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Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō (加東 大介 Katō Daisuke, February 18, 1911 – July 31, 1975) was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 150 films, including Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as the loyal comrade Shichiroji), Rashomon, Yojimbo (as the "wild pig" Inokichi), Ikiru, and Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy and Chushingura.

Born

Feb 18, 1911

Tokyo, Japan

Died

Jul 31, 1975

Known For

Acting

Movies

218 acting

1 crew

Popularity

2.1

movie

Known For

Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai

1954

as Shichiroji
Ikiru

Ikiru

1952

as Yakuza
Yojimbo

Yojimbo

1961

as Inokichi
Rashomon

Rashomon

1950

as Policeman
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

1956

as Toji Gion
An Autumn Afternoon

An Autumn Afternoon

1962

as Yoshitaro Sakamoto
Street of Shame

Street of Shame

1956

as Mr. Nomura
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

1954

as Toji
The End of Summer

The End of Summer

1961

as Kitagawa Yanosuke
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

1955

as Toji Gion
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954 • as Shichiroji
★ 8.5
Ikiru
Ikiru
1952 • as Yakuza
★ 8.3
Yojimbo
Yojimbo
1961 • as Inokichi
★ 8.1
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950 • as Policeman
★ 8.0
Japan's Longest Day
Japan's Longest Day
1967 • as Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
★ 7.2
Chûshingura
Chûshingura
1962 • as Kichiemon Terasaka
★ 7.1
Early Spring
Early Spring
1956 • as Sakamoto
★ 7.5
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956 • as Toji Gion
★ 7.1
An Autumn Afternoon
An Autumn Afternoon
1962 • as Yoshitaro Sakamoto
★ 7.9
Street of Shame
Street of Shame
1956 • as Mr. Nomura
★ 7.7
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954 • as Toji
★ 7.2
The End of Summer
The End of Summer
1961 • as Kitagawa Yanosuke
★ 7.5
The 47 Ronin
The 47 Ronin
1941 • as Fuwa Kazuemon
★ 6.9
Admiral Yamamoto
Admiral Yamamoto
1968 • as Chief of Press Section
★ 8.3
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955 • as Toji Gion
★ 7.1
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960 • as Matsukichi Sekine
★ 8.0
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 • as Shusuke Tetsumoto
★ 7.1
Moment of Terror
Moment of Terror
1966 • as Kawashima
★ 5.8
The Life of Oharu
The Life of Oharu
1952 • as Tasaburo Hishiya
★ 7.7
Mother
Mother
1952 • as Sokichi Kimura
★ 6.9
Here Is a Spring
Here Is a Spring
1955
★ 8.0
Two in the Shadow
Two in the Shadow
1967 • as Hayashida
★ 7.7
Floating Clouds
Floating Clouds
1955 • as Seikichi Mukai
★ 7.7
The Masterless 47 – Part II
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
Little Peach
Little Peach
1958 • as Suga
★ 5.9
A Wanderer's Notebook
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962 • as Nobuo Sadaoka
★ 7.2
Ôban
Ôban
1957 • as Ushinosuke Akaba
Seven Masks of Revenge
Seven Masks of Revenge
1955
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957 • as Ushinotsuke Akabane
Superexpress
Superexpress
1964 • as Yukichi Nakae
★ 8.0
The Greatest Challenge of All
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
★ 7.0
Shimizu Port Salaryman
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
The Naked Executive
The Naked Executive
1964 • as Tadokori - Executive
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji
1951
★ 5.5
The Stranger Within a Woman
The Stranger Within a Woman
1966
★ 7.3
Morning for Two
Morning for Two
1971
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
Mother's First Love
Mother's First Love
1954
The Wiser Age
The Wiser Age
1962 • as Ryokichi
★ 7.3
Vendetta of a Samurai
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952
★ 6.5
A Wife's Heart
A Wife's Heart
1956
★ 6.8
Holiday in Tokyo
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
A Woman's Life
A Woman's Life
1963
★ 7.0
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
★ 5.8
The Terrible Game
The Terrible Game
1959 • as Uncle Zenkichi
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957 • as Ushinosuke Akaba
The Romance of Yushima
The Romance of Yushima
1955
★ 6.0
Sanshiro Sugata
Sanshiro Sugata
1965 • as Hansuke Murai
★ 6.8
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
The Surf
The Surf
1954 • as Chiyoko's Father
Snow in the South Seas
Snow in the South Seas
1961
Late Chrysanthemums
Late Chrysanthemums
1954 • as Itaya
★ 7.2
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960 • as Kumakichi Onizuka (Maiko's father)
Samurai of the Great Earth
Samurai of the Great Earth
1956
Will-o'-the-Wisp
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
Humanity and Paper Balloons
Humanity and Paper Balloons
1937 • as Isuke
★ 7.9
The Masterless 47
The Masterless 47
1960 • as Jyusaburo Onodera
Dotanba
Dotanba
1956
★ 6.0
The Lone Journey
The Lone Journey
1955
Snow Country
Snow Country
1957 • as Inn proprietor
★ 6.7
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969 • as Ishiyama Gōzō (HR director)
Beyond the Hills
Beyond the Hills
1960 • as Yakichi Wada
Born in Sin
Born in Sin
1962
Foul Play
Foul Play
1955 • as Goro Seo
★ 6.0
Twilight Saloon
Twilight Saloon
1955 • as Kibe
★ 8.0
A Company President's Life Story
A Company President's Life Story
1966 • as Gotō Kanju (Managing Director)
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965 • as Chūzō Togashi (Managing Director)
The Sharks
The Sharks
1964
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958 • as Kikuzō (head clerk)
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968 • as Tsutomu Ariga (Takayama Trading General Affairs Manager)
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960 • as Uchuu Takeda
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1949 • as Shinkichi
★ 6.5
Stairs of Evil
Stairs of Evil
1965 • as Konishi
This Greedy Old Skin
This Greedy Old Skin
1960
Untamed Woman
Untamed Woman
1957 • as Onoda, the second husband
★ 7.4
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
Fountainhead
Fountainhead
1956
★ 5.8
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1937
Company President Travels Abroad
Company President Travels Abroad
1963 • as Oshima Gentaro (Executive Director)
Crazy Operation: First Move
Crazy Operation: First Move
1963
Center of Tokyo
Center of Tokyo
1974 • as Zenzo
Five Gents on the Spot
Five Gents on the Spot
1966 • as Kanju Goto
Priest of Darkness
Priest of Darkness
1936 • as Kenta
★ 6.9
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958 • as Yajirobei Tochimen'ya
Playboy President
Playboy President
1961 • as Kuramochi Zensuke
The Approach of Autumn
The Approach of Autumn
1960 • as Tomioka
★ 6.9
Zoku izuko e
Zoku izuko e
1967
The Radish and the Carrot
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
★ 10.0
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
The School of Spies
The School of Spies
1966 • as Lieutenant Kusanagi
★ 6.5
Hail the 3 Gents
Hail the 3 Gents
1964 • as Tomioka (Sales Manager)
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968 • as Tsutomu Ariga
Goblin Courier
Goblin Courier
1949
★ 6.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
Travel Stories of a Company President
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
Assignment Dragon No. 3
Assignment Dragon No. 3
1967 • as Kusanagi
★ 7.0
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
1963 • as Gentaro Ōshima (Managing Director)
Shanghai Rose
Shanghai Rose
1952 • as Liu, Ding's men
Turbid Youth
Turbid Youth
1954
Mune yori mune ni
Mune yori mune ni
1955 • as Hazama
I'm a Bodyguard
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960 • as Kumakichi Onizuka
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969 • as Gōzō Ishiyama (General Affairs Manager)
Forty-Eight Man
Forty-Eight Man
1952
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963 • as Genkichi Yamanaka (Sales Director)
New Third-Class Executive
New Third-Class Executive
1959 • as Kumahira Onizuka
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960
Secret Assignment
Secret Assignment
1967 • as Kusanagi
★ 10.0
movie
Once a Rainy Day
1966
Jiyūgaoka fujin
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
Assistant President
Assistant President
1958
Outlaw island
Outlaw island
1956
No Time for Tears
No Time for Tears
1955
Fox and Raccoon
Fox and Raccoon
1959 • as Kyota Aoshima
The Third President
The Third President
1958
Mr. Pu
Mr. Pu
1953
★ 6.5
First Love
First Love
1972
Ganpeki
Ganpeki
1953
The Bogus Policeman
The Bogus Policeman
1967
The Night before Pearl Harbor
The Night before Pearl Harbor
1968 • as Kusanagi
★ 10.0
Playboy President: Part II
Playboy President: Part II
1961 • as Zensuke Kuramochi
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
1955 • as Genta
★ 7.3
Flowing
Flowing
1956 • as Yoneko's Ex
★ 7.2
A Woman's Life
A Woman's Life
1955 • as police officer
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960 • as Okubo Hikosaburō
Bright Young Maidens
Bright Young Maidens
1958 • as Zenkichi Shibata, Sumiko's Father
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
1967 • as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
All of Myself
All of Myself
1954 • as Oda Jukichi
Pachinko
Pachinko
1962
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
Oban kanketsu hen
Oban kanketsu hen
1958 • as Ushinotsuke Akabane
The Bitch
The Bitch
1951 • as Gorō Matoba
Yasugorō shusse
Yasugorō shusse
1953
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
1967 • as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
movie
Nippon Paradise
1964
3 Gents in the Snow Country
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
Sudden Rain
Sudden Rain
1956 • as Kawakami
★ 6.5
Star of Hong Kong
Star of Hong Kong
1962 • as Syuhei Toru's brother-in-law
A Spectacular Murder
A Spectacular Murder
1951
Assignment Cloud
Assignment Cloud
1966 • as Kusanagi
★ 2.0
A Bridge for Two Alone
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
Miren
Miren
1963 • as Master at 'Sekine'
三万両五十三次
三万両五十三次
1952
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951 • as Tajimi
Awamori-kun kanpai!
Awamori-kun kanpai!
1961
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971 • as Kintaro Igari
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949 • as Shinkichi
★ 6.5
Nonsense Boys
Nonsense Boys
1963
恐妻時代
恐妻時代
1952 • as Nakahata
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
The Storm
The Storm
1956
★ 9.0
Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil
Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil
1952
The Preacher of Love
The Preacher of Love
1961
Ore wa yōjimbō
Ore wa yōjimbō
1950
Itohan Monogatari
Itohan Monogatari
1957 • as Matsukichi
Devices Stronger Than Women
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963 • as Daisaku Sugishita (Publicity Manager)
Summer Clouds
Summer Clouds
1958
★ 7.5
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1962
Rise Against the Sword
Rise Against the Sword
1966 • as Budeuemon Hattori
★ 6.2
A Night in Hong Kong
A Night in Hong Kong
1961 • as Kenkichi Matsuyama
How to Make Money
How to Make Money
1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
The Killing of Otsuya
The Killing of Otsuya
1951 • as Mita
上州鴉
上州鴉
1951
The Man Who Laughs Last
The Man Who Laughs Last
1949
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
1949 • as Yasu
Rose Buds in the Rainbow
Rose Buds in the Rainbow
1968 • as Gôzô Maeda
I Want to Be a Shellfish
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959 • as Takeuchi
★ 10.0
Ejima and Ikushima
Ejima and Ikushima
1955 • as 井口
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971 • as Kintarō Igari, Yoyo Finance Exec.
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960 • as Ōkubo Hikosaburō
We Are Salarymen
We Are Salarymen
1963 • as Executive Motohashi
Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
1956 • as Kamo Jinnai
★ 5.3
五十円横町
五十円横町
1955
Five Gents' Trick Book
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
An Edoite Judge
An Edoite Judge
1953 • as Tasuke Uoya
The Daphne
The Daphne
1966
The Gambling Samurai
The Gambling Samurai
1960 • as Enzo Niko
★ 6.3
The Motherland Far Far Away
The Motherland Far Far Away
1950 • as Tommy Shôkyokusai
爆笑天国　とんち教室
爆笑天国　とんち教室
1954
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1953
The Abe Clan
The Abe Clan
1938
Hito mo arukeba
Hito mo arukeba
1960 • as Namitaro Namiki
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
1949
movie
The Blue Revolution
1953
G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
1950
Gamblers: The Raid
Gamblers: The Raid
1968 • as Kichigorō
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970 • as Ishibashi Tetsukichi
A Man from Akagi
A Man from Akagi
1950
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970 • as Tetsukichi Ishibashi
Gendai no yokubô
Gendai no yokubô
1956
Singing in the Sun
Singing in the Sun
1960 • as Kyosuke Tsumura
G-Men of Japan
G-Men of Japan
1948
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957 • as Sōda Hajime
Jirocho's Home-Coming
Jirocho's Home-Coming
1953
Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
1959
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1957 • as Sōda Hajime
The Naked General
The Naked General
1958
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964 • as 4th Sin & 7th Sin
movie
Respect, Flatter, and Love
1960
Mako Osorubeshi
Mako Osorubeshi
1954
Dadakko Shachou
Dadakko Shachou
1956
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
1958 • as Hajime Sawada
Young Lovers
Young Lovers
1959 • as Renzō Dōjima
We Will Remember
We Will Remember
1965
Samurai in the Office
Samurai in the Office
1959
The Lady Was Pawn
The Lady Was Pawn
1956
Older Wife, Younger Husband
Older Wife, Younger Husband
1960
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
1967 • as Gunpei Otaguro
The Husband Was a Baby
The Husband Was a Baby
1960
The College Ruggers
The College Ruggers
1959 • as Jirō Shimizu
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
1960