Yoshi Katō: movies and TV shows
Yoshi Katō has 284 credits in the archive: 276 films and 8 TV series, from 1948 to 1988. Highest rated: The Roads Men Travel (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 1988 · busiest year: 1962 (21 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Yen Family | Tokijiro | Film | 6.2 | 75 |
| 1987 | Hachiko | Kondo | Film | 7.8 | 74 |
| 1987 | An Early Autumn | TV | — | 74 | |
| 1986 | Spectacle of Buds | Minamoto | Film | 4.0 | 73 |
| 1985 | Tampopo | Noodle-making Master | Film | 7.8 | 72 |
| 1985 | Dangerous Women | Film | — | 72 | |
| 1984 | Nezumi Kozō kaitō den | Film | — | 71 | |
| 1983 | Hometown | Denzo | Film | 9.0 | 70 |
| 1983 | The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado | Film | — | 70 | |
| 1982 | The Shootout | Seisaku Araki | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1982 | Ekisutora | Film | 7.0 | 69 | |
| 1982 | A Woman in Danger | Film | — | 69 | |
| 1981 | The Black Hood | Film | — | 68 | |
| 1981 | Aoba gakuen monogatari | Film | — | 68 | |
| 1980 | May Love Be Restored | Shogen | Film | — | 67 |
| 1980 | The Terrifying Man-eating Shark Woman | Film | — | 67 | |
| 1979 | The Inferno | Haruichi Yamao | Film | 6.9 | 66 |
| 1979 | Vengeance Is Mine | Kyohei Kawashima | Film | 7.6 | 66 |
| 1979 | Hunter in the Dark | Zenzaemon | Film | 6.3 | 66 |
| 1979 | Devil's Flute | Jido | Film | 6.4 | 66 |
| 1979 | Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly | Film | 4.8 | 66 | |
| 1979 | Rika | Film | 10.0 | 66 | |
| 1978 | The White Tower | 大河内清作 | TV | 10.0 | 65 |
| 1978 | The Fall of Ako Castle | Yahei Horibe | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 1978 | The Demon | Doctor | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 1978 | Ore wa Ueno no puresurī | Film | — | 65 | |
| 1978 | The Okinawa War of Ten Years | Film | 6.2 | 65 | |
| 1978 | Lord Mito | Taibei | Film | 9.8 | 65 |
| 1977 | Ballad of Orin | Isuke | Film | 7.1 | 64 |
| 1977 | Mount Hakkoda | Sakuemon | Film | 6.6 | 64 |
| 1977 | Village of Eight Gravestones | Igawa Ushimatsu | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1977 | I Am A Man of Honor | Film | 9.0 | 64 | |
| 1976 | Please Hire Me! | TV | 7.0 | 63 | |
| 1976 | The Roads Men Travel | Tsujimoto | TV | 8.2 | 63 |
| 1976 | Dragon Princess | Film | 6.0 | 63 | |
| 1976 | The Corporation | Film | 3.7 | 63 | |
| 1975 | Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees | Old Man | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1975 | Solar Eclipse | Chief Public Prosecutor | Film | 6.9 | 62 |
| 1975 | Main Line to Terror | Film | 6.2 | 62 | |
| 1975 | Great Jailbreak | Kazami | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1975 | 松本清張シリーズ・中央流沙 | 西秀太郎 | TV | — | 62 |
| 1975 | Without Complaint | Film | 10.0 | 62 | |
| 1975 | A Bird of Africa | Film | — | 62 | |
| 1974 | Himiko | Ohkimi | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 1974 | The Castle of Sand | Chiyokichi Motoura | Film | 7.4 | 61 |
| 1974 | The Key | Film | 4.3 | 61 | |
| 1974 | The Beast Shall Die | Film | 7.0 | 61 | |
| 1974 | Virgin Blues | Chiaki's father | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1973 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima | Choji Otomo | Film | 7.3 | 60 |
| 1973 | Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons | Kuroda Naritaka | Film | 7.3 | 60 |
| 1973 | The Wanderers | Film | 5.3 | 60 | |
| 1973 | Men and War III: The Final Chapter | Koichiro Amemiya | Film | 6.1 | 60 |
| 1973 | Miyamoto Musashi | Sado Nagaoka | Film | 7.3 | 60 |
| 1973 | Internal Sleuth | Etsuko's Father-in-Law | Film | 7.5 | 60 |
| 1972 | Kogarashi Monjiro | Jiroemon | TV | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1972 | Professional Killers | TV | 8.0 | 59 | |
| 1972 | Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance | Danjô Tonami | Film | 7.4 | 59 |
| 1972 | Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny | Michinari Shibatsuji | Film | 7.7 | 59 |
| 1972 | Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy | Film | 6.3 | 59 | |
| 1972 | The Fearless Avenger | Film | 6.8 | 59 | |
| 1972 | My Voiceless Friends | Film | 9.0 | 59 | |
| 1971 | Silence | Old man | Film | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1971 | Blood for Blood | Film | 7.0 | 58 | |
| 1971 | Shadow of Deception | Film | 6.5 | 58 | |
| 1971 | A Woman Called En | Film | — | 58 | |
| 1971 | Patience Has An End | Film | 5.9 | 58 | |
| 1971 | Challenge at Dawn | Film | — | 58 | |
| 1971 | Blood Vendetta | Kōnosuke Ushio | Film | 10.0 | 58 |
| 1971 | 花も実もある為五郎 | Film | — | 58 | |
| 1970 | River Without a Bridge Part 2 | Film | — | 57 | |
| 1970 | Sex Revolution | Film | — | 57 | |
| 1970 | Blind Woman's Curse | Jutaro Mitsui | Film | 6.2 | 57 |
| 1970 | Second generation | TV | — | 57 | |
| 1970 | Kanto Street Peddlers: Clan Violent Loyalty | Tokujiro Kuranari | Film | — | 57 |
| 1970 | Just for You | Takita | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1970 | An Ode to Yakuza | Taisuke Inumaru, Akane's Father | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1970 | Gambling Den Desire | Film | — | 57 | |
| 1970 | Inside a Girl's Dormitory | Film | — | 57 | |
| 1970 | Rainbow Over Paris | Priest | Film | — | 57 |
| 1970 | Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies! | Film | 9.0 | 57 | |
| 1970 | Okinawa | Film | — | 57 | |
| 1970 | The All-Out Game | Film | 9.0 | 57 | |
| 1969 | Love and Crime | Komiya (segment "Abe Sada jiken") | Film | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1969 | Girl in College | Film | — | 56 | |
| 1969 | Japan Organized Crime Boss | Yasokichi Kamiyama | Film | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1969 | Double Suicide | Gosaemon | Film | 6.9 | 56 |
| 1969 | Bloody Territories | Kôjirô Oonogi, Oonogi Clan boss | Film | 5.1 | 56 |
| 1969 | Only Child | Film | — | 56 | |
| 1969 | Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay | Film | 5.1 | 56 | |
| 1969 | Broken Swords | Film | 8.0 | 56 | |
| 1969 | Big, Big Fellow | Film | — | 56 | |
| 1969 | Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Pregnancy 2 | Film | — | 56 | |
| 1969 | The Sea Anemone | Film | — | 56 | |
| 1969 | Married Woman: Another Law of the Night | Film | — | 56 | |
| 1968 | Profound Desires of the Gods | Ryugen Ryu | Film | 7.4 | 55 |
| 1968 | Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Pregnancy | Film | — | 55 | |
| 1968 | The Diary of a Sex Counsellor 2 | Film | — | 55 | |
| 1967 | Black Ninja | Film | 9.0 | 54 | |
| 1967 | Escape Man | Film | — | 54 | |
| 1967 | Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4 | Film | 7.5 | 54 | |
| 1967 | Portrait of Chieko | Sokichi Naganuma | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1967 | The Woman Gambler | Film | 10.0 | 54 | |
| 1967 | Young Boss, Fugitive | Film | 10.0 | 54 | |
| 1967 | Rebellion of Japan | Film | 8.0 | 54 | |
| 1967 | The Sister Gamblers | Film | — | 54 | |
| 1966 | Seven Gamblers | Film | 6.5 | 53 | |
| 1966 | The Betrayal | Makabe | Film | 6.4 | 53 |
| 1966 | The Great White Tower | Professor Ōkōchi | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 1966 | Ohana han | Heizo Asao | Film | — | 53 |
| 1966 | Ohana han: Dai ni bu | Heizo Asao | Film | — | 53 |
| 1966 | Inochi hateru hi made | Film | — | 53 | |
| 1965 | A Fugitive from the Past | Yae's Father | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1965 | Tokyo Untouchable | Ryosuke Hosokawa | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1965 | Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu | 水野忠政 | Film | 8.4 | 52 |
| 1965 | A Chain of Islands | Film | 6.8 | 52 | |
| 1965 | Tale of Japanese Burglars | Lawyer Fujimoto | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1965 | The Witness' Chair | Chief of the Human Rights Protection Division, Okamoto | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1965 | Ryuji's Journey: The Crest of Man | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1964 | The Third Ninja | Film | 7.0 | 51 | |
| 1964 | Giant Rumble | Film | 6.0 | 51 | |
| 1964 | Revenge | Denbei Niwa | Film | 7.6 | 51 |
| 1964 | Intentions of Murder | Seizo Takahashi | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1964 | Gambler | Shingo Hamamura | Film | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1964 | Dear Mr. Prime Minister | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1964 | Fight, Zatoichi, Fight | Temple priest | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1964 | Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure | Film | 5.8 | 51 | |
| 1964 | The Sharks | Film | 9.0 | 51 | |
| 1964 | The Scarlet Camellia | Kihei Musashiya | Film | 5.2 | 51 |
| 1964 | Jinsei Gekijo | Film | 7.0 | 51 | |
| 1964 | Gamblers and Racketeers | Film | 10.0 | 51 | |
| 1964 | The Glamorous Ghost | Hospital Guard | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1964 | To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 | Detective | Film | — | 51 |
| 1964 | Life of Hishakaku 3 | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1964 | Police Precinct: Missing Person | Kawahara | Film | — | 51 |
| 1964 | A Public Benefactor | Film | 7.0 | 51 | |
| 1964 | Edo Crime Book: Black Claws | Sasaki Jyuemon | Film | — | 51 |
| 1964 | The Frolic of the Beasts | Film | 9.0 | 51 | |
| 1963 | Gang vs. G-Men: Safe Breakers | Film | 10.0 | 50 | |
| 1963 | An Actor's Revenge | Film | 6.6 | 50 | |
| 1963 | Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai | Takahiro Hori | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1963 | Life of Hishakaku | Film | 8.0 | 50 | |
| 1963 | The Gambling Monk | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1963 | A Legend or Was It? | Shintaro Shimizu | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1963 | The Sunshine Girl | Film | 5.7 | 50 | |
| 1963 | Tale of Army Brutality | Seikichi, Yahichi's father | Film | 9.5 | 50 |
| 1963 | To Your Majesty, The Emperor | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1963 | The Navy | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1963 | A Samurai Never Tells a Lie | Makino Bingo no kami | Film | 9.5 | 50 |
| 1963 | Fight of the Gamblers | Film | 6.0 | 50 | |
| 1963 | At the Side of the Bridge 4 | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1963 | Prince of Wolves | Bungorô | Film | — | 50 |
| 1963 | Okashina yatsu | Tamekichi Takamizu | Film | — | 50 |
| 1963 | Police Precinct Part 22: Teenage Footsteps | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1963 | Blackmail | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1963 | The Dragon Crest | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1963 | Seven Detectives: Find the Woman | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1962 | Gang vs. G-Men | Detective Ogata | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1962 | Tokyo's Business District | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1962 | The Christian Revolt | Film | 6.7 | 49 | |
| 1962 | Ninja, A Band of Assassins | Yozo | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1962 | The Broken Commandment | Ushimatsu's uncle | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1962 | Love Under the Crucifix | Film | 7.1 | 49 | |
| 1962 | Uragirimono wa jigoku daze | Film | 7.0 | 49 | |
| 1962 | Tokyo Bay | Film | 7.0 | 49 | |
| 1962 | Mother Country | Film | 6.8 | 49 | |
| 1962 | Farm Girls | Film | 10.0 | 49 | |
| 1962 | The Mad Fox | Shoji | Film | 7.4 | 49 |
| 1962 | Mid-August Commotion | Director General of Information Bureau | Film | — | 49 |
| 1962 | The Demon of Sendai's Castle | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1962 | At the Side of the Bridge | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1962 | I. George monogatari taiyō no ko | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1962 | At the Side of the Bridge 2 | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1962 | The Sentencer | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1962 | Komadori shimai oke-sa wataridori | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1962 | The Injured Boy | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1962 | Kiriko no unmei | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1962 | Ken ni kakeru | Film | — | 49 | |
| 1961 | The Harbor Lights | Film | 6.3 | 48 | |
| 1961 | Immortal Love | Sojiro | Film | 7.4 | 48 |
| 1961 | Zero Focus | Mr. Murota | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1961 | The Catch | Film | 6.5 | 48 | |
| 1961 | Man with the Funky Hat | Kogure | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1961 | Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm | Film | 6.5 | 48 | |
| 1961 | Koi no gashū | Morihara | Film | — | 48 |
| 1961 | Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1961 | Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1961 | Haitoku no mesu | Hayashi | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1961 | Incidental Murders | Kimiteru Soga | Film | 5.0 | 48 |
| 1961 | Tale of a Company Boss | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1961 | 北上川悲歌 | Kihachi Yamaguchi | Film | — | 48 |
| 1961 | Fateful Birthplace | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1960 | The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2 | Film | 9.0 | 47 | |
| 1960 | Police Precinct Part 12 | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1960 | The River Fuefuki | Ojii | Film | 7.7 | 47 |
| 1960 | World War III Breaks Out | 沢本耕三 | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1960 | The Man of Seven Faces | Officer Kihara | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1960 | The Last Trump Card | Shigeji Hoshino | Film | — | 47 |
| 1960 | The Sand City in Manchuria | Film | 6.5 | 47 | |
| 1960 | Mahiru no wana | Detective | Film | — | 47 |
| 1960 | The Brass General | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1960 | Challenge Beneath the Waves | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1960 | White Cliffs | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1960 | If You're Man Enough | Film | 8.0 | 47 | |
| 1960 | Ayausgî G-Man - ânkoku gai no yagû | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1960 | Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy | Film | 8.0 | 47 | |
| 1960 | Delinquent Angel | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1960 | The Great Road | Film | 8.0 | 47 | |
| 1960 | Won't Stand for Dying | Film | — | 47 | |
| 1959 | Speed Crazy | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1959 | The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1959 | Four Hours of Terror | Kobayashi | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1959 | Hahakogusa | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1959 | A Man's Dark Finger | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1959 | Moonlight Mask: The Monster Gorilla | Film | 7.0 | 46 | |
| 1959 | Tokyo Detective Girl | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1959 | A Dead Drifter | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1959 | Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face | Film | — | 46 | |
| 1958 | The Sword Knows | Film | 8.0 | 45 | |
| 1958 | Wind, Woman and Road | Film | 7.8 | 45 | |
| 1958 | Points and Lines | Jutaro Toriumi | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1958 | Night Drum | Film | 5.9 | 45 | |
| 1958 | The Outsiders | Sugita | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1958 | No Advice Taken | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1958 | Detective Duel | Film | 6.0 | 45 | |
| 1958 | Police Precinct Part 7 | Film | — | 45 | |
| 1957 | The Eleventh Hour | Sunaga | Film | 7.4 | 44 |
| 1957 | The Story of Pure Love | Film | 6.8 | 44 | |
| 1957 | Ghost Ship Part 2 | Gensai Ihara | Film | 10.0 | 44 |
| 1957 | 続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻 | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1957 | Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1957 | Case of a Young Lord 4: Bridal Robe in Blood | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1957 | Sekki shichihenge | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1957 | Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki | Film | 8.0 | 44 | |
| 1957 | Showdown in Blood | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1957 | Rice | Film | 6.8 | 44 | |
| 1957 | The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend | The Fiend with Twenty Faces | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1957 | Glorious Standard Bearer | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1957 | Sendō shimai | Film | — | 44 | |
| 1957 | Case of Young Lord 5: Death of a Beauty at Midnight | Film | 10.0 | 44 | |
| 1956 | Darkness at Noon | Oshima | Film | 6.9 | 43 |
| 1956 | G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization | Film | 9.0 | 43 | |
| 1956 | Samurai of the Great Earth | Film | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1956 | The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye | Film | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1956 | 鍔鳴浪人 | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1956 | Police Precinct: The Left-Handed Killer | Sakata Goro | Film | — | 43 |
| 1956 | Lightning Karate Blow | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1956 | Avalanche | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1956 | Mother Peacock | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1956 | Tengoku wa doko da | Film | 8.0 | 43 | |
| 1956 | Manchurian Sunset | Tokimune | Film | — | 43 |
| 1956 | Meiken monogatari | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1955 | Yukiko | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1955 | The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes | Lieutenant Ishimaru | Film | 9.0 | 42 |
| 1955 | Foul Play | Chief Inspector Udagawa | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1955 | Seven Masks of Revenge | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1955 | 八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線 | 大月忠馬 | Film | — | 42 |
| 1955 | The Further Adventures of Genta | Film | — | 42 | |
| 1955 | Sisters | Film | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1954 | The Street Without Sun | Ishizuka | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1954 | A Billionaire | Sanpeita Den | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1954 | Fall of the Shogun's Militia | Film | 7.0 | 41 | |
| 1954 | Tomoshibi | Film | 7.0 | 41 | |
| 1954 | The End of a Day | Film | 7.5 | 41 | |
| 1954 | Aku no tanoshisa | Police officer | Film | — | 41 |
| 1954 | Ditch | Film | 7.5 | 41 | |
| 1954 | Wakai hito-tachi | Film | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 1953 | Hiroshima | Hideo Endo | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1953 | Tower of Lilies | Film | 6.8 | 40 | |
| 1953 | Hokusai | Narrator | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1953 | At the End of the Clouds | Film | — | 40 | |
| 1953 | A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land | Kaminari-san | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1952 | Vacuum Zone | Lt. Hayashi | Film | 8.5 | 39 |
| 1952 | Become a Mother, Become a Woman | Principal | Film | — | 39 |
| 1952 | Castle of Revenge | Film | — | 39 | |
| 1951 | Tales of a Drifter | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1951 | 限りなき情熱 | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1951 | Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1951 | Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask | Film | — | 38 | |
| 1950 | A Man from Akagi | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1950 | Fencing Master | Film | 5.7 | 37 | |
| 1950 | Zoku kagebōshi ryūkoaiutsutsu | Film | — | 37 | |
| 1950 | Kagebōshi | 日向一角 | Film | — | 37 |
| 1948 | Apostasy | Film | 6.0 | 35 | |
| 1948 | The Most Beautiful Day of My Life | Film | 9.0 | 35 |