Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

1929-05-24 – 2015-07-31 (age 86) Tokyo, Japan
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Biography

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.

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Known For

Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai

1954

as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

High and Low
High and Low

1963

as Detective Nakao

Ran
Ran

1985

as Koyota Hatakeyama

Yojimbo
Yojimbo

1961

as Ronin Kobuhachi

Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood

1957

as Guard killed by Washizu

The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress

1958

as Samurai (uncredited)

The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well

1960

as Itakura

XX: Beautiful Weapon
XX: Beautiful Weapon

1993

as Yasuhiro Kokubu

Godzilla 1985
Godzilla 1985

1985

as Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka

Japan Sinks
Japan Sinks

2006

as Professor Yamashiro

Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day

1967

as Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu

Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973

as Noburo Uchimoto

The Inugami Family
The Inugami Family

1976

as Police Chief Tachibana

Murder of the Inugami Clan
Murder of the Inugami Clan

2006

as Todoroki Shochô

Queen Bee
Queen Bee

1978

as Detective Todoroki

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

1957

as Narrator (uncredited)

Island of Hell
Island of Hell

1977

as Inspector Todoroki

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
Odin: Starlight Mutiny

1985

as Takeshi Suzuka