
Daisuke Katō
Acting
213
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

Rose Buds 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)

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

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

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)

Company President Travels Abroad
1963
as Oshima Gentaro (Executive Director)

Company President Travels Abroad Part II
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)

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

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

I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959
as Takeuchi

Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
1959

Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959

Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents
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

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

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

Dadakko Shachou
1956

Gendai no yokubô
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

五十円横町
1955

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
as Toji Gion

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

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

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

三万両五十三次
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

上州鴉
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

Ore wa yōjimbō
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

G-Men of Japan
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