
Takeshi Katō
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 24, 1929
- Died
- July 31, 2015
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
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

Mifune: The Last Samurai 2016
as Self - Actor

Free and Easy 20: Final 2009
Actor

You'll Die Six Hours Later 2008
Actor

Free and Easy 18 2007
Actor

Murder of the Inugami Clan 2006
as Todoroki Shochô

Free and Easy 17 2006
Actor

Japan Sinks 2006
as Professor Yamashiro

Aogeba Tôtoshi 2006
as Koichi's father

Free and Easy 16 2005
as Akiyama

Free and Easy 15 2004
Actor

Tracing Jake 2004
Actor

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Bad Sleep Well' 2002
as Self

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'High and Low' 2002
as Self

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Lower Depths' 2002
as Self

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'The Hidden Fortress' 2002
as Self

Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space 2002
as Zombie Cat (Voice)

Free and Easy 13 2002
Actor

Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows 2001
Actor

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji 2001
Actor

Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project 2001
as Managing Director Akiyama

Run Ichiro Run 2001
Actor

Dora-heita 2000
as Toneri Uchijima

Across a Gold Prairie 1999
as Takashi Kanzaki

The Geisha House 1999
as Kitayama

Free and Easy: Samurai Edition 1998
Actor

Free and Easy 10 1998
Actor

The 8-Tomb Village 1996
Actor

Free and Easy 8 1996
Actor

Free and Easy 7 1994
Actor

Free and Easy Special 1994
Actor

Free and Easy 6 1993
Actor

XX: Beautiful Weapon 1993
as Yasuhiro Kokubu

Kogarashi Monjirō Returns 1993
Actor

Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon! 1993
Actor

Free and Easy 5 1992
Actor

Free and Easy 4 1991
as Akiyama

The Great Shogunate Battle 1991
Actor

Noh Mask Murders 1991
as Assistant Inspector Senba

Battleship Yamato 1990
as General Koshirō Oikawa

Virgin Road 1989
Actor

Four Days of Snow and Blood 1989
as Kohei Kashi

Company Executives 1989
Actor

Crybaby Chacha 1987
Actor

Godzilla 1985 1985
as Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka

Odin: Starlight Mutiny 1985
as Takeshi Suzuka

Yume-Chiyo 1985
Actor

Ran 1985
as Koyota Hatakeyama

The Return of Godzilla 1984
as Trade Minister

For Kayako 1984
as Kyusu Im

Watashi no naka no shōfu 1984
as Fisherman A

Location 1984
as Hara

Zero 1984
as Ugaki

Marriage Counselor Tora-san 1984
as 金吾

Dansen 1983
Actor

The Fir Trees Remain 1983
Actor

The Politicians 1983
Actor

Children of Nagasaki 1983
Actor

Voice from the Dark 1983
as Toyokichi Kuze

Fossilized Wilderness 1982
Actor

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 1982
as Grand Wazir (voice)

Hamlet is Missing 1981
Actor

Flame of Father and Son 1981
Actor

Lonely Heart 1981
Actor

The First Catch 1980
Actor

Koto: The Ancient City 1980
Actor

The House of Hanging 1979
as Inspector Todoroki

The Phoenix 1978
as Kamamushi

Love and Faith 1978
Actor

Queen Bee 1978
as Detective Todoroki

Island of Hell 1977
as Inspector Todoroki

Lullaby to Kill 1977
as Inspector Tachibana

The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh 1976
Actor

The Inugami Family 1976
as Police Chief Tachibana

The Gate of Youth 1975
Actor

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics 1974
as Noburo Uchimoto

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War 1973
as Noboru Uchimoto

Miyamoto Musashi 1973
as Iwama Kakubei

Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro 1973
as Kikutarō Yamada

Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1973
as Noburo Uchimoto

The Class of the Sewage Canal 1972
Actor

Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy 1972
Actor

Summer Soldiers 1972
as Driver

The Pirates of Buban 1972
Actor

Love for Eternity 1971
Actor

Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai 1971
Actor

300 Million Yen Mission 1971
Actor

Zenigeba 1970
Actor

The Summit of Mt. Fuji 1970
Actor

The Girl I Abandoned 1969
Actor

Battle of the Japan Sea 1969
as Chief of Staff Officer Kato

Black Comedy - Ah, Fool 1969
Actor

Trigger-Happy 1968
Actor

Kawachi's Futen Tribe 1968
Actor

The Neon Taiheiki 1968
Actor

The Sands of Kurobe 1968
as Kunikida

Japan's Longest Day 1967
as Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu

Scorpion 1967
Actor

Fighting Elegy 1966
Actor

The Great White Tower 1966
as Professor Nozaka

Kill or Be Killed 1966
Actor

Moment of Terror 1966
Actor

Sword of the Beast 1965
as Katori

House of Terrors 1965
as Keisuke Munakata

Three Yakuza 1965
Actor

The Last Judgment 1965
Actor

Tale of Japanese Burglars 1965
as Public prosecutor Tamura

Zatoichi's Revenge 1965
as Koheita Kadokura

None but the Brave 1965
as Sgt. Tamura

New Treasure Island 1965
as Long John Silver (voice)

The Spying Sorceress 1964
Actor

Whirlpool of Flesh 1964
as Segawa

Two Lives, Two Yakuza 1964
as Makoto Misugi

Two Bitches 1964
Actor

Only on Mondays 1964
as Yuka's sugar-daddy

Monrō no yōna onna 1964
Actor

Mother 1963
as Toshiro

The Gambling Monk 1963
Actor

The Navy 1963
Actor

午前零時の出獄 1963
Actor

Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi 1963
Actor

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai 1963
Actor

I Fly for Kicks 1963
as Ginzo Iwamoto

High and Low 1963
as Detective Nakao

Ninja, A Band of Assassins 1962
Actor

A Wanderer's Notebook 1962
as Uenoyama

Let's Meet in Our Dreams 1962
Actor

The Lucky General 1962
Actor

Last Round 1962
Actor

This Madding Crowd 1962
Actor

Foundry Town 1962
as Mr. Noda

Kimagure tosei 1962
Actor

A City Where Men Live 1962
Actor

Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains 1961
Actor

Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab 1961
Actor

Gun of Nosappu 1961
Actor

Lost in the Sun 1961
Actor

The Crimson Plains 1961
as Koike

Gambler in the Sea 1961
Actor

Yojimbo 1961
as Ronin Kobuhachi

Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū 1961
Actor

Eternity of Love 1961
Actor

Pigs and Battleships 1961
as Ohachi

Happiness of Us Alone 1961
Actor

Volunteering for Villainy 1960
as Deka

The Bad Sleep Well 1960
as Itakura

Room for Let 1959
Actor

High Teen 1959
Actor

The Hidden Fortress 1958
as Samurai (uncredited)

Endless Desire 1958
as Brutal yakuza

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era 1957
as Narrator (uncredited)

Throne of Blood 1957
as Guard killed by Washizu

The Thick-Walled Room 1956
Actor

Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made 1955
Actor

How the Bell of Liberty Rings 1954
as Ronin on the ship

Seven Samurai 1954
as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

An Inlet of Muddy Water 1953
Actor
Credits from TMDB.