Daisuke Katō

This article is about the actor. For the baseball player, see Daisuke Kato (baseball).

Daisuke Katō
Occupation	Actor

Daisuke Katō (加東 大介, Katō Daisuke, February 18, 1910–July 31, 1975) was a Japanese actor who appeared in over 150 films, including Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (as the loyal comrade Shichiroji) and Rashomon, Yojimbo (as the "wild pig" Inokichi), and Ikiru, and Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy and Chushingura.

Filmography

(incomplete)

• Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (血槍富士 Chiyari Fuji) (1955). Daisuke Katō won 1956 Blue Ribbon Award for best supporting actor.
• (藤十郎の恋 Tōjūrō no Koi) (1955)
• The Lone Journey (旅路 Tabiji) aka The Road (1955)
• Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (続宮本武蔵　一乗寺決闘 Zoku Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijōji no kettō) (1955)
• Flowing (Nagareru) (1956)
• Street of Shame (赤線地帯 Akasen chitai) (1956)
• Arashi (1956)
• Snow Country (1958)

External links

• Daisuke Katō at IMDb
• Daisuke Katō at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
• Daisuke Katō at Find a Grave