Takeshi Katō (actor)
{{Short description|Japanese actor (1929–2015)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| image =
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| name = Takeshi Katō
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|5|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|7|31|1929|5|24|df=yes}}
| death_place = Tokyo, Japan
| othername =
| occupation = Actor
| years active = 1954–2015
}}
{{Nihongo|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 100 films.
Career
Graduating from Waseda University, Katō first became a middle school teacher, but then joined the Bungakuza theater troupe in 1952.{{cite web|title=Katō Takeshi|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%8A%A0%E8%97%A4%E6%AD%A6-1066096|website=Kotobanku|publisher=Asahi Shinbun|accessdate=6 March 2015|language=Japanese}} 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.{{cite web|title=加藤武さん、サウナで倒れ急死 ８６歳|url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2015/08/02/kiji/K20150802010853260.html|website=Sponichi Annex|publisher=Sports Nippon|accessdate=1 August 2015|language=Japanese}}
Selected filmography
=Films=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Director ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1953
| | Uncredited |
| 1954
| | Uncredited |
| 1958
| | Akira Kurosawa | |
| 1960
| Itakura | Akira Kurosawa | |
| rowspan=2|1961
| Ōhachi | |
| Yojimbo
| Kobuhachi | Akira Kurosawa | |
| 1962
| Noda | |
| rowspan=3|1963
| Detective Nakao | Akira Kurosawa | |
| Mother
| Toshiro | |
| Bushido, Samurai Saga
| | Tadashi Imai | |
| 1965
| Katori | |
| rowspan=2|1968
| |
| Bonta No Kekkon Ya
| Kasamatsu | |
| 1969
| Seiji Maruyama | |
| 1970
| | | |
| 1972
| | |
| 1973
| Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Proxy War | Noburo Uchimoto | |
| 1974
| Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics | Noburo Uchimoto | Kinji Fukasaku | |
| 1975
| Professor Hayatake Senjo | Kirio Urayama | |
| 1976
| Tachibana | |
| 1977
| Tachibana | Kon Ichikawa | |
| 1978
| Todoroki | Kon Ichikawa | |
| 1978
| Yakuin Zenso | |
| 1978
| Kamamushi | Kon Ichikawa | |
| 1979
| Byoinzaka no Kubikukuri no Ie | Todoroki | Kon Ichikawa | |
| 1981
| Kofuku | Kenmochi | Kon Ichikawa | |
| 1985
| Ran | Koyata Hatakeyama | Akira Kurosawa | |
| 1987
| Fujiwara-no-Ōkuni | Kon Ichikawa | |
| 1989
| Shaso | Tani | |
| 1993
| Kaettekita Kogarashi Monjirō | | Kon Ichikawa | |
| 1999
| Kitayama | Kinji Fukasaku | |
| 2006
| Todoroki | Kon Ichikawa | |
| 2015
| Himself | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable | ||||
| 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 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|0441399}}
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{{Succession box
| title = Bungakuza Representative
| before = Ichirō Inui
| after = Tōru Emori
| years = 2010–2015
}}
{{s-end}}
{{Hochi Film Award for Best Supporting Actor}}
{{Authority control}}
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Category:Japanese male film actors
Category:Japanese male stage actors
Category:Japanese theatre directors
Category:Male actors from Tokyo
Category:Waseda University alumni
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