

Acting
Yoshi Katō
- Titles
- 107movies8TV shows
- Career
Active from 1952 to 1987, busiest in 1964 with 6 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 6top three billing
- Average score
74/100
- Highest rated
Double Suicide88/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.5average 2.6
- Melancholy7.2average 4.7
- Pathos7.6average 5.2
- Class & Capitalism5.5average 3.3
- Violence6.4average 4.2
- Social Commentary7.0average 4.9
- Spiritual4.1average 2.0
- Politics4.6average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.7, average 5.4
- Situational Comedy1.0, average 2.7
- Pop Culture0.6, average 2.2
- Wholesome1.9, average 3.3
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 7
- Historical Drama 6
- Moral Ambiguity 4
- Slow-Burn 3
- Tragic Fate 3
- Character Study 3
- Feudal Japan 3
- Political Intrigue 2
- Slow Burn 2
- Philosophical 2
- Bleak 2
- Visually Striking 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Shima IwashitaActorDouble Suicide, Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees, Ohana han, A Legend or Was It?, The Scarlet Camellia, +2 more
Takashi KandaActorVacuum Zone, Manchurian Sunset, Police Precinct: The Left-Handed Killer, World War III Breaks Out, Points and Lines, +2 more
Kō NishimuraActorIntentions of Murder, Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees, The Scarlet Camellia, Zero Focus, Tale of Army Brutality, +1 more
Rentaro MikuniActorProfound Desires of the Gods, A Fugitive from the Past, Tokyo Untouchable, The Broken Commandment, Himiko, +1 more
Yoshitarō NomuraWriterThe Castle of Sand, Ohana han, The Scarlet Camellia, To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2, Zero Focus, +1 more
Tetsuro TambaActorThe Castle of Sand, Tokyo Untouchable, Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny, The Corporation, Gang vs. G-Men
Eiji OkadaActorSilence, Vacuum Zone, The Scarlet Camellia, Hiroshima, The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend
Yoji YamadaWriterThe Castle of Sand, Ohana han, To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2, Zero Focus, Koi no gashū
Yoshiko MitaActorTokyo Untouchable, Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai, World War III Breaks Out, Okashina yatsu
Junkichi OrimotoActorTokyo Untouchable, Darkness at Noon, A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, Gang vs. G-Men
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
Toshirō MayuzumiComposerProfound Desires of the Gods, Intentions of Murder, Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai, The Pleasures of Vice
Movies and TV shows
1151980s
8 titles · average score 83
as Tokijiro
as Kondo
TV show
as Minamoto
as Noodle-making Master
as Denzo
as Seisaku Araki
as Shogen
1970s
39 titles · average score 73
as Kyohei Kawashima
TV show · as 大河内清作
as Harada
as Chiyokichi Motoura
as Ohkimi
as Chiaki's father
as Danjô Tonami
as Michinari Shibatsuji
as Old man
as Taisuke Inumaru, Akane's Father
as Jutaro Mitsui
1960s
47 titles · average score 73
as Gosaemon
as Kôjirô Oonogi, Oonogi Clan boss
as Ryugen Ryu
as Yae's Father
as Kihei Musashiya
as Temple priest
as Seizo Takahashi
as Takahiro Hori
as Shintaro Shimizu
as Shoji
as Ushimatsu's uncle
as Mr. Murota
1950s
21 titles · average score 72
as Kobayashi
as Jutaro Toriumi
as Sugita
as The Fiend with Twenty Faces
as Sunaga
as Oshima
as Ishizuka
as Sanpeita Den
as Hideo Endo
as Narrator
as Kaminari-san
as Lieutenant Hayashi












































