Actor
Daisuke Katō
Born February 18, 1911 in Tokyo, JapanDied July 31, 1975263 films
Daisuke Katō (加東 大介 Katō Daisuke, February 18, 1911 – July 31, 1975) was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 150 films, including Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as the loyal comrade Shichiroji), Rashomon, Yojimbo (as the "wild pig" Inokichi), Ikiru, and Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy and Chushingura.
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First watchSeven Samurai19548.5as ShichirojiA samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people…View filmEssential films
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263 films as actor- TBAKakute ninjutsu eiga wa owarinu
- 1974Center of TokyoZenzo
- 1972First Love
- 1971First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-FriKintarō Igari, Yoyo Finance Exec.
- 1971First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade StaffKintaro Igari
- 1971Morning for Two
- 1970Five Gents and a KuniangIshibashi Tetsukichi
- 1970Five Gents Fly to TaiwanTetsukichi Ishibashi
- 19695 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part IIIshiyama Gōzō (HR director)
- 19695 Gents Fly to KyushuGōzō Ishiyama (General Affairs Manager)
- 1968Admiral YamamotoChief of Press Section
- 1968Lemon in the RainbowGôzô Maeda
- 1968Gamblers: The RaidKichigorō
- 1968The Night before Pearl HarborKusanagi
- 1968Five Gents and a Chinese MerchantTsutomu Ariga
- 1968Five Gents and Karate GrandpaTsutomu Ariga (Takayama Trading General Affairs Manager)
- 1967Two in the ShadowHayashida
- 1967The Greatest Challenge of All
- 1967Japan's Longest DayKenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
- 1967Secret AssignmentKusanagi
- 1967Five Gents Prefer GeishaTetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
- 1967Our Silent Love
- 1967The Bogus Policeman
- 1967Zoku izuko e
- 1967Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: KamakiriGunpei Otaguro
- 1967Assignment Dragon No. 3Kusanagi
- 1967Discover Japan with the 5 GentsTetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
- 1966Once a Rainy Day
- 1966The Daphne
- 1966Assignment CloudKusanagi
- 1966The School of SpiesLieutenant Kusanagi
- 1966Moment of TerrorKawashima
- 1966Five Gents on the SpotKanju Goto
- 1966The Stranger Within a Woman
- 1966Rise Against the SwordBudeuemon Hattori
- 1966A Company President's Life StoryGotō Kanju (Managing Director)
- 1965Stairs of EvilKonishi
- 1965We Will Remember
- 1965Finances in Front of the Train Station
- 1965Sanshiro SugataHansuke Murai
- 1965A Chair in the Sunshine
- 1965President's Ninja Trick Book Part IIChūzō Togashi (Managing Director)
- 1965The Radish and the Carrot
- 1965Five Gents' Trick Book
- 1964Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins4th Sin & 7th Sin
- 1964SuperexpressYukichi Nakae
- 1964Nippon Paradise
- 1964The Naked ExecutiveTadokori - Executive
- 1964The Sharks
- 1964I'm a Bodyguard
- 19643 Gents in the Snow Country
- 1964Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
- 1964How to Make Money
- 1964Hail the 3 GentsTomioka (Sales Manager)
- 1963We Are SalarymenExecutive Motohashi
- 1963A Woman's LifeTobita
- 1963MirenMaster at 'Sekine'
- 1963Nonsense Boys
- 1963Aloha 3 GentsGentaro Ōshima (Managing Director)
- 19633 Gents In HawaiiOshima Gentaro (Executive Director)
- 1963Crazy Operation: First Move
- 1963Travel Stories of a Company President Part IIGenkichi Yamanaka (Sales Director)
- 1963A Salaryman's Reckless Family
- 1963Devices Stronger Than WomenDaisaku Sugishita (Publicity Manager)
- 1963Travel Stories of a Company President
- 1962Pachinko
- 1962Born in Sin
- 1962An Autumn AfternoonYoshitaro Sakamoto
- 1962ChûshinguraKichiemon Terasaka
- 1962Shin kitsune to tanuki
- 1962A Wanderer's NotebookNobuo Sadaoka
- 1962Star of Hong KongSyuhei Toru's brother-in-law
- 1962Ottamage ningyo monogatari
- 1962Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
- 1962Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
- 1962Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
- 1962Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
- 1962Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
- 1962The Wiser AgeRyokichi
- 1962Shimizu Port Salaryman
- 1961A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
- 1961Ganpā kachō
- 1961The End of SummerKitagawa Yanosuke
- 1961Awamori-kun kanpai!
- 1961Snow in the South Seas
- 1961A Night in Hong KongKenkichi Matsuyama
- 1961Playboy President: Part IIZensuke Kuramochi
- 1961The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
- 1961YojimboInokichi
- 1961Playboy PresidentKuramochi Zensuke
- 1961The Masterless 47 – Part II
- 1961The Preacher of Love
- 1960The Masterless 47Jyusaburo Onodera
- 1960Modern Moneymaking
- 1960Chikuhō no kodomotachi
- 1960Count on Me
- 1960The Husband Was a Baby
- 1960The Approach of AutumnTomioka
- 1960Older Wife, Younger Husband
- 1960This Greedy Old Skin
- 1960Jiyūgaoka fujin
- 1960Respect, Flatter, and Love
- 1960Yoru wa usotsuki
- 1960New Third Class Executive: Husband EducationKumakichi Onizuka
- 1960Singing in the SunKyosuke Tsumura
- 1960Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for SuccessOkubo Hikosaburō
- 1960Daughters, Wives and a MotherShusuke Tetsumoto
- 1960New Third Class Executive: Fortune TellerUchuu Takeda
- 1960The Happicoat Comedian
- 1960Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
- 1960The Gambling SamuraiEnzo Niko
- 1960Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome EpisodesŌkubo Hikosaburō
- 1960Hito mo arukebaNamitaro Namiki
- 1960Beyond the HillsYakichi Wada
- 1960When a Woman Ascends the StairsMatsukichi Sekine
- 1960New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and DrinkingKumakichi Onizuka (Maiko's father)
- 1960The Five Jolly Thieves
- 1959The Spear Master
- 1959The Terrible GameUncle Zenkichi
- 1959Kiri aru jyoji