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Acting

Takeshi Katō

Career: Active from 1958 to 2006, busiest in 1965 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 6
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: The Bad Sleep Well
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Takeshi Katō Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.6, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.7, average 2.2
Situational Comedy
1.4, average 2.7
Wholesome
2.2, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Japanese Cinema 3
Post-War Japan 3
Political Intrigue 3
Social Commentary 2
Action-Packed 2
Historical Drama 2
Character-Driven 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

77

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

愛のホットライン

TV show

2000s

7 titles · average score 56

Aogeba Tôtoshi

as Koichi's father

Japan Sinks

47

as Professor Yamashiro

Murder of the Inugami Clan

66

as Todoroki Shochô

Free and Easy 16

as Akiyama

Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space

50

as Zombie Cat (Voice)

Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project

as Managing Director Akiyama

Dora-heita

64

as Toneri Uchijima

1990s

8 titles · average score 73

Across a Gold Prairie

as Takashi Kanzaki

The Geisha House

73

as Kitayama

XX: Beautiful Weapon

as Yasuhiro Kokubu

Kimi no na wa

TV show · as 永橋

Noh Mask Murders

as Assistant Inspector Senba

Free and Easy 4

as Akiyama

The Tale of Genji

TV show

Battleship Yamato

as General Koshirō Oikawa

1980s

17 titles · average score 66

Four Days of Snow and Blood

68

as Kohei Kashi

Hana no Asuka-gumi!

TV show · as Shinomiya

Ran

91

as Koyota Hatakeyama

Odin: Starlight Mutiny

51

as Takeshi Suzuka

Godzilla 1985

45

as Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka

For Kayako

as Kyusu Im

Choudenshi Bioman

72

TV show · as Takashi

Zero

as Ugaki

Marriage Counselor Tora-san

as 金吾

Location

as Hara

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

TV show · as Kahei Nirei

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

69

as Grand Wazir (voice)

1970s

13 titles · average score 68

The House of Hanging

61

as Inspector Todoroki

The Phoenix

60

as Kamamushi

Queen Bee

69

as Detective Todoroki

Lullaby to Kill

67

as Inspector Tachibana

Island of Hell

63

as Inspector Todoroki

The Inugami Family

69

as Police Chief Tachibana

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

71

as Noburo Uchimoto

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War

71

as Noboru Uchimoto

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

79

as Noburo Uchimoto

Miyamoto Musashi

as Iwama Kakubei

Kigeki: Otoko no nakidokoro

as Kikutarō Yamada

Summer Soldiers

as Driver

1960s

25 titles · average score 75

Japan's Longest Day

76

as Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu

The Great White Tower

74

as Professor Nozaka

None But the Brave

62

as Sgt. Tamura

Zatoichi's Revenge

70

as Koheita Kadokura

House of Terrors

57

as Keisuke Munakata

Only on Mondays

67

as Yuka's sugar-daddy

High and Low

88

as Detective Nakao

Foundry Town

75

as Mr. Noda

Pigs and Battleships

77

as Ohachi

Yojimbo

90

as Ronin Kobuhachi

The Bad Sleep Well

91

as Itakura

Volunteering for Villainy

as Deka

1950s

6 titles · average score 83

Endless Desire

70

as Brutal yakuza

The Hidden Fortress

88

as Samurai (uncredited)

Throne of Blood

90

as Guard killed by Washizu

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

75

as Narrator (uncredited)

Seven Samurai

94

as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

How the Bell of Liberty Rings

as Ronin on the ship