Person
Takeshi Katō
Born 24 May 1929 Died 31 July 2015, aged 86 Tokyo, Japan TMDB ↗
Takeshi Katō (加藤 武 Katō Takeshi, 24 May 1929 – 31 July 2015) was a Japanese stage and film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films.
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The numbers
24age in their first credit on record (1953)
56years on screen and counting
11credits in 1961, their busiest year
155dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 80 Free and Easy 20: Final
2009
Age: 79 You'll Die Six Hours Later
2008
Age: 78 Free and Easy 18
2007
Age: 77 Murder of the Inugami Clan
2006as Todoroki Shochô
Age: 77 Free and Easy 17
2006
Age: 77 Japan Sinks
2006as Professor Yamashiro
Age: 76 Aogeba Tôtoshi
2006as Koichi's father
Age: 76 Free and Easy 16
2005as Akiyama
Age: 75 Free and Easy 15
2004
Age: 74 Tracing Jake
2004
Age: 73 Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space
2002as Zombie Cat (Voice)
Age: 72 Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001
Age: 72 Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001as Managing Director Akiyama
Age: 71 Run Ichiro Run
2001
Age: 70 Dora-heita
2000as Toneri Uchijima
Age: 70 Across a Gold Prairie
1999as Takashi Kanzaki
Age: 69 The Geisha House
1999as Kitayama
Age: 69 Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
1998
Age: 69 Free and Easy 10
1998
Age: 67 The 8-Tomb Village
1996
Age: 67 Free and Easy 8
1996
Age: 65 Free and Easy 7
1994
Age: 65 Free and Easy Special
1994
Age: 64 Free and Easy 6
1993
Age: 64 XX: Beautiful Weapon
1993as Yasuhiro Kokubu
Age: 64 Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
1993
Age: 63 Bring Me the Head of Shichiemon!
1993
Age: 63 Free and Easy 5
1992
Age: 62 Free and Easy 4
1991as Akiyama
Age: 62 The Great Shogunate Battle
1991
Age: 61 Noh Mask Murders
1991as Assistant Inspector Senba
Age: 60 Virgin Road
1989
Age: 60 Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989as Kohei Kashi
Age: 60 Company Executives
1989
Age: 57 Crybaby Chacha
1987
Age: 56 Godzilla 1985
1985as Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka
Age: 56 Odin: Starlight Mutiny
1985as Takeshi Suzuka
Age: 56 Yume-Chiyo
1985
Age: 56 Ran
1985as Koyota Hatakeyama
Age: 55 For Kayako
1984as Kyusu Im
Age: 55 Watashi no naka no shōfu
1984as Fisherman A
Age: 55 Location
1984as Hara
Age: 55 Zero
1984as Ugaki
Age: 55 Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984as Kingo
Age: 54 Dansen
1983
Age: 54 The Fir Trees Remain
1983
Age: 54 The Politicians
1983
Age: 54 Children of Nagasaki
1983
Age: 54 Voice from the Dark
1983as Toyokichi Kuze
Age: 52 Fossilized Wilderness
1982
Age: 52 Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1982as Grand Wazir (voice)
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Age: 52 Hamuretto wa yukue fumei
1981
Age: 52 Flame of Father and Son
1981
Age: 52 Lonely Heart
1981
Age: 51 The First Catch
1980
Age: 51 Koto: The Ancient City
1980
Age: 50 The House of Hanging
1979as Inspector Todoroki
Age: 49 The Phoenix
1978as Kamamushi
Age: 49 Love and Faith
1978
Age: 48 Queen Bee
1978as Detective Todoroki
Age: 48 Island of Hell
1977as Inspector Todoroki
Age: 47 Lullaby to Kill
1977as Inspector Tachibana
Age: 47 The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh
1976
Age: 47 The Inugami Family
1976as Police Chief Tachibana
Age: 45 The Gate of Youth
1975
Age: 44 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
1974as Noburo Uchimoto
Age: 44 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
1973as Noboru Uchimoto
Age: 44 Miyamoto Musashi
1973as Iwama Kakubei
Age: 44 Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro
1973as Kikutarō Yamada
Age: 43 Battles Without Honor and Humanity
1973as Noburo Uchimoto
Age: 43 The Class of the Sewage Canal
1972
Age: 43 Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
1972
Age: 42 Summer Soldiers
1972as Driver
Age: 42 The Pirates of Buban
1972
Age: 41 Love for Eternity
1971
Age: 41 Kigeki Ijiwaru Daishougai
1971
Age: 41 300 Million Yen Mission
1971
Age: 41 Zenigeba
1970
Age: 40 The Summit of Mt. Fuji
1970
Age: 40 The Girl I Abandoned
1969
Age: 40 Battle of the Japan Sea
1969as Chief of Staff Officer Kato
Age: 40 Black Comedy - Ah, Fool
1969
Age: 39 Trigger-Happy
1968
Age: 39 Kawachi fūten zoku
1968
Age: 38 Neon taiheiki
1968
Age: 38 The Sands of Kurobe
1968as Kunikida
Age: 38 Japan's Longest Day
1967as Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
Age: 37 Scorpion
1967
Age: 37 Fighting Elegy
1966
Age: 37 The Great White Tower
1966as Professor Nozaka
Age: 37 Kill or Be Killed
1966
Age: 36 Moment of Terror
1966
Age: 36 Sword of the Beast
1965as Katori
Age: 36 House of Terrors
1965as Keisuke Munakata
Age: 35 Three Yakuza
1965
Age: 35 The Last Judgment
1965
Age: 35 Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965as Public prosecutor Tamura
Age: 35 Zatoichi's Revenge
1965as Koheita Kadokura
Age: 35 None But the Brave
1965as Sgt. Tamura
Age: 35 New Treasure Island
1965as Long John Silver (voice)
Age: 35 The Spying Sorceress
1964
Age: 35 Whirlpool of Flesh
1964as Segawa
Age: 35 Two Lives, Two Yakuza
1964as Makoto Misugi
Age: 34 Night Scandal in Japan
1964
Age: 34 Only on Mondays
1964as Yuka's sugar-daddy
Age: 34 Monrō no yōna onna
1964
Age: 34 Mother
1963as Toshiro
Age: 34 The Gambling Monk
1963
Age: 34 The Navy
1963
Age: 34 午前零時の出獄
1963
Age: 33 Bloody Record of the Shinsengumi
1963
Age: 33 Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
1963
Age: 33 High and Low
1963as Detective Nakao
Age: 33 Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
Age: 33 A Wanderer's Notebook
1962as Uenoyama
Age: 33 Let's Meet in Our Dreams
1962
Age: 33 The Lucky General
1962
Age: 33 Last Round
1962
Age: 33 This Madding Crowd
1962
Age: 32 Foundry Town
1962as Mr. Noda
Age: 32 Kimagure tosei
1962
Age: 32 Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
1962
Age: 32 Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961
Age: 32 Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab
1961
Age: 32 Gun of Nosappu
1961
Age: 32 Lost in the Sun
1961
Age: 32 The Crimson Plains
1961as Koike
Age: 32 Gambler in the Sea
1961
Age: 31 Yojimbo
1961as Ronin Kobuhachi
Age: 31 Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū
1961
Age: 31 Eternity of Love
1961
Age: 31 Pigs and Battleships
1961as Ohachi
Age: 31 Happiness of Us Alone
1961
Age: 31 Volunteering for Villainy
1960as Deka
Age: 31 The Bad Sleep Well
1960as Itakura
Age: 30 Room for Let
1959
Age: 30 High Teen
1959
Age: 29 The Hidden Fortress
1958as Samurai (uncredited)
Age: 29 Endless Desire
1958as Brutal yakuza
Age: 27 Throne of Blood
1957as Guard killed by Washizu
Age: 27 The Thick-Walled Room
1956
Age: 25 Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
Age: 25 How the Bell of Liberty Rings
1954as Ronin on the ship
Age: 24 Seven Samurai
1954as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)
Age: 24 An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953 FR·03
TV credits
愛のホットライン
Age: 62 The Tale of Genji
1991
Age: 61 Kimi no na wa
1991as 永橋
Age: 58 Hana no Asuka-gumi!
1988as Shinomiya
Age: 57 Iki no Iiyatsu
1987
Age: 54 Choudenshi Bioman
1984as Takashi
Age: 54 Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
1983
Age: 53 Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983as Kahei Nirei
Age: 50 Natchan no shashinkan
1980as 父・西城賢輔
Age: 34 Akō Rōshi
1964as Horibe Yasubee
Age: 33 Life of a Flower
1963as Kaneko Magojiro