--- name: "Takeshi Katō" canonical: "https://film.one/person/takeshi-kato" fi1m_id: "takeshi-kato" imdb_id: "nm0441399" tmdb_id: 72540 wikidata_id: "Q11399327" roles: ["Actor"] born: "24 May 1929" died: "31 July 2015" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 90 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-09-25T07:47:35.845842+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." --- # Takeshi Katō ## Identity Takeshi Katō - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/takeshi-kato - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** takeshi-kato - **IMDb ID:** nm0441399 - **TMDB ID:** 72540 - **Wikidata ID:** Q11399327 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi_Kat%C5%8D_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11399327, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441399/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72540 Actor. Born 24 May 1929 in Tokyo, Japan. Died 31 July 2015. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 24 May 1929, Tokyo, Japan - **Died:** 31 July 2015 - **Active:** 1957–1985 - **Also known as:** Takeshi Kato, Tsuyoshi Kato, Такэси Като - **Average Fi1m score:** 90, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 88 (1), 1960s 89 (2), 1980s 92 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 90 to 84 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 4, History 2, Thriller 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1 - **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $835m across 4 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi_Kat%C5%8D_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11399327, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441399/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72540 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*High and Low*](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md) (90) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Takeshi Katō (加藤 武) was a Japanese stage and film actor. He was born on 24 May 1929 in Tokyo and died there on 31 July 2015. After graduating from Waseda University and working briefly as a middle-school teacher, he joined the Bungakuza theatre troupe in 1952. He appeared on stage and directed plays, and later acted in more than one hundred films. Katō is known for supporting roles in several films directed by Akira Kurosawa, including *Seven Samurai* (1954), *Yojimbo* (1961), *High and Low* (1963) as Detective Nakao, and *Ran* (1985). He also worked with directors such as Shōhei Imamura, Kon Ichikawa and Hideo Gosha. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *Ran* (1985), Fi1m 92, as Koyota Hatakeyama — [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md) - *High and Low* (1963), Fi1m 90, as Detective Nakao — [page](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md) - *Yojimbo* (1961), Fi1m 88, as Ronin Kobuhachi — [page](https://film.one/film/yojimbo.md) - *Throne of Blood* (1957), Fi1m 88, as Guard killed by Washizu — [page](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md) ## Complete filmography (160) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *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 - *Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space* (2002), as Zombie Cat (Voice) - *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 - *The Tale of Genji* (1991), series, Actor - *Free and Easy 4* (1991), as Akiyama - *The Great Shogunate Battle* (1991), Actor - *Kimi no na wa* (1991), series, as 永橋 - *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 - *Hana no Asuka-gumi!* (1988), series, as Shinomiya - *Crybaby Chacha* (1987), Actor - *Iki no Iiyatsu* (1987), series, 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 — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/ran.md) - *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 Kingo - *Choudenshi Bioman* (1984), series, as Takashi - *Dansen* (1983), Actor - *The Fir Trees Remain* (1983), Actor - *Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin* (1983), series, Actor - *The Politicians* (1983), Actor - *Children of Nagasaki* (1983), Actor - *Voice from the Dark* (1983), as Toyokichi Kuze - *Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series* (1983), series, as Kahei Nirei - *Fossilized Wilderness* (1982), Actor - *Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp* (1982), as Grand Wazir (voice) - *Hamuretto wa yukue fumei* (1981), Actor - *Flame of Father and Son* (1981), Actor - *Lonely Heart* (1981), Actor - *The First Catch* (1980), Actor - *Koto: The Ancient City* (1980), Actor - *Natchan no shashinkan* (1980), series, as 父・西城賢輔 - *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 - *なつかしき海の歌* (1975), series, Actor - *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 fūten zoku* (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 - *Night Scandal in Japan* (1964), Actor - *Only on Mondays* (1964), as Yuka's sugar-daddy - *Akō Rōshi* (1964), series, as Horibe Yasubee - *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 - *Life of a Flower* (1963), series, as Kaneko Magojiro - *I Fly for Kicks* (1963), as Ginzo Iwamoto - *High and Low* (1963), as Detective Nakao — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md) - *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 - *Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi* (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 — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/yojimbo.md) - *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 — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/throne-of-blood.md) - *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) — Fi1m 95, [page](https://film.one/film/seven-samurai.md) - *An Inlet of Muddy Water* (1953), Actor - *愛のホットライン*, series, Actor ## Gallery - ![​『キューポラのある街』 (1962)](https://film.one/media/person/104762/gallery-148578b40135.jpg) ​『キューポラのある街』 (1962) — 映画評論社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Eiga-Hyoron-1965-July-2.jpg/1280px-Eiga-Hyoron-1965-July-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![『天国と地獄』 (1963)](https://film.one/media/person/104762/gallery-d1b16ae8cf2b.jpg) 『天国と地獄』 (1963) — キネマ旬報社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Kinema-Junpo-1964-February-Special-3.jpg/1280px-Kinema-Junpo-1964-February-Special-3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Takeshi Katō](https://film.one/media/person/104762/gallery-3d01634a3bdf.jpg) Takeshi Katō — Image via TMDB - ![Takeshi Katō](https://film.one/media/person/104762/gallery-4954ad882a69.jpg) Takeshi Katō — Image via TMDB - ![Takeshi Katō](https://film.one/media/person/104762/gallery-eb3eb6473bf9.jpg) Takeshi Katō — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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