Daisuke Katō
Acting

Daisuke Katō

Born 18 February 1911 · Tokyo, Japan · Died 31 July 1975

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

Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Yojimbo
Ikiru
An Autumn Afternoon
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
The Life of Oharu
Street of Shame
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
The End of Summer
Snow falls on a southern island
Center of Tokyo
First Love
Morning for Two
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Five Gents and a Kuniang
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
Admiral Yamamoto
The Night before Pearl Harbor
Gamblers: The Raid
Lemon in the Rainbow
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
The Greatest Challenge of All
The Bogus Policeman
Two in the Shadow
Secret Assignment
Assignment Dragon No. 3
Japan's Longest Day
Zoku izuko e
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
Our Silent Love
The Stranger Within a Woman
Moment of Terror
Assignment Cloud
The School of Spies
Rise Against the Sword
The Daphne
A Company President's Life Story
Five Gents on the Spot
Stairs of Evil
The Radish and the Carrot
Sanshiro Sugata
Five Gents' Trick Book
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
We Will Remember
Finances in Front of the Train Station
Hail the 3 Gents
The Naked Executive
3 Gents in the Snow Country
How to Make Money
Superexpress
I'm a Bodyguard
The Sharks
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
A Woman's Life
Nonsense Boys
Crazy Operation: First Move
Travel Stories of a Company President
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
3 Gents In Hawaii
Aloha 3 Gents
Miren
We Are Salarymen
Devices Stronger Than  Women
A Salaryman's Reckless Family
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
Chûshingura
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
Shimizu Port Salaryman
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
Star of Hong Kong
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
Shin kitsune to tanuki
A Wanderer's Notebook
The Wiser Age
Born in Sin
An Autumn Afternoon
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
Pachinko
Yojimbo
The End of Summer
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Snow in the South Seas
A Night in Hong Kong
Awamori-kun kanpai!
The Masterless 47 – Part II
The Preacher of Love
Playboy President
Playboy President: Part II
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
Beyond the Hills
Hito mo arukeba
The Masterless 47
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
This Greedy Old Skin
The Approach of Autumn
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
The Gambling Samurai
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Jiyūgaoka fujin
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
Singing in the Sun
Older Wife, Younger Husband
The Husband Was a Baby
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
Yoru wa usotsuki
The Happicoat Comedian
Modern Moneymaking
Count on Me
The Five Jolly Thieves
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
The Terrible Game
New Third-Class Executive
Fox and Raccoon
The College Ruggers
Young Lovers
Samurai in the Office
Kiri aru jyoji
The Spear Master
Violent Ishimatsu
Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts
Oban kanketsu hen
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Little Peach
Assistant President
Summer Clouds
Bright Young Maidens
The Naked General
A Bridge for Two Alone
The Third President
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
Holiday in Tokyo
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Ôban
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Snow Country
Untamed Woman
Itohan Monogatari
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
The Ornery Entrance to the Sumo Ring with a Sword
Wasureji no gogo 8 ji 13 pun
Early Spring
Dotanba
Outlaw island
Street of Shame
The Storm
Fountainhead
Will-o'-the-Wisp
Flowing
Sudden Rain
A Wife's Heart
Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
Samurai of the Great Earth
The Spoiled Brat President
Gendai no yokubô
The Lady Was Pawn
A Brother and His Sister
Pure Love
Easy-Going Married Couple
Sabakareru jūdai
Spark
8:13 PM
Floating Clouds
Twilight Saloon
The Romance of Yushima
Ejima and Ikushima
Mune yori mune ni
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Here Is a Spring
Foul Play
No Time for Tears
Seven Masks of Revenge
The Lone Journey
A Woman's Life
Gojūen yokochō
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
Tôjûrô no koi
Tsubakuro kasa
Turbid Youth
Mako Osorubeshi
爆笑天国 とんち教室
Late Chrysanthemums
Mother's First Love
Seven Samurai
The Surf
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
All of Myself
Husband on the Run
Brotherly Love
Yearning
Mashiroki Fuji no mine
An Edoite Judge
Mr. Pu
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
Jirocho's Home-Coming
Yasugorō shusse
The Blue Revolution
Ganpeki
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
Moth Lamp
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
Mother
The Life of Oharu
Forty-Eight Man
恐妻時代
Vendetta of a Samurai
Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil
Ikiru
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and  Clouds
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
Shanghai Rose
Sanmanryō gojūsantsugi
Castle of Carnage
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
The Tale of Genji
A Spectacular Murder
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
The Bitch
The Killing of Otsuya
Jushu karasu
Tsuki no wataridori
Freedom School
Rashomon
G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
A Man from Akagi
The Motherland Far Far Away
I Am a Bodyguard
Yami ni hikarume
Kazanmyaku
Duel in Senjo Mountain
Senryō hada
The Scarlet Bat
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
The Man Who Laughs Last
Goblin Courier
G-Men of Japan
Tengu of Kiso
The 47 Ronin
The Abe Clan
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
Humanity and Paper Balloons
Priest of Darkness
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