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 a samurai Akira Kurosawa Uncredited1957 Throne of Blood a samurai Akira Kurosawa The Lower Depths guardhouse official Akira KurosawaUncredited 1958 The Hidden Fortress a samurai Akira Kurosawa 1960 The Bad Sleep Well Itakura Akira Kurosawa1961 Pigs and Battleships Ōhachi Shohei Imamura Yojimbo Kobuhachi Akira Kurosawa 1962 Foundry Town Noda Kirio Urayama1963 High and Low Detective Nakao Akira Kurosawa Mother Toshiro Kaneto ShindoBushido, Samurai Saga Tadashi Imai1965 None but the Brave Sgt. Tamura Frank Sinatra Sword of the Beast Katori Hideo Gosha1968 Japan's Longest Day Hisatsune Sakomizu Kihachi Okamoto Bonta No Kekkon Ya Kasamatsu Koji Chino 1969 Battle of the Japan Sea Katō Tomosaburō Seiji Maruyama 1970 Fuji sanchō Tetsutaro Murano 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
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