Daisuke Katō

Known for: Acting

Born: 1911-02-18 – 1975-07-31 (aged 64)

From: Tokyo, Japan

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.

Filmography (227)

MOVIE
Center of Tokyo
1974
as Zenzo
MOVIE
First Love
1972
MOVIE★ 10.0
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971
as Kintarō Igari, Yoyo Finance Exec.
MOVIE★ 7.0
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971
as Kintaro Igari
MOVIE★ 8.0
Morning for Two
1971
MOVIE★ 9.0
Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970
as Ishibashi Tetsukichi
MOVIE★ 8.0
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970
as Tetsukichi Ishibashi
MOVIE★ 7.0
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969
as Ishiyama Gōzō (HR director)
MOVIE★ 10.0
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969
as Gōzō Ishiyama (General Affairs Manager)
MOVIE★ 8.5
Admiral Yamamoto
1968
as Chief of Press Section
MOVIE★ 7.0
Lemon in the Rainbow
1968
as Gôzô Maeda
MOVIE★ 10.0
Gamblers: The Raid
1968
as Kichigorō
MOVIE★ 9.5
The Night before Pearl Harbor
1968
as Kusanagi
MOVIE★ 7.0
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
as Tsutomu Ariga
MOVIE★ 9.0
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
as Tsutomu Ariga (Takayama Trading General Affairs Manager)
TV
Ryoma ga Yuku
1968
as Katsu Kaishu
MOVIE★ 7.8
Two in the Shadow
1967
as Hayashida
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
MOVIE★ 7.3
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
MOVIE★ 10.0
Secret Assignment
1967
as Kusanagi
MOVIE★ 9.0
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
1967
as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Bogus Policeman
1967
MOVIE
Zoku izuko e
1967
TV
Tabiji
1967
as 塩谷駅長・南部斎五郎
MOVIE
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
1967
as Gunpei Otaguro
MOVIE★ 7.0
Assignment Dragon No. 3
1967
as Kusanagi
MOVIE★ 8.0
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
1967
as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Once a Rainy Day
1966
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Daphne
1966
MOVIE★ 2.0
Assignment Cloud
1966
as Kusanagi
MOVIE★ 6.6
The School of Spies
1966
as Lieutenant Kusanagi
MOVIE★ 5.9
Moment of Terror
1966
as Kawashima
MOVIE★ 7.0
Five Gents on the Spot
1966
as Kanju Goto
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Stranger Within a Woman
1966
MOVIE★ 6.3
Rise Against the Sword
1966
as Budeuemon Hattori
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Company President's Life Story
1966
as Gotō Kanju (Managing Director)
MOVIE
Stairs of Evil
1965
as Konishi
MOVIE★ 10.0
We Will Remember
1965
MOVIE★ 7.1
Sanshiro Sugata
1965
as Hansuke Murai
MOVIE★ 8.0
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
as Chūzō Togashi (Managing Director)
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
MOVIE★ 10.0
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
MOVIE
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
1964
as 4th Sin & 7th Sin
MOVIE★ 8.0
Superexpress
1964
as Yukichi Nakae
MOVIE★ 7.0
Nippon Paradise
1964
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Naked Executive
1964
as Tadokori - Executive
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Sharks
1964
MOVIE★ 8.0
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
MOVIE★ 10.0
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
MOVIE★ 8.0
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
MOVIE
How to Make Money
1964
MOVIE★ 8.0
Hail the 3 Gents
1964
as Tomioka (Sales Manager)
MOVIE★ 7.0
We Are Salarymen
1963
as Executive Motohashi
MOVIE★ 7.1
A Woman's Life
1963
MOVIE
Miren
1963
as Master at 'Sekine'
MOVIE
Nonsense Boys
1963
MOVIE★ 8.0
Aloha 3 Gents
1963
as Gentaro Ōshima (Managing Director)
MOVIE★ 8.0
3 Gents In Hawaii
1963
as Oshima Gentaro (Executive Director)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Crazy Operation: First Move
1963
MOVIE★ 9.0
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963
as Genkichi Yamanaka (Sales Director)
MOVIE
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963
as Daisaku Sugishita (Publicity Manager)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
MOVIE
Pachinko
1962
MOVIE★ 9.0
Born in Sin
1962
MOVIE★ 7.9
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
as Yoshitaro Sakamoto
MOVIE★ 7.1
Chûshingura
1962
as Kichiemon Terasaka
MOVIE★ 7.0
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
MOVIE★ 7.2
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
as Nobuo Sadaoka
MOVIE★ 8.0
Star of Hong Kong
1962
as Syuhei Toru's brother-in-law
MOVIE
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
MOVIE★ 6.5
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
MOVIE★ 9.0
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
MOVIE★ 7.0
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
MOVIE★ 9.0
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
MOVIE
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1962
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Wiser Age
1962
as Ryokichi
MOVIE★ 8.0
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
MOVIE★ 7.5
The End of Summer
1961
as Kitagawa Yanosuke
MOVIE
Awamori-kun kanpai!
1961
MOVIE★ 9.0
Snow in the South Seas
1961
MOVIE★ 10.0
A Night in Hong Kong
1961
as Kenkichi Matsuyama
MOVIE★ 8.0
Playboy President: Part II
1961
as Zensuke Kuramochi
MOVIE★ 8.1
Yojimbo
1961
as Inokichi
MOVIE★ 10.0
Playboy President
1961
as Kuramochi Zensuke
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
MOVIE
The Preacher of Love
1961
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Masterless 47
1960
as Jyusaburo Onodera
MOVIE
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960
MOVIE
The Husband Was a Baby
1960
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Approach of Autumn
1960
as Tomioka
MOVIE
Older Wife, Younger Husband
1960
MOVIE★ 10.0
This Greedy Old Skin
1960
MOVIE★ 10.0
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
MOVIE★ 7.0
Respect, Flatter, and Love
1960
MOVIE★ 8.0
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
as Kumakichi Onizuka
MOVIE★ 8.0
Singing in the Sun
1960
as Kyosuke Tsumura
MOVIE
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
1960
as Okubo Hikosaburō
MOVIE★ 7.3
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
as Shusuke Tetsumoto
MOVIE★ 9.0
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
as Uchuu Takeda
MOVIE
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
1960
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Gambling Samurai
1960
as Enzo Niko
MOVIE
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
as Ōkubo Hikosaburō
MOVIE★ 9.0
Hito mo arukeba
1960
as Namitaro Namiki
MOVIE
Beyond the Hills
1960
as Yakichi Wada
MOVIE★ 8.0
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
as Matsukichi Sekine
MOVIE★ 8.0
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
as Kumakichi Onizuka (Maiko's father)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Terrible Game
1959
as Uncle Zenkichi
MOVIE
Kiri aru jyoji
1959
MOVIE
Young Lovers
1959
as Renzō Dōjima
MOVIE★ 7.0
Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
1959
MOVIE★ 8.0
New Third-Class Executive
1959
as Kumahira Onizuka
MOVIE★ 9.0
The College Ruggers
1959
as Jirō Shimizu
MOVIE★ 9.0
Samurai in the Office
1959
MOVIE★ 9.0
Fox and Raccoon
1959
as Kyota Aoshima
MOVIE★ 10.0
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959
as Takeuchi
MOVIE★ 9.0
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
MOVIE★ 10.0
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
MOVIE★ 8.0
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Naked General
1958
MOVIE★ 10.0
Bright Young Maidens
1958
as Zenkichi Shibata, Sumiko's Father
MOVIE★ 10.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
1958
as Hajime Sawada
MOVIE★ 7.6
Summer Clouds
1958
MOVIE
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
as Kikuzō (head clerk)
MOVIE
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
as Ushinotsuke Akabane
MOVIE★ 6.1
Little Peach
1958
as Suga
MOVIE
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958
as Yajirobei Tochimen'ya
MOVIE★ 9.0
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Third President
1958
MOVIE
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
MOVIE★ 10.0
Assistant President
1958
MOVIE★ 8.0
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
as Ushinotsuke Akabane
MOVIE★ 8.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957
as Sōda Hajime
MOVIE★ 9.0
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
as Ushinosuke Akaba
MOVIE★ 9.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1957
as Sōda Hajime
MOVIE★ 7.5
Untamed Woman
1957
as Onoda, the second husband
MOVIE★ 6.7
Snow Country
1957
as Inn proprietor
MOVIE★ 9.0
Ôban
1957
as Ushinosuke Akaba
MOVIE★ 7.0
Itohan Monogatari
1957
as Matsukichi
MOVIE★ 7.2
Flowing
1956
as Yoneko's Ex
MOVIE★ 6.0
Dotanba
1956
MOVIE
Pure Love
1956
MOVIE★ 8.5
The Storm
1956
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Brother and His Sister
1956
as Hayashi
MOVIE★ 9.0
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
MOVIE
Gendai no yokubô
1956
MOVIE
Outlaw island
1956
MOVIE★ 6.9
A Wife's Heart
1956
MOVIE
The Lady Was Pawn
1956
MOVIE★ 7.7
Street of Shame
1956
as Mr. Nomura
MOVIE★ 5.5
Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
1956
as Kamo Jinnai
MOVIE★ 6.0
Fountainhead
1956
MOVIE
Dadakko Shachou
1956
MOVIE★ 7.5
Early Spring
1956
as Sakamoto
MOVIE★ 7.0
Samurai of the Great Earth
1956
MOVIE★ 6.7
Sudden Rain
1956
as Kawakami
MOVIE★ 7.2
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
as Toji Gion
MOVIE★ 10.0
Mune yori mune ni
1955
as Hazama
MOVIE
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
as 井口
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Romance of Yushima
1955
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Lone Journey
1955
MOVIE
Seven Masks of Revenge
1955
MOVIE★ 7.2
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
as Toji Gion
MOVIE
五十円横町
1955
MOVIE★ 8.0
Twilight Saloon
1955
as Kibe
MOVIE
Tôjûrô no koi
1955
as Kichisuke
MOVIE★ 9.0
No Time for Tears
1955
MOVIE★ 7.4
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
1955
as Genta
MOVIE★ 8.2
Here Is a Spring
1955
MOVIE
A Woman's Life
1955
as police officer
MOVIE★ 7.7
Floating Clouds
1955
as Seikichi Mukai
MOVIE★ 6.0
Foul Play
1955
as Goro Seo
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Surf
1954
as Chiyoko's Father
MOVIE★ 7.2
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
as Toji
MOVIE★ 9.0
Turbid Youth
1954
MOVIE★ 8.0
Mother's First Love
1954
MOVIE
爆笑天国　とんち教室
1954
MOVIE
Mako Osorubeshi
1954
MOVIE★ 7.3
Late Chrysanthemums
1954
as Itaya
MOVIE
All of Myself
1954
as Oda Jukichi
MOVIE★ 8.4
Seven Samurai
1954
as Shichiroji
MOVIE★ 8.0
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1953
MOVIE
Moth Lamp
1953
MOVIE★ 10.0
Jirocho's Home-Coming
1953
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Blue Revolution
1953
MOVIE
Ganpeki
1953
MOVIE★ 6.7
Mr. Pu
1953
MOVIE★ 10.0
Yasugorō shusse
1953
MOVIE
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
MOVIE
An Edoite Judge
1953
as Tasuke Uoya
MOVIE★ 9.0
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
MOVIE
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
MOVIE
恐妻時代
1952
as Nakahata
MOVIE★ 8.3
Ikiru
1952
as Yakuza
MOVIE
Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil
1952
MOVIE★ 8.0
Shanghai Rose
1952
as Liu, Ding's men
MOVIE★ 8.0
Forty-Eight Man
1952
MOVIE★ 7.0
Mother
1952
as Sokichi Kimura
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Life of Oharu
1952
as Tasaburo Hishiya
MOVIE
三万両五十三次
1952
MOVIE★ 6.6
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Bitch
1951
as Gorō Matoba
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Tale of Genji
1951
MOVIE
上州鴉
1951
MOVIE
The Killing of Otsuya
1951
as Mita
MOVIE
A Spectacular Murder
1951
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951
as Tajimi
MOVIE
A Man from Akagi
1950
MOVIE★ 8.0
Rashomon
1950
as Policeman
MOVIE
Yami ni hikarume
1950
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Motherland Far Far Away
1950
as Tommy Shôkyokusai
MOVIE★ 9.0
Ore wa yōjimbō
1950
MOVIE
G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
1950
MOVIE
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
1949
MOVIE★ 6.6
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1949
as Shinkichi
MOVIE★ 6.6
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949
as Shinkichi
MOVIE
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
1949
as Yasu
MOVIE
The Man Who Laughs Last
1949
MOVIE★ 6.0
Goblin Courier
1949
MOVIE
G-Men of Japan
1948
MOVIE
Tengu of Kiso
1948
MOVIE★ 6.9
The 47 Ronin
1941
as Fuwa Kazuemon
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Abe Clan
1938
MOVIE★ 7.9
Humanity and Paper Balloons
1937
as Isuke
MOVIE★ 10.0
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1937
MOVIE★ 7.1
Priest of Darkness
1936
as Kenta