Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

1929-05-24 – 2015-07-31 (age 86) Tokyo, Japan
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Biography

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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Known For

Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai

1954

as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

High and Low
High and Low

1963

as Detective Nakao

Ran
Ran

1985

as Koyota Hatakeyama

Throne of Blood
Throne of Blood

1957

as Guard killed by Washizu

Yojimbo
Yojimbo

1961

as Ronin Kobuhachi

XX: Beautiful Weapon
XX: Beautiful Weapon

1993

as Yasuhiro Kokubu

The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress

1958

as Samurai (uncredited)

The Bad Sleep Well
The Bad Sleep Well

1960

as Itakura

Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day

1967

as Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu

Godzilla 1985
Godzilla 1985

1985

as Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka

Queen Bee
Queen Bee

1978

as Detective Todoroki

Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Battles Without Honor and Humanity

1973

as Noburo Uchimoto

Japan Sinks
Japan Sinks

2006

as Professor Yamashiro

Four Days of Snow and Blood
Four Days of Snow and Blood

1989

as Kohei Kashi

Battle of the Japan Sea
Battle of the Japan Sea

1969

as Chief of Staff Officer Kato

The Sands of Kurobe
The Sands of Kurobe

1968

as Kunikida

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War
Only on Mondays
Only on Mondays

1964

as Yuka's sugar-daddy

The Inugami Family
The Inugami Family

1976

as Police Chief Tachibana