Daisuke Katō

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-02-18 (64 years old)

Deathday

1975-07-31

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Daisuke Katō

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.

Acting

1950

Rashomon

as Policeman

1956

Early Spring

as Sakamoto

1961

Yojimbo

as Inokichi

1961

The End of Summer

as Kitagawa Yanosuke

1952

Mother

as Sokichi Kimura

1952

The Life of Oharu

as Tasaburo Hishiya

1962

Chûshingura

as Kichiemon Terasaka

1952

恐妻時代

as Nakahata

1953

An Edoite Judge

as Tasuke Uoya

1941

The 47 Ronin

as Fuwa Kazuemon

1964

The Naked Executive

as Tadokori - Executive

1955

Floating Clouds

as Seikichi Mukai

1957

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen

as Ushinotsuke Akabane

1958

Oban kanketsu hen

as Ushinotsuke Akabane

1957

Ôban

as Ushinosuke Akaba

1957

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

as Ushinosuke Akaba

1960

Beyond the Hills

as Yakichi Wada

1958

Yaji and Kita on the Road

as Yajirobei Tochimen'ya

1962

Star of Hong Kong

as Syuhei Toru's brother-in-law

1960

Hito mo arukeba

as Namitaro Namiki

1955

1958

1955

1956

Street of Shame

as Mr. Nomura

1960

The Masterless 47

as Jyusaburo Onodera

1955

1968

Admiral Yamamoto

as Chief of Press Section

1952

Ikiru

as Yakuza

1956

Flowing

as Yoneko's Ex

1956

Sudden Rain

as Kawakami

1960

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

as Shusuke Tetsumoto

1962

A Wanderer's Notebook

as Nobuo Sadaoka

1955

Foul Play

as Goro Seo

1960

1965

Stairs of Evil

as Konishi

1960

1962

The Wiser Age

as Ryokichi

1966

Moment of Terror

as Kawashima

1958

Bright Young Maidens

as Zenkichi Shibata, Sumiko's Father

1953

1967

Two in the Shadow

as Hayashida

1961

A Night in Hong Kong

as Kenkichi Matsuyama

1966

Assignment Cloud

as Kusanagi

1967

1966

The School of Spies

as Lieutenant Kusanagi

1957

Snow Country

as Inn proprietor

1957

Untamed Woman

as Onoda, the second husband

1964

Superexpress

as Yukichi Nakae

1966

Rise Against the Sword

as Budeuemon Hattori

1951

The Bitch

as Gorō Matoba

1962

An Autumn Afternoon

as Yoshitaro Sakamoto

1954

Seven Samurai

as Shichiroji

1957

Itohan Monogatari

as Matsukichi

1952

Shanghai Rose

as Liu, Ding's men

1936

1955

A Woman's Life

as police officer

1968

Gamblers: The Raid

as Kichigorō

1965

Sanshiro Sugata

as Hansuke Murai

1968

1954

The Surf

as Chiyoko's Father

1967

Japan's Longest Day

as Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director

1950

The Motherland Far Far Away

as Tommy Shôkyokusai

1954

All of Myself

as Oda Jukichi

1959

The Terrible Game

as Uncle Zenkichi

1974

1959

New Third-Class Executive

as Kumahira Onizuka

1960

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

as Kumakichi Onizuka (Maiko's father)

1961

Playboy President

as Kuramochi Zensuke

1961

Playboy President: Part II

as Zensuke Kuramochi

1963

Travel Stories of a Company President Part II

as Genkichi Yamanaka (Sales Director)

1963

Company President Travels Abroad

as Oshima Gentaro (Executive Director)

1963

Company President Travels Abroad Part II

as Gentaro Ōshima (Managing Director)

1965

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II

as Chūzō Togashi (Managing Director)

1966

A Company President's Life Story

as Gotō Kanju (Managing Director)

1966

1958

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

as Kikuzō (head clerk)

1967

Discover Japan with the 5 Gents

as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)

1967

Five Gents Prefer Geisha

as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)

1968

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

as Tsutomu Ariga (Takayama Trading General Affairs Manager)

1969

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu

as Gōzō Ishiyama (General Affairs Manager)

1969

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II

as Ishiyama Gōzō (HR director)

1970

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan

as Tetsukichi Ishibashi

1970

Five Gents and a Kuniang

as Ishibashi Tetsukichi

1963

Miren

as Master at 'Sekine'

Production

1961

Snow in the South Seas

as Original Story

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