Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Known for
Acting
Born
February 18, 1911
Died
July 31, 1975 (aged 64)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan

Biography

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.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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Kakute ninjutsu eiga wa owarinu

Kakute ninjutsu eiga wa owarinu

Movie

1974
Center of Tokyo poster

Center of Tokyo

Movie · as Zenzo

1972
First Love poster

First Love

Movie

1971
Morning for Two poster

Morning for Two

Movie

1971
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff poster

First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff

Movie · as Kintaro Igari

1971
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri poster

First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri

Movie · as Kintarō Igari, Yoyo Finance Exec.

1970
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan poster

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan

Movie · as Tetsukichi Ishibashi

1970
Five Gents and a Kuniang poster

Five Gents and a Kuniang

Movie · as Ishibashi Tetsukichi

1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu poster

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu

Movie · as Gōzō Ishiyama (General Affairs Manager)

1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II poster

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II

Movie · as Ishiyama Gōzō (HR director)

1968
Admiral Yamamoto poster

Admiral Yamamoto

Movie · as Chief of Press Section

1968
The Night before Pearl Harbor poster

The Night before Pearl Harbor

Movie · as Kusanagi

1968
Gamblers: The Raid poster

Gamblers: The Raid

Movie · as Kichigorō

1968
Lemon in the Rainbow poster

Lemon in the Rainbow

Movie · as Gôzô Maeda

1968
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa poster

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

Movie · as Tsutomu Ariga (Takayama Trading General Affairs Manager)

1968
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant poster

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

Movie · as Tsutomu Ariga

1968
Ryoma ga Yuku poster

Ryoma ga Yuku

TV · as Katsu Kaishu · 52 eps

1967
The Greatest Challenge of All poster

The Greatest Challenge of All

Movie

1967
The Bogus Policeman poster

The Bogus Policeman

Movie

1967
Two in the Shadow poster

Two in the Shadow

Movie · as Hayashida

1967
Secret Assignment poster

Secret Assignment

Movie · as Kusanagi

1967
Assignment Dragon No. 3 poster

Assignment Dragon No. 3

Movie · as Kusanagi

1967
Japan's Longest Day poster

Japan's Longest Day

Movie · as Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director

1967
Zoku izuko e poster

Zoku izuko e

Movie

1967
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents poster

Discover Japan with the 5 Gents

Movie · as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)

1967
Five Gents Prefer Geisha poster

Five Gents Prefer Geisha

Movie · as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)

1967
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri poster

Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri

Movie · as Gunpei Otaguro

1967
Our Silent Love poster

Our Silent Love

Movie

1967
Tabiji poster

Tabiji

TV · as 塩谷駅長・南部斎五郎 · 309 eps

1966
The Stranger Within a Woman poster

The Stranger Within a Woman

Movie

1966
Moment of Terror poster

Moment of Terror

Movie · as Kawashima

1966
Once a Rainy Day

Once a Rainy Day

Movie

1966
Assignment Cloud poster

Assignment Cloud

Movie · as Kusanagi

1966
The School of Spies poster

The School of Spies

Movie · as Lieutenant Kusanagi

1966
Rise Against the Sword poster

Rise Against the Sword

Movie · as Budeuemon Hattori

1966
The Daphne poster

The Daphne

Movie

1966
A Company President's Life Story poster

A Company President's Life Story

Movie · as Gotō Kanju (Managing Director)

1966
Five Gents on the Spot poster

Five Gents on the Spot

Movie · as Kanju Goto

1965
Stairs of Evil poster

Stairs of Evil

Movie · as Konishi

1965
The Radish and the Carrot poster

The Radish and the Carrot

Movie

1965
Sanshiro Sugata poster

Sanshiro Sugata

Movie · as Hansuke Murai

1965
Five Gents' Trick Book poster

Five Gents' Trick Book

Movie

1965
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II poster

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II

Movie · as Chūzō Togashi (Managing Director)

1965
We Will Remember poster

We Will Remember

Movie

1965
A Chair in the Sunshine

A Chair in the Sunshine

Movie

1965
Finances in Front of the Train Station poster

Finances in Front of the Train Station

Movie

1964
Hail the 3 Gents poster

Hail the 3 Gents

Movie · as Tomioka (Sales Manager)

1964
The Naked Executive poster

The Naked Executive

Movie · as Tadokori - Executive

1964
3 Gents in the Snow Country poster

3 Gents in the Snow Country

Movie

1964
Nippon Paradise

Nippon Paradise

Movie

1964
How to Make Money poster

How to Make Money

Movie

1964
Superexpress poster

Superexpress

Movie · as Yukichi Nakae

1964
I'm a Bodyguard poster

I'm a Bodyguard

Movie

1964
The Sharks poster

The Sharks

Movie

1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag poster

Mr. Giant's Victory Flag

Movie

1964
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins poster

Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins

Movie · as 4th Sin & 7th Sin

1963
A Woman's Life poster

A Woman's Life

Movie · as Tobita

1963
Nonsense Boys poster

Nonsense Boys

Movie

1963
Crazy Operation: First Move poster

Crazy Operation: First Move

Movie

1963
Travel Stories of a Company President poster

Travel Stories of a Company President

Movie

1963
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II poster

Travel Stories of a Company President Part II

Movie · as Genkichi Yamanaka (Sales Director)

1963
3 Gents In Hawaii poster

3 Gents In Hawaii

Movie · as Oshima Gentaro (Executive Director)

1963
Aloha 3 Gents poster

Aloha 3 Gents

Movie · as Gentaro Ōshima (Managing Director)

1963
Miren poster

Miren

Movie · as Master at 'Sekine'

1963
We Are Salarymen poster

We Are Salarymen

Movie · as Executive Motohashi

1963
Devices Stronger Than  Women poster

Devices Stronger Than Women

Movie · as Daisaku Sugishita (Publicity Manager)

1963
A Salaryman's Reckless Family poster

A Salaryman's Reckless Family

Movie

1962
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun poster

Kanpai! Sararīman shokun

Movie

1962
Chûshingura poster

Chûshingura

Movie · as Kichiemon Terasaka

1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II poster

Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II

Movie

1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman poster

Shimizu Port Salaryman

Movie

1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni poster

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni

Movie

1962
Star of Hong Kong poster

Star of Hong Kong

Movie · as Syuhei Toru's brother-in-law

1962
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong poster

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

Movie

1962
Ottamage ningyo monogatari poster

Ottamage ningyo monogatari

Movie

1962
Shin kitsune to tanuki poster

Shin kitsune to tanuki

Movie

1962
A Wanderer's Notebook poster

A Wanderer's Notebook

Movie · as Nobuo Sadaoka

1962
The Wiser Age poster

The Wiser Age

Movie · as Ryokichi

1962
Born in Sin poster

Born in Sin

Movie

1962
An Autumn Afternoon poster

An Autumn Afternoon

Movie · as Yoshitaro Sakamoto

1962
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo poster

Three Gentlemen from Tokyo

Movie

1962
Pachinko poster

Pachinko

Movie

1961
Yojimbo poster

Yojimbo

Movie · as Inokichi

1961
The End of Summer poster

The End of Summer

Movie · as Kitagawa Yanosuke

1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox poster

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox

Movie

1961
Snow in the South Seas poster

Snow in the South Seas

Movie

1961
A Night in Hong Kong poster

A Night in Hong Kong

Movie · as Kenkichi Matsuyama

1961
Awamori-kun kanpai! poster

Awamori-kun kanpai!

Movie

1961
The Masterless 47 – Part II poster

The Masterless 47 – Part II

Movie

1961
The Preacher of Love poster

The Preacher of Love

Movie

1961
Playboy President poster

Playboy President

Movie · as Kuramochi Zensuke

1961
Playboy President: Part II poster

Playboy President: Part II

Movie · as Zensuke Kuramochi

1961
Ganpā kachō

Ganpā kachō

Movie

1961
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking poster

The Age of Lawless Moneymaking

Movie

1960
Beyond the Hills poster

Beyond the Hills

Movie · as Yakichi Wada

1960
Hito mo arukeba poster

Hito mo arukeba

Movie · as Namitaro Namiki

1960
The Masterless 47 poster

The Masterless 47

Movie · as Jyusaburo Onodera

1960
Chikuhō no kodomotachi poster

Chikuhō no kodomotachi

Movie

1960
This Greedy Old Skin poster

This Greedy Old Skin

Movie

1960
The Approach of Autumn poster

The Approach of Autumn

Movie · as Tomioka

1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother poster

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Movie · as Shusuke Tetsumoto

1960
The Gambling Samurai poster

The Gambling Samurai

Movie · as Enzo Niko

1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs poster

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Movie · as Matsukichi Sekine

1960
Jiyūgaoka fujin poster

Jiyūgaoka fujin

Movie

1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking poster

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

Movie · as Kumakichi Onizuka (Maiko's father)

1960
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller poster

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller

Movie · as Uchuu Takeda

1960
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education poster

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

Movie · as Kumakichi Onizuka

1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes poster

Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes

Movie · as Ōkubo Hikosaburō

1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success poster

Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success

Movie · as Okubo Hikosaburō

1960
Singing in the Sun poster

Singing in the Sun

Movie · as Kyosuke Tsumura

1960
Older Wife, Younger Husband poster

Older Wife, Younger Husband

Movie

1960
The Husband Was a Baby poster

The Husband Was a Baby

Movie

1960
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1 poster

Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1

Movie

1960
Respect, Flatter, and Love

Respect, Flatter, and Love

Movie

1960
Yoru wa usotsuki poster

Yoru wa usotsuki

Movie

1960
The Happicoat Comedian poster

The Happicoat Comedian

Movie

1960
Modern Moneymaking poster

Modern Moneymaking

Movie

1960
Count on Me poster

Count on Me

Movie

1960
The Five Jolly Thieves poster

The Five Jolly Thieves

Movie

1959
I Want to Be a Shellfish poster

I Want to Be a Shellfish

Movie · as Takeuchi

1959
Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers poster

Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers

Movie

1959
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period poster

Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period

Movie

1959
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II poster

Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II

Movie

1959
The Terrible Game poster

The Terrible Game

Movie · as Uncle Zenkichi

1959
New Third-Class Executive poster

New Third-Class Executive

Movie · as Kumahira Onizuka

1959
Fox and Raccoon poster

Fox and Raccoon

Movie · as Kyota Aoshima

1959
The College Ruggers poster

The College Ruggers

Movie · as Jirō Shimizu

1959
Young Lovers poster

Young Lovers

Movie · as Renzō Dōjima

1959
Samurai in the Office poster

Samurai in the Office

Movie

1959
Kiri aru jyoji poster

Kiri aru jyoji

Movie

1959
The Spear Master poster

The Spear Master

Movie

1959
Violent Ishimatsu poster

Violent Ishimatsu

Movie

1959
Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts poster

Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts

Movie

1958
Oban kanketsu hen poster

Oban kanketsu hen

Movie · as Ushinotsuke Akabane

1958
Yaji and Kita on the Road poster

Yaji and Kita on the Road

Movie · as Yajirobei Tochimen'ya

1958
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku poster

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

Movie

1958
Little Peach poster

Little Peach

Movie · as Suga

1958
Assistant President poster

Assistant President

Movie

1958
Summer Clouds poster

Summer Clouds

Movie

1958
Bright Young Maidens poster

Bright Young Maidens

Movie · as Zenkichi Shibata, Sumiko's Father

1958
The Naked General poster

The Naked General

Movie

1958
A Bridge for Two Alone poster

A Bridge for Two Alone

Movie

1958
The Third President poster

The Third President

Movie

1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring poster

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

Movie · as Kikuzō (head clerk)

1958
Holiday in Tokyo poster

Holiday in Tokyo

Movie

1958
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3 poster

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3

Movie · as Hajime Sawada

1957
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen poster

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen

Movie · as Ushinotsuke Akabane

1957
Ôban poster

Ôban

Movie · as Ushinosuke Akaba

1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen poster

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

Movie · as Ushinosuke Akaba

1957
Snow Country poster

Snow Country

Movie · as Inn proprietor

1957
Untamed Woman poster

Untamed Woman

Movie · as Onoda, the second husband

1957
Itohan Monogatari poster

Itohan Monogatari

Movie · as Matsukichi

1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2 poster

Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2

Movie · as Sōda Hajime

1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman poster

Diary of a Successful Salaryman

Movie · as Sōda Hajime

1957
The Ornery Entrance to the Sumo Ring with a Sword poster

The Ornery Entrance to the Sumo Ring with a Sword

Movie

1957
Wasureji no gogo 8 ji 13 pun poster

Wasureji no gogo 8 ji 13 pun

Movie

1956
Early Spring poster

Early Spring

Movie · as Sakamoto

1956
Dotanba poster

Dotanba

Movie

1956
Outlaw island poster

Outlaw island

Movie

1956
Street of Shame poster

Street of Shame

Movie · as Mr. Nomura

1956
The Storm poster

The Storm

Movie

1956
Fountainhead poster

Fountainhead

Movie

1956
Will-o'-the-Wisp poster

Will-o'-the-Wisp

Movie

1956
Flowing poster

Flowing

Movie · as Yoneko's Ex

1956
Sudden Rain poster

Sudden Rain

Movie · as Kawakami

1956
A Wife's Heart poster

A Wife's Heart

Movie

1956
Swordsman of the Two Sword Style poster

Swordsman of the Two Sword Style

Movie · as Kamo Jinnai

1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island poster

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Movie · as Toji Gion

1956
Samurai of the Great Earth poster

Samurai of the Great Earth

Movie

1956
The Spoiled Brat President poster

The Spoiled Brat President

Movie

1956
Gendai no yokubô poster

Gendai no yokubô

Movie

1956
The Lady Was Pawn poster

The Lady Was Pawn

Movie

1956
A Brother and His Sister poster

A Brother and His Sister

Movie · as Hayashi

1956
Pure Love poster

Pure Love

Movie

1956
Easy-Going Married Couple poster

Easy-Going Married Couple

Movie

1956
Sabakareru jūdai poster

Sabakareru jūdai

Movie

1956
Spark poster

Spark

Movie

1956
8:13 PM poster

8:13 PM

Movie

1955
Floating Clouds poster

Floating Clouds

Movie · as Seikichi Mukai

1955
Twilight Saloon poster

Twilight Saloon

Movie · as Kibe

1955
The Romance of Yushima poster

The Romance of Yushima

Movie

1955
Ejima and Ikushima poster

Ejima and Ikushima

Movie · as 井口

1955
Mune yori mune ni poster

Mune yori mune ni

Movie · as Hazama

1955
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji poster

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji

Movie · as Genta

1955
Here Is a Spring poster

Here Is a Spring

Movie

1955
Foul Play poster

Foul Play

Movie · as Goro Seo

1955
No Time for Tears poster

No Time for Tears

Movie

1955
Seven Masks of Revenge poster

Seven Masks of Revenge

Movie

1955
The Lone Journey poster

The Lone Journey

Movie

1955
A Woman's Life poster

A Woman's Life

Movie · as police officer

1955
Gojūen yokochō poster

Gojūen yokochō

Movie

1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple poster

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

Movie · as Toji Gion

1955
Tôjûrô no koi poster

Tôjûrô no koi

Movie · as Kichisuke

1955
Tsubakuro kasa poster

Tsubakuro kasa

Movie

1954
Turbid Youth poster

Turbid Youth

Movie

1954
Mako Osorubeshi poster

Mako Osorubeshi

Movie

1954
爆笑天国 とんち教室 poster

爆笑天国 とんち教室

Movie

1954
Late Chrysanthemums poster

Late Chrysanthemums

Movie · as Itaya

1954
Mother's First Love poster

Mother's First Love

Movie

1954
Seven Samurai poster

Seven Samurai

Movie · as Shichiroji

1954
The Surf poster

The Surf

Movie · as Chiyoko's Father

1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto poster

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

Movie · as Toji

1954
All of Myself poster

All of Myself

Movie · as Oda Jukichi

1954
Husband on the Run poster

Husband on the Run

Movie

1954
Brotherly Love poster

Brotherly Love

Movie

1954
Four Mothers

Four Mothers

Movie

1954
Yearning poster

Yearning

Movie

1954
Mashiroki Fuji no mine poster

Mashiroki Fuji no mine

Movie

1953
An Edoite Judge poster

An Edoite Judge

Movie · as Tasuke Uoya

1953
Mr. Pu poster

Mr. Pu

Movie

1953
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow poster

Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow

Movie

1953
Jirocho's Home-Coming poster

Jirocho's Home-Coming

Movie

1953
Yasugorō shusse poster

Yasugorō shusse

Movie

1953
The Blue Revolution poster

The Blue Revolution

Movie

1953
Ganpeki poster

Ganpeki

Movie

1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu poster

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu

Movie

1953
Moth Lamp poster

Moth Lamp

Movie

1952
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu poster

Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

Movie

1952
Mother poster

Mother

Movie · as Sokichi Kimura

1952
The Life of Oharu poster

The Life of Oharu

Movie · as Tasaburo Hishiya

1952
Forty-Eight Man poster

Forty-Eight Man

Movie

1952
恐妻時代 poster

恐妻時代

Movie · as Nakahata

1952
Vendetta of a Samurai poster

Vendetta of a Samurai

Movie

1952
Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil poster

Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil

Movie

1952
Ikiru poster

Ikiru

Movie · as Yakuza

1952
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and  Clouds poster

One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds

Movie

1952
The Woman Who Touched the Legs poster

The Woman Who Touched the Legs

Movie

1952
Shanghai Rose poster

Shanghai Rose

Movie · as Liu, Ding's men

1952
Sanmanryō gojūsantsugi poster

Sanmanryō gojūsantsugi

Movie

1952
Castle of Carnage poster

Castle of Carnage

Movie

1952
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki poster

Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki

Movie

1951
The Tale of Genji poster

The Tale of Genji

Movie

1951
A Spectacular Murder poster

A Spectacular Murder

Movie

1951
The Inner Palace Conspiracy poster

The Inner Palace Conspiracy

Movie · as Tajimi

1951
The Bitch poster

The Bitch

Movie · as Gorō Matoba

1951
The Killing of Otsuya poster

The Killing of Otsuya

Movie · as Mita

1951
Jushu karasu poster

Jushu karasu

Movie

1951
Tsuki no wataridori poster

Tsuki no wataridori

Movie

1951
Freedom School poster

Freedom School

Movie

1950
Rashomon poster

Rashomon

Movie · as Policeman

1950
G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape poster

G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape

Movie

1950
A Man from Akagi poster

A Man from Akagi

Movie

1950
The Motherland Far Far Away poster

The Motherland Far Far Away

Movie · as Tommy Shôkyokusai

1950
I Am a Bodyguard poster

I Am a Bodyguard

Movie

1950
Yami ni hikarume poster

Yami ni hikarume

Movie

1950
Kazanmyaku poster

Kazanmyaku

Movie

1950
Duel in Senjo Mountain poster

Duel in Senjo Mountain

Movie

1950
Senryō hada poster

Senryō hada

Movie

1950
The Scarlet Bat poster

The Scarlet Bat

Movie

1949
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood poster

Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood

Movie · as Yasu

1949
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain poster

The Flower That Crossed the Mountain

Movie

1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 poster

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

Movie · as Shinkichi

1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 poster

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

Movie · as Shinkichi

1949
The Man Who Laughs Last poster

The Man Who Laughs Last

Movie

1949
Goblin Courier poster

Goblin Courier

Movie

1949
Onna goroshi abura jigoku

Onna goroshi abura jigoku

Movie

1949
Chobei the Rogue

Chobei the Rogue

Movie

1948
G-Men of Japan poster

G-Men of Japan

Movie

1948
Tengu of Kiso poster

Tengu of Kiso

Movie

1948
The Fifth Witness

The Fifth Witness

Movie

1941
The 47 Ronin poster

The 47 Ronin

Movie · as Fuwa Kazuemon

1938
The Abe Clan poster

The Abe Clan

Movie

1937
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn poster

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn

Movie

1937
Humanity and Paper Balloons poster

Humanity and Paper Balloons

Movie · as Isuke

1936
Priest of Darkness poster

Priest of Darkness

Movie · as Kenta