# Takeshi Katō (actor)

Takeshi Katō (加藤 武, Katō Takeshi, 24 May 1929 – 31 July 2015) was a Japanese stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films.

## Career

Graduating from Waseda University, Katō first became a middle school teacher, but then joined the Bungakuza theater troupe in 1952. Beyond appearing in and directing plays on stage, he also appeared in films by such directors as Akira Kurosawa, Shohei Imamura, Kon Ichikawa, and Kiriro Urayama.
He died on 31 July 2015 after collapsing in a sauna.

## Selected filmography
### Films

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1953 | An Inlet of Muddy Water | | Tadashi Imai | Uncredited |
| 1954 | Seven Samurai | | Akira Kurosawa | Uncredited |
| 1958 | The Hidden Fortress | | Akira Kurosawa | |
| 1960 | The Bad Sleep Well | Itakura | Akira Kurosawa | |
| 1961 | Pigs and Battleships | Ōhachi | Shohei Imamura | |
| 1961 | Yojimbo | Kobuhachi | Akira Kurosawa | |
| 1962 | Foundry Town | Noda | Kirio Urayama | |
| 1963 | High and Low | Detective Nakao | Akira Kurosawa | |
| 1963 | Mother | Toshiro | Kaneto Shindo | |
| 1963 | Bushido, Samurai Saga | | Tadashi Imai | |
| 1965 | Sword of the Beast | Katori | Hideo Gosha | |
| 1968 | Japan's Longest Day | Hisatsune Sakomizu | Kihachi Okamoto | |
| 1968 | Bonta No Kekkon Ya | Kasamatsu | Koji Chino | |
| 1969 | Battle of the Japan Sea | Katō Tomosaburō | Seiji Maruyama | |
| 1970 | Fuji sanchō | | | |
| 1972 | Summer Soldiers | | Hiroshi Teshigahara | |
| 1973 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War | Noburo Uchimoto | Kinji Fukasaku | |
| 1974 | Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics | Noburo Uchimoto | Kinji Fukasaku | |
| 1975 | The Gate of Youth | Professor Hayatake Senjo | Kirio Urayama | |
| 1976 | The Inugami Family | Tachibana | Kon Ichikawa | |
| 1977 | Akuma no temari-uta | Tachibana | Kon Ichikawa | |
| 1978 | Queen Bee | Todoroki | Kon Ichikawa | |
| 1978 | Ogin-sama | Yakuin Zenso | Kei Kumai | |
| 1978 | Hi no Tori | Kamamushi | Kon Ichikawa | |
| 1979 | Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie | Todoroki | Kon Ichikawa | |
| 1981 | Kofuku | Kenmochi | Kon Ichikawa | |
| 1985 | Ran | Koyata Hatakeyama | Akira Kurosawa | |
| 1987 | Princess from the Moon | Fujiwara-no-Ōkuni | Kon Ichikawa | |
| 1989 | Shaso | Tani | Toshio Masuda | |
| 1993 | Kaettekita Kogarashi Monjirō | | Kon Ichikawa | |
| 1999 | The Geisha House | Kitayama | Kinji Fukasaku | |
| 2006 | The Inugamis | Todoroki | Kon Ichikawa | |
| 2015 | Mifune: The Last Samurai | Himself | Steven Okazaki | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| 1963 | Hana no Shōgai | Magojirō | NHK | Taiga drama |
| 1964 | Akō Rōshi | Horibe Yasubei | NHK | Taiga drama |
| 1966 | Minamoto no Yoshitsune | Taira no Kagekiyo | NHK | Taiga drama |
| 1967 | San Shimai | Ōmura Masujirō | NHK | Taiga drama |
| 1969 | Ten to Chi to | Nagao Toshikage | NHK | Taiga drama |
| 1971 | Daichūshingura | Takebe Masanoki | NET | |
| 1979 | Kusa Moeru | Ōba Kagechika | NHK | Taiga drama |
| 1985–86 | Sanada Taiheiki | Honda Tadakatsu | NHK | |
| 1999 | Genroku Ryōran | Shindō Toshishige | NHK | Taiga drama |
| 2007 | Fūrin Kazan | Morozumi Torasada | NHK | Taiga drama |
| 2009 | Tenchijin | Hokkō Zenshuku | NHK | Taiga drama |