Daisuke Katō
Acting
263
Acting Credits
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Center of Tokyo
1974
as Zenzo
First Love
1972
Morning for Two
1971
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971
as Kintaro Igari
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971
as Kintarō Igari, Yoyo Finance Exec.
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970
as Tetsukichi Ishibashi
Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970
as Ishibashi Tetsukichi
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969
as Gōzō Ishiyama (General Affairs Manager)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969
as Ishiyama Gōzō (HR director)
Admiral Yamamoto
1968
as Chief of Press Section
The Night before Pearl Harbor
1968
as Kusanagi
Gamblers: The Raid
1968
as Kichigorō
Lemon in the Rainbow
1968
as Gôzô Maeda
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
as Tsutomu Ariga (Takayama Trading General Affairs Manager)
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
as Tsutomu Ariga
Ryoma ga Yuku
1968
as Katsu Kaishu
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
The Bogus Policeman
1967
Two in the Shadow
1967
as Hayashida
Secret Assignment
1967
as Kusanagi
Assignment Dragon No. 3
1967
as Kusanagi
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
Zoku izuko e
1967
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
1967
as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
1967
as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
1967
as Gunpei Otaguro
Our Silent Love
1967
Tabiji
1967
as 塩谷駅長・南部斎五郎
The Stranger Within a Woman
1966
Moment of Terror
1966
as Kawashima
Once a Rainy Day
1966
Assignment Cloud
1966
as Kusanagi
The School of Spies
1966
as Lieutenant Kusanagi
Rise Against the Sword
1966
as Budeuemon Hattori
The Daphne
1966
A Company President's Life Story
1966
as Gotō Kanju (Managing Director)
Five Gents on the Spot
1966
as Kanju Goto
Stairs of Evil
1965
as Konishi
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Sanshiro Sugata
1965
as Hansuke Murai
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
as Chūzō Togashi (Managing Director)
We Will Remember
1965
A Chair in the Sunshine
1965
Finances in Front of the Train Station
1965
Hail the 3 Gents
1964
as Tomioka (Sales Manager)
The Naked Executive
1964
as Tadokori - Executive
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
Nippon Paradise
1964
How to Make Money
1964
Superexpress
1964
as Yukichi Nakae
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
The Sharks
1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964
as 4th Sin & 7th Sin
A Woman's Life
1963
as Tobita
Nonsense Boys
1963
Crazy Operation: First Move
1963
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963
as Genkichi Yamanaka (Sales Director)
3 Gents In Hawaii
1963
as Oshima Gentaro (Executive Director)
Aloha 3 Gents
1963
as Gentaro Ōshima (Managing Director)
Miren
1963
as Master at 'Sekine'
We Are Salarymen
1963
as Executive Motohashi
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963
as Daisaku Sugishita (Publicity Manager)
A Salaryman's Reckless Family
1963
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1962
Chûshingura
1962
as Kichiemon Terasaka
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
Star of Hong Kong
1962
as Syuhei Toru's brother-in-law
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
as Nobuo Sadaoka
The Wiser Age
1962
as Ryokichi
Born in Sin
1962
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
as Yoshitaro Sakamoto
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
Pachinko
1962
Yojimbo
1961
as Inokichi
The End of Summer
1961
as Kitagawa Yanosuke
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
Snow in the South Seas
1961
A Night in Hong Kong
1961
as Kenkichi Matsuyama
Awamori-kun kanpai!
1961
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
The Preacher of Love
1961
Playboy President
1961
as Kuramochi Zensuke
Playboy President: Part II
1961
as Zensuke Kuramochi
Ganpā kachō
1961
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961
Beyond the Hills
1960
as Yakichi Wada
Hito mo arukeba
1960
as Namitaro Namiki
The Masterless 47
1960
as Jyusaburo Onodera
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960
This Greedy Old Skin
1960
The Approach of Autumn
1960
as Tomioka
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
as Shusuke Tetsumoto
The Gambling Samurai
1960
as Enzo Niko
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
as Matsukichi Sekine
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
as Kumakichi Onizuka (Maiko's father)
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
as Uchuu Takeda
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
as Kumakichi Onizuka
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
as Ōkubo Hikosaburō
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960
as Okubo Hikosaburō
Singing in the Sun
1960
as Kyosuke Tsumura
Older Wife, Younger Husband
1960
The Husband Was a Baby
1960
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
1960
Respect, Flatter, and Love
1960
Yoru wa usotsuki
1960
The Happicoat Comedian
1960
Modern Moneymaking
1960
Count on Me
1960
The Five Jolly Thieves
1960
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959
as Takeuchi
Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
1959
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
The Terrible Game
1959
as Uncle Zenkichi
New Third-Class Executive
1959
as Kumahira Onizuka
Fox and Raccoon
1959
as Kyota Aoshima
The College Ruggers
1959
as Jirō Shimizu
Young Lovers
1959
as Renzō Dōjima
Samurai in the Office
1959
Kiri aru jyoji
1959
The Spear Master
1959
Violent Ishimatsu
1959
Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts
1959
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
as Ushinotsuke Akabane
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958
as Yajirobei Tochimen'ya
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
Little Peach
1958
as Suga
Assistant President
1958
Summer Clouds
1958
Bright Young Maidens
1958
as Zenkichi Shibata, Sumiko's Father
The Naked General
1958
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
The Third President
1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
as Kikuzō (head clerk)
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
1958
as Hajime Sawada
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
as Ushinotsuke Akabane
Ôban
1957
as Ushinosuke Akaba
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
as Ushinosuke Akaba
Snow Country
1957
as Inn proprietor
Untamed Woman
1957
as Onoda, the second husband
Itohan Monogatari
1957
as Matsukichi
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957
as Sōda Hajime
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1957
as Sōda Hajime
The Ornery Entrance to the Sumo Ring with a Sword
1957
Early Spring
1956
as Sakamoto
Dotanba
1956
Outlaw island
1956
Street of Shame
1956
as Mr. Nomura
The Storm
1956
Fountainhead
1956
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
Flowing
1956
as Yoneko's Ex
Sudden Rain
1956
as Kawakami
A Wife's Heart
1956
Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
1956
as Kamo Jinnai
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
as Toji Gion
Samurai of the Great Earth
1956
The Spoiled Brat President
1956
Gendai no yokubô
1956
The Lady Was Pawn
1956
A Brother and His Sister
1956
as Hayashi
Pure Love
1956
Easy-Going Married Couple
1956
Sabakareru jūdai
1956
Spark
1956
8:13 PM
1956
Floating Clouds
1955
as Seikichi Mukai
Twilight Saloon
1955
as Kibe
The Romance of Yushima
1955
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
as 井口
Mune yori mune ni
1955
as Hazama
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
1955
as Genta
Here Is a Spring
1955
Foul Play
1955
as Goro Seo
No Time for Tears
1955
Seven Masks of Revenge
1955
The Lone Journey
1955
A Woman's Life
1955
as police officer
Gojūen yokochō
1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
as Toji Gion
Tôjûrô no koi
1955
as Kichisuke
Tsubakuro kasa
1955
Turbid Youth
1954
Mako Osorubeshi
1954
爆笑天国 とんち教室
1954
Late Chrysanthemums
1954
as Itaya
Mother's First Love
1954
Seven Samurai
1954
as Shichiroji
The Surf
1954
as Chiyoko's Father
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
as Toji
All of Myself
1954
as Oda Jukichi
Husband on the Run
1954
Brotherly Love
1954
Four Mothers
1954
Yearning
1954
Mashiroki Fuji no mine
1954
An Edoite Judge
1953
as Tasuke Uoya
Mr. Pu
1953
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1953
Jirocho's Home-Coming
1953
Yasugorō shusse
1953
The Blue Revolution
1953
Ganpeki
1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
Moth Lamp
1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
Mother
1952
as Sokichi Kimura
The Life of Oharu
1952
as Tasaburo Hishiya
Forty-Eight Man
1952
恐妻時代
1952
as Nakahata
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952
Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil
1952
Ikiru
1952
as Yakuza
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
Shanghai Rose
1952
as Liu, Ding's men
Sanmanryō gojūsantsugi
1952
Castle of Carnage
1952
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
1952
The Tale of Genji
1951
A Spectacular Murder
1951
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951
as Tajimi
The Bitch
1951
as Gorō Matoba
The Killing of Otsuya
1951
as Mita
Jushu karasu
1951
Tsuki no wataridori
1951
Freedom School
1951
Rashomon
1950
as Policeman
G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
1950
A Man from Akagi
1950
The Motherland Far Far Away
1950
as Tommy Shôkyokusai
I Am a Bodyguard
1950
Yami ni hikarume
1950
Kazanmyaku
1950
Sarutobi Sasuke: Senjō ke goku no hi matsuri
1950
Senryō hada
1950
The Scarlet Bat
1950
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
1949
as Yasu
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949
as Shinkichi
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1949
as Shinkichi
The Man Who Laughs Last
1949
Goblin Courier
1949
Onna goroshi abura jigoku
1949
Chobei the Rogue
1949
G-Men of Japan
1948
Tengu of Kiso
1948
The Fifth Witness
1948
The 47 Ronin
1941
as Fuwa Kazuemon
The Abe Clan
1938
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1937
Humanity and Paper Balloons
1937
as Isuke
Priest of Darkness
1936
as Kenta