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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Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

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

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

1973

as Noboru Uchimoto

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

1974

as Noburo Uchimoto

Odin: Starlight Mutiny

Odin: Starlight Mutiny

1985

as Takeshi Suzuka