---
name: "Shunzo Kato"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shunzo-kato"
fi1m_id: "shunzo-kato"
imdb_id: "nm0441394"
tmdb_id: 1691
wikidata_id: "Q11398993"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "9 November 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:46:09.039465+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Shunzo Kato

## Identity

Shunzo Kato

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shunzo-kato
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shunzo-kato
- **IMDb ID:** nm0441394
- **TMDB ID:** 1691
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11398993
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11398993, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441394/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1691

Producer. Born 9 November 1946 in Onoda City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 9 November 1946, Onoda City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
- **Also known as:** 加藤 俊三, Shunzou Katou
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11398993, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441394/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1691

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Akira*](https://film.one/film/akira.md) (83)

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## Biography

Shunzo Kato (加藤 俊三, also credited as Shunzō Katô) is a Japanese film and television producer. Born on 9 November 1946 in Onoda, Yamaguchi Prefecture, he left Meiji Gakuin University in 1969 and joined Tokyo Movie (later TMS Entertainment) in 1971, progressing to production roles from the mid-1970s.

He served as producer on the animated feature *Akira* (1988), alongside Ryōhei Suzuki. Other credits include producer on *The Rose of Versailles* (1979–1980), *Ashita no Joe 2* (1980–1981), *Cat's Eye* (1983–1985) and *Space Cobra* (1982–1983), and co-producer on *Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland* (1989). He later held senior executive positions at TMS Entertainment and, from 2006, at Sotsu.

Kato received the Cultural Affairs Agency Commissioner Award in 2023 and the anime merit award at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival in 2024.

*Sources: ja.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, vgmdb.net.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Akira* (1988), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/akira.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Go! Anpanman: Nyanii of the Country of Dream Cats* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Cheeky Angel* (2002), series, Executive Producer
- *Secret of Cerulean Sand* (2002), series, Executive Producer
- *Go! Anpanman: The Lyrical Magical Witch's School* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation* (1992), Producer
- *Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland* (1989), Co-Producer
- *The Pillow People Save Christmas* (1988), Production Executive
- *Akira* (1988), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/akira.md)
- *Bug-tte Honey: Megalom Shōjo Rondo 4622* (1987), Producer
- *Treasure Island* (1978), series, Production Manager
- *Ganso Tensai Bakabon* (1975), series, Production Manager
- *Panda! Go Panda!* (1972), Producer
- *Panda! Go Panda!* (1972), Producer

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