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