Acting
Yoshi Katō
- Titles
- 97movies8TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19521987
- Leading roles
- 6top three billing
- Average score
72/100
- Highest rated
A Fugitive from the Past77/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 27 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.4average 2.6
- Melancholy7.1average 4.7
- Pathos7.5average 5.2
- Violence6.6average 4.3
- Class & Capitalism5.3average 3.3
- Spiritual3.9average 2.0
- Social Commentary6.7average 4.9
- Politics4.1average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.9, average 5.2
- Situational Comedy1.0, average 2.7
- Pop Culture0.6, average 2.2
- Wholesome1.9, average 3.3
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 7
- Historical Drama 5
- Moral Ambiguity 4
- Tragic Fate 3
- Character Study 3
- Psychological Depth 2
- Political Intrigue 2
- Slow Burn 2
- Post-War Japan 2
- Feudal Japan 2
- Family Saga 2
- Social Critique 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Shima IwashitaActorUnder the Blossoming Cherry Trees, Double Suicide, Himiko, A Legend, or Was It?, The Scarlet Camellia, +2 more
Kō NishimuraActorUnder the Blossoming Cherry Trees, Intentions of Murder, Tale of Army Brutality, Zero Focus, The Scarlet Camellia, +1 more
Takashi KandaActorVacuum Zone, Points and Lines, Police Precinct: Missing Person, Manchurian Sunset, Become a Mother, Become a Woman, +1 more
Rentaro MikuniActorProfound Desires of the Gods, A Fugitive from the Past, The Broken Commandment, Himiko, Tale of Army Brutality, +1 more
Yoshitarō NomuraDirectorThe Castle of Sand, Zero Focus, The Scarlet Camellia, Ohana han, To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2, +1 more
Yoji YamadaWriterThe Castle of Sand, Zero Focus, Ohana han, To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2, Koi no gashū
Taketoshi NaitōActorLone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance, Darkness at Noon, 松本清張シリーズ・中央流沙, A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Tetsuro TambaActorThe Castle of Sand, Gang vs. G-Men, Tokyo Untouchable, Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny
Eiji OkadaActorSilence, Hiroshima, The Scarlet Camellia, The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend
Junkichi OrimotoActorDarkness at Noon, Gang vs. G-Men, Tokyo Untouchable, A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Masahiro ShinodaWriterSilence, Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees, Double Suicide, Himiko- YYoshiyasu HamamuraEditorZero Focus, The Scarlet Camellia, Ohana han, Koi no gashū
Movies and TV shows
1051980s
8 titles · average score 78
The Yen Family (1988)
as Tokijiro
78
Hachiko (1987)
as Kondo
An Early Autumn (1987)
TV show
Spectacle of Buds (1986)
as Minamoto
78
Tampopo (1985)
as Noodle-making Master
Hometown (1983)
as Denzo
The Shootout (1982)
as Seisaku Araki
May Love Be Restored (1980)
as Shogen
1970s
36 titles · average score 70
76
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
as Kyohei Kawashima
The White Tower (1978)
TV show · as 大河内清作
73
The Castle of Sand (1974)
as Chiyokichi Motoura
71
Himiko (1974)
as Ohkimi
Virgin Blues (1974)
as Chiaki's father
75
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
as Danjô Tonami
Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny (1972)
as Michinari Shibatsuji
72
Silence (1971)
as Old man
An Ode to Yakuza (1970)
as Taisuke Inumaru, Akane's Father
63
Blind Woman's Curse (1970)
as Jutaro Mitsui
1960s
41 titles · average score 73
73
Double Suicide (1969)
as Gosaemon
Bloody Territories (1969)
as Kôjirô Oonogi, Oonogi Clan boss
75
Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
as Ritsugen Ryu
77
A Fugitive from the Past (1965)
as Yae's Father
The Scarlet Camellia (1964)
as Kihei Musashiya
74
Intentions of Murder (1964)
as Seizo Takahashi
71
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)
as Temple priest
70
A Legend, or Was It? (1963)
as Shintaro Shimizu
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)
as Takahiro Hori
73
The Mad Fox (1962)
as Shoji
The Broken Commandment (1962)
as Ushimatsu's uncle
Zero Focus (1961)
as Mr. Murota
1950s
20 titles · average score 70
Four Hours of Terror (1959)
as Kobayashi
Points and Lines (1958)
as Jutaro Toriumi
The Outsiders (1958)
as Sugita
The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend (1957)
as The Fiend with Twenty Faces
Ghost Ship Part 2 (1957)
as Gensai Ihara
The Eleventh Hour (1957)
as Sunaga
Darkness at Noon (1956)
as Oshima
Foul Play (1955)
as Chief Inspector Udagawa
The Street Without Sun (1954)
as Ishizuka
75
Hiroshima (1953)
as Hideo Endo
64
Hokusai (1953)
as Narrator
Vacuum Zone (1952)
as Lt. Hayashi