Portrait of Daisuke Katō

Acting

Daisuke Katō

Career

Active from 1936 to 1995, with a break from 1975 to 1994, busiest in 1960 with 11 main titles.

Leading roles
40
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score77/100
Highest rated
Poster for Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
GoodWatch score94/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 32 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Daisuke Katō Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.6, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.6, average 2.2
  • Uncanny
    1.0, average 2.5
  • Mystery
    2.5, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Nostalgic 4
  • Family Dynamics 4
  • Social Satire 4
  • Post-War Japan 4
  • Social Realism 3
  • Japanese Comedy 3
  • Workplace Comedy 2
  • Japanese Corporate Culture 2
  • Tragic Romance 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

125
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

1 title
Snow falls on a southern island
Snow falls on a southern island (1995)

Writer

1970s

5 titles
Center of Tokyo
Center of Tokyo (1974)

as Zenzo

First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff (1971)

as Kintaro Igari

First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri (1971)

as Kintarō Igari, Yoyo Finance Exec.

Five Gents and a Kuniang
Five Gents and a Kuniang (1970)

as Ishibashi Tetsukichi

Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan (1970)

as Tetsukichi Ishibashi

1960s

61 titles · average score 76
Admiral Yamamoto
Admiral Yamamoto (1968)
GoodWatch score 76

as Chief of Press Section

Two in the Shadow
Two in the Shadow (1967)
GoodWatch score 78

as Hayashida

Stairs of Evil
Stairs of Evil (1965)

as Konishi

President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II (1965)

as Chūzō Togashi (Managing Director)

3 Gents In Hawaii
3 Gents In Hawaii (1963)

as Oshima Gentaro (Executive Director)

A Wanderer's Notebook
A Wanderer's Notebook (1962)
GoodWatch score 80

as Nobuo Sadaoka

Yojimbo
Yojimbo (1961)
GoodWatch score 90

as Inokichi

Playboy President: Part II
Playboy President: Part II (1961)

as Zensuke Kuramochi

Playboy President
Playboy President (1961)

as Kuramochi Zensuke

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
GoodWatch score 92

as Matsukichi Sekine

The Masterless 47
The Masterless 47 (1960)

as Jyusaburo Onodera

The Approach of Autumn
The Approach of Autumn (1960)
GoodWatch score 70

as Tomioka

1950s

52 titles · average score 79
I Want to Be a Shellfish
I Want to Be a Shellfish (1959)

as Takeuchi

Little Peach
Little Peach (1958)
GoodWatch score 67

as Suga

Untamed Woman
Untamed Woman (1957)
GoodWatch score 74

as Onoda, the second husband

Ôban
Ôban (1957)

as Ushinosuke Akaba

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen (1957)

as Ushinosuke Akaba

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen (1957)

as Ushinotsuke Akabane

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (1955)
GoodWatch score 73

as Genta

Floating Clouds
Floating Clouds (1955)
GoodWatch score 78

as Seikichi Mukai

Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai (1954)
GoodWatch score 94

as Shichiroji

Mother
Mother (1952)
GoodWatch score 80

as Sokichi Kimura

Ikiru
Ikiru (1952)
GoodWatch score 91

as Yakuza

Rashomon
Rashomon (1950)
GoodWatch score 91

as Policeman

1940s

4 titles · average score 69
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949)
GoodWatch score 67

as Shinkichi

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949)
GoodWatch score 66

as Shinkichi

Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood (1949)

as Yasu

The 47 Ronin
The 47 Ronin (1941)
GoodWatch score 74

as Fuwa Kazuemon

1930s

2 titles · average score 74
Humanity and Paper Balloons
Humanity and Paper Balloons (1937)
GoodWatch score 77

as Isuke

Priest of Darkness
Priest of Darkness (1936)
GoodWatch score 71

as Kenta