Daisuke Katō
Known for Acting
Biography
Daisuke Katō (加東 大介 Katō Daisuke, February 18, 1911 – July 31, 1975) was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 150 films, including Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as the loyal comrade Shichiroji), Rashomon, Yojimbo (as the "wild pig" Inokichi), Ikiru, and Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy and Chushingura.
Filmography
Seven Samurai
1954
as Shichiroji
Ikiru
1952
as Yakuza
Rashomon
1950
as Policeman
Yojimbo
1961
as Inokichi
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
1951
as Tajimi
Chûshingura
1962
as Kichiemon Terasaka
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
1956
as Toji Gion
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
1955
as Toji Gion
Admiral Yamamoto
1968
as Chief of Press Section
Japan's Longest Day
1967
as Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
Street of Shame
1956
as Mr. Nomura
Floating Clouds
1955
as Seikichi Mukai
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
as Matsukichi Sekine
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
1965
as Chūzō Togashi (Managing Director)
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954
as Toji
The 47 Ronin
1941
as Fuwa Kazuemon
Early Spring
1956
as Sakamoto
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
as Nobuo Sadaoka
An Autumn Afternoon
1962
as Yoshitaro Sakamoto
The Masterless 47
1960
as Jyusaburo Onodera