Takeshi Katō: movies and TV shows
Takeshi Katō has 163 credits in the archive: 151 films and 12 TV series, from 1953 to 2016. Highest rated: XX: Beautiful Weapon (8.9/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2016 · busiest year: 1961 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Mifune: The Last Samurai | Self - Actor | Film | 7.1 | 87 |
| 2009 | Free and Easy 20: Final | Film | 7.7 | 80 | |
| 2008 | You'll Die Six Hours Later | Film | 7.0 | 79 | |
| 2007 | Free and Easy 18 | Film | 7.5 | 78 | |
| 2006 | Aogeba Tôtoshi | Koichi's father | Film | 5.9 | 77 |
| 2006 | Japan Sinks | Professor Yamashiro | Film | 5.7 | 77 |
| 2006 | Murder of the Inugami Clan | Todoroki Shochô | Film | 6.9 | 77 |
| 2006 | Free and Easy 17 | Film | 5.8 | 77 | |
| 2005 | Free and Easy 16 | Akiyama | Film | 8.0 | 76 |
| 2004 | Free and Easy 15 | Film | 8.3 | 75 | |
| 2004 | Tracing Jake | Film | 8.0 | 75 | |
| 2002 | Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space | Zombie Cat (Voice) | Film | 6.4 | 73 |
| 2002 | Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' | Self | Film | 8.0 | 73 |
| 2002 | Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2002 | Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2002 | Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low' | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2001 | Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project | Managing Director Akiyama | Film | 7.3 | 72 |
| 2001 | Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji | Film | 5.9 | 72 | |
| 2001 | Run Ichiro Run | Film | 8.5 | 72 | |
| 2000 | Dora-heita | Toneri Uchijima | Film | 5.4 | 71 |
| 1999 | The Geisha House | Kitayama | Film | 7.7 | 70 |
| 1999 | Across a Gold Prairie | Takashi Kanzaki | Film | 8.7 | 70 |
| 1998 | Free and Easy: Samurai Edition | Film | 7.3 | 69 | |
| 1998 | Free and Easy 10 | Film | 7.0 | 69 | |
| 1996 | The 8-Tomb Village | Film | 6.8 | 67 | |
| 1996 | Free and Easy 8 | Film | 7.3 | 67 | |
| 1994 | Free and Easy Special | Film | 7.3 | 65 | |
| 1994 | Free and Easy 7 | Film | 7.5 | 65 | |
| 1993 | XX: Beautiful Weapon | Yasuhiro Kokubu | Film | 8.9 | 64 |
| 1993 | Free and Easy 6 | Film | 7.7 | 64 | |
| 1993 | Kogarashi Monjirō Returns | Film | 7.5 | 64 | |
| 1993 | Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon! | Film | — | 64 | |
| 1992 | Free and Easy 5 | Film | 7.9 | 63 | |
| 1991 | Kimi no na wa | 永橋 | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 1991 | The Tale of Genji | TV | — | 62 | |
| 1991 | Noh Mask Murders | Assistant Inspector Senba | Film | 6.3 | 62 |
| 1991 | The Great Shogunate Battle | Film | 6.8 | 62 | |
| 1991 | Free and Easy 4 | Akiyama | Film | 8.3 | 62 |
| 1989 | Four Days of Snow and Blood | Kohei Kashi | Film | 7.3 | 60 |
| 1989 | Virgin Road | Film | — | 60 | |
| 1989 | Company Executives | Film | 6.6 | 60 | |
| 1988 | Hana no Asuka-gumi! | Shinomiya | TV | 8.5 | 59 |
| 1987 | Iki no Iiyatsu | TV | — | 58 | |
| 1987 | Crybaby Chacha | Film | — | 58 | |
| 1985 | Ran | Koyota Hatakeyama | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1985 | Godzilla 1985 | Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1985 | Odin: Starlight Mutiny | Takeshi Suzuka | Film | 4.9 | 56 |
| 1985 | Yume-Chiyo | Film | 8.0 | 56 | |
| 1984 | Choudenshi Bioman | Takashi | TV | 7.8 | 55 |
| 1984 | Zero | Ugaki | Film | 5.8 | 55 |
| 1984 | Location | Hara | Film | 8.5 | 55 |
| 1984 | For Kayako | Kyusu Im | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 1984 | Marriage Counselor Tora-san | Kingo | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1984 | Watashi no naka no shōfu | Fisherman A | Film | 2.0 | 55 |
| 1983 | Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series | Kahei Nirei | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1983 | Children of Nagasaki | Film | 6.6 | 54 | |
| 1983 | Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin | TV | — | 54 | |
| 1983 | Dansen | Film | 1.0 | 54 | |
| 1983 | The Politicians | Film | — | 54 | |
| 1983 | The Fir Trees Remain | Film | — | 54 | |
| 1983 | Voice from the Dark | Toyokichi Kuze | Film | — | 54 |
| 1982 | Fossilized Wilderness | Film | 8.0 | 53 | |
| 1982 | Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp | Grand Wazir (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1981 | Hamuretto wa yukue fumei | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1981 | Flame of Father and Son | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1981 | Lonely Heart | Film | 7.5 | 52 | |
| 1980 | Natchan no shashinkan | 父・西城賢輔 | TV | — | 51 |
| 1980 | Koto: The Ancient City | Film | 7.0 | 51 | |
| 1980 | The First Catch | Film | 2.7 | 51 | |
| 1979 | The House of Hanging | Inspector Todoroki | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1978 | Queen Bee | Detective Todoroki | Film | 7.6 | 49 |
| 1978 | The Phoenix | Kamamushi | Film | 6.1 | 49 |
| 1978 | Love and Faith | Film | 6.4 | 49 | |
| 1977 | Island of Hell | Inspector Todoroki | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1977 | Lullaby to Kill | Inspector Tachibana | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1976 | The Inugami Family | Police Chief Tachibana | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1976 | The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1975 | The Gate of Youth | Film | 8.3 | 46 | |
| 1975 | なつかしき海の歌 | TV | — | 46 | |
| 1974 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics | Noburo Uchimoto | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1973 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War | Noboru Uchimoto | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1973 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity | Noburo Uchimoto | Film | 7.4 | 44 |
| 1973 | Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro | Kikutarō Yamada | Film | — | 44 |
| 1973 | Miyamoto Musashi | Iwama Kakubei | Film | 7.3 | 44 |
| 1972 | Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy | Film | 6.3 | 43 | |
| 1972 | Summer Soldiers | Driver | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1972 | The Pirates of Buban | Film | 6.5 | 43 | |
| 1972 | The Class of the Sewage Canal | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1971 | 300 Million Yen Mission | Film | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1971 | Love for Eternity | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1971 | Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1970 | The Summit of Mt. Fuji | Film | — | 41 | |
| 1970 | Zenigeba | Film | 9.0 | 41 | |
| 1969 | Battle of the Japan Sea | Chief of Staff Officer Kato | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1969 | The Girl I Abandoned | Film | 9.0 | 40 | |
| 1969 | Black Comedy - Ah, Fool | Film | 8.0 | 40 | |
| 1968 | Neon taiheiki | Film | 9.0 | 39 | |
| 1968 | Trigger-Happy | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1968 | The Sands of Kurobe | Kunikida | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1968 | Kawachi fūten zoku | Film | 9.0 | 39 | |
| 1967 | Japan's Longest Day | Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1967 | Scorpion | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1966 | Fighting Elegy | Film | 7.0 | 37 | |
| 1966 | The Great White Tower | Professor Nozaka | Film | 6.9 | 37 |
| 1966 | Moment of Terror | Film | 5.9 | 37 | |
| 1966 | Kill or Be Killed | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1965 | None But the Brave | Sgt. Tamura | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1965 | The Last Judgment | Film | 8.3 | 36 | |
| 1965 | Sword of the Beast | Katori | Film | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1965 | Three Yakuza | Film | 7.8 | 36 | |
| 1965 | Zatoichi's Revenge | Koheita Kadokura | Film | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1965 | House of Terrors | Keisuke Munakata | Film | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1965 | Tale of Japanese Burglars | Public prosecutor Tamura | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1965 | New Treasure Island | Long John Silver (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1964 | Akō Rōshi | Horibe Yasubee | TV | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1964 | Only on Mondays | Yuka's sugar-daddy | Film | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1964 | Whirlpool of Flesh | Segawa | Film | 10.0 | 35 |
| 1964 | Night Scandal in Japan | Film | 10.0 | 35 | |
| 1964 | Monrō no yōna onna | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1964 | Two Lives, Two Yakuza | Makoto Misugi | Film | — | 35 |
| 1964 | The Spying Sorceress | Film | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 1963 | High and Low | Detective Nakao | Film | 8.4 | 34 |
| 1963 | Life of a Flower | Kaneko Magojiro | TV | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1963 | Mother | Toshiro | Film | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1963 | Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai | Film | 6.8 | 34 | |
| 1963 | The Gambling Monk | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1963 | 午前零時の出獄 | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1963 | The Navy | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1963 | Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi | Film | 10.0 | 34 | |
| 1962 | Ninja, A Band of Assassins | Film | 6.3 | 33 | |
| 1962 | A Wanderer's Notebook | Uenoyama | Film | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1962 | Foundry Town | Mr. Noda | Film | 7.8 | 33 |
| 1962 | The Lucky General | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1962 | This Madding Crowd | Film | 7.0 | 33 | |
| 1962 | Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1962 | Let's Meet in Our Dreams | Film | 8.0 | 33 | |
| 1962 | Last Round | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1962 | Kimagure tosei | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1961 | Yojimbo | Ronin Kobuhachi | Film | 8.1 | 32 |
| 1961 | Pigs and Battleships | Ohachi | Film | 7.1 | 32 |
| 1961 | Happiness of Us Alone | Film | 9.0 | 32 | |
| 1961 | Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab | Film | 10.0 | 32 | |
| 1961 | Eternity of Love | Film | 8.0 | 32 | |
| 1961 | The Crimson Plains | Koike | Film | — | 32 |
| 1961 | Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1961 | Gambler in the Sea | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1961 | Gun of Nosappu | Film | 10.0 | 32 | |
| 1961 | Lost in the Sun | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1961 | Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1960 | The Bad Sleep Well | Itakura | Film | 7.7 | 31 |
| 1960 | Volunteering for Villainy | Deka | Film | — | 31 |
| 1959 | Room for Let | Film | 7.0 | 30 | |
| 1959 | High Teen | Film | — | 30 | |
| 1958 | The Hidden Fortress | Samurai (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1958 | Endless Desire | Brutal yakuza | Film | 6.8 | 29 |
| 1957 | Throne of Blood | Guard killed by Washizu | Film | 7.9 | 28 |
| 1957 | A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era | Narrator (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1956 | The Thick-Walled Room | Film | 7.2 | 27 | |
| 1955 | Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made | Film | — | 26 | |
| 1954 | Seven Samurai | Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited) | Film | 8.4 | 25 |
| 1954 | How the Bell of Liberty Rings | Ronin on the ship | Film | — | 25 |
| 1953 | An Inlet of Muddy Water | Film | 6.3 | 24 | |
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