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Actor

Daisuke Katō

Acting

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Acting credits

211

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

1.6

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Movies: 209Series: 2Crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 7457

IMDb ID: nm0441961

Known for: Acting

Born: February 18, 1911

Died: July 31, 1975

Age: 64

Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1936 - 1974

Years active: 39

Average TMDB rating: 7.6

Wikidata: Q579058

Also known as

加東大介 • 加东大介 • 市川莚司

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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.

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Movies

Movies

Movie credits linked with Daisuke Katō.

Tokyo do mannaka poster

Tokyo do mannaka

as Zenzo

1974 Movie
First Love poster

First Love

1972 Movie
First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President: Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Friday poster

First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President: Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Friday

as Kintarō Igari, Yoyo Finance Exec.

1971 Movie
First Decade Showa  Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President poster

First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President

as Kintaro Igari

1971 Movie
Morning for Two poster

Morning for Two

1971 Movie
Five Gents and a Kuniang poster

Five Gents and a Kuniang

as Ishibashi Tetsukichi

1970 Movie
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan poster

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan

as Tetsukichi Ishibashi

1970 Movie
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II poster

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II

as Ishiyama Gōzō (HR director)

1969 Movie
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu poster

5 Gents Fly to Kyushu

as Gōzō Ishiyama (General Affairs Manager)

1969 Movie
Admiral Yamamoto poster
8.3

Admiral Yamamoto

as Chief of Press Section

1968 Movie
Rose Buds in the Rainbow poster

Rose Buds in the Rainbow

as Gôzô Maeda

1968 Movie
Gamblers: The Raid poster

Gamblers: The Raid

as Kichigorō

1968 Movie
The Night before Pearl Harbor poster
10.0

The Night before Pearl Harbor

as Kusanagi

1968 Movie
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant poster

Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant

as Tsutomu Ariga

1968 Movie
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa poster

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa

as Tsutomu Ariga (Takayama Trading General Affairs Manager)

1968 Movie
Two in the Shadow poster
7.7

Two in the Shadow

as Hayashida

1967 Movie
The Greatest Challenge of All poster
7.0

The Greatest Challenge of All

1967 Movie
Japan's Longest Day poster
7.2

Japan's Longest Day

as Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director

1967 Movie
Secret Assignment poster
10.0

Secret Assignment

as Kusanagi

1967 Movie
Five Gents Prefer Geisha poster

Five Gents Prefer Geisha

as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)

1967 Movie
The Bogus Policeman poster

The Bogus Policeman

1967 Movie
Zoku izuko e poster

Zoku izuko e

1967 Movie
Assignment Dragon No. 3 poster
7.0

Assignment Dragon No. 3

as Kusanagi

1967 Movie
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents poster

Discover Japan with the 5 Gents

as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)

1967 Movie
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