • Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) as Toji
  • Late Chrysanthemums (1954) as Itaya
  • Turbid Youth (1954)
  • The Surf (1954) as Chiyoko's Father
  • All of Myself (1954) as Oda Jukichi
  • Mother's First Love (1954)
  • 爆笑天国　とんち教室 (1954)
  • Jirocho's Home-Coming (1953)
  • Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow (1953)
  • The Blue Revolution (1953)
  • Moth Lamp (1953)
  • Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu (1953)
  • Mr. Pu (1953)
  • Ganpeki (1953)
  • Yasugorō shusse (1953)
  • An Edoite Judge (1953) as Tasuke Uoya
  • Ikiru (1952) as Yakuza
  • Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu (1952)
  • The Life of Oharu (1952) as Tasaburo Hishiya
  • Mother (1952) as Sokichi Kimura
  • Vendetta of a Samurai (1952)
  • 恐妻時代 (1952) as Nakahata
  • One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds (1952)
  • Shanghai Rose (1952) as Liu, Ding's men
  • Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil (1952)
  • The Woman Who Touched the Legs (1952)
  • Forty-Eight Man (1952)
  • 三万両五十三次 (1952)
  • The Tale of Genji (1951)
  • The Bitch (1951) as Gorō Matoba
  • A Spectacular Murder (1951)
  • The Killing of Otsuya (1951) as Mita
  • The Inner Palace Conspiracy (1951) as Tajimi
  • 上州鴉 (1951)
  • Rashomon (1950) as Policeman
  • The Motherland Far Far Away (1950) as Tommy Shôkyokusai
  • A Man from Akagi (1950)
  • Yami ni hikarume (1950)
  • G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape (1950)
  • Ore wa yōjimbō (1950)
  • The Flower That Crossed the Mountain (1949)
  • Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949) as Shinkichi
  • Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949) as Shinkichi
  • The Man Who Laughs Last (1949)
  • Goblin Courier (1949)
  • Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood (1949) as Yasu
  • Tengu of Kiso (1948)
  • G-Men of Japan (1948)
  • The Fifth Witness (1948)
  • The 47 Ronin (1941) as Fuwa Kazuemon
  • The Abe Clan (1938)
  • Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937) as Isuke
  • Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn (1937)
  • Priest of Darkness (1936) as Kenta
  • Kakute ninjutsu eiga wa owarinu

Frequently Asked Questions

What movies or TV shows is Daisuke Katō best known for?

Daisuke Katō is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Admiral Yamamoto (1968), Japan's Longest Day (1967), An Autumn Afternoon (1962), Chûshingura (1962).

When and where was Daisuke Katō born?

Daisuke Katō was born on February 18, 1911 in Tokyo, Japan. They passed away on July 31, 1975.

How many credits does Daisuke Katō have?

Daisuke Katō has accumulated over 230 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1936 to 1974.

What is Daisuke Katō's background in cinema and television?

Daisuke Kato was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan, on February 18, 1911. Known for acting with 257 known credits, he passed away on July 31, 1975, at the age of 64. His career included over 150 film appearances, notably in traditional jidaigeki roles such as one of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, specifically play...