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Takeshi Katō

Acting Born May 24, 1929 Tokyo, Japan 24 credits

Biography

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.

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Known for

Film

Seven Samurai

as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
Film

High and Low

as Detective Nakao
Film

Ran

as Koyota Hatakeyama
Film

Yojimbo

as Ronin Kobuhachi
Film

Throne of Blood

as Guard killed by Washizu
Film

The Hidden Fortress

as Samurai (uncredited)
Film

XX: Beautiful Weapon

as Yasuhiro Kokubu

Full filmography

  • Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series (1983) as Kahei Nirei
  • Seven Samurai (1954) as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
  • High and Low (1963) as Detective Nakao
  • Kimi no na wa (1991) as 永橋
  • Life of a Flower (1963) as Kaneko Magojiro
  • Ran (1985) as Koyota Hatakeyama
  • Choudenshi Bioman (1984) as Takashi
  • Akō Rōshi (1964) as Horibe Yasubee
  • Yojimbo (1961) as Ronin Kobuhachi
  • Throne of Blood (1957) as Guard killed by Washizu
  • The Hidden Fortress (1958) as Samurai (uncredited)
  • Iki no Iiyatsu (1987)
  • Natchan no shashinkan (1980) as 父・西城賢輔
  • Hana no Asuka-gumi! (1988) as Shinomiya
  • The Bad Sleep Well (1960) as Itakura
  • Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin (1983)
  • XX: Beautiful Weapon (1993) as Yasuhiro Kokubu
  • Godzilla 1985 (1985) as Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka
  • Japan Sinks (2006) as Professor Yamashiro
  • Japan's Longest Day (1967) as Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
  • Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) as Noburo Uchimoto
  • The Inugami Family (1976) as Police Chief Tachibana
  • Murder of the Inugami Clan (2006) as Todoroki Shochô
  • Queen Bee (1978) as Detective Todoroki