Takeshi Katō

Biography

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.

Known For

Seven Samurai

as Samurai Wandering through Town (uncredited)

Ran

as Koyota Hatakeyama

Yojimbo

as Ronin Kobuhachi

High and Low

as Detective Nakao

Throne of Blood

as Guard killed by Washizu

The Hidden Fortress

as Samurai (uncredited)

The Bad Sleep Well

as Itakura

Godzilla 1985

as Internal Trade and Industry Minister Kasaoka

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

as Noburo Uchimoto

Sword of the Beast

as Katori