Daisuke Katō
- Known for
- Acting
- 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
Acting 262
- 2026Kakute ninjutsu eiga wa owarinu
- 1974Center of Tokyo as Zenzo
- 1972First Love
- 1971First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri as Kintarō Igari, Yoyo Finance Exec.
- 1971First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff as Kintaro Igari
- 1971Morning for Two
- 1970Five Gents and a Kuniang as Ishibashi Tetsukichi
- 1970Five Gents Fly to Taiwan as Tetsukichi Ishibashi
- 19695 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II as Ishiyama Gōzō (HR director)
- 19695 Gents Fly to Kyushu as Gōzō Ishiyama (General Affairs Manager)
- 1968Admiral Yamamoto as Chief of Press Section
- 1968Lemon in the Rainbow as Gôzô Maeda
- 1968Gamblers: The Raid as Kichigorō
- 1968The Night before Pearl Harbor as Kusanagi
- 1968Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant as Tsutomu Ariga
- 1968Five Gents and Karate Grandpa as Tsutomu Ariga (Takayama Trading General Affairs Manager)
- 1967Two in the Shadow as Hayashida
- 1967The Greatest Challenge of All
- 1967Japan's Longest Day as Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
- 1967Secret Assignment as Kusanagi
- 1967Five Gents Prefer Geisha as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
- 1967Our Silent Love
- 1967The Bogus Policeman
- 1967Zoku izuko e
- 1967Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri as Gunpei Otaguro
- 1967Assignment Dragon No. 3 as Kusanagi
- 1967Discover Japan with the 5 Gents as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
- 1966The Daphne
- 1966Once a Rainy Day
- 1966Assignment Cloud as Kusanagi
- 1966The School of Spies as Lieutenant Kusanagi
- 1966Moment of Terror as Kawashima
- 1966Five Gents on the Spot as Kanju Goto
- 1966The Stranger Within a Woman
- 1966Rise Against the Sword as Budeuemon Hattori
- 1966A Company President's Life Story as Gotō Kanju (Managing Director)
- 1965Stairs of Evil as Konishi
- 1965We Will Remember
- 1965Finances in Front of the Train Station
- 1965Sanshiro Sugata as Hansuke Murai
- 1965A Chair in the Sunshine
- 1965President's Ninja Trick Book Part II as Chūzō Togashi (Managing Director)
- 1965Five Gents' Trick Book
- 1965The Radish and the Carrot
- 1964Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins as 4th Sin & 7th Sin
- 1964Superexpress as Yukichi Nakae
- 1964Nippon Paradise
- 1964The Naked Executive as Tadokori - Executive
- 1964The Sharks
- 1964I'm a Bodyguard
- 19643 Gents in the Snow Country
- 1964Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
- 1964How to Make Money
- 1964Hail the 3 Gents as Tomioka (Sales Manager)
- 1963We Are Salarymen as Executive Motohashi
- 1963A Woman's Life as Tobita
- 1963Miren as Master at 'Sekine'
- 1963Nonsense Boys
- 1963Aloha 3 Gents as Gentaro Ōshima (Managing Director)
- 19633 Gents In Hawaii as Oshima Gentaro (Executive Director)
- 1963Crazy Operation: First Move
- 1963Travel Stories of a Company President Part II as Genkichi Yamanaka (Sales Director)
- 1963A Salaryman's Reckless Family
- 1963Devices Stronger Than Women as Daisaku Sugishita (Publicity Manager)
- 1963Travel Stories of a Company President
- 1962Pachinko
- 1962Born in Sin
- 1962An Autumn Afternoon as Yoshitaro Sakamoto
- 1962Chûshingura as Kichiemon Terasaka
- 1962Shin kitsune to tanuki
- 1962A Wanderer's Notebook as Nobuo Sadaoka
- 1962Star of Hong Kong as Syuhei Toru's brother-in-law
- 1962Ottamage ningyo monogatari
- 1962Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
- 1962Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
- 1962Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
- 1962Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
- 1962Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
- 1962The Wiser Age as Ryokichi
- 1962Shimizu Port Salaryman
- 1961A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
- 1961Ganpā kachō
- 1961The End of Summer as Kitagawa Yanosuke
- 1961Awamori-kun kanpai!
- 1961Snow in the South Seas
- 1961A Night in Hong Kong as Kenkichi Matsuyama
- 1961Playboy President: Part II as Zensuke Kuramochi
- 1961The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
- 1961Playboy President as Kuramochi Zensuke
- 1961Yojimbo as Inokichi
- 1961The Masterless 47 – Part II
- 1961The Preacher of Love
- 1960The Masterless 47 as Jyusaburo Onodera
- 1960Modern Moneymaking
- 1960Chikuhō no kodomotachi
- 1960Count on Me
- 1960The Husband Was a Baby
- 1960The Approach of Autumn as Tomioka
- 1960Older Wife, Younger Husband
- 1960Jiyūgaoka fujin
- 1960This Greedy Old Skin
- 1960Respect, Flatter, and Love
- 1960Yoru wa usotsuki
- 1960New Third Class Executive: Husband Education as Kumakichi Onizuka
- 1960Singing in the Sun as Kyosuke Tsumura
- 1960Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success as Okubo Hikosaburō
- 1960Daughters, Wives and a Mother as Shusuke Tetsumoto
- 1960New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller as Uchuu Takeda
- 1960The Happicoat Comedian
- 1960Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
- 1960The Gambling Samurai as Enzo Niko
- 1960Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes as Ōkubo Hikosaburō
- 1960Hito mo arukeba as Namitaro Namiki
- 1960Beyond the Hills as Yakichi Wada
- 1960When a Woman Ascends the Stairs as Matsukichi Sekine
- 1960New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking as Kumakichi Onizuka (Maiko's father)
- 1960The Five Jolly Thieves
- 1959The Spear Master
- 1959The Terrible Game as Uncle Zenkichi
- 1959Kiri aru jyoji
- 1959Young Lovers as Renzō Dōjima
- 1959Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
- 1959Violent Ishimatsu
- 1959New Third-Class Executive as Kumahira Onizuka
- 1959Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts
- 1959The College Ruggers as Jirō Shimizu
- 1959Samurai in the Office
- 1959Fox and Raccoon as Kyota Aoshima
- 1959I Want to Be a Shellfish as Takeuchi
- 1959Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
- 1959Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
- 1958Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
- 1958The Naked General
- 1958Bright Young Maidens as Zenkichi Shibata, Sumiko's Father
- 1958Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3 as Hajime Sawada
- 1958Summer Clouds
- 1958Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring as Kikuzō (head clerk)
- 1958Oban kanketsu hen as Ushinotsuke Akabane
- 1958Little Peach as Suga
- 1958Yaji and Kita on the Road as Yajirobei Tochimen'ya
- 1958Holiday in Tokyo
- 1958The Third President
- 1958A Bridge for Two Alone
- 1958Assistant President
- 1957Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen as Ushinotsuke Akabane
- 1957Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2 as Sōda Hajime
- 1957The Ornery Entrance to the Sumo Ring with a Sword
- 1957Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen as Ushinosuke Akaba
- 1957Diary of a Successful Salaryman as Sōda Hajime
- 1957Untamed Woman as Onoda, the second husband
- 1957Snow Country as Inn proprietor
- 1957Ôban as Ushinosuke Akaba
- 1957Itohan Monogatari as Matsukichi
- 1956Flowing as Yoneko's Ex
- 1956Dotanba
- 1956Pure Love
- 19568:13 PM
- 1956The Storm
- 1956Easy-Going Married Couple
- 1956A Brother and His Sister as Hayashi
- 1956Will-o'-the-Wisp
- 1956Gendai no yokubô
- 1956Outlaw island
- 1956The Lady Was Pawn
- 1956A Wife's Heart
- 1956Spark
- 1956Sabakareru jūdai
- 1956Street of Shame as Mr. Nomura
- 1956Swordsman of the Two Sword Style as Kamo Jinnai
- 1956Fountainhead
- 1956The Spoiled Brat President
- 1956Early Spring as Sakamoto
- 1956Samurai of the Great Earth
- 1956Sudden Rain as Kawakami
- 1956Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island as Toji Gion
- 1955Mune yori mune ni as Hazama
- 1955Ejima and Ikushima as 井口
- 1955The Romance of Yushima
- 1955The Lone Journey
- 1955Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple as Toji Gion
- 1955Seven Masks of Revenge
- 1955Gojūen yokochō
- 1955Twilight Saloon as Kibe
- 1955Tôjûrô no koi as Kichisuke
- 1955Tsubakuro kasa
- 1955No Time for Tears
- 1955Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji as Genta
- 1955Here Is a Spring
- 1955A Woman's Life as police officer
- 1955Floating Clouds as Seikichi Mukai
- 1955Foul Play as Goro Seo
- 1954Brotherly Love
- 1954The Surf as Chiyoko's Father
- 1954Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto as Toji
- 1954Turbid Youth
- 1954Mother's First Love
- 1954Husband on the Run
- 1954Mashiroki Fuji no mine
- 1954爆笑天国 とんち教室
- 1954Late Chrysanthemums as Itaya
- 1954Mako Osorubeshi
- 1954Yearning
- 1954All of Myself as Oda Jukichi
- 1954Seven Samurai as Shichiroji
- 1954Four Mothers
- 1953Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
- 1953Moth Lamp
- 1953Jirocho's Home-Coming
- 1953The Blue Revolution
- 1953Ganpeki
- 1953Mr. Pu
- 1953Yasugorō shusse
- 1953Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
- 1953An Edoite Judge as Tasuke Uoya
- 1952One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
- 1952Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
- 1952The Woman Who Touched the Legs
- 1952恐妻時代 as Nakahata
- 1952Ikiru as Yakuza
- 1952Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil
- 1952Shanghai Rose as Liu, Ding's men
- 1952Forty-Eight Man
- 1952Mother as Sokichi Kimura
- 1952Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
- 1952The Life of Oharu as Tasaburo Hishiya
- 1952Castle of Carnage
- 1952Sanmanryō gojūsantsugi
- 1952Vendetta of a Samurai
- 1951The Bitch as Gorō Matoba
- 1951The Tale of Genji
- 1951Jushu karasu
- 1951Freedom School
- 1951Tsuki no wataridori
- 1951The Killing of Otsuya as Mita
- 1951A Spectacular Murder
- 1951The Inner Palace Conspiracy as Tajimi
- 1950The Scarlet Bat
- 1950A Man from Akagi
- 1950Rashomon as Policeman
- 1950Senryō hada
- 1950Sarutobi Sasuke: Senjō ke goku no hi matsuri
- 1950Yami ni hikarume
- 1950Kazanmyaku
- 1950The Motherland Far Far Away as Tommy Shôkyokusai
- 1950I Am a Bodyguard
- 1950G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
- 1949Chobei the Rogue
- 1949Onna goroshi abura jigoku
- 1949The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
- 1949Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 as Shinkichi
- 1949Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 as Shinkichi
- 1949Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood as Yasu
- 1949The Man Who Laughs Last
- 1949Goblin Courier
- 1948G-Men of Japan
- 1948The Fifth Witness
- 1948Tengu of Kiso
- 1941The 47 Ronin as Fuwa Kazuemon
- 1938The Abe Clan
- 1937Humanity and Paper Balloons as Isuke
- 1937Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
- 1936Priest of Darkness as Kenta
Writing 2
- 1995Snow falls on a southern island · writer
- 1961Snow in the South Seas · original story