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Takeshi Katō is a Actor Japonais born on 24 may 1929

Takeshi Katō

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Nationality Japon
Birth 24 may 1929
Death 31 july 2015 (at 86 years)

Takeshi Katō (加藤 武, Katō Takeshi, 24 May 1929 – 31 July 2015) was a Japanese stage and film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films.

Biography

Principalement cantonné aux seconds rôles, Takeshi Katō a plusieurs fois collaboré avec Akira Kurosawa, Kon Ichikawa et Kinji Fukasaku.

Il a tourné dans plus de 100 films entre 1957 et 2009.

Usually with

Kon Ichikawa
Kon Ichikawa
(8 films)
Toshiro Mifune
Toshiro Mifune
(10 films)
Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno
(11 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Takeshi Katō (51 films)

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Japan Sinks, 2h15
Directed by Shinji Higuchi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Volcanisme, Films based on science fiction novels, Films about volcanoes, Disaster films, Films about earthquakes
Actors Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kō Shibasaki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Akira Emoto, Hideaki Anno, Mayuko Fukuda
Rating56% 2.8019252.8019252.8019252.8019252.801925
Submersible pilot Toshio Onodera wakes up pinned inside his car in Numazu after an earthquake wreaks havoc in the city and nearby Suruga Bay. As aftershock triggers an explosion, a rescue helicopter led by Reiko Abe saves him and a young girl named Misaki.
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create, 33minutes
Origin Japon
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Bokuzen Hidari, Kyōko Kagawa, Takeshi Katō, Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune, Yoshirō Muraki
Roles lui-même
Rating68% 3.4222053.4222053.4222053.4222053.422205
Ce documentaire décrit la façon dont Akira Kurosawa et son équipe ont travaillé sur un de ses films les plus célèbres, Les Sept Samouraïs.
Dora-heita
Dora-heita (2000)
, 1h51
Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Genres Comedy
Actors Kōji Yakusho, Bunta Sugawara, Tsurutaro Kataoka, Takashi Miike, Renji Ishibashi, Tsuyoshi Ujiki
Rating66% 3.336033.336033.336033.336033.33603
A new magistrate (played by Koji Yakusho) in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions and prejudices to defeat his enemies and uproot corruption.
The Geisha House, 1h53
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Genres Drama
Actors Sumiko Fuji, Kaho Minami, Masahiko Tsugawa (津川 雅彦), Mariko Okada, Takeshi Katō, Takashi Sasano
Roles Kitayama
Rating69% 3.4785453.4785453.4785453.4785453.478545
La jeune Tokiko travaille dans une maison de geisha en tant que femme de ménage, attendant le début de sa pratique de maiko (apprentie geisha). Le film dépeint en détail le mode de vie des geishas à cette époque (1950-60), montrant leurs règles, leurs amours, leurs beautés et leurs sciences humaines.
Four Days of Snow and Blood, 1h54
Directed by Hideo Gosha
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Tomokazu Miura, Masahiro Motoki, Hiroshi Katsuno, Naoto Takenaka, Narimi Arimori, Shinsuke Ashida
Roles Kohei Kashi
Rating64% 3.2394753.2394753.2394753.2394753.239475
En 1936, à la veille de la guerre sino-japonaise, le Japon de l'ère Showa est un pays pauvre dominé par un régime totalitaire. Des officiers japonais de la Kodoha décident de changer les choses et provoquent un coup d'État qui passera à la postérité sous le nom d'Incident du 26 février.
Hope and Pain, 2h
Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Toshirō Yanagiba, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Toshinori Omi, Tetta Sugimoto, Eri Ishida, Chieko Baishō
Roles chef de la police
Rating68% 3.407633.407633.407633.407633.40763
Peu de temps après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, un groupe de lycéens, à l'orée de leur entrée à l'université, s'oppose aux conventions poussiéreuses et à l'ancestral ordre de l'enseignement traditionnel nippon. Durant cette difficile période, où règne souvent la disette, ils doivent franchir l'ardu cap qui les mène au monde adulte.
Princess from the Moon, 2h1
Directed by Kon Ichikawa
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Toshiro Mifune, Ayako Wakao, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Kōji Ishizaka, Kiichi Nakai, Megumi Odaka
Roles Fujiwara-no-Okuni
Rating62% 3.1483453.1483453.1483453.1483453.148345
One day wood cutter Taketori-no-Miyatsuko (Toshiro Mifune) discovers a baby girl while he's out in the forest visiting his daughter's grave. Not wanting to leave the infant to die and because of her resemblance to his dead daughter, he takes the child home with him- only to discover that the child grows at an extraordinarily fast rate. Incredibly beautiful, the now grown child Kaya (Yasuko Sawaguchi) attracts the attention of everyone around her, including the land's Emperor. Unwilling to accept their advances, Kaya gives the men a list of increasingly difficult tasks. By the film's end Kaya returns to outer-space by way of a space ship.
Ran
Ran (1985)
, 2h42
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Films about families, Seafaring films, Sports films, Théâtre, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Mieko Harada, Hisashi Igawa, Kenji Kodama
Roles Koyota Hatakeyama
Rating81% 4.099214.099214.099214.099214.09921
Hidetora Ichimonji, a powerful warlord, experiences a dream reminding him that he's showing his age and decides to divide his kingdom among his three sons: Taro, Jiro, and Saburo. Taro, the eldest, will receive the prestigious First Castle and become leader of the Ichimonji clan, while Jiro and Saburo will be given the Second and Third Castles. Hidetora will retain the title of Great Lord and Jiro and Saburo are to support Taro.
Odin: Starlight Mutiny, 2h20
Directed by Eiichi Yamamoto, Toshio Masuda
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Animation
Actors Gorō Naya, Tesshō Genda, Toshio Furukawa, Keiko Han, Norio Wakamoto, Hideyuki Hori
Roles Takeshi Suzuka
Rating54% 2.714992.714992.714992.714992.71499
Odin centers around the novice crew of the laser sailing space schooner Starlight as they embark on an historic interstellar test flight. They are intercepted by what seems to be a wrecked spaceship only to find that it contains a lone survivor; a young woman named Sara Cyanbaker. Unknown to the crew at this time, a mechanized space fleet approaches Earth and a scout vessel from that fleet was responsible for the destruction of Sara's ship.
Marriage Counselor Tora-san, 1h42
Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishō, Jun Miho, Masami Shimojō, Tsunehiko Watase, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Roles Kingo
Rating62% 3.135493.135493.135493.135493.13549
In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate Province. Tora-san refuses to drink with him, afraid that the acquaintance, now settled and married, will again become attracted to Tora-san's wandering existence. Tora-san becomes attracted to a female barber, but must break off their relationship so that she too can live a secure life. She instead gets into an abusive relationship with a motorcyclist.
Children of Nagasaki, 2h8
Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Gō Katō, Yukiyo Toake, Shinobu Ōtake, Chikage Awashima, Megumi Asaoka, Takeshi Katō
Rating67% 3.3675653.3675653.3675653.3675653.367565
Le fils du docteur Takashi Nagai lit les mémoires rédigées par son père et se souvient des événements ayant affecté son père, un rescapé de la bombe atomique lancée sur la ville de Nagasaki et qui souffre des effets des radiations nucléaires.