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Tai Kato (加藤 泰, Katō Tai, August 24, 1916—June 17, 1985) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was best known for making yakuza films at the Toei Company in 1960s.[1]

Tai Kato
Born	Yasumichi Katō (1916-08-24)August 24, 1916 Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Died	June 17, 1985(1985-06-17) (aged 68)
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1951-1981

Biography

Born in Hyōgo Prefecture,[2] Kato was the nephew of the film director Sadao Yamanaka.[3] He entered the Toho studio in 1937 and first began by working on documentaries.[2] He worked as an assistant director to Akira Kurosawa in Rashomon.[3] After World War II he switched to making jidaigeki.[2]

Style and influences

Kevin Thomas of Los Angeles Times noted that Kato has been compared with Budd Boetticher and Samuel Fuller.[4]

Selected filmography

• Brave Records of the Sanada Clan (1963)
• Kaze no Bushi (1964)
• Bakumatsu zankoku monogatari (AKA Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall) (1964)
• Meiji Kyokyakuden: Sandaime Shumei (1965)
• Kutsukake Tokijiro: Yukyo Ippiki (1966)
• By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him (1966)
• I, the Executioner (1968)
• Red Peony Gambler: Hanafuda Shobu (1969)
• Red Peony Gambler: Oryu Sanjo (1970)
• Miyamoto Musashi (1973)
• Ondekoza (1981)

References

External links

• Tai Kato at IMDb
• Tai Kato at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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