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
Seven Samurai
(1954)
Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
High and Low
(1963)
Detective Nakao
Ran
(1985)
Koyota Hatakeyama
Yojimbo
(1961)
Ronin Kobuhachi
The Hidden Fortress
(1958)
Samurai (uncredited)
Throne of Blood
(1957)
Guard killed by Washizu
The Bad Sleep Well
(1960)
Itakura
Mifune: The Last Samurai
(2016)
Self - Actor
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
(1974)
Noburo Uchimoto
Japan's Longest Day
(1967)
Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
Japan Sinks
(2006)
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
(1973)
Noburo Uchimoto
Sword of the Beast
(1965)
Katori
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
(1973)
Noburo Uchimoto
Fighting Elegy
(1966)
Night Scandal in Japan
(1964)
Full Filmography
Acting
Wife
(1953)
An Inlet of Muddy Water
(1953)
Seven Samurai
(1954)
Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
The Thick-Walled Room
(1956)
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
(1957)
Narrator (uncredited)
Throne of Blood
(1957)
Guard killed by Washizu
Endless Desire
(1958)
Brutal yakuza
The Hidden Fortress
(1958)
Samurai (uncredited)
Room for Let
(1959)
Volunteering for Villainy
(1960)
Deka
The Bad Sleep Well
(1960)
Itakura
The Crimson Plains
(1961)
Koike
Pigs and Battleships
(1961)
Ohachi
Nosappu no jū
(1961)
Yojimbo
(1961)
Ronin Kobuhachi
Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
(1961)
早射ち無頼 大平原の男
(1961)
Lost in the Sun
(1961)
Happiness of Us Alone
(1961)
A Wanderer's Notebook
(1962)
Uenoyama
Cupola, Where the Furnaces Glow
(1962)
Mr. Noda
This Madding Crowd
(1962)
Kimagure tosei
(1962)
Moeru minamijūjisei
(1962)
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
(1962)
The Lucky General
(1962)
Yume de aimasho
(1962)
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
(1962)
The Gambling Monk
(1963)
Mother
(1963)
Toshiro
Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
(1963)
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
(1963)
High and Low
(1963)
Detective Nakao
Night Scandal in Japan
(1964)
The Spying Sorceress
(1964)
Only on Mondays
(1964)
Yuka's sugar-daddy
Whirlpool of Flesh
(1964)
Segawa
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
(1964)
Makoto Misugi
Tale of Japanese Burglars
(1965)
Public prosecutor Tamura
Three Yakuza
(1965)
The Ghost of the Hunchback
(1965)
Keisuke Munakata
New Treasure Island
(1965)
Long John Silver (voice)
The Last Judgment
(1965)
Sword of the Beast
(1965)
Katori
None But the Brave
(1965)
Sgt. Tamura
Zatoichi's Revenge
(1965)
Koheita Kadokura
Moment of Terror
(1966)
The Great White Tower
(1966)
Fighting Elegy
(1966)
Kill or get killed!
(1966)
Scorpion
(1967)
Japan's Longest Day
(1967)
Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
Neon taiheiki
(1968)
The Sands of Kurobe
(1968)
Kunikida
Battle of the Japan Sea
(1969)
Chief of Staff Officer Kato
The Girl I Abandoned
(1969)
Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
(1969)
Zenigeba
(1970)
Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai
(1971)
Love for Eternity
(1971)
The Class of the Sewage Canal
(1972)
The Pirates of Buban
(1972)
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
(1972)
Summer Soldiers
(1972)
Driver
Miyamoto Musashi
(1973)
Iwama Kakubei
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
(1973)
Noburo Uchimoto
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
(1973)
Noburo Uchimoto
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
(1974)
Noburo Uchimoto
The Gate of Youth
(1975)
Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
(1976)
The Inugamis
(1976)
Police Chief Tachibana
Island of Hell
(1977)
Inspector Todoroki
Lullaby to Kill
(1977)
Inspector Tachibana
Queen Bee
(1978)
Detective Todoroki
The Phoenix
(1978)
Kamamushi
Love and Faith
(1978)
The House of Hanging
(1979)
Inspector Todoroki
The First Catch
(1980)
Koto: The Ancient City
(1980)
Lonely Heart
(1981)
Dansen
(1983)
The Fir Trees Remain
(1983)
Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon!
(1983)
Children of Nagasaki
(1983)
Voice from the Dark
(1983)
Toyokichi Kuze
Location
(1984)
Hara
For Kayako
(1984)
Kyusu Im
Watashi no naka no shōfu
(1984)
Fisherman A
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
(1984)
Kingo
Zero
(1984)
Ugaki
Yume-Chiyo
(1985)
Ran
(1985)
Koyota Hatakeyama
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
(1985)
Takeshi Suzuka
Crybaby Chacha
(1987)
Hana no Asuka-gumi!
(1988)
Four Days of Snow and Blood
(1989)
Kohei Kashi
Company Executives
(1989)
Virgin Road
(1989)
Free and Easy 4
(1991)
Akiyama
The Tale of Genji
(1991)
The Great Shogunate Battle
(1991)
Noh Mask Murders
(1991)
Assistant Inspector Senba
Free and Easy 5
(1992)
Free and Easy 6
(1993)
XX: Beautiful Weapon
(1993)
Yasuhiro Kokubu
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
(1993)
Free and Easy Special
(1994)
Free and Easy 8
(1996)
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
(1998)
Free and Easy 10
(1998)
The Geisha House
(1999)
Kitayama
Across a Gold Prairie
(1999)
Takashi Kanzaki
Dora-heita
(2000)
Toneri Uchijima
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
(2001)
Managing Director Akiyama
Run Ichiro Run
(2001)
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Bad Sleep Well
(2002)
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: The Lower Depths
(2002)
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress'
(2002)
Self
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low'
(2002)
Self
Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space
(2002)
Zombie Cat (Voice)
Free and Easy 15
(2004)
Tracing Jake
(2004)
Free and Easy 16
(2005)
Akiyama
Japan Sinks
(2006)
Aogeba Tôtoshi
(2006)
Koichi's father
Free and Easy 17
(2006)
Murder of the Inugami Clan
(2006)
Todoroki Shochô
Free and Easy 18
(2007)
You'll Die Six Hours Later
(2008)
Free and Easy 20: Final
(2009)
Mifune: The Last Samurai
(2016)
Self - Actor
Horny Ghost
(2019)
Tsuyoshi Katô