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Daisuke Katô(1911-1975)

  • Actor
  • Director
  • Writer
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Daisuke Katô in Early Spring (1956)
Daisuke Katô was born on 18 February 1911 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, 1911
DiedJuly 31, 1975(64)
BornFebruary 18, 1911
DiedJuly 31, 1975(64)
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    • 3 wins total

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Known for

Toshirô Mifune, Minoru Chiaki, Yoshio Inaba, Daisuke Katô, Isao Kimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Takashi Shimura, and Keiko Tsushima in 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
Toshirô Mifune and Machiko Kyô in 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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  • 6-wa no kamome
    TV Series
    • Benzô Kawanami
    • 1974–1975
  • Tokyo do mannaka (1974)
    Tokyo do mannaka
    • 1974
  • Aoi sanmyaku
    TV Series
    • 1974
  • Akechi tantei jimusho: Edogawa Rampo zenshû
    TV Series
    • 1972
  • 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)
    Showa hito keta shachô tai futaketa shain
    • 1971
  • Futari dake no asa
    • 1971
  • Zoku shachô gaku ABC
    • 1970
  • Shachô gaku ABC
    • 1970
  • Momi no ki wa nokotta (1970)
    Momi no ki wa nokotta
    TV Series
    • 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
    6.7
    • Chief of Press Section
    • 1968

Director



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

Writer



  • Snow in the South Seas (1961)
    Snow in the South Seas
    7.0
    • story
    • 1961

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
  • Born
    • February 18, 1911
    • 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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