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name: "Takatarô Kataoka"
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born: "23 January 1968"
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# Takatarô Kataoka

Actor. Born 23 January 1968 in Kyōto, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 January 1968, Kyōto, Japan
- **Also known as:** 片岡 孝太郎, かたおか たかたろう

## Biography

Takatarô Kataoka is a Japanese actor and Kabuki performer. Born in Kyoto on 23 January 1968, he is the eldest son of Kabuki actor Kataoka Nizaemon XV and a member of the Matsushima-ya guild. He specialises as an onnagata, performing female roles, and made his stage debut in 1973.

Kataoka has appeared in several films and television dramas. His screen credits include the role of the Kamikaze Boy Pilot in Steven Spielberg’s *Empire of the Sun* (1987), Emperor Hirohito in *Emperor* (2012), and Masaki Hirai in *The Little House* (2014). On television he has played Ashikaga Yoshiakira in the NHK taiga drama *Taiheiki* (1991) and appeared in *The Great White Tower* (2003–2004).

*Sources: imdb.com, ja.wikipedia.org, takataro-kataoka.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Empire of the Sun* (1987), Fi1m 81, as Kamikaze Boy Pilot — [page](https://film.one/film/empire-of-the-sun.md)

## Also known for

- *Emperor* (2012), Emperor Hirohito
- *The Little House* (2014), Masaki Hirai

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