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Daisuke Katô(1910-1975)

  • Actor
  • Director
  • Writer
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Daisuke Katô in Early Spring (1956)
Daisuke Katô was born on 18 February 1910 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor and director, known for Seven Samurai (1954), Yojimbo (1961) and Rashomon (1950). He died on 31 July 1975 in Takasaki, Japan.
BornFebruary 18, 1910
DiedJuly 31, 1975(65)
BornFebruary 18, 1910
DiedJuly 31, 1975(65)
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  • Awards
    • 3 wins

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Daisuke Katô, Senshô Ichikawa, and Jôji Kaieda in The 47 Ronin (1941)
Daisuke Katô, Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Chôemon Bandô, and Shinzô Yamazaki in The 47 Ronin (1941)
Daisuke Katô and Hideko Takamine in When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Daisuke Katô in When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Daisuke Katô in When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Daisuke Katô and Hideko Takamine in When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Daisuke Katô and Kôji Mitsui in Early Spring (1956)
Daisuke Katô in Early Spring (1956)
Daisuke Katô, Toshiaki Konoe, and Kinuyo Tanaka in The Life of Oharu (1952)
Toshirô Mifune, Daisuke Katô, and Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo (1961)
Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Yoshio Inaba, Daisuke Katô, Isao Kimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, and Takashi Shimura in Seven Samurai (1954)
Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Yoshio Inaba, Daisuke Katô, Isao Kimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, and Takashi Shimura in Seven Samurai (1954)

Known for

Seven Samurai (1954)
Seven Samurai
8.6
  • Shichiroji
  • 1954
Toshirô Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo (1961)
Yojimbo
8.2
  • Inokichi - Ushitora's Rotund Brother
  • 1961
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon
8.2
  • Policeman
  • 1950
Vendetta of a Samurai (1952)
Vendetta of a Samurai
6.5
  • Rokusuke
  • 1952

Credits

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Actor

  • 6-wa no kamome
    • TV Series
    • 1974
  • Tokyo do mannaka (1974)
    Tokyo do mannaka
    • 1974
  • Aoi sanmyaku
    • TV Series
    • 1974
  • Akechi tantei jimusho: Edogawa Rampo zenshû
    • TV Series
    • 1972
  • Zoku Showa hito keta shachô tai futaketa shain: Getsu-getsu kasui moku kinkin
    • 1971
  • Hajimete no tabi
    • 1971
  • Showa hito keta shachô tai futaketa shain
    • 1971
  • Futari dake no asa
    • 1971
  • Zoku shachô gaku ABC
    • 1970
  • Shachô gaku ABC
    • 1970
  • Zoku shachô enmachô (1969)
    Zoku shachô enmachô
    • 1969
  • Shachô enmachô (1969)
    Shachô enmachô
    • 1969
  • Kôdôkan hamonjô
    • Junpei Sekine
    • 1968
  • Admiral Yamamoto (1968)
    Admiral Yamamoto
    • Chief of Press Section
    • 1968
  • Niji no naka no remon
    • Gôzô Maeda
    • 1968

Director

  • Miyamoto Musashi
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Miyamoto Musashi II
    • Director
    • 1974

Writer

  • Snow in the South Seas (1961)
    Snow in the South Seas
    • story
    • 1961

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
  • Born
    • February 18, 1910
    • Tokyo, Japan
  • Died
    • July 31, 1975
    • Takasaki, Japan(colorectal cancer)
  • Relatives
    • Takayuki Katô(Grandchild)

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Son of Denzô Takeshiba and Seiko Yajima. He had an elder brother, Kunitarô Sawamura, and an older sister, Sadako Sawamura.
  • Trademark
      A balding, rotund Japanese character actor, frequently cast as dim-witted thugs and villainous schemers.
  • Nickname
    • Gyu-chan

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