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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 100 films.

Takeshi Katō
Born	(1929-05-24)24 May 1929 Tokyo, Japan
Died	31 July 2015(2015-07-31) (aged 86) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1954–2015

Career

Graduating from Waseda University, Katō first became a middle school teacher, but then joined the Bungakuza theater troupe in 1952.[1] Beyond appearing in and directing plays on stage, he also appeared in films by such directors as Akira Kurosawa, Shohei Imamura, Kon Ichikawa, and Kiriro Urayama.[1]

He died on 31 July 2015 after collapsing in a sauna.[2]

Selected filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1953	An Inlet of Muddy Water		Tadashi Imai	Uncredited
1954	Seven Samurai		Akira Kurosawa	Uncredited
1958	The Hidden Fortress		Akira Kurosawa
1960	The Bad Sleep Well	Itakura	Akira Kurosawa
1961	Pigs and Battleships	Ōhachi	Shohei Imamura
	Yojimbo	Kobuhachi	Akira Kurosawa
1962	Foundry Town	Noda	Kirio Urayama
1963	High and Low	Detective Nakao	Akira Kurosawa
	Mother	Toshiro	Kaneto Shindo
	Bushido, Samurai Saga		Tadashi Imai
1965	Sword of the Beast	Katori	Hideo Gosha
1968	Japan's Longest Day	Hisatsune Sakomizu	Kihachi Okamoto
	Bonta No Kekkon Ya	Kasamatsu	Koji Chino
1969	Battle of the Japan Sea	Katō Tomosaburō	Seiji Maruyama
1970	Fuji sanchō
1972	Summer Soldiers		Hiroshi Teshigahara
1973	Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War	Noburo Uchimoto	Kinji Fukasaku
1974	Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics	Noburo Uchimoto	Kinji Fukasaku
1976	The Inugamis	Tachibana	Kon Ichikawa
1978	Rhyme of Vengeance	Todoroki	Kon Ichikawa
1978	Ogin-sama	Yakuin Zenso	Kei Kumai
1978	Hi no Tori	Kamamushi	Kon Ichikawa
1979	Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie	Todoroki	Kon Ichikawa
1981	Kofuku	Kenmochi	Kon Ichikawa
1985	Ran	Koyata Hatakeyama	Akira Kurosawa
1987	Princess from the Moon	Fujiwara-no-Ōkuni	Kon Ichikawa
1989	Shaso	Tani	Toshio Masuda
1993	Kaettekita Kogarashi Monjirō		Kon Ichikawa
1999	The Geisha House	Kitayama	Kinji Fukasaku
2006	The Inugamis	Todoroki	Kon Ichikawa
2015	Mifune: The Last Samurai	Himself	Steven Okazaki

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1963	Hana no Shōgai	Magojirō	NHK	Taiga drama
1964	Akō Rōshi	Horibe Yasubei	NHK	Taiga drama
1966	Minamoto no Yoshitsune	Taira no Kagekiyo	NHK	Taiga drama
1967	San Shimai	Ōmura Masujirō	NHK	Taiga drama
1969	Ten to Chi to	Nagao Toshikage	NHK	Taiga drama
1971	Daichūshingura	Takebe Masanoki	NET
1979	Kusa Moeru	Ōba Kagechika	NHK	Taiga drama
1985–86	Sanada Taiheiki	Honda Tadakatsu	NHK
1999	Genroku Ryōran	Shindō Toshishige	NHK	Taiga drama
2007	Fūrin Kazan	Morozumi Torasada	NHK	Taiga drama
2009	Tenchijin	Hokkō Zenshuku	NHK	Taiga drama

References

External links

• Takeshi Katō at IMDb

Preceded by Ichirō Inui	Bungakuza Representative 2010–2015	Succeeded by Tōru Emori

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