Takeshi Katō
Actor
Born May 24, 1929 · Tokyo, Japan
Active 1953–2015
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.
Filmography
愛のホットラインSeven Samurai (1954) — Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)Ran (1985) — Koyota HatakeyamaYojimbo (1961) — Ronin KobuhachiHigh and Low (1963) — Detective NakaoThrone of Blood (1957) — Guard killed by WashizuThe Hidden Fortress (1958) — Samurai (uncredited)The Bad Sleep Well (1960) — ItakuraGodzilla 1985 (1985) — Internal Trade and Industry Minister KasaokaBattles Without Honor and Humanity (1973) — Noburo UchimotoSword of the Beast (1965) — KatoriPigs and Battleships (1961) — OhachiBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War (1973) — Noboru UchimotoBattles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics (1974) — Noburo UchimotoJapan's Longest Day (1967) — Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune SakomizuA Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957) — Narrator (uncredited)Fighting Elegy (1966)Zatoichi's Revenge (1965) — Koheita KadokuraThe Inugami Family (1976) — Police Chief TachibanaXX: Beautiful Weapon (1993) — Yasuhiro KokubuHappiness of Us Alone (1961)Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)The Thick-Walled Room (1956)None But the Brave (1965) — Sgt. Tamura