Daisuke Katō

Born

2/18/1911

Tokyo, Japan

Daisuke Katō

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.

Known For162 Movies

Seven Samurai
1954
★8.5
Rashomon
1950
★8.0
Ikiru
1952
★8.3
Yojimbo
1961
★8.1
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
★7.9
Admiral Yamamoto
1968
★8.5
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
★7.2
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
★7.2
The End of Summer
1961
★7.5
The 47 Ronin
1941
★6.9
The Life of Oharu
1952
★7.7
Floating Clouds
1955
★7.7
Street of Shame
1956
★7.7
The Motherland Far Far Away
1950
★7.0
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
★8.0
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
★7.2
Gamblers: The Raid
1968
★10.0
Chûshingura
1962
★7.1
Japan's Longest Day
1967
★7.3
Two in the Shadow
1967
★7.8
Early Spring
1956
★7.5
Hito mo arukeba
1960
★9.0
The Naked General
1958
★7.0
Jirocho's Home-Coming
1953
★10.0
Untamed Woman
1957
★7.5
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1953
★8.0
Five Gents on the Spot
1966
★7.0
Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
1959
★7.0
Priest of Darkness
1936
★7.1
The Stranger Within a Woman
1966
★7.4
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1959
★10.0
Moment of Terror
1966
★5.9
Flowing
1956
★7.2
Late Chrysanthemums
1954
★7.2
Mother
1952
★7.0
Snow Country
1957
★6.7
Sanshiro Sugata
1965
★7.1
The Masterless 47
1960
★10.0
A Wife's Heart
1956
★6.9
The School of Spies
1966
★6.6
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
1949
★6.6
Samurai of the Great Earth
1956
★7.0
A Woman's Life
1963
★7.1
Summer Clouds
1958
★7.7
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
1955
★7.4
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
★7.2
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
★7.3
Sudden Rain
1956
★6.7
Humanity and Paper Balloons
1937
★7.9
No Time for Tears
1955
★9.0
Little Peach
1958
★6.1
The College Ruggers
1959
★9.0
The Approach of Autumn
1960
★7.0
Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970
★9.0
The Tale of Genji
1951
★6.0
Assignment Dragon No. 3
1967
★7.0
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1937
★10.0
The Terrible Game
1959
★7.0
A Brother and His Sister
1956
★8.0
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
★8.0
Aloha 3 Gents
1963
★8.0
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963
★9.0
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
★7.0
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
1949
★6.6
Here Is a Spring
1955
★8.2
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
1971
★7.0
Rise Against the Sword
1966
★6.3
Itohan Monogatari
1957
★7.0
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
1970
★8.0
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
1969
★7.0
Ôban
1957
★9.0
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
★8.0
A Company President's Life Story
1966
★7.0
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
1969
★10.0
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
★9.0
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
★8.0
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
★9.0
The Wiser Age
1962
★7.2
Mr. Pu
1953
★6.5
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
★8.0
The Gambling Samurai
1960
★6.9
Bright Young Maidens
1958
★10.0
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
★8.0
The Daphne
1966
★10.0
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952
★6.6
Twilight Saloon
1955
★8.0
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
★9.0
The Romance of Yushima
1955
★8.0
Fountainhead
1956
★6.1
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
★10.0
Fox and Raccoon
1959
★9.0
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
★9.0
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
★6.5
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
★9.0
Superexpress
1964
★8.0
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
1967
★9.0
The Abe Clan
1938
★7.0
The Sharks
1964
★9.0
The Naked Executive
1964
★9.0
The Third President
1958
★10.0
Assignment Cloud
1966
★2.0
Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
1956
★5.5
The Bitch
1951
★8.0
Dotanba
1956
★6.0
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
★9.0
Secret Assignment
1967
★10.0
Foul Play
1955
★6.0
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
1968
★7.0
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
1968
★9.0
Playboy President
1961
★10.0
Star of Hong Kong
1962
★8.0
Crazy Operation: First Move
1963
★10.0
Playboy President: Part II
1961
★8.0
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
★9.0
Mother's First Love
1954
★8.0
Turbid Youth
1954
★9.0
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
★9.0
The Night before Pearl Harbor
1968
★9.5
A Night in Hong Kong
1961
★10.0
Assistant President
1958
★10.0
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
★8.0
3 Gents In Hawaii
1963
★8.0
The Bogus Policeman
1967
★8.0
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
★10.0
Singing in the Sun
1960
★8.0
Born in Sin
1962
★9.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
★8.0
Forty-Eight Man
1952
★8.0
The Storm
1956
★8.5
The Blue Revolution
1953
★8.0
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
★8.0
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
★8.0
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
★9.0
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
★7.0
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
1967
★8.0
This Greedy Old Skin
1960
★10.0
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951
★8.0
New Third-Class Executive
1959
★8.0
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
★9.0
Morning for Two
1971
★8.0
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
★10.0
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
★7.0
Mune yori mune ni
1955
★10.0
We Are Salarymen
1963
★7.0
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
★7.0
The Surf
1954
★8.0
Snow in the South Seas
1961
★9.0
Hail the 3 Gents
1964
★8.0
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971
★10.0
The Lone Journey
1955
★9.0
We Will Remember
1965
★10.0
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
1960
★8.0
Goblin Courier
1949
★6.0
Samurai in the Office
1959
★9.0
Shanghai Rose
1952
★8.0
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
★10.0
Lemon in the Rainbow
1968
★7.0
I Am a Bodyguard
1950
★9.0
Yasugorō shusse
1953
★10.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
1957
★8.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
1958
★10.0
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
1957
★9.0