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.

KNOWN FOR

Tabiji
1967
Seven Samurai
1954
Ikiru
1952
Rashomon
1950
Yojimbo
1961
8:13 PM
1956
Ryoma ga Yuku
1968
The End of Summer
1961
Spark
1956
Sabakareru jūdai
1956
Mashiroki Fuji no mine
1954
An Autumn Afternoon
1962

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
265
Writing
2
1974
Center of Tokyo
as Zenzo
1972
First Love
1971
Morning for Two
1971
First-Decade President vs. Second-Decade Staff
as Kintaro Igari
1971
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
as Kintarō Igari, Yoyo Finance Exec.
1970
Five Gents Fly to Taiwan
as Tetsukichi Ishibashi
1970
Five Gents and a Kuniang
as Ishibashi Tetsukichi
1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu
as Gōzō Ishiyama (General Affairs Manager)
1969
5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part II
as Ishiyama Gōzō (HR director)
1968
Admiral Yamamoto
as Chief of Press Section
1968
The Night before Pearl Harbor
as Kusanagi
1968
Gamblers: The Raid
as Kichigorō
1968
Lemon in the Rainbow
as Gôzô Maeda
1968
Five Gents and Karate Grandpa
as Tsutomu Ariga (Takayama Trading General Affairs Manager)
1968
Five Gents and a Chinese Merchant
as Tsutomu Ariga
1968
Ryoma ga Yuku
as Katsu Kaishu
1967
The Greatest Challenge of All
1967
The Bogus Policeman
1967
Two in the Shadow
as Hayashida
1967
Secret Assignment
as Kusanagi
1967
Assignment Dragon No. 3
as Kusanagi
1967
Japan's Longest Day
as Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
1967
Zoku izuko e
1967
Discover Japan with the 5 Gents
as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
1967
Five Gents Prefer Geisha
as Tetsunosuke Kanai (Managing Director)
1967
Mesu ga osu o kuikorosu: Kamakiri
as Gunpei Otaguro
1967
Our Silent Love
1967
Tabiji
as 塩谷駅長・南部斎五郎
1966
The Stranger Within a Woman
1966
Moment of Terror
as Kawashima
1966
Once a Rainy Day
1966
Assignment Cloud
as Kusanagi
1966
The School of Spies
as Lieutenant Kusanagi
1966
Rise Against the Sword
as Budeuemon Hattori
1966
The Daphne
1966
A Company President's Life Story
as Gotō Kanju (Managing Director)
1966
Five Gents on the Spot
as Kanju Goto
1965
Stairs of Evil
as Konishi
1965
The Radish and the Carrot
1965
Sanshiro Sugata
as Hansuke Murai
1965
Five Gents' Trick Book
1965
President's Ninja Trick Book Part II
as Chūzō Togashi (Managing Director)
1965
We Will Remember
1965
A Chair in the Sunshine
1965
Finances in Front of the Train Station
1964
Hail the 3 Gents
as Tomioka (Sales Manager)
1964
The Naked Executive
as Tadokori - Executive
1964
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
Nippon Paradise
1964
How to Make Money
1964
Superexpress
as Yukichi Nakae
1964
I'm a Bodyguard
1964
The Sharks
1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Housing Estates: The Seven Deadly Sins
as 4th Sin & 7th Sin
1963
A Woman's Life
as Tobita
1963
Nonsense Boys
1963
Crazy Operation: First Move
1963
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
as Genkichi Yamanaka (Sales Director)
1963
3 Gents In Hawaii
as Oshima Gentaro (Executive Director)
1963
Aloha 3 Gents
as Gentaro Ōshima (Managing Director)
1963
Miren
as Master at 'Sekine'
1963
We Are Salarymen
as Executive Motohashi
1963
Devices Stronger Than Women
as Daisaku Sugishita (Publicity Manager)
1963
A Salaryman's Reckless Family
1962
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1962
Chûshingura
as Kichiemon Terasaka
1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman Part II
1962
Shimizu Port Salaryman
1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
Star of Hong Kong
as Syuhei Toru's brother-in-law
1962
Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong
1962
Ottamage ningyo monogatari
1962
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
A Wanderer's Notebook
as Nobuo Sadaoka
1962
The Wiser Age
as Ryokichi
1962
Born in Sin
1962
An Autumn Afternoon
as Yoshitaro Sakamoto
1962
Three Gentlemen from Tokyo
1962
Pachinko
1961
Yojimbo
as Inokichi
1961
The End of Summer
as Kitagawa Yanosuke
1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
Snow in the South Seas
1961
A Night in Hong Kong
as Kenkichi Matsuyama
1961
Awamori-kun kanpai!
1961
The Masterless 47 – Part II
1961
The Preacher of Love
1961
Playboy President
as Kuramochi Zensuke
1961
Playboy President: Part II
as Zensuke Kuramochi
1961
Ganpā kachō
1961
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1960
Beyond the Hills
as Yakichi Wada
1960
Hito mo arukeba
as Namitaro Namiki
1960
The Masterless 47
as Jyusaburo Onodera
1960
Chikuhō no kodomotachi
1960
This Greedy Old Skin
1960
The Approach of Autumn
as Tomioka
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Shusuke Tetsumoto
1960
The Gambling Samurai
as Enzo Niko
1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Matsukichi Sekine
1960
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
as Kumakichi Onizuka (Maiko's father)
1960
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
as Uchuu Takeda
1960
New Third Class Executive: Husband Education
as Kumakichi Onizuka
1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
as Ōkubo Hikosaburō
1960
Salaryman Idea Book: Concern for Success
as Okubo Hikosaburō
1960
Singing in the Sun
as Kyosuke Tsumura
1960
Older Wife, Younger Husband
1960
The Husband Was a Baby
1960
Diary of a Successful Salaryman • Conclusion-Bridegroom: Manager No.1
1960
Respect, Flatter, and Love
1960
Yoru wa usotsuki
1960
The Happicoat Comedian
1960
Modern Moneymaking
1960
Count on Me
1960
The Five Jolly Thieves
1959
I Want to Be a Shellfish
as Takeuchi
1959
Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers
1959
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
The Terrible Game
as Uncle Zenkichi
1959
New Third-Class Executive
as Kumahira Onizuka
1959
Fox and Raccoon
as Kyota Aoshima
1959
The College Ruggers
as Jirō Shimizu
1959
Young Lovers
as Renzō Dōjima
1959
Samurai in the Office
1959
Kiri aru jyoji
1959
The Spear Master
1959
Violent Ishimatsu
1959
Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts
1958
Oban kanketsu hen
as Ushinotsuke Akabane
1958
Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Yajirobei Tochimen'ya
1958
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
Little Peach
as Suga
1958
Assistant President
1958
Summer Clouds
1958
Bright Young Maidens
as Zenkichi Shibata, Sumiko's Father
1958
The Naked General
1958
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
The Third President
1958
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Kikuzō (head clerk)
1958
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 3
as Hajime Sawada
1957
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as Ushinotsuke Akabane
1957
Ôban
as Ushinosuke Akaba
1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as Ushinosuke Akaba
1957
Snow Country
as Inn proprietor
1957
Untamed Woman
as Onoda, the second husband
1957
Itohan Monogatari
as Matsukichi
1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman Part 2
as Sōda Hajime
1957
Diary of a Successful Salaryman
as Sōda Hajime
1957
The Ornery Entrance to the Sumo Ring with a Sword
1957
Wasureji no gogo 8 ji 13 pun
1956
Early Spring
as Sakamoto
1956
Dotanba
1956
Outlaw island
1956
Street of Shame
as Mr. Nomura
1956
The Storm
1956
Fountainhead
1956
Will-o'-the-Wisp
1956
Flowing
as Yoneko's Ex
1956
Sudden Rain
as Kawakami
1956
A Wife's Heart
1956
Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
as Kamo Jinnai
1956
Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
as Toji Gion
1956
Samurai of the Great Earth
1956
The Spoiled Brat President
1956
Gendai no yokubô
1956
The Lady Was Pawn
1956
A Brother and His Sister
as Hayashi
1956
Pure Love
1956
Easy-Going Married Couple
1956
Sabakareru jūdai
1956
Spark
1956
8:13 PM
1955
Floating Clouds
as Seikichi Mukai
1955
Twilight Saloon
as Kibe
1955
The Romance of Yushima
1955
Ejima and Ikushima
as 井口
1955
Mune yori mune ni
as Hazama
1955
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
as Genta
1955
Here Is a Spring
1955
Foul Play
as Goro Seo
1955
No Time for Tears
1955
Seven Masks of Revenge
1955
The Lone Journey
1955
A Woman's Life
as police officer
1955
Gojūen yokochō
1955
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
as Toji Gion
1955
Tôjûrô no koi
as Kichisuke
1955
Tsubakuro kasa
1954
Turbid Youth
1954
Mako Osorubeshi
1954
爆笑天国　とんち教室
1954
Late Chrysanthemums
as Itaya
1954
Mother's First Love
1954
Seven Samurai
as Shichiroji
1954
The Surf
as Chiyoko's Father
1954
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
as Toji
1954
All of Myself
as Oda Jukichi
1954
Husband on the Run
1954
Brotherly Love
1954
Four Mothers
1954
Yearning
1954
Mashiroki Fuji no mine
1953
An Edoite Judge
as Tasuke Uoya
1953
Mr. Pu
1953
Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow
1953
Jirocho's Home-Coming
1953
Yasugorō shusse
1953
The Blue Revolution
1953
Ganpeki
1953
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ni bu
1953
Moth Lamp
1952
Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
1952
Mother
as Sokichi Kimura
1952
The Life of Oharu
as Tasaburo Hishiya
1952
Forty-Eight Man
1952
恐妻時代
as Nakahata
1952
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952
Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil
1952
Ikiru
as Yakuza
1952
One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds
1952
The Woman Who Touched the Legs
1952
Shanghai Rose
as Liu, Ding's men
1952
Sanmanryō gojūsantsugi
1952
Castle of Carnage
1952
Zoku Shurajō Hibun: Hiryū no Maki
1951
The Tale of Genji
1951
A Spectacular Murder
1951
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
as Tajimi
1951
The Bitch
as Gorō Matoba
1951
The Killing of Otsuya
as Mita
1951
Jushu karasu
1951
Tsuki no wataridori
1951
Freedom School
1950
Rashomon
as Policeman
1950
G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape
1950
A Man from Akagi
1950
The Motherland Far Far Away
as Tommy Shôkyokusai
1950
I Am a Bodyguard
1950
Yami ni hikarume
1950
Kazanmyaku
1950
Duel in Senjo Mountain
1950
Senryō hada
1950
The Scarlet Bat
1949
Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
as Yasu
1949
The Flower That Crossed the Mountain
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
as Shinkichi
1949
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
as Shinkichi
1949
The Man Who Laughs Last
1949
Goblin Courier
1949
Onna goroshi abura jigoku
1949
Chobei the Rogue
1948
G-Men of Japan
1948
Tengu of Kiso
1948
The Fifth Witness
1941
The 47 Ronin
as Fuwa Kazuemon
1938
The Abe Clan
1937
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1937
Humanity and Paper Balloons
as Isuke
1936
Priest of Darkness
as Kenta
Kakute ninjutsu eiga wa owarinu