Daisuke Katō
Born in Tokyo, Japan — Feb 18 1911• Died Jul 31 1975
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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.
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Seven Samurai
Shichiroji
Tabiji
塩谷駅長・南部斎五郎
Ikiru
Yakuza
Rashomon
Policeman
Yojimbo
Inokichi
Ryoma ga Yuku
Katsu Kaishu
Chûshingura
Kichiemon Terasaka
Street of Shame
Mr. Nomura
Japan's Longest Day
Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
The 47 Ronin
Fuwa Kazuemon
Admiral Yamamoto
Chief of Press Section
Early Spring
Sakamoto
The Life of Oharu
Tasaburo Hishiya
Floating Clouds
Seikichi Mukai
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Shusuke Tetsumoto
Two in the Shadow
Hayashida
Superexpress
Yukichi Nakae
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Toji Gion
An Autumn Afternoon
Yoshitaro Sakamoto
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Toji Gion
Sanshiro Sugata
Hansuke Murai
Untamed Woman
Onoda, the second husband
The End of Summer
Kitagawa Yanosuke
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Toji
Little Peach
Suga
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Shinkichi
Flowing
Yoneko's Ex
The Radish and the Carrot
Late Chrysanthemums
Itaya
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Tajimi
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Matsukichi Sekine
Summer Clouds
Fox and Raccoon
Kyota Aoshima
Here Is a Spring
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
Chūzō Togashi (Managing Director)
No Time for Tears
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Kumakichi Onizuka
Secret Assignment
Kusanagi
Holiday in Tokyo
A Wanderer's Notebook
Nobuo Sadaoka
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Ushinosuke Akaba
A Woman's Life
Moment of Terror
Kawashima
The Romance of Yushima
The Stranger Within a Woman
The Terrible Game
Uncle Zenkichi
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Yajirobei Tochimen'ya
Playboy President: Part II
Zensuke Kuramochi
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Kikuzō (head clerk)
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Genta
Mr. Pu
A Wife's Heart
The Lone Journey
Twilight Saloon
Kibe
Ôban
Ushinosuke Akaba
Company President Travels Abroad
Oshima Gentaro (Executive Director)
Once a Rainy Day
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Shinkichi
The Tale of Genji
Company President Travels Abroad Part II
Gentaro Ōshima (Managing Director)
New Third-Class Executive
Kumahira Onizuka
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
The Greatest Challenge of All
Beyond the Hills
Yakichi Wada
Mother
Sokichi Kimura
Snow in the South Seas
Center of Tokyo
Zenzo
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
Five Gents on the Spot
Kanju Goto
Vendetta of a Samurai
The Preacher of Love
The Masterless 47 – Part II
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
Uchuu Takeda
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
The Approach of Autumn
Tomioka
Assistant President
Seven Masks of Revenge
Zoku izuko e
Shanghai Rose
Liu, Ding's men
Sudden Rain
Kawakami
The Masterless 47
Jyusaburo Onodera
The Night before Pearl Harbor
Kusanagi
Bright Young Maidens
Zenkichi Shibata, Sumiko's Father
Shimizu Port Salaryman
Dotanba
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
Tsutomu Ariga
This Greedy Old Skin
Forty-Eight Man
The Naked Executive
Tadokori - Executive
The Wiser Age
Ryokichi
The School of Spies
Lieutenant Kusanagi
Yasugorō shusse
Playboy President
Kuramochi Zensuke
A Woman's Life
police officer
Star of Hong Kong
Syuhei Toru's brother-in-law
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Genkichi Yamanaka (Sales Director)
Samurai of the Great Earth
Snow Country
Inn proprietor
Jiyūgaoka fujin
Itohan Monogatari
Matsukichi
Rise Against the Sword
Budeuemon Hattori
The Storm
Born in Sin
Oban kanketsu hen
Ushinotsuke Akabane
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Mother's First Love
Turbid Youth
Hail the 3 Gents
Tomioka (Sales Manager)
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Ushinotsuke Akabane
I'm a Bodyguard
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
Foul Play
Goro Seo
The Surf
Chiyoko's Father
Crazy Operation: First Move
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
The Killing of Otsuya
Mita
A Night in Hong Kong
Kenkichi Matsuyama
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Kumakichi Onizuka (Maiko's father)
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
The Bogus Policeman
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
The Third President
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
A Company President's Life Story
Gotō Kanju (Managing Director)
Fountainhead
The Sharks
First Love
恐妻時代
Nakahata
The Gambling Samurai
Enzo Niko
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Ejima and Ikushima
井口
Stairs of Evil
Konishi
Pachinko
An Edoite Judge
Tasuke Uoya
Nonsense Boys
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Takeuchi
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
Assignment Dragon No. 3
Kusanagi
Goblin Courier
上州鴉
Humanity and Paper Balloons
Isuke
The Daphne
Travel Stories of a Company President
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
We Will Remember
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
Yasu
Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
We Are Salarymen
Executive Motohashi
Nippon Paradise
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
Ōkubo Hikosaburō
All of Myself
Oda Jukichi
Morning for Two
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Ishiyama Gōzō (HR director)
Awamori-kun kanpai!
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
Gōzō Ishiyama (General Affairs Manager)
五十円横町
Devices Stronger Than Women
Daisaku Sugishita (Publicity Manager)
Priest of Darkness
Kenta
G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
Outlaw island
How to Make Money
3 Gents in the Snow Country
Rose Buds in the Rainbow
Gôzô Maeda
Assignment Cloud
Kusanagi
A Bridge for Two Alone
The Man Who Laughs Last
Hito mo arukeba
Namitaro Namiki
Gamblers: The Raid
Kichigorō
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Tsutomu Ariga (Takayama Trading General Affairs Manager)
A Spectacular Murder
Jirocho's Home-Coming
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
Hajime Sawada
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
The Bitch
Gorō Matoba
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
Okubo Hikosaburō
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
Kintaro Igari
Mune yori mune ni
Hazama
Five Gents' Trick Book
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Ishibashi Tetsukichi
G-Men of Japan
三万両五十三次
Will-o'-the-Wisp
Ore wa yōjimbō
Ganpeki
A Man from Akagi
The Motherland Far Far Away
Tommy Shôkyokusai
Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil
Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
Kamo Jinnai
The Naked General
The College Ruggers
Jirō Shimizu
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Tetsukichi Ishibashi
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
Sōda Hajime
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
Sōda Hajime
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Kintarō Igari, Yoyo Finance Exec.
爆笑天国 とんち教室
Young Lovers
Renzō Dōjima
Singing in the Sun
Kyosuke Tsumura
The Abe Clan
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
Mako Osorubeshi
Miren
Master at 'Sekine'
The Blue Revolution
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
4th Sin & 7th Sin
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
Gunpei Otaguro
Dadakko Shachou
Gendai no yokubô
The Lady Was Pawn
Older Wife, Younger Husband
The Husband Was a Baby
Samurai in the Office
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1