Daisuke Katō

Actor

Born: February 18, 1911 (64 years old)

Died: July 31, 1975

Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan

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.

Filmography (47)

• Rashomon (1950, ★ 8)
• Early Spring (1956, ★ 7.5)
• Yojimbo (1961, ★ 8.1)
• The End of Summer (1961, ★ 7.5)
• Mother (1952, ★ 6.9)
• The Life of Oharu (1952, ★ 7.7)
• Chûshingura (1962, ★ 7.1)
• The 47 Ronin (1941, ★ 6.9)
• Floating Clouds (1955, ★ 7.7)
• Street of Shame (1956, ★ 7.7)
• Admiral Yamamoto (1968, ★ 8.3)
• Ikiru (1952, ★ 8.3)
• When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960, ★ 8)
• Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937, ★ 7.9)
• Seven Samurai (1954, ★ 8.5)
• Vendetta of a Samurai (1952, ★ 6.5)
• Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949, ★ 6.5)
• The Approach of Autumn (1960, ★ 6.9)
• Late Chrysanthemums (1954, ★ 7.2)
• Flowing (1956, ★ 7.2)
• Summer Clouds (1958, ★ 7.5)
• Little Peach (1958, ★ 5.9)
• Sudden Rain (1956, ★ 6.5)
• Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960, ★ 7.1)
• An Autumn Afternoon (1962, ★ 7.9)
• A Wife's Heart (1956, ★ 6.8)
• A Wanderer's Notebook (1962, ★ 7.2)
• The Stranger Within a Woman (1966, ★ 7.3)
• Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949, ★ 6.5)
• Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (1955, ★ 7.3)