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name: "Yudai Kato"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yudai-kato"
fi1m_id: "yudai-kato"
imdb_id: "nm0441362"
tmdb_id: 66158
wikidata_id: "Q11399588"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-28T20:54:12.084221+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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# Yudai Kato

## Identity

Yudai Kato

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yudai-kato
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yudai-kato
- **IMDb ID:** nm0441362
- **TMDB ID:** 66158
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11399588
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11399588, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441362/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66158

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1943 in Taipei.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1943, Taipei
- **Active:** 1963–1999
- **Also known as:** Katsuhiro Kato
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 90 (1), 1980s 76 (1), 1990s 63 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Science Fiction 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $492m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11399588, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0441362/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66158

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Godzilla vs. Biollante*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-biollante.md) (76)

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## Biography

Yudai Kato, also credited as Katsuhiro Kato, is a cinematographer. Born in Taipei in 1943, he started at Toho Studios and later worked as a freelancer.

He was director of photography on *Godzilla vs. Biollante* (1989) and *Godzilla 2000: Millennium* (1999). Other credits include *Combined Fleet* (1988) and *Strawberry Road* (1999). He received the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Cinematography for *The Last Song* (1993). His early work includes the camera department on *High and Low* (1963).

*Sources: mykaiju.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Godzilla 2000: Millennium* (1999), Fi1m 63, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-2000-millennium.md)
- *Godzilla vs. Biollante* (1989), Fi1m 76, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-biollante.md)
- *High and Low* (1963), Fi1m 90, Camera Intern — [page](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

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

- *Trillion Game* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Onpaku* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Yuriy Norshteyn: Making the Overcoat* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Until the Day Comes* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Casting Blossoms to the Sky* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Jive: Swept by the Sea Breeze* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Samurai Gangsters* (2008), Camera Technician
- *Song of Goodbye* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Switching – Goodbye Me* (2007), Director of Photography
- *The Battle at Sekigahara* (2006), series, Director of Photography
- *The Motive* (2004), Director of Photography
- *T.R.Y.* (2003), Director of Photography
- *The Last Snow* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Vengeance for Sale* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Senrigan* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Godzilla 2000: Millennium* (1999), Director of Photography — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-2000-millennium.md)
- *Shura ga Yuku 8* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Pride* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Shura ga Yuku 5* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Ki no ue no sogyo* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love* (1997), Director of Photography
- *After the Wind Has Gone* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Moon Angel* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Goodbye Japan* (1995), Director of Photography
- *East Meets West* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Last Song* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Dark Society in the East* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Strawberry Road* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Godzilla vs. Biollante* (1989), Director of Photography — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-biollante.md)
- *The Kid Brother* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Jazz Daimyo* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Eve in a Summer Dress* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Europe Express* (1984), Cinematography
- *Completely... With That Air!* (1981), Director of Photography
- *At This Late Date, the Charleston* (1981), Director of Photography
- *The Imperial Navy* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Troubleman Laughs and Kills* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Melodies of a White Night* (1976), Director of Photography
- *High and Low* (1963), Camera Intern — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/high-and-low.md)

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